The Broncos losing 70-20 irks me more than 100 losses by the Rockies, because at least the Broncos have the talent to prevent that kind of debacle. While really bad, 100 L’s are the product of greedy Rockies management that won’t give the team the talent it needs to compete.
Ed, Denver
Kiz: It’s a week of Colorado sports that will live in infamy. The Broncos got Josephed. As a wise (acre) friend told me, 10 touchdowns are a lot in any NFL game, especially when they are scored by one team. Even worse: Lost in the darkness, our Pet Rocks stumble home from Coors Field to a basement apartment with no windows in McGregor Square. I’m confident, however, the crazy-rich Waltons will do whatever it takes to return the Broncos to football glory. Rockies owner Dick Monfort? I wouldn’t give him five bucks and trust him to return home with a can of SpaghettiOs.
What irks me is Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph has more lives than a Stephen King cat. How and why does V.J. keep getting second chances? But for him, Shanny Jr. would be the head coach of our NFL franchise in Denver. Then, Joseph comes back for a second round of tormenting Broncos Country.
Greg, Boulder
Kiz: You know what’s more unforgivable than hiring Joseph twice? A Colorado native, Smoky Hill High School grad and former Broncos ball boy named Mike McDaniel was never interviewed once to be the head coach of his hometown NFL team.
As a Broncos season-ticket holder since 1976 that’s now more than 90 years old, I have seen some pretty bad loses. But the 70 points by Miami topped them all. Fire general manager George Paton. All that money for quarterback Russell Wilson? Really? The Seahawks knew what they were doing by getting rid of him. Too bad we didn’t.
Joanne, forever young
Kiz: Wilson, who has passed for 791 yards and six touchdowns in three games, is not the problem this season for the winless Broncos. But his $245 million contract extension, which doesn’t kick in until 2024, is a thorny issue for a Denver roster in need of a major overhaul.
As long as there are fools with their money, there will be players who won’t produce any honey. Why should the Rockies or Broncos care, when they have millions of guaranteed money written into their contracts?
Vicky, Aurora
Kiz: Rockies outfielder Kris Bryant owes a beer to every one of the more than 2.5 million fans who have purchased tickets to Coors Field.
And today’s parting shot foretells the revenge of band nerds.
Fifteen years from now, two guys will sit in a Denver bar, watching a football game. The first guy will ask: “Did you ever get a ticket to a CU game during the Coach Prime era?” The other guy will reply: “I couldn’t afford the $1,500 for two tickets.” A quiet man sitting two stools down with his wife, drinking wine and ignoring the game on TV, will look over and say: “We went to every Buffs home game back in Prime’s day. I played the tuba and she played the clarinet in the CU band!”
Robert, tooting own horn
