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I hate to move the news of the Nuggets’ win down, but you can scroll down. (Can’t you?) Here are a few things I’ve run across lately.

1. Rick Reilly’s brief but cutting take on the Broncos’ draft haul this year. The worst part was when he said of McDaniels:

This is the same genius who traded one of Denver's first-round choices in 2010 to move up in the second round to take a 5'9'' defensive back—Alphonso Smith…And if the Broncos are going to be as lame as I think they're going to be—4-12 perhaps—that first-round pick will be very high.

And it’s time for a retraction. After the draft I wrote about Denver’s trade for Alphonso Smith, thinking we had dealt Chicago’s first-round pick, which I estimate next year will be about No. 32 overall. But Reilly’s right: it was our own pick we gave up for the 5-9 corner with 4.5 speed (which I don’t think is all that fast for that position). In other words, it was a DISASTROUS move, giving up the top pick of next year's draft for a second-round corner. The Broncos screwed up big-time. I guess I screwed up, too, by not realizing it, but there you go. I’m so pissed I don’t even want to write the rest of this (I started out here assuming Reilly was wrong…crap).

2. Next year we’ll surely be calling for Tom Brandstater, our new rookie QB from Fresno State, to get on the field. Here’s a YouTube clip of his highlights from the 2007 season. Now it’s possible that whoever cut this tape is a moron, but these aren’t very good highlights: the biggest standout to me was how bad his pass 23 seconds into the clip is. That’s a touchdown with a real quarterback. Freak!

3. And finally, Woody Paige had an interview with Pat Bowlen that’s worth reading, but will hardly improve your mood.

Go Nuggets!

Comments

John said…
This is the most depressing post in the history of HPS. And I'm afraid you even left out the most accurate thing Rick Reilly said:

McDaniels is the worst combination of things: Terribly naïve and doubly confident. Bronco fans, you're screwed.
5:26 PM
David V. said…
"• His health "is good," but he has experienced "short-term memory loss" in recent months."

and that is the supreme leader of my favorite franchise. I won't be sleeping well for months.
9:16 PM
Mike said…
Yeah, Reilly tore him to shreds. I'm not sure it's all bad—for example, focusing on a small core of potential draftees might actually be a good move, in theory—but as Reilly said, it's like the guy thinks he can't make a mistake.

DV, I was wondering how long it would take someone to pick up on that. I really do hope Bowlen is okay, but that was not an encouraging article.
10:27 PM
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