I love the opportunity to post on this.

First, for the record, I live in Denver currently… (moving back soon, and not at all upset at the prospect.) I have lived in Cali around Raider fans that were actually fans of their local team, not fans just because of the color black… been around true Packers, Bears, Cowboy and even Steeler fans. Dealt with the douchebaggery of Laker locals, Buckeye brown eyes and just about everyone between.

Nobody… and I mean NOBODY has the arrogance of Bronco fans. Been here for 4 years, and have been perpetually shocked at the overwhelming assholiness of even casual fans. If anything, I get along with the hard-core better. They were in the local sports bar nursing themselves through last season just like me… I can handle those guys… but so many others… ugh.

Like the guy, when I had lived here 6 months and found out I was a Seahawk fan said in all seriousness, “Oh, that will change. You live here, you’ll become a bronco fan. It’s just the way it is.” You might as well tell a guy who grew up in Ann Arbor to love Ohio State. It’s the gawdamn donkeys we’re talking about here. Thing is, there was no “glimmer in his eye.” Dude was serious.

but when those guys are winning… ugh. it’s out of control. everyone is like the guy above. strangers come up near you and point and say douchey things just out of earshot, but where you can hear them…. i sometimes feel like Bob Seger in the second stanza of “Turn the Page,” just a stranger in a strange land.

Also, an important note.
Broncos fans are dreadfully unoriginal.

A couple examples:

First, one thing i love about seahawk fans— they search for unique jerseys. admittedly i’m still wearing the tatupu i got his rookie year, but you see around 25 different jerseys, including even offensive linemen, and maybe even more jerseys than that. It’s a source of pride for many to not just have the star skill position guy’s jersey. in denver you see about 4 throwbacks. Elway, Mecklenburg, TD, and Atwater. That’s it… then you have Plummer leftovers, and Al Wilson, and Rod Smith, and a bunch of pissed off people looking to unload their Cutler jerseys. Seriously, I’ve been here 4 years and seen 10 jerseys max. You see more driving down the street on a fall or winter day in Olympia…. in the rain when there’s nobody outside.

Hell, I have a picture from the ice game here in Denver 3-4 years ago with 20 Seahawk fans that tailgated with us, and we had in those 20 people more unique jerseys than the entire Denver stadium did when we got inside. Hell, those people came from all around the country too, it was pretty cool…

That game we won by the way. In Denver, with probably 10,000 Seahawk fans making a surprisingly loud impact on the crowd. It reminded me of how I always used to get pissed when I’d see a ton of Laker fans at a Sonic game.

Second, the standard one liner you get from a Bronco fan… the smarmy asshole line— “Yeah, but how many Super Bowls does Seattle have?”

My answer typically goes like this: Blow me. First, you have 15 more years than we do. And we were competitive in the 80’s, despite needing 5 years to build up because unlike expansion teams now, we didn’t get ANY special considerations. But that’s neither here nor there. I have a return question. How many super bowls have the Donkeys won without one of the top 5 QB’s OF ALL TIME?!?!?! That’s right. Zero. How many you get to? Same number as us, in about the same amount of time. The difference, though, is that we had a really bad decade (the 90’s) due to one of the worst pro sports owners of all time. (I through in that he tried to move the team— without even checking with the NFL to see if it was okay!)

Then they add the, “Well, the only reason you’re doing any good now is because we let you go to the NFC West.”

Ugh. This one I hate the most. Here, you FREAKIN’ donkey, is an important question. What has YOUR TEAM done for you lately? I don’t seem to remember a lot of success since… oh… around 1998 or so.. about the time Mr. Ed retired and started taking your money on car lots… funny, that’s about the time we got new ownership and became one of the league models of consistency for success. It’s also about the time the NFL re-aligned and moved us over. And you may not remember this (due to the post-Elway hangover) but our last year in the AFC West, we won the damn thing.

Yeah, you can mention you’ve gone to the playoffs quite a few times since then, but… let me ask you, how many playoff games you won? Oh, that’s right, ONE. ONE playoff victory since the 90’s?!?!? What are you, the Cowboys?!?!?

Instead of mocking us for moving over to the NFC, you should be thanking us for leaving just when it was our turn (along with SD) to rule the roost and beat the crap out of you, KC, and the Raiders. But no matter what you do or say, we still won our last AFC West division crown.

And another thing… what the HELL are you guys doing now?!?!? You hire a 32 year old offensive coordinator to fix the defense? You alienate one of the best young QB’s in the game? You trade us your first round pick for our 2nd rounder that turned into a cornerback— because you drafted a RB (*after signing 3 in the offseason and having 2 solid young guys play but get hurt the year before) in the first round to rebuild your defense?!?!?

And what better choice for your future qb, but noodle-armed Kyle Orton. Guys, the golfball flies further in the air here, but that doesn’t mean a guy suddenly can throw harder. You’ve been spoiled by Elway and Cutler’s cannons… now you get to watch Mr. Wounded-Duck-Neckbeard. Have fun with that!

What’re you doing?!?!? I don’t know, but I LOVE it! Not only that, but I thank you for that 1st rounder. Have you even LOOKED at your schedule for this year?!??! OMG. It’s harsh, man. You need to sneak wins against Cincy and Cleveland AND sweep both KC and Oakland just to get to 7 wins.

Unless you think you’re beating Pittsburgh, Baltimore, NYG, the Cowboys, Iggles and Skins. Yeah, have fun with that one.

So, Mr. Donkey, admit it… you kinda wish your “rebuilding” would have shaped up a little more like ours is… yeah, we were down last year, but we’re back in “Beast Mode” and we’ll be building next year with the help of another top 5 pick… only this time, it will be yours. Kinda sucks to think about that, doesn’t it?

Oh, one last thing… you guys aren’t even CLOSE to Qwest when it comes to volume and fan attentiveness to the game. Maybe Old Mile High was as loud as you say. But I have a hard time believing it… after all, ya’ll actually sit down in your seats. What’s that about?!?!

Boy, sorry if that’s a little long… I got a bit fired up here!!!!