I have always and forever will HATE that horseface Elway. If there has ever been one man who’s face screams “PUNCH ME!”, it was him.

However, I have zero respect for that franchise. Especially after they fired Shannahan.

Glad to have you contributing (even if it is only weekly) to FG. I have to admit that how JM only really posts plays and stuff and less opinion posts bores me. (No offense, John. ; ) )

is that you could grudgingly respect the donkeys, and by proxy, their fans.

I live here in Denver now, and I actually had a Bronco fan, upon hearing I was a Seahawk fan and new to the area, say with a straight face “Oh, you’ll be a Bronco fan now that you’re here. It’s impossible not to be.”

I almost punched him.

I hate the Broncos so deeply that their victory Sunday in such a shit-eating-lucky-kind-of-a-way almost ruined MY Sunday, and it took a Seahawk shutout (and 9 dollars for a pitcher and 10 wings) for me to forget about that craptastic ending. Here’s why the broncos deserve no respect— they hit the jackpot on a HoF/ top5 all-time QB.

You take away Elway’s time there they are terribly average.

However, because of my age group (34), everyone my age or younger has no recollection of years prior to Elway, so they have this haughtier than thou attitude, thinking that they have a model franchise and have the right to ALWAYS be among the NFL elite. They still haven’t come to figure out that post Elway, they’re just like everyone else, struggling to get to the playoffs, needing some luck to win games, that sort of thing.

Denver fans essentially are like Old Money that is now broke. They still talk down to us as if we are the proletariat, and they the Aristocracy, and yet they no right to given present circumstances. Funny thing is, they treat their (non-Elway) QB’s the same way…

Plummer? Never got the respect he deserved here. Was he great? No. But he was in the bottom of the top10. Most teams would kill for that. Not Denver. Elway ruined them. They think they deserve to have an Elway/Brady/Manning type guy.

So out goes Plummer, in comes Cutler. I’m pretty sure one of the myriad of reasons Cutler forced his way out of town is because I’m guessing every conversation he ever had with a Donkey fan involved Elway and his comparison to Elway. It’s no wonder he said he has a better arm than Mr. Ed. He probably had the same conversation with hundreds if not thousands of fans, and the only thing they would grant him is yes, maybe, MAYBE you have a better arm than Elway, but he was just so dreamy as a winner…

Here comes Kyle. Now they all hate Cutler due to his leaving town (he’s a baby, etc.). They’re pissed about what they got in trade for him, and they’re all hating on Orton. Whereas Cutler was between Elway and Plummer talent/capability wise, Orton is a league average QB at best. Trust me, these fans will not be able to handle “league average” from their QB. They certainly wont be able to handle below league average. They’re going to skewer him. There is a culture here in Denver that Josh McDaniels just doesn’t understand, and “system guys” do not the culture make…

As far as your contention that the Donkeys should have beaten the Stealers, and it is essentially Plummer’s fault we don’t have a trophy, I dont’ know. It wasn’t all Plummer’s fault, though he certainly shares a fair amount of blame. A certain overly-oranged gentlemen put him in several throwing situations when clock management and running the ball would have been wise decisions, but instead Plummer is throwing deep. I also recall a couple less than perfect calls in that game that I believe helped the Stealers (a theme for them in playoff games against teams from west of the Mississippi, I believe?).

Regardless, if I am going to use revisionist history, I would go further back and complain about the taking out of Carson Palmer. They beat Pittsburgh at Heinz in order to win the division, and Cincy OWNED that game, you could just feel it.

I know their record was 13-3, but Denver was on borrowed time to begin with. Once the Stealers got over Bengals, their momentum was absurd, and the rest of the nation was drinking the kool-aid. It would have taken an act of God (or, at least unbiased officials) for them to lose after they dispatched of Cincy.

Damn. Good article. Anything that gets my blood boiling when comparing my rancor for Pittsburgh and Denver is simply genius.

…and why exactly is that a problem? Unless you’re a fan of an rival AL East team, what do you care? I chose the Sox as my team about a quarter-century ago, so I earned my buttons, my man. It’s not my fault we attracted some douchetard fans as a side effect of winning championships.

When the Seahawks win a Super Bowl or two (which they will at some point), you’ll want to blow your brains out when you witness the limitless stupidity of the bandwagoners that achievement attracts.

The Red Sox also give me hope about the Seahawks. If the Sox can break an 86-year drought and become the elite MLB team of this decade, the Hawks can overcome XL and get a ring in the near future.

Sincerely
Chumpy McChumperson

And when I say awful, I mean AWFUL.

Luckily for them, they played the even-more-terrible Bungles.

and was pissed off that they won. But found myself rooting for the Raiders last night, and last season actually. Ever since re-alignment my hatred of the Raiders has subsided. I’m a Seattle boy born (1976) and raised and have always hated the Raiders, Broncos, Chargers and Cheifs. Still do have the unabashed hatred of the Donks, Cheifs and Bolts but for some reason not so much for the Raiders. Dunno maybe it’s the uni’s.

’Hawks or Niners…

I go to school in memphis which is like the desert to a true hawk fan.On sunday though i had 2 actual fans come into the bar i work and request my manager turn on the game (we have no control what games are on the tv only our managers can change the channel) anyway we had an awesome time talking hawk talk and thats when the couple tells me they’ve been fans since 86 but have never even BEEN to seattle….just thought it was interesting to meet non bandwagon fans here in the desert that is memphis. GOD i can’t wait to get back to hawk country next year.

Nice read. I have my mother’s side of the family from Denver, but that never stopped me from hating the Broncos when we were in the AFC West together. I have to say that my hate has grown now that I #1 pick is at stake. I hope the worst for them.

I could relate to much of the article. It was a nice change-up. Thanks to DKSB for contributing.

Except for this year…I hope they tank. The old rivalries have been replaced by the new. I still see us as having more of a rivalry with Oakland than Denver. I’ve always hated the 49’ers, since their heyday and when my schools were filled with bandwagon Dallas and Niner fans. I was the only Seahawk fan around…..in Portland. I watched as that arrogant prick Jerry Rice sullied Largent’s number.

The Rams are just pathetic now, but they used to beat on us, it’s great to see them suffer. I enjoy it mostly because of that crushing wildcard defeat they laid on us in 03, after already beating us twice during the season. Engram’s drop made me simply turn off my tv.

The Cardinals are an overacheiving team who made it to the Superbowl last year on a fluke year by Kurt Warner and terrible play by Jake Delhomme.