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The loathsome Broncos are 6-0. Despite (or maybe because of) the vertical striped socks, tossing Cutler away like an old Spin Doctors CD, and trading away their 2010 1st round pick, Denver is (gak) a legitimate Super Bowl contender.

Yeah. I know we don't want to think about that... but the "they haven't played anyone" argument is about as legit as the crap that flows from Glenn Beck's wordhole at this point. They could realistically go 13-3 or so, and that game at Lucas Oil Stadium December 13 could decide Home Field in the AFC. Despite pooping the bed in the 2005 AFC title game (fuckers), Denver would be hard to beat at Mile High next January.

We are living the Twelve Army's equivalent of the Kobayashi Maru test right now. Is there any bright side to Denver's ascendancy?

Of course it would have been way more fun (and easier on me) if Denver had met expectations and sucked harder than a Dyson. Sadly, they will be playing meaningful games in January while our Seahawks will (probably) be sitting in their "man caves" watching on giant HDTVs.

Particularly if Seattle is not in the playoffs, the main juice we could get watching the postseason is rooting against teams we fucking despise. Besides Pittsburgh, who makes the bile churn in our stomachs more than Denver? The stupid throwbacks... That smug little shit of a coach... All the annoying Bronco fans you've ever known, once again drunk, high and tripping balls on success. Can you imagine the agony if McDaniels actually gets to hoist the Lombardi Trophy next February? If Denver wins a 3rd goddamned Super Bowl? You'll be screaming at your TV next January for the likes of Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and/or Carson Palmer to step up and stop their march to XLIV.

Unless they play Pittsburgh. Fuck the fucking Steelers.

I haven't given up on our Seahawks yet, but so far the Seattle/Denver parlay couldn't be going worse for us, could it? Shows you what my jabbering ass knows.

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Since I am still holding onto hope of Seattle making the playoffs this season, I was pleased to see Denver beat our possible Wild Card competitors from Dallas (though judging from the comments on my post last week, I am in a minority of one on this issue). I'm certainly not happy that the Broncos are 4-0, but we have to face the facts: Denver can still absolutely faceplant for the final 12 games and still finish 8-8. They have three games against KC and Oakland left, and we can assume they can scratch out at least one other win from the rest of their brutal schedule. 

It's safe to say that we won't be getting that top 5 (or even top 10) pick from the Broncos. 

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Get revenge for Super Bowl XII! 

Yeah, I know we're all rooting for Denver to have the worst record possible, but let's face reality: When an NFC rival plays an AFC team, we should ALWAYS root for the NFC team to lose. It may seem unlikely at the moment, but we might end up fighting Dallas for a wild card berth. A loss at Mile High could be the difference between Dallas finishing 9-7 or 8-8, which might be the difference between the Seahawks making the playoffs or not. 

I'd much rather see Dallas fall to 2-2 than see Denver fall to 3-1, but what do y'all think? Obviously, the best case scenario is a scoreless tie festooned with blown ACLs, concussions and high ankle sprains. 

As always, there's more on my home blog: Dave Krieg's Strike Beard. 

A while back on my home blog, I suggested that the Seahawks and Bucs wear 1976 throwback unis for the game in Seattle on December 20. I now retract that idea and propose this: TB wears the creamsicle orange, and we wear our lime green. Why?

Frankly, I'm at a point where I just want to piss off the self-appointed fashion police in the national media, and nothing would make their monocles drop into their champagne glasses more quickly than THAT uniform match-up. If it was a snow game? Even better, because that would frak up their little frozen tundra fantasies of old-tyme football. 

What do you think, sirs?

Seattle's 2010 1st Round Pick From Denver: 26th-32nd

Players Available in the Range: Clot Colt McCoy, QB (Texas), Morgan Burnett, SS (Georgia Tech), Brandon Graham, DE (Michigan)

As Henry Hill might have said, "This... is the bad time." The Seahawks are 1-2 with a rapidly emptying bandwagon, while our old Rocky Mountain rivals are 3-0 and looking... gasp! Competent! 

Of course, this doesn't make the trade any less idiotic from Denver's perspective. Perhaps it's less painful for them to give up a later pick in the first round, and if they make the playoffs Broncos fans won't care, but it was still a baldly wrongheaded move. Even at 3-0 against questionable competition, they are still a team building for the future, and they gave up a key building block. 

No way around it: Right now I look like a total jackass. Any Denver fan out there reading this would be totally justified in raining down childish taunts upon me, and I'd have little ammunition for a retort. In the NFL the ONLY currency is wins, and until the Broncos start losing, frankly I got nothin'. 

Thankfully it's a long season, and there's still plenty of time for Denver's stagecoach to tumble into the gully. So like John and John wrote, we must be silent, we must contain our secret smiles. 

They won't get to play Oakland or Cleveland every week, will they now? 

Slot in which Seattle will use Denver's 2010 1st round pick: 25th-32nd

Players likely available in that slot: OT Charles Brown, (USC), QB Colt McCoy (Texas), FS Myron Lewis, (Vanderbilt) 

Well, it's time for a bit of retooling, isn't it? Denver's one of eight unbeaten teams in the NFL, and while I'm not ready to proclaim them a playoff-caliber team, it is probably time to stop hoping for that top 5 pick. Here's why... 

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Us Twelves are mere apprentices in Bronco hatred compared to the true masters in the field: Cleveland Browns fans. Their tales of tragedy against those Denver Schmucks make ours look only mildly disconcerting...

First of all, I want to make it clear: I have little affection for Browns fans in general. Yes, there are cool ones out there. I'm particularly fond of two Browns blogs: Cleveland Reboot and No Logo Needed. They are the minority though. In general, Browns fans are an ignorant lot of savages. I've been to Seahawks games in Cleveland twice, and in both cases I was treated worse that I had ever been treated at any other sporting event as an opposing fan. Here's a taste of my experience at Cleveland Browns Stadium in 2007:

This was the worst experience I’ve ever had at an NFL game, and not just because the Seahawks lost. I can say without a doubt that the fans at Cleveland Browns Stadium are the most ignorant, drunken bunch of s**theels I’ve ever been exposed to at a sporting event.

Before anyone says "it’s like that everywhere," go to a game at Qwest Field and root for the other team. You’ll probably get intermittently yelled at, but you’ll never feel like you are personally in danger. You’ll notice that the Seahawks fans actually know when to be loud and when to be quiet (here’s a hint, Browns fans: When your team has the ball, shut the f**k up… Your players are telling you to be quiet for a reason). You might observe that Seattle has the loudest stadium in the NFL WITHOUT de-evolving into a gaggle of 66,000 f**ktards.

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Last week I argued on my home blog that the NFL should make only very minor tweaks to the regular season OT system. Commenter spoonfulofpeter made a great point though: 

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