Broncos sign Brandon Lloyd

[Crash]

Just shows that Shanahan was the braines of the operation

[budw38]

The Broncos visit DC this year ,,,,, Landry knocks Loyd out of the game , and Portis runs for 170 yds and two td's , as the Skins ride the Broncos into the sunset 34-6 !!

[Bill B]

Originally Posted by budw38

The Broncos visit DC this year ,,,,, Landry knocks Loyd out of the game , and Portis runs for 170 yds and two td's , as the Skins ride the Broncos into the sunset 34-6 !!

That would be awesome - payback for those draft picks and the huge signing bonus down the drain.

[Pocket$ $traight]

Originally Posted by budw38

The Broncos visit DC this year ,,,,, Landry knocks Loyd out of the game , and Portis runs for 170 yds and two td's , as the Skins ride the Broncos into the sunset 34-6 !!

This may be a little bit of wishful thinking since we haven't scored 30 or more in a while but we should definitley beat them handily.

[JoeRedskin]

2004 – Denver: 10-6, One and done in the playoffs.
Washington: 6-10, No Playoffs, Off. Ranked 30th (by yards)

2005 – Denver: 13-3, Bye, Beats Indy, Loses to Pit in Conf. Championships.
Washington: 10-6, beat Tampa in WC Games, Lose to Seattle in Div. Rnd.

2006 – Denver: 9-7, No Playoffs, Def. Ranked 14th
Washington: 5-11, No Playoffs, Off. Ranked 11th

2007 – Denver: 7-9; No Playoffs, Def. ranked 19th
Washington: 9-7, one and done in the playoffs, Off. Ranked 13th.

2008 – Denver 7-9, No Playoffs, Def. ranked 29th
Washington 8-8; No Playoffs, Offense ranked 15th

So yes. In Champs second year with Denver they went to the conf. championship. One game further than CP and the Skins the same year. From 2006 on, neither team has been impressive.
As for the Gibbs willing the team to win, I’ll give you that in 2007 – after Taylor’s death Gibbs held the team together and pushed it into the playoffs.

2005 was a very different story. Yes Gibbs pushed and cajoled the victories – but it was Portis’ running that took us from 5-6 to 10-6. Go back and look at the stats (5 games: 573 yds; 6 TD and 1 passing TD) and the quotes from the players. 2005 was as much CP as Gibbs. Bailey has not done anything like that for the Broncos. He’s a great corner, but he has not carried them anywhere.

[MTK]

The Portis/Bailey deal has pretty much been a wash, not sure what the debate is even about anymore.

Back to Lloyd, it's crazy to me that teams are still willing to give this bum a shot. Marshall and Lloyd in the same locker room should be really interesting.

[djnemo65]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

The Portis/Bailey deal has pretty much been a wash, not sure what the debate is even about anymore.

Back to Lloyd, it's crazy to me that teams are still willing to give this bum a shot. Marshall and Lloyd in the same locker room should be really interesting.

JLC basically predicted this last year when he said that Lloyd would turn it on for one year, put up decent numbers, and sucker someone into giving him one more deal. I think we all know how this will end, with him being rude to everyone in the organization from the lunch ladies up and catching like 15 balls. And then hopefully getting back to what he's best it: rapping!

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by djnemo65

JLC basically predicted this last year when he said that Lloyd would turn it on for one year, put up decent numbers, and sucker someone into giving him one more deal.

And just when did he "turn it on"? His line last year was 26 catches in 11 games and that was for his college coach. He is barely training camp fodder, but just like a woman fascinated by "bad boys", every coach seems to be sure they can get something from this waste of god-given ability.

[djnemo65]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

And just when did he "turn it on"? His line last year was 26 catches in 11 games and that was for his college coach. He is barely training camp fodder, but just like a woman fascinated by "bad boys", every coach seems to be sure they can get something from this waste of god-given ability.

He got hurt. He was really good for the first 4 games of the season.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by djnemo65

He got hurt. He was really good for the first 4 games of the season.

Outside of week 3 he didn't do very much.

week 1: 2-26
week 2: 5-66
week 3: 6-124-1
week 4: 2-33

The rest of this season looked like this:

week 11: 2-17
week 12: 1-3
week 13: 1-24
week 15: 2-21
week 16: 1-16
week 17: 4-34-1

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by djnemo65

He got hurt. He was really good for the first 4 games of the season.

Looked up the stats and you're right that he was injured and out for 5 games in the middle of the season. He had one good game 3 against TBay (6 catches, 124 yards) and a 5 catch, 66 yard game against Carolina in game 2, and a 4 catch, 34 yard game in the final game of the season against Houston. Other than those three games he didn't catch more than two balls or get more than 33 yards in his other 8 games.

I think freddyg12's assessment is dead on.

[freddyg12]

This may sound funny; the only real "ability" Loyd has is speed & athleticism. I mean that not as a compliment, but that he is actually limited otherwise.

No matter how many acrobatic catches he makes, he doesn't catch the ball well inside, and in traffic. Sure he'll make a great catch when he can extend up w/a defender on him, but he doesn't make that many grabs when a db is lurking behind him.

He might've been able to high jump, triple jump, pole vault or run hurdles (don't know if he has that kind of speed though). He's gifted athletically but he's not a football player, doesn't seem to have the drive or the instincts for the game. The fact that he still is playing says something about his natural ability, but I don't think his natural ability is such that he could be a top nfl reciever if he wanted to. I think he could be much better than he is, but he'd never be "great."

[MTK]

Originally Posted by freddyg12

This may sound funny; the only real "ability" Loyd has is speed & athleticism. I mean that not as a compliment, but that he is actually limited otherwise.

No matter how many acrobatic catches he makes, he doesn't catch the ball well inside, and in traffic. Sure he'll make a great catch when he can extend up w/a defender on him, but he doesn't make that many grabs when a db is lurking behind him.

He might've been able to high jump, triple jump, pole vault or run hurdles (don't know if he has that kind of speed though). He's gifted athletically but he's not a football player, doesn't seem to have the drive or the instincts for the game. The fact that he still is playing says something about his natural ability, but I don't think his natural ability is such that he could be a top nfl reciever if he wanted to. I think he could be much better than he is, but he'd never be "great."

As we all know it takes a lot more than natural ability to play the game.

He's never been a good route runner, in fact in that area he's pretty piss poor.

His hands are iffy, and my guess is he's not a student of the game when it comes to watching film.

Ability can get to you the NFL, but after that hard work and dedication to your craft is what seperates the chumps from the quality players.

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

As we all know it takes a lot more than natural ability to play the game.

He's never been a good route runner, in fact in that area he's pretty piss poor.

His hands are iffy, and my guess is he's not a student of the game when it comes to watching film.

Ability can get to you the NFL, but after that hard work and dedication to your craft is what seperates the chumps from the quality players.

I'll take a less talented guy who works his ass off over a clown like Lloyd any day of the week.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by 53Fan

I'll take a less talented guy who works his ass off over a clown like Lloyd any day of the week.

Yep. Give me a James Thrash type all day long over this clown.