The Debacle in Foxboro

Denver's 41-7 disaster in Foxboro Monday Night was at a comical level. It got to the point were I was almost rooting for the Pats to put up 60 on the Broncos just to see if heads would roll. It was an absolute butt whipping, and the entire Broncos organization should be ashamed of the performance- or lack there of. With that said, Denver's defense is an absolute disgrace. To add insult to injury, Denver loses Champ Bailey for 6 weeks with a groin injury, and Boss Bailey for the season. Hey, the defense can't get any worse without those guys anyway- or could it. Denver can't stop the run and they can't defend the pass. They don't create turnovers and they can never get a big stop in a big spot. Their personnel is so weak that they are just going to have to live with a crummy defense all year long. The sad part is how this explosive offense has completely crumbled. I don't understand how you can score 41, 39, and 38 points the first 3 weeks and then only score 19, 16, 17, and 7. It is mind boggling to me. The Broncos offense commits turnovers like a Junior High team. It is disgraceful to watch. Here is how I am trying to spin this in the positive way. We all the Broncos defense sucks, but if the offense can stop turning the ball over, then maybe this can be turned around. Having a bye is a good thing this week. If the offense gets Stokley, Scheffler, and Selvin Young back, then maybe it will have all of the weapons that made the offense roll in the first three weeks. If Denver puts up 28 points a game consistently, then they will be able to simply outscore the other teams, even with a defense that will probably give up at least 24 to 27 points every week. From Week 1, I said that this Denver team reminded me of the 2000 Broncos. A highly explosive offense that could score 31 every game and a crappy defense that is going to give up a lot of points. If the offense can turn it around again and get back to it's form from the beginning of the year, then maybe this season can be saved. If not then we are looking at 6-10 or 7-9 all over again. Before the season, if you looked at Denver's first 7 games (at Oak, home vs. SD, vs. NO, at KC, home vs. Tampa, home vs. Jax, and at NE) you would totally take 4-3. Throw in the fact that 4-3 would give you first place in the AFC West, any Bronco fan would take that. Let's see. On to the picks for Week 8:

Last Week's Record: 6-7-1
Overall Record: 49-58-4

HOME TEAM IN CAPS

BALTIMORE (-7) over Oakland

San Diego (-3) over New Orleans

Kansas City (+14) over NEW YORK JETS

MIAMI (+2) over Buffalo

DALLAS (-1) over Tampa Bay

PHILADELPHIA (-9) over Atlanta

NEW ENGLAND (-7) over St. Louis

Arizona (+4) over Carolina

DETROIT (+8) over Washington

JACKSONVILLE (-7) over Cleveland

PITTSBURGH (-1) over New York Giants

Seattle (+5) over San Francisco

Cincinnatti (+9) over HOUSTON

Indianapolis (+4) over TENNESSEE