Still Keeping Score

     They say the higher altitude makes for less oxygen and thus harder to breath sometimes for our sea level friends in for a visit.  Apparently there is still plenty of air left for football fans to whine about everything and even stuff I wasn't sure was a category for complaints.  While I completely agree this bold move by the Denver Broncos to sign Peyton Manning is a huge risk, it isn't worth the apoplectic fits flying around online and on the radio waves this fine day.      Yes, it is a lot of money.  Yes, Manning has been injured a bunch, he is old, and he spent his best days of his youth beating the stuffing out of the Broncos.  And yes, it certainly feels like the team is throwing Tim Tebow under an orange bus.  However, if the future first ballot Hall of Fame quarterback has any ammo left in the chamber, and can stay healthy, Denver's NFL team just got a whole lot better.      Risk versus reward is something we decide everyday, and I don't mean just crossi

     It did not seem that long ago that quarterback conversation in the Mile High City was completely dominated by another former SEC All American.  I can't quite place it, but he was famous.  And he seemed like a person the Denver Broncos also looked to guide the team for the near term.  Ah, the sports universe is a fickle place though, isn't it?      Today, Peyton Manning is visiting Dove Valley and talking shop with team Vice President John Elway and head coach John Fox.  The visit is so exciting there were photos all over the Internet before the engines on Pat Bowlen's private jet cooled down.  A jet carrying quite a bit of NFL quarterback experience, some baggage and a boatload of questions.  It was not really a surprise the fans that not only heard about the visit, they had to stand around the Broncos' headquarters facility to merely glance at the legendary possibilities that stand before the franchise.  The gathering crowd is clear evidence that no matter the nu

Just over thirteen months ago, the Denver Broncos fired the oft vilified Josh McDaniels and the then 3-9 team appeared to be years and years away from contending again in the National Football League.  After the latest miraculous moves of Tim Tebow, and the strength and speed of one Demaryius Thomas, the Broncos won only their second ever playoff game in a decade since moving into Sports Authority Field at Mile High.  Suddenly, the 2011 AFC West champs are going to jump on a plane and visit their former coach this Saturday night in New England. McDaniels, who spent most of this season as the offensive coordinator in St. Louis, is officially employed again by the New England Patriots, just in time to welcome some of his hand picked Broncos in the Divisional Round of this year's Super Bowl tournament.  Next year, he will get his old job back as the offensive coordinator, since the current holder of the job is moving on to coach Penn State.  That is an amazing set of dominoes that ha