They are who we thought they were, or at least a little closer.
No, I am not talking about the Chicago Bears. While the Cardinals romped Jay Cutler’s new group Sunday — righting the ship from Denny Green’s failed attempt as Cardinal coach a few years ago —it is Cutler’s old team that has come down to earth. The Denver Broncos have dropped two straight games. Pittsburgh handled Denver easily in a 28-10 win. The Steeler slam follows a loss to Baltimore last week.
So now the NFL pundits will slowly start jumping off of the Bronco bandwagon, which was heavily loaded after a 6-0 start. Kyle Orton just isn’t an elite quarterback, sorry Trent Dilfer. And the Denver defense has some blaring holes to patch. Rashard Mendenhall ran for 155 yards. The Broncos are closer to what everyone thought the were before the season started than the Super Bowl hopeful they were hyped as six weeks in to the season.
Go Pittsburgh.
-Rick Kazmer
rickk@dailyamerican.com