By: Brandon Rivera
Coach Nathaniel Hackett has stuck to his guns about putting starters in to play during the preseason and as a result game two of the preseason was a brutal beat down by Von Miller’s new squad.
The game of course was just preseason and not much can be said about the significance of a preseason loss except, this is Broncos Country and fans tend to take most games seriously. So how do fans come to grips with the way the new coaching staff has approached the preseason? It’s easy of course; just wait for the regular season, because those games matter.
On Saturday the Broncos were in New York to face the Bills and though Denver marched down the field on an impressive drive from Josh Johnson. The drive unfortunately stalled leading to one of Denver’s three field goals.
Johnson remained in the game for a total of 5 series while Brett Rypien accomplished 22 completions on 26 attempts for 191 yards through the air and the only touchdown of the day.
Both Johnson and Rypien have both impressed over the two games played this preseason and game three against the Vikings will likely be the final gauge for Denver’s Hackett to fill the number two spot behind Russell Wilson.
The Broncos lost 45-15 to the Buffalo Bills.
It’s apparent that Coach Hackett understands the fans as he issued this apology Monday after practice, “The first thing I’d tell fans is I’m sorry for that game two days ago, because that is not what we’re looking for.”
This weekend the Broncos wrap up the preseason with a game at home versus the Minnesota Vikings.
In other sports the Colorado have lost four of their last six to both the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants. Last Thursday, the Rockies wrapped up a threegames series with the Cardinals losing all three games before kicking off a three-game series with the Giants winning two of three at home over the weekend.
This week the Rockies face the Texas Rangers (game on results not available at the time of this writing) at Coors field for a two-game series before heading to New York to play the Mets in a four-game series.
Any hope of the Denver Nuggets making a move to acquire Kevin Durant (KD) was extinguished on Tuesday when news-outlets reported that after the Brooklyn Nets and the perennial power forward agreed to ‘move forward’ and stay with the Nets. Durant had previously requested to seek a trade.
The likelihood that Denver would have made any move to obtain KD is almost nil, but some fans dreamt about the prospect of a KD, Jokic, Murray lineup. The Nuggets are less than two months away from the start of the 2022-23 season.
The Colorado Avalanche have officially lost Naze Kadri to the Calgary Flames in a deal that would send Kadri to Calgary for seven-years and $49 million contract. While the loss of Kadri is a tough one, it doesn’t take mean that Colorado can’t make it back to the ‘Can,’ next season.
Colorado’s preseason is just around the corner, and frustrated Colorado Avalanche fans are upset that no resolution was accomplished between Altitude Sports and Comcast (one of Colorado’s largest cable providers) earlier this summer. Fans will have to rely yet again on various streaming services for a chance to watch the NHL’s Stanley Cup Champions.
