The Denver Broncos are already horrendously mismanaging the Drew Lock situation
Drew Lock just arrived in Denver earlier this month, but the Broncos aren’t exactly making the former Mizzou quarterback feel at home.
After spending a second-round pick on the ex-Tiger, the Broncos — particularly GM John Elway and starting QB Joe Flacco — have taken every opportunity to tell whoever will listen that Flacco will absolutely not be Lock’s mentor.
Flacco has been saying it ever since Lock was drafted, and on Wednesday, Elway (a Hall of Fame quarterback himself) said he liked that his starting quarterback didn’t want to be a mentor:
One more nugget from talk with Elway: He liked Flacco’s comments on being focused on winning not mentoring. More important for backup to learn from starter than starter to teach backup. Elway may know a thing or two about playing NFL QB. #9sports
— Mike Klis (@MikeKlis) May 16, 2019
To me, this doesn’t seem like the best strategy. Why publicly continue to distance yourselves from Lock like this? He hasn’t even played a preseason game, and Elway and Flacco seemingly don’t want anything to do with him.
Now, I know this is a groundbreaking and revolutionary idea when it comes to football, but hey, maybe try to nurture your young players, particularly those who might soon be the face of the franchise.
Look, before you jump to the comments section to call me soft or whatever other aggressive nonsense you can think up, let me say this — Lock is a tough kid, and he’ll be fine. It’s not Elway and Flacco’s job to pamper Lock.
But my point is this: Do they really have to go so far out of their way to make him feel unwelcome? Also, since when did mentoring and winning become mutually exclusive tasks?
Lock needs to put in the work, watch film, study the playbook and learn from Flacco. However, Flacco doesn’t need to aggressively shun the rookie like Dwight shunned Andy in “The Office”:
Why can’t Flacco be a good teammate to Lock and also help the team win games? I don’t know what things are like in the Broncos’ locker room. Perhaps Flacco is much nicer to Lock in person. But, boy, you’d think he could be a little less aggressive when it comes to the media.
Also, if you’re Flacco, why are you so defensive about your job? If you were really confident in your abilities, you’d welcome the competition and not worry about some second-round rookie potentially taking the starting spot.
Oh, and another thing. Elway hasn’t exactly shown that he’s good at finding quarterbacks. Other than signing an aging Peyton Manning, the Denver quarterback situation has been a disaster since Elway took over personnel decisions.
Aside from Manning, the Broncos have trotted out Tim Tebow, Kyle Orton, Brock Osweiler, Trevor Siemian, Paxton Lynch and Case Keenum as their starting quarterbacks since Elway took over the team in 2011. Yikes.
Now, they lucked into Lock — who many considered a first-round talent in the 2019 NFL Draft — in the second round, and they’re already mismanaging his development. Elway should be praying every night that Lock turns out to be a star, because even though he’s a legend in Denver, fans aren’t going to tolerate mediocre play from the quarterback position much longer.
And, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Flacco isn’t exactly the same guy who led the Ravens to the Super Bowl in 2012. Heck, this is the same guy who lost his starting job to Lamar Jackson last year. I probably don’t need to remind you that Jackson is far from what you’d consider a “polished passer.”
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With all that said, the important thing is just for the Broncos to let the whole “mentor vs. winning” narrative die in the media. Flacco has already been declared the starter, so what more needs to be said? Elway and Flacco can refer to those earlier comments without making mentorship sound like the biggest burden anyone has ever had to undertake.
It’s fine if Lock doesn’t start this fall. In fact, it’s probably better if he doesn’t start. Look at three of the best quarterbacks in today’s NFL — Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes. None of those guys started in their first years in the league (and Rodgers sat for multiple seasons before taking over for Brett Favre).
But, at this point, it’s important that Denver doesn’t alienate the potential future starter before he ever takes a snap. Just give Lock a chance and don’t make him start thinking about his second contract already.
He hasn’t publicly asked for anyone to hold his hand, so don’t be so eager to slap it away in front of the media.
Message to Drew Lock: Go in there, learn everything you can, master the play book, be a good teammate to the others and prove your are both a better player and a better man than either of those two jerks.
That’s the Aaron Rodgers formula. Worked out pretty good for him.
Nothing Elway said was unwelcoming of Lock, and yes Adam, you’re softer than Charmin for thinking so. Flacco wants to keep his job, so why should be help someone take it? If Lock is gonna take the job, he’s going to have to earn it. If I were Flacco’s coach or GM, I’d be fine with that sentiment, because of course Lock should have to earn it.
You can’t help your softness, Adam. It’s baked into every single one of you soft, safe space, participation trophy Millennials. It’s honestly your parent’s fault. That’s not “aggressive,” that’s just the truth.
It’s so funny to me when people call my generation the “participation trophy” generation. Who do you think was buying the trophies? Spoiler alert: it wasn’t us kids. It was all you parents who were so hurt when your precious child wasn’t recognized for every little thing.
Take your outdated attitude back to the 60s with you, please and thank you.
Ehhhnnn! Sorry Hans, wrong guess. Would you like to go for Double Jeopardy where the scores can really change.
Tail end Gen-Xer here, Adam. Best generation since The Greatest. Most independent and self reliant. And not at all soft as Charmin, worrying about people’s feelings, rejecting ridiculous ideas like “words are violence,” or that full grown adult men need to be “nurtured.”
Latch Key Kids ain’t got time for that softness.
I guess you’re trying to be funny with that first paragraph? Can’t really tell. Not sure where I said anything about “words are violence” or anything like that, but that’s OK. I also love how you call me soft for this article but then get defensive when I reply back.
It’s just a Die Hard quote.
And I’m not at all defensive. This is what’s called “dialogue” or a conversation. These kind of things used to always happen between people who disagree, until the members of your generation decided to shut down all communication with anyone who doesn’t think as they do, even going into hysterics when confronted with contrary ideas.
Do generational stereotypes apply to every individual in a generation? Of course not, but they’re stereotypes for a reason. Your reading of Elway’s response is what we would call soft. Lock is a man. He can buy alcohol. He can die in a war. He can vote. He’s making million of dollars to play a game. Do you know what matters? That he do everything he can to prove he belongs and earns his place on the team. Do you know what doesn’t matter? His feelings. They don’t matter. No one’s feelings matter. All that matters is how we chose to face reality. Do we meet reality head-on, or do we shrink? Do we crawl away to a safe space until the mean people go away?
This is Lock’s reality. The guy above him on the depth chart isn’t going to help Lock take his job. Nor should he. This isn’t Kurt Warner in New York. Lock’s GM expects Lock to earn his spot. That should be praised, not castigated by you.
If Lock thinks as I do, he is far more likely to be a long time fixture in the NFL. If he thinks as you do, he’s likely to be a failure. That’s reality, man.
The point of the whole thing is this… since you consider Elway and Flacco a part of your generation, you stick up for them no matter what. Flacco is being the soft one here. As a rookie, Lock is expected to “shut up and do his job.” Why isn’t Flacco being held to that same standard?
He hasn’t exactly been “elite” these past few years, so he’s the one who needs to shut up, stop talking about how he’s not a mentor and do his job. Lock has been nothing but gracious to Flacco in the media. Is it too much to ask for Flacco to do the same and then sort things out however they want behind closed doors?
I would venture to guess that they told Flacco it was his job when they signed him and they weren’t bringing him in to raise a kid. Most QBs are egotistical and don’t want to accept the fact they are past their prime. I never considered Flacco a great QB. If he’s not willing to be an extra coach, then that’s his prerogative and seems like a wasted hire on Elway’s part. As far as Lock is concerned, hopefully the Broncos have a good OC/QB coach for his benefit. I doubt many QBs started out in the league having to rely on a veteran and GM for development.
I agree with that. It’s absolutely the QB coach and OC’s job to make sure Lock turns out well. It just seems silly to me that a GM who is a Hall of Fame QB and a starting QB who has won a Super Bowl are so insistent on making things tough for Lock. They could be such great resources and it seems they want no part of that. That’s fine, I guess, but I just wouldn’t be so vocal about it in the media.
This guy is just a troll. The older generation says we get offended too easily but they couldn’t drink from the same water fountain as a black person.
Adam Flacco has a super bowl ring and that’s why he isn’t expected to sit down and shut up. He earned that. Lock hasn’t won or earned anything like that yet. If he does then he’ll get to do that too.
Elway isn’t part of my generation. I actually think Flacco is a Millennial, since he was born after 1982. But I’m not “sticking-up” for either, I am instead pointing out the deficiency in how you’re interpreting this.
Team sports is supposed to build toughness of will and strength of character. Your worrying about Lock’s feelings and thinking he need to be nurtured by 1. The man who’s paying him to do a job and 2. The guy whose job he’s trying to take is literally everything that’s wrong with your generation’s world view.
Lock has a job to do. It’s up to him and the choices he makes whether he’ll be successful. He’ll be paid well and receive coaching. His feelings don’t matter. He’s a grown man. Children need nurturing. Men shouldn’t. That there are many who believe adults still need to be hand fed is why Millennials often find themselves utterly lost in the real world once they’ve left college and all of a sudden must fend for themselves. That’s why so many them go back home to live with mommy and daddy, who continue to fail them by taking them in.
Hey ColoradoGator – re your comment about the “older generation” not wanting to drink from the same water fountain as a black: you do realize which generation put a stop to that nonsense, right? The Baby Boomers ushered in the Civil Rights era.
I blame my generation as well.
The youngest Boomers who birthed the Millennials really effed up, big time.
BOOOOM! Love it. Here’s something else for everyone to chew on, every next generation is better than the last. It’s true, get over it. If you think that no generation compares to yours, I’ll give you limitless reasons that your generation was garbage. It’s basically evolution. Don’t get so high on yourself.
Of all the comments here, this by far is the dumbest
Elway is not Generation X.Too old, but great article, makes a lot of sense to me. One also can’t argue Elway’s lack of production at QB outside of Manning.
I and my family are from the south. My grandfather, father, and mother all got trophies from 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s just for participating in their sports. Is this really a millennial thing?
I was playing ball in the 60’s and 70’s. There were no participation trophies in Louisiana during those times. Not sure where you are from, but maybe that area had them.
Alabama
I recall 1st – 3rd getting trophies. You’ve got to love these generation debates though. Every generation likes to blame the previous. The only thing that is clear is that people evolve. That doesn’t mean they improve.
Agreed, everyone looks back with rose-colored glasses. I constantly hear my mother-in-law talk about how good things used to be and quite frankly I would so much rather live in 2019 than 1965. It’s like the “Make America Great Again” bullcrap. The millenials were birthed and raised by these so called awesome folks. what a joke
It’s more like each generation blames the next as they get older, and the ones who they are blaming are like “well you’re who raised us, so welcome to your harvest”.
I love when people hate on millenials. Here’s the thing about millenials. 95+% of all current professional athletes are millenials. The fastest man in the world history is a millenial. One of the richest self made men in the world is a millenial. Social media? Thank millenials. The majority of Iraq and Afghanistan vets? Also millenials. Is there a portion of millenials that cry and whine? Sure. Here’s the thing: the fault lies squarely on previous generations for terrible parenting. The real “safe space” generation is the latest gen, gen z.
Sorry, but this is overreaction from a fan of a specific player.
While cherrypicking QBs who didn’t start immediately (Mahomes technically started 1 game as a rookie), you ignored the fact that most QBs who don’t start in their first year never start in their careers and left out the more relevant issue of whether the starting QBs contributed to their successes by mentoring them.
If you are anyone in the Broncos organization except Lock, you should be glad to hear that a starter is focused on doing their job, not on doing the coaches’ jobs. The OC/QB coach(es) are employed to develop players. Merely doing something doesn’t automatically make you good at teaching someone else to do that thing; many of the best players aren’t the best teachers, and many of the best teachers were not the best players.
Player mentorship can be a good thing, but it is usually more of a feel-good story for fans than a necessity for winning football games.
He started Game 16 for a team that had already qualified for the playoffs. Get outta here with that “Mahomes technically started one game” nonsense.
You’re calling a fact “nonsense?” That, and the fact that that was your takeaway, is the real nonsense.
My other thought is that maybe Flacco IS trying to teach Lock; he’s trying to teach him an important lesson that his recent experience highlights: the NFL is a business. The sooner Lock learns that, the better.
It was a glorified exhibition game. The Chiefs had nothing to gain from winning or losing. He only started so that Smith wouldn’t get hurt before the postseason. Believe me, if the Broncos are in that same situation this fall, Lock will start. That’s why it’s not applicable to this situation.
Lock doesn’t need to learn anything. This is me saying that the Broncos should be treating him better. He has never once said anything about that. He’s handled it well and isn’t causing any problems in the locker room.
It’s Flacco and Elway who are causing the problems. Don’t mentor the kid, whatever, fine. But do they really need to take every chance they get to say they aren’t mentoring him? No.
I didn’t say it was applicable, I was just pointing out a factual error. Also, based on their subsequent offseason moves, I would guess that KC was perhaps more interested in seeing Mahomes in an NFL game than the health of a QB who only played one more game for them.
I think it’s absurd to say a rookie QB “doesn’t need to learn anything,” especially after complaining that a veteran QB won’t teach him. I trust Lock realizes that he actually has a lot to learn, and he is the only QB responsible for making that happen.
The Broncos drafted him with the aim of developing him into a starting NFL QB. How much better could it get? Why should he complain about someone staying within the bounds of their own job? Where is there any evidence that anyone involved is causing any locker room issues? Or that there are any problems at all? Just because Lock fans have a problem with it doesn’t mean it is a real problem.
Adam, you’re a Mizzou grad and it naturally shows in what you write, so obviously we’re taking this article with a grain of salt.
But even doing that, it still comes off as a major overreaction.
Quote:
“After spending a second-round pick on the ex-Tiger, the Broncos — particularly GM John Elway and starting QB Joe Flacco — have taken every opportunity to tell whoever will listen that Flacco will absolutely not be Lock’s mentor.”
Other than the paraphrase in the tweet you posted below that sentence, what direct quotes from Elway or Flacco do you have that prove your claim that they are taking “every opportunity to tell whoever will listen that Flacco will absolutely not be Lock’s mentor.”
In addition, what is logical about a team immediately downgrading a longtime franchise QB with years of starting experience to “mentor” for a 2nd round rookie who was nowhere near perfect in college? The Broncoes brought in Flacco to start, and they brought in Lock to push for the starting job and perhaps EARN it one day.
Lock isn’t the Bronco’s messiah and I think he can handle a couple of years sitting behind the stage curtain while earning millions.
The only person that thinks Lock is being mistreated is you. As you said, Lock isn’t whining about it. Just you. The actual statement was made by Flacco. Elway agreed that this was not Flacco’s job or responsibilities. You have now construed as the Broncos won’t mentor him. The Broncos will spend millions on a player but not teach or coach him. Your words. “Don’t mentor the kid, whatever, fine”. The facts don’t line up with your sensitive opinion.
You ignored everything he said but one fact. You then call the one fact nonsense after acknowledging it was a true fact. You have ignored the comments that actually make sense but don’t agree with your totally biased opinion. You only seem to respond to the inane ones that don’t line up with opinion. Oh gee whiz why are those guys so mean to poor little Lock.
Adam I think you have a case, but I think you’ve over-stated it a bit. Sure, it’s odd that the Broncos are saying things, but I don’t think it was any malice towards Drew. Joe wants to keep his job, and Elway is happy that his *current* starting QB is going to fight like hell to keep his job. As you stated, the Broncos have a sloppy track record at QB and Elway would just be happy to have someone, ANYONE, perform well at that position. Im putting Drew’s success or failure on his coaches and his own work ethic.
And so am I, but it’s just weird that Elway and Flacco keep making these comments to the media. If Lock is expected to keep his mouth shut and do his job, why aren’t Flacco and Elway held to the same standards? Flacco hasn’t exactly been elite the past few years, and if Elway hadn’t managed to sign Peyton, he’d probably be done as an executive by now. If Lock should shut up and focus on being a good teammate and learning his position, so should Flacco and Elway.
Simply put, because Elway and Flacco are veterans with Super Bowl rings. They’re allowed a lot more leeway in public comments than a rookie who has yet to play in a preseason game.
Flacco is a long-time NFL starting QB who has lead a team to a Super Bowl. Drew Lock is a 22 year old rookie who’s undergoing his first couple of weeks on an NFL roster.
Your reaction to this is so ridiculously overblown.
Cheddar is better but Gouda is just fine with your whine. Your statement about if I have to be quiet so does my boss sounds very childish. You also keep saying they are taking every opportunity but again show no proof. Lastly, most people see what Elway tweeted once as supporting a player. It just not the one you wanted supported. Elway never said Lock won’t be coached.
I’ve already beaten this horse to death, but it’s bad PR for the Broncos with their fans because he said something publically — when he could have said little or nothing.
If you read the Denver forums, they think Flacco’s now an a$$ — and their season hasn’t even started. How many more years does being an A$$ put onto your contract exactly? Of course, winning will erase the a$$ thing — until the winning stops and then back comes the a$$.
Lock and Fant were in a shuttle wreck at LAX this morning, so Lock was back in the news on TMZ — and guess what — he was put on the spot about how he feels about Flacco. He said all the diplomatic stuff of course, because he already get it. But I guess no one in the Bronco organization considered that a kid having to address the QB1’s childishness might be a distraction as well.
People can talk QB “focus” all they want, but Flacco was and always has been a transitional guy the day his stats went flat in 2013 and he turned 35 this year — all while forgetting the NFL is 90% marketing — so no bucks — no Buck Rogers, only the a$$ remains.
I think we’re reading different Denver Bronco message boards.
The consensus I’ve seen is “a boring answer would have been better to prevent this being a story, but I have very little problem with the actual point he was trying to get across.”
Full disclosure-I’m a lifelong Mizzou and Denver Broncos fan. So this story engages me from both perspectives. I am actively invested in Lock being a successful QB, I just don’t think he needs babysitting to get there. He needs to watch and learn.
Evidently, they’re indeed different forums. You can’t count handles like Iluvceefs, raidrfreightr, and chargerbarger as Denver fans, you know. Neither perspective is less lip-service than the other: to focus or to be a good teammate. The difference is one is dip-lo-matic and the other is dip-lo-$hit.
I live in Denver and local talk show host like D Mac and Mark Schlereth on 104.3 The Fan and Tyler Polumbus on Orange and Blue radio all say this is a non-story. The articles I read (and comment sections) all seem to agree. Drew will be just fine, you don’t get to where he already is by being a big softy.
I’m confused. I’m relaying a general consensus from Denver Bronco fans that I’ve read on actual Denver Broncos message boards I read/participate in. I’m not talking about fans of other teams. I’m a lifelong Denver Bronco fan, so is my family and many of my friends. I’m not saying my take is correct, but I am saying that I have a finger on the pulse of what many fans of the team are thinking about this, and it’s not the same as what you’re presenting.
Denver fans are as mixed on this as any other. My press sources are Fansided, Broncos Wire, Predominantly Orange, Denver Post, and the Rivals, 247 and NBC regional sites. There are a great many comments calling out Flacco.
And if it wasn’t an issue, why did their veteran tight end, Heuerman, TODAY make a point to tell the press he was going to help rookie Fant anyway he could because that’s how he was treated when HE was a rookie — as if to call out newbie teammate Flacco for being a jerk. Lastly, the Flacco trade was an eyeroller of meh, he’s not elite, and just read Baltimore press if you don’t believe me.
Your post included something that a paid writer couldn’t come up with to defend his own opinion. I personally never though about how the team would respond to the comment. I would point out that didn’t seem to affect the Packers with Favre & Rogers. How the fans feel is irrelevant though.
Yeah, okay.
The 34 year old vet wants to keep the starting job and help the team make the playoffs, exactly what he is being paid 18+ million dollars per year to do. He would rather focus on that than grooming the guy who will replace him?
Brett Favre didn’t want to mentor Aaron Rodgers. That’s a post hoc myth. AR definitely LEARNED from Favre, but it’s not because Favre babysat him-it’s because Rodgers took it upon himself to learn from a pro.
Flacco not wanting to actively mentor Lock is not the same as saying the situation is toxic. This is a non-story that is being blown beyond all proportion.
I mention this in the story, but it’s just crazy to me that you continue to perpetuate it. It’s possible to be both a mentor AND a winner. It’s silly that people are acting like Flacco needs to choose between winning and mentoring. Do both. It’s not hard to multitask.
The man is basically on a series of team controlled 1 year deals (it’s a 3 year contract, but no dead money). If he doesn’t perform Year 1, and the Broncos miss the playoffs again, he’s likely out of a job, and maybe out of opportunities to be a NFL starter. He is highly motivated to play well and win in 2019, and devote as much time and resources to focusing on that one thing as possible. As he should be.
And yet, if he instead acts like Alex Smith, Flacco can be a transitional QB for the next 4 years playing no better than .500 clear until he’s 40, getting lots of chicks, $8-million a year on 3 different teams, see the countryside, have fans buying him beers and gummy bears at the carwash — and retire a good guy. Then divorce, get a fresh supermodel wife, take an analyst job with the network — and STILL go to Heaven. Nahhhh. I think I’ll be a Flacco instead.
I don’t think that Joe Flacco is struggling for money or in any of the areas that you described, since he is a Super Bowl winning QB who once had the biggest contract in football. Further, I think that judging whether someone is “a good guy” exclusively based on their mentorship or lack thereof of one rookie is a really narrow way to make that determination. Joe Flacco’s character isn’t really in question. He’s been in this league for a long time and never had any issues. The players on the Broncos team seem to respect him and think he’s a good leader so far; I care more about that than what SDS is saying about it.
Virtual-yeah, he should listen to a washed up sports writer who’s claim to fame is trolling on a message board….
*whose
Oskie, Not personal, dude. Not personal. And you can’t troll your own fanpage.
Washed up? Claim to fame?
Why does he have to old Lock’s hand? Why does it matter to anyone? I don’t even think Mizzou fans care that much. It’s silly.
hold* someday I’ll learn to type.
“It’s so funny to me when people call my generation the “participation trophy” generation”
yes, Drama Queen generation would be more fitting, after going into a hysterical fit over the lack of bubbling enthusiasm and QB controversy Drew Lock SHOULD be creating, you acknowledge Lock is probably in a good place where he will have a season to just adjust to the NFL and how the pro’s do it, in other words, Lock is just fine in spite of your insipid theatrics.
This is a big non issue. Who cares? If anyone in the NFL thought Lock was can’t miss he would have been drafted sooner. I’m still confused as to SDS seems to think he’s gonna be some huge NFL QB. I’m not saying necessarily that he won’t be but…. not too many people seemed to want to bet the big bucks on him when it mattered. Maybe he’ll be special and maybe he won’t. no one can say with any amount of certainty. My money if I had to lay down though would be that he won’t be all that special at all. Also, Flacco doesn’t get paid to mentor young quarterbacks. Quarterback coaches get paid for that. Lock is in an adult and professional world supposedly now so why is Flacco supposed to hold his hand?
The writer is a fan with the ability to put his personal opinion in print. He keeps pointing out that “some people think he was a first round talent”. I don’t know who some people are but I can say that nobody with the ability to pick him thought that. That would be the difference between a fact and Adams opinion.
What a surprise. First we had to listen to Mizzou fans cry because Lock didn’t go first round. Now they’re crying because he isn’t being treated nice? LOL good old safe space U strikes again. LOL
Eh, get within 32 points of us on the field and then we’ll check back in.
Enjoy watching the “BEST EVER” from your school hold a clip board for a few years. Then maybe he can sell insurance or cars in Columbia.
A. Not the best ever. Not even close. I love Lock, but Chase Daniel was the best QB at Missouri.
B. He lit you guys up for three straight years. I’m not trying to troll here-it’s just really weird to see a UT fan insulting Drew Lock after what he did to your defense every year since 2016. We’ve literally won the last two games 100-34. Maybe find someone else to crap-talk until things turn a round a bit?
I didn’t start calling him the best ever, that came from your fellow Mizzou crew and media.
Also, beating a HISTORICALLY down UT is nothing to brag about. But fear not Tigger boy, things in Ktown are being fixed.
Adam you know I appreciate your youthful ideas about college sports, but look, you read like a sicko on this subject. This is NFL football. Not getting in touch with your inner-self group therapy. Lock is not be mis-treated. Flacco is not skirting his team leadership role. And Elway is being a simple-straight-forward owner, one the team can understand and keep in perspective.
Beyond that Drew Lock doesn’t seem to be bothered about the situation so why is this significant…
Wait…my original comment wasn’t posted because I said crap? Is this real life. Aren’t we talking about SEC Football here? lol
It happens all the time. I posted a response to the article, the author responded, and when I attempted to respond, I wasn’t allowed to. It was a well-reasoned, detailed post that could not possibly violate any reasonable guidelines for any message board.
Often when I’m engaging in a respectful discussion where people are replying quickly, there will be a message that appears saying “You are posting too quickly-please slow down.” That’s not a thing on message boards, people. You sanction posts based on content, not the amount of time separating them.
Y’all have some SERIOUS improvements to make on this front.
Juxtapose this to the fact that blatant trolling is allowed here so often, and it’s not hard to surmise that the moderation here has some pretty wholesale issues. Now, let’s see if this post even gets through.
Seriously. I’m addressing any moderator who might be reading this board right now. I’m trying to engage in on-topic, civil conversation, and I’m being prevented from being able to post.
Fix your site.
Well, I’ll add in my generational comments.
Being a child of the 60s we had the greatest music ever – the British Invasion, all that great anti-war music and the best sound ever, the sound of Motown.
That is all.
Fool, the best decade for music is the 90’s.
It’s sad when you can read the headline and know who wrote it. Lock is tough but the writer feels the need to cry for him. I didn’t like Flacco’s comments but it isn’t his job to train the person to take his job. Elway didn’t alienate Lock. He backed his starting QB. I would like to point out something funny and show the total bias of Adam. In one sentence he informs us that Elway is terrible at picking QB’s. The next says that Lock isn’t like all the other busts. All this without playing one down in the pros
“Lock is tough but the writer feels the need to cry for him. ”
The fact that the Bronco’s have not already erected a Drew Lock statue and the NFL has not already created a Trophy Award named after Drew is nothing but a travesty, why it’s downright diabolical!
… and I thought I WAS a Drew Lock fanboi,, sheesh
Judging from the comments, Adam Spencer might need a mentor at SDS.
So when Old Flacco is sidelined with a concussion or breaks a leg, Elway will be retracting his statement.