Seeing Into the Future

On March fifth Von Miller,linebacker for the Denver Broncos, guaranteed that his team would win the Super Bowl next year.  This came on the heels of his little cousin getting into a car accident a week ago and coming out of his coma just a few days ago.  Miller said he is inspired because of what his cousin went through in the last week, so he was motivated to make some predictions about next year.

I think it is quite funny when professional athletes make predictions, because it always becomes a bigger story than it should, and usually is not right, considering a lot can change from now til next February.  But Vegas seems to agree with Miller, since it has the Broncos as a 7-1 favorites to win, right behind the Patriots and the 49ers.  When athletes make predictions the media blows it way out of proportion, saying they are cocky and brash, when I think every athlete guarantees they are going to win but some say it to the media and some do not, we only hear about the ones who speak out loud.  I think it is a good thing, it can motivate other teams to do their best as well as the team of the player who makes the prediction.  Solution, one player from every team should say they are going to win the Super Bowl, then all chaos would ensure!

Now I do not think the Broncos will win the Super Bowl but it would not surprise me if they did.  The offense is set to make another run for the playoffs.  They have one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever played the game in Peyton Manning.  But they are going to need Manning to stay healthy and perform just as well as he did in 2012 when he won the Comeback Player of the Year.  At running back they played a plethora of people last year.  Willis McGahee started the year and did a great job until he hurt his knee on a run.  Then they used a committee of backs until they activated Knowshon Moreno and he ended the year on a tear, as shown by the number of fantasy points he got for my team. The receivers may be one of the deepest set of wide outs in the league with Eric Decker and Demaryius Thomas as starters.  They did an amazing job last year catching passes from Manning.

The defense could be the question mark heading into this off season for the Broncos.  Other than Elvis Dumervil, they really could not put much pressure on the quarterback with there front line.  The Broncos have stocked the linebacker core with great players, such as the above forecaster Von Miller who registered 18.5 sacks all by himself.  Also Wesley Woodyard is a great player that can rush the quarterback from the linebacker position.  I think the real problem lies in the secondary, where their best player is Champ Bailey and he is "seasoned" at the age of 34.  And their other players are not as talented as a Super Bowl team should have, so this could be addressed in free agency or in the draft.  I think if the Broncos could find a defensive lineman or two and a few defensive backs, they could be a real contender in the playoffs next year.      But like I said you never know whats going to happen even in the next few months.

Here is a highlight video from last year of the Broncos, see if they are Super Bowl worthy in 2014.