Why Is There No Pressure on the Broncos This Post-Season?

[BBIB]

It's amazing to me how much the media is giving the Broncos a free pass when it comes to pressure of performing this post-season

We're talking about a team that won a playoff game last year with a QB that most regard as so poor that he will be lucky to get a job as a clip board holder in the Canadian Football League next year

And their current starting QB they are paying a whopping $20 million dollars a year going forward if he's healthy enough to pass a physical (which he clearly should be now that his neck appears fully healed)

Now the Broncos very well could run the table and have an amazing 14 game winning streak

But it just amazes me how I've seen virtually no major media outlet try to put any pressure on the Broncos this post-season

I've seen pressure on the Falcons, the 49ers for their Kaepernick decision, the Texans, the Ravens, and the Pats

But none in the direction of the Broncos. And I'm not just talking about the pressure of winning a Super Bowl, but a single playoff game


Now I fully expect the Broncos to dominate the Ravens, but if they don't I feel like the media is going to totally give them a pass because of the pass they've given them thus far

[DontTazeMeBro]

Because there is no way they can possibly not win it all. They have Peyton Manning who is infallible and no one can play at Mile High as a visitor and not have their lungs collapse. So why would there be any pressure?
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[Papa-Pwn]

Dunno. I expect them to win it all, and I'm sure most Denver fans and a good percentage of other teams' fans do as well.

Sounds like pressure to me

[green24]

The air pressure is very low in Denver.
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[Dunderhead]

OP seems very passionate about this issue. He should like start an online petition to ban the media. Maybe grassroots this thing and start picketing. Maybe turn off the TV and read a book, too.

We all really need to do something to stop the media. Perhaps there's a nuclear option? An invasion?

[Jakuvious]

We went over something similar in another thread. Same answer I gave there.

Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Peyton Manning
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[Rejuvenation]

There should be a massive amount in my opinion but I definitely don't see as much being placed on them by outsiders. Home field advantage in the AFC and Manning at the age he is should mean super bowl or bust this year and every year moving forward.

[BBIB]

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[BBIB]

You can call me crazy all you want but I think it has to do with the two extreme positions they have about the Broncos QB that started for them last year and the current one

Peyton Manning the media is obsessed with and would give him the MVP every year if they could.

Tim Tebow to the media is a circus freak clown that should never be behind center


You combine those extremes and the Broncos are getting no outside pressure whatsoever put on them which is unprecedented in this day and age of media

[RandyMossIsBoss]

It's funny because this thread was made by a Falcons fan... Seems like someone is trying to make it so that when the Falcons lose in their first game for the 4th time in 5 years it won't look as bad. All the pressure is on Ryan and the Falcons, no other team even comes close to that pressure amount.
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[GmenSeattle]

They got this far with Tebow so why would there be more pressure now that they have Manning?
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[Dunderhead]