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In commemoration of Jimmy Buffet, who had been a minority owner of the Dolphins and a Colorado resident, “Can’t you feel them circling, can’t you feel them swimming around? You got Fins to the left, Fins to the right, and, Broncos, you’re the only bait in town. Oh-Whoa, oh-whoa.”
Oh, woe are the Broncos. This pathetic performance is the most obscene I’ve seen in 50 years of covering the Broncos.
“When someone runs the ball up and down like those guys did, and throw the ball up and down the field,’’ Sean Payton said, then paused pithily, “it’s not acceptable.’’
The coach also said, “This one is different.’’
The Orange concentrated more on dehydration than defense. The only positive from the game: Mims the word.
The Dolphins were Sharks. The Broncos were chum.
In the history of the Denver pro football franchise in the AFL and the NFL, since 1960, the Broncos descended to an all-time low, beneath whale extract, Sunday in south Florida. And it could have been even worse if Aurora’s own Mike McDaniel, a former Broncos fan, ball boy and intern, hadn’t taken pity on them.
As it was, the indefensible Broncos enabled the Dolphins to score the second-most points – 70 – and rush and pass for the second-most offensive yards – 726 – ever in the league. Dolphins faithful were begging them to kick an easy field goal at the end to break the record of 72 set in 1966 by Washington.
However, the unbelievable 70-20 difference – yes, that was the final score if you just arrived from Mauritius or Mars – is not No. 1 on the team’s hit list. In 1963 the bad news Broncos lost to the then new Kansas City Chiefs by 52 points – 59-7.
Is it possible that the Broncos could surrender more than 70 and lose by more than 50 this season?
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