[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Originally Posted by Mile High Mania

Depends on what they decide to do, personally... I think they have to roll with Brock for at least the next month. Again, he can't be worse than the 9TD/17INT that has them sitting at 7-2.

The defense is the foundation of the success, so they need to rally and do what they've been doing.

Brock will be easier to fit within Kubiak's system, he's not as cemented into a style as Peyton.

Roll with Brock @ CHI, vs NE, @ SD and OAK... see what happens in the next 4. Worst case 2-2 is what they should achieve, best case is they go 3-1. They have the talent to get them to 2-2 with Brock.

Let Manning have a month off, heal the foot, the ribs, etc.

Final 3 are @ PIT, CIN and SD. Going into the final road game, depending on how they've played under Brock, then you determine what makes sense.

Best case scenario, you put Manning on the shelf until the playoffs.

It would take a monumental fail, similar to a few years ago when Josh had them at 6-0 and then missed for them to repeat that now. I don't see it happening, but anything could.

They have all the built-in injury excuses now to put in Brock and the lead is significant as I mentioned earlier, they are pretty well locked into that #3 seed at this point with 7 games remaining and both OAK and KC sitting at 4-5. One of those teams has to go on a HUGE roll and Denver needs to fall in likely 5 of the next 7.

So, enjoy the cushion that comes with 7-2 and let's see what Brock can do, then re-evaluate it in 4 weeks.

I would absolutely LOVE it if they sat Peyton till the playoffs then brought him in to throw 4 picks and a QBR of 1