Broncos Season 1994

December 28, 1994

By Douglas B. Wakeman

Some reflection on our boys in orange and blue, often black and blue to the tune of American Pie:

Not so very long ago I can still remember how we used to see Wade Phillips grin He assured us that we had a shot With all the talent that we got And our comeback king would engineer the win But the Chargers caused our hopes to crumble With a pass more like a fumble Faint hope again had lured us A last minute win assured us But that hope suddenly fled As Junior Seau inter cepted And the comeback king just hung his head Fifteen More games Ahead

And we were singing Mile High just one game has gone by With the talent we got the super bowl we can try It's just a young team except the three old guys Singin this'll be the season to fly This'll be the season to fly

Tried it, tied it at least we didn't buy it It looked like a coin toss would decide it John called heads and it came up tails As the Jets moved into field goal range They didn't need the first down chains They walked right down and booted in the win The next week the Raiders payed a call They never let us have the ball We're up against an oh and three wall Just three Games down That's all

And we were singin Mile High just three games have been slow There's no way that we can lose four in a row We'll get it all together in Buffalo Singing now we're really ready to go Now we're really ready to go

Now there we were all in last place To lose again would be a disgrace With grit and determination At the end of regulation Johnny saw Tillman open in the endzone And hurled the ball into the ozone Another comeback slipped and we go home Down now Four to None.

And we were singin bye bye thank god we have a bye A week off will get us ready to try To beat Seattle and then justify Wade's faith in the comeback guy Wade's faith in the comeback guy

The team went to Seattle with plenty of hope Wade gave each player a small piece of rope To tie the team together Or to make a hangman's tether Well they pulled together and they played real well Looked more like winners than losers from hell Kept some playoff hope for sure Their rec- ord one and four

And we were singin Mile High will host the KC bums The Chiefs can't win in Mile High Stadium We're ready for Montana so just let 'im come Singin now that we have finally won Now that we have finally won

Kansas City showed up and look what they did We pinned our hopes on the comeback kid Yeah Elway always comes through with a last minute show But this time as the clock ticked down With the Chiefs in Denver town The comeback kid's name wasn't John it was Joe Inside of those mile high bricks Our defense must have run out of tricks Montana's pass put us in a fix Lookin Bad after Six

We started singin Maybe we're not really as good as we say It sure ain't showing in the way that we play Our chances are the same as opening DIA When they're handing out the super bowl rings We'll be watching two other teams

Now Wade began to sing the blues We're glad that we're not in his shoes Thank god we put the Browns away The Chargers started to come from behind We injured Humphries just in time Then Simon did the same for Testeverde Now we'd won three in a row Elway's remembring how to throw Millers learned his timing Wade once again is smiling And the season we thought was a joke Some hope it seems now to evoke As long as Johnny doesn't choke The play- off hope's Alive

Then a loss Rammed down our throat But the Falcon's couldn't get our goat The referee's call unfounded Said Jeffery intentionally grounded The Chiefs this time they said oh no We have to play with Steve Bono As comeback Joe stood grimly on the side The Raiders wouldn't allow 1 yard As 5 times we tried real hard And after the 49ers we just sat right down and criiii-ied Next week we'll have to see the Saints Although contenders we ain't And then we'll just spectate On games In some other State

And now we're singin Next year will see us again Walkin through the season win after win As we see a brand new coach grin It will finally be a super bowl win Yeah finally a super bowl win

Doug Wakeman - Apologies to Don Maclean