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Show B3 The Salt Lake Tribune NFL FOOTBALL Saturday, October 9, 1999 It’s an OngoingDisaster in Denver NFL STANDINGS AMERICANCONFERENCE East WHLT Pet. PF PA Bumbling Eras are 0-4, heading into Sunday’s clashvs. Oakland Raiders three passes during his rookie quick Sree: no Broncosstepped sponded by ripping Shanahan in forward to be shipped out — though, given thestate of the team, sticking around can't exactly be a comforting proposition. Obviously, things have changed in Denver, whereeight months ago the town was an extra mile high overits second consecutive Super Bow! win andclinging to hopes that Elwaywould try for a threepeat. Ofcourse, E! y opted for the season last year; Brister rethrowing coinsor batteries battery poweredcoins? — at their own players. They’re being given the bird by the backup quarter. b ‘They're booingincessantly, they’re shredding their once. genius coach on all the call-in shows and, for goodness sakes, they'releavingearly. These things the thingsfans do because, frankly, fans are nuts. they're in Denver, where not suptored to be nuts because,frankly, they're supposed to be giddy over back-to-back Super Bowlsand, at thele: st, understanding that you just don’t replace John Elway everyday. But, a funny thing has hap- pened in the land of Mile High Funnystrange, not funny haha. ‘The fans are revolting — figura. tively andliterally. “This has been oneof the very stories in Denver sports said Sandy Clough, a popular Colorado radio personality whohas been onthe scenefor two decades. are bad right now. Andseemingly getting worse as they head to Oakland for a Sunday meeting against the Raiders that just doesn’t feel right: Oakland looking formidable and pepe in the AFC West, Denver lookingfutile andhopeless, rs sponsibleferfinally getting Elway a Super Bow! ring,waslost for the season with a knee injury. And, finally, just Wednesday, Shana- han reversed field and decided Brister should be his starting quarterback. happen every- where because,frankly, these are cept the media. Then last week, running back Terrell Davis, the man most re- Said Brister, hours after being named the newstarter: “Terrell Davisis out, we're0-4, we'reat the Raiders this week. It doesn't get much tougherthanthis.” Here's a thought: Maybe the Raiders are exactly what the Broncos need right now. Maybe a little genuine hatred and bitterness, wrapped ina tidy package of bile, are just what Shanahan and his team needto begin to revive themselves. Then again, maybe the Broncos can’t even muster that much. Ina Sports Illustrated story this week, the ubiquitous anonymous player on a team whose wheels are com: ing off was quoted saying that the Broncosarefinished for the sea- son and they could wind up0-8 by the time they hit November. 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