Originally Posted by Megatron96:
Um, altitude isn't a mental thing, it's definitely physical. There's literally a little less oxygen at higher altitudes. Roughly, there's about 4% less O2 at 5,000 ft. vs. sea level. Doesn't sound like much, but air is only 21% oxygen in the first place. So playing at DEN means a visiting player must perform with only 80% of the O2 his body is normally used to.
Less O2 means your muscles will burn through the available O2 faster, and it will take longer for your body to reaccumulate it. So lactic acid production and build-up are both going to happen faster.
In other words, you get tired quicker and it takes longer to recover. At the beginning of a game, highly trained athletes won't notice this as much as a regular person might, but it's cumulative, so by the 2nd half (or earlier for fatties) is when they probably really notice it.
However, if you live at higher altitudes, your body becomes accustomed to making do with less O2. It takes a few weeks for your body to produce the extra red blood cells. So Broncos players don't feel the effects as soon or as much as a visiting player.
That's why playing at Mile High is such an advantage for DEN.
And also aided a lot of those 4th quarter Elway comebacks. [Reply]
That photo reminds me that Drew Lock thinks he is faster and more agile than he really is compared to NFL players. He did the same thing at Mizzou, trying to scramble for a first down and not coming close to escaping.
With the Broncos, both times he was injured and missed games was because he thought he was running away from a player that he was not able to avoid. [Reply]
Originally Posted by penchief:
And also aided a lot of those 4th quarter Elway comebacks.
This never really gets talked about....but in Elway's farewell, cap-cheating season, the Vikings were 15-1...and the best team in football. Anderson missed like a 30 yards FG to send the Falcons to the SB.
Here's the joke...Anderson didn't miss a kick all year...and made 46 consecutive. The first ever perfect season...
Funny how HOF QBs, in their retirement season seem to catch all the "luck"...Minnesota would have crushed the Donks.
Remember Manning's retirement HGH AFCCG...NE's kicker hadn't missed an extra point in like 3 years. Magically, he missed...which ultimately forced Brady to ignore a wide-open Gronk for a two-point conversion at the end.
Snow game against Donk was my favorite regular season game last year. Remember Mahomes spinning it pregame. He can pick on Ojemudia on the outside, and Kelce will feast in the middle on the wet field. Expect Locke to commit a couple careless turnovers. Straight outta Vegas, two score win for Chiefs! [Reply]
Originally Posted by BlackOp:
This never really gets talked about....but in Elway's farewell, cap-cheating season, the Vikings were 15-1...and the best team in football. Anderson missed like a 30 yards FG to send the Falcons to the SB.
Here's the joke...Anderson didn't miss a kick all year...and made 46 consecutive. The first ever perfect season...
Funny how HOF QBs, in their retirement season seem to catch all the "luck"...Minnesota would have crushed the Donks.
Remember Manning's retirement HGH AFCCG...NE's kicker hadn't missed an extra point in like 3 years. Magically, he missed...which ultimately forced Brady to ignore a wide-open Gronk for a two-point conversion at the end.
Originally Posted by BlackOp:
This never really gets talked about....but in Elway's farewell, cap-cheating season, the Vikings were 15-1...and the best team in football. Anderson missed like a 30 yards FG to send the Falcons to the SB.
Here's the joke...Anderson didn't miss a kick all year...and made 46 consecutive. The first ever perfect season...
Funny how HOF QBs, in their retirement season seem to catch all the "luck"...Minnesota would have crushed the Donks.
Remember Manning's retirement HGH AFCCG...NE's kicker hadn't missed an extra point in like 3 years. Magically, he missed...which ultimately forced Brady to ignore a wide-open Gronk for a two-point conversion at the end.
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They were more interested in Elway vs his old coach.
Reeves as a player and coach had already been to...god, how many SBs? ****ed Minnesota/Moss fans over , twice. Vikings lost to Giants and ATL in conf championships [Reply]
