Bronco Madness

30 years old? Really? I can barely believe that Champ Bailey is now a good 30 years old. Time really flies. But I don’t think Champ believes it either.

“I don’t feel 30,” he said. “I feel like I can play 10 more years.” I hope so as long as it is for the Broncos. Champ has done a good job for us.

The only thing that crosses his mind at this age is if he will have a chance to win a Super Bowl. Hopefully this year we can bring him that dream.

“I’m not going to lie, that crosses my mind a lot,” Bailey said. “I try to block it out. You look at a guy like (N.Y. Giants defensive end Michael) Strahan. How long did he wait to get a ring? It takes awhile for some people. Some people get it in their first year. I think my time will come.”

But we aren’t exactly poised to win the Super Bowl at this point. We are still very young and it may take some time before we are ready to do that.

“I know we have a lot of work to do,” Bailey said. “Right now we just need to concentrate on being as good as we can be. We don’t need to get ahead of ourselves because we have a lot of work to do, a lot of improvement, and we have to see when the lights are on what some of these younger guys can do for us.”

By the time his career is ending he is sure that our younger player would have matured. But he is not showing any signs of slowing down. Bob Slowik said when asked about Bailey turning 30 “He is? You can’t tell.”

At least we know that Bailey is signed through 2010 and he is not ready to leave. But we may have to raise his contract. With players like Marcus Trufant getting big contracts it might be time to raise his.