To Head Coach Josh McDaniels, the best cornerbacks in the game are ones who can juggle two simultaneous tasks.
In his mind, becoming a great interceptor requires spotting when the quarterback releases the ball, while following the covered receiver on his route progression.
One of the players who most helped McDaniels recognize that skill is his current corner — Champ Bailey.
“If you can’t see the quarterback, sometimes it doesn’t matter how well you are covering because you don’t know when the ball is coming,” McDaniels said. “But he has that ability to do both. I have a great appreciation for it now that I am here.”
For the fourth time in Bailey’s six seasons with the Broncos, his team enters week 10 with six wins to its credit. After consecutive losses to Baltimore and Pittsburgh, Bailey has taken away one of McDaniels’ key points to get back on a winning track.
“Just doing your job,” Bailey said. “Plain and simple. It’s just as simple as that. You just get out there and do what you’re supposed to do and things will work out.”
This season, Bailey said his job has involved more press coverage than in recent years. The Broncos secondary has already squared off against the likes of Chad Ochocinco, Randy Moss, Wes Welker, Vincent Jackson, Santonio Holmes, and Hines Ward.
The task gets no easier this weekend in Washington, with Santana Moss and Antwaan Randle El next on Denver’s radar.
McDaniels said facing talented receivers of that nature prompts a defense to be more disruptive at the line of scrimmage. As for Bailey’s role in that disruption, he said the 11-year veteran has the ability to do whatever a coach asks of him.
“He’s always been a dependable player,” McDaniels said. “He’s always been a guy that’s accepted whatever challenge that you may give him each week. I think the more of those guys you have, the better chance you’ve got to win.”
INJURY UPDATE
There were no changes to the Broncos’ Week 10 Injury Report on Friday. On the Redskins’ side, after not participating in either Wednesday or Thursday’s practice, RB Ladell Betts (ankle) was a limited participant on Friday. He is listed as questionable for Sunday’s game at FedEx Field.
A non-participant in Thursday’s session, P Hunter Smith (right groin) was a limited participant on Friday. He is also listed as questionable.
Here are some photos from the start of Friday’s practice.
– Chris Gentilviso, DenverBroncos.com
Tags: Champ Bailey, Head Coach Josh McDaniels, Washington Redskins, Week 10
Guys, we only got 12 picks made so far this week, your chances to look good at picking are scary good, you could be King for a week, LOL, or is it that the two losses have you spinning so hard, you can’t figure out which way the game will go, so you’re afraid to end up on the wall of shame… LOL. Either way, today is your last chance to speak your mind and post your picks. So far we have a guy who has us winning by twenty and another by only one, go figure. What do you think?
This is a classic trap game and I’m very worried. STeelers before them and Chargers after them. The Redskins starting RB is definitely out and his backup is questionable. One tackle is definitely out and a second questionable. They are in disarray from ownership down to the ball boy. They’ve never scored over 17 ponits in any game this year. On paper, a very easy win (Almost as easy as the Raiders). And that worries me. They have nothing to lose.
Broncos 16-10 in OT
haha, how ironic is it that JC gets fined 20k for yelling at Ed Hoculi! hahaha, I think Ed Hoculi has always been a Bronco fan and he doesn’t like little boys with big egos. haha
Did you get my pick bay?
I am thinking 24-10 broncos. I think the offense will control the time of possession and give our D enough rest to shut the skins down late in the game.
I knew this season was no cake walk. We have to take advantage of these games if we are going to be there at the end of the year.
GO BRONCOS!!!!!!!!
no trap game to me. broncos are gonna be pissed and should have a good game. this one will show alot about what these broncos are made of under this new regime tho. do we fall apart? do we let an easy one slip away? are the coaches as good as we think? if they are we will be ready. and win easily. this game will answer some questions in my mind anyway. i say we handle business and get back on track. broncos 31 redskins 10.
Does anybody know how Buckhaulter is doing?
He was injured at the end of the Pitt game. I think if Coach McDaniels is ever going to put Hillis in a game this would be the one, that is if Buckhaulter is injured and only to give Moreno a breather.
Anybody have any info or thought’s here?
OC, sure did, noticed you’re up to the same trick I was last week, hahaha, I won’t go that route this week, I’ll have us truly winning, I’ll post my pick later today.
monodono, I haven’t seen any injury report including Bucky, I would imagine there is nothing wrong there, honestly I didn’t even see him getting injured last week, must of been nothing, hopefully, we need him real bad, as I keep saying Moreno is not NFL ready at this point, IMO.
Glad to see the picks rolling in, finally, thought you guys gave up on your team here for a second… LOL.
Barrett is doubtful, Harris is out, Marshall is probable and McBean is questionable, that’s it for injuries.
i think this is not a trap game, but one that we need to win…three losses in a row is pretty bad, and the chargers might be right back in it! can’t give the redskins any chances, they will probly be pissed too, so let’s just go out and do our job, get the running game going, and feed off play action!
sorry guys, im about a half day late here but couldnt pass up the chance to comment with the older folks… watching TD play was amazing! he was so fast and soooo hard to tackle! he got hurt brian griese’s first year as a starter. the really sad thing was that he got hurt making a tackle on a griese interception remember? i can remember watchin that game and saying to myself “please dont let this be serious!!” it was, and he was never the same. ended up hurting his other knee the next season i believe… some microfracture surgeries and no more TD! i also remember most of the other guys mentioned as well. floyd little was way to early for me, but i remember sammy winder, sewell, and whilhite! one of the earliest games i remember watching is the one where whilhite broke his ankle on that long run down near the goal line against the giants i think! wow… that was a long time ago! im only 30 now but i was raised right and have been watching the broncos all my life! funny stuff.. lol
Go Broncos
“DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS”
If the Broncos want to be considered a playoff team this has to be a statement game from them. Washington is the NFC version of the Raiders and we need to put them out of their misery. Great game to get our running game back on track, playing a 4-3 defense thats ranked 25th against the run. Orton NEEDS to throw the ball downfield, and have time to hit his recievers and tight ends deep to break this blueprint that the Ravens and Steelers exposed. Defense should be able to get a lot of pressure on Campbell. His O line is in dissaray and we should be able to get some fumbles and picks to take to the house.
It’s never been good for us to head to the east coast and play that early game, but with the short week I think McD will have our boys ready to go. If ????, the Broncos are as emabarassed as I have been the last 2 weeks they will go out and stick the pigs big.
Broncos 34 Piglets 10
PORK It’s whats for dinner lol……………………
Regards,
Coach
Monodono…Where u been lately?
Monodono – Buckhalter had his bell rung on the hat to hat hit, but no reports that he suffered a concussion or anything so should be good to go.
baylinor- Here’s my pick for this weekend:
Broncos – 31
Redskins – 13
I like Head Coach McD a lot but I’m not yet sold on his idea that a defense dictates what his offense is going to do. I agree that we should attack the weak spots, but not completely be told what to do. Looking at it with a “taking only what they will give us” approach, is kinda deflating to me….? Especially when D’s like Pitt don’t seem to want to give us anything.
I am slightly confounded with the statements where McD and Ort refer to “not throwing the deep ball unless nobody is back there” or behind the reciever. Doesn’t that just tell other teams all they have to do is have someone “back there” and the Broncos wont even try…?
On deep slant routes the reciever doesn’t need to be behind the corner. The QB just has to throw into the window in front of the slant pattern, in stride. If the reciever can just get a foot or two of seperation on the break and the QB can zip it through the window……BANG! ZOOM!!!TD!
I also noticed that after the win against NE that McD started being more outward and detailed about his gameplans in press coverage. Maybe he shouldn’t divulge details to the media and ultimately other teams?
Just some things on my mind about the Broncs, no gloom, just wonderings…
GO BRONCOS!!!!
Thanks for the up dates on Buckhaulter guy’s, I didnt see anything in the injury report either but I was reading the gamebook and saw the injury there and was curious.
LBWilson56, I’ve just been working way to much and on third shift so it’s really taken alot of my posting time and with so many post’s these day’s it’s all I can do to read them much less post. I also have to admit I felt The Broncos were going to lose the last two and didnt want to bring anyone down.
The Broncos should dominate this one if they run the ball Early and Often! Here’s to the switch going on and everything becoming easier for The O-Line and the Broncos.
TIME OF POSSESSION ! ! !
GO BRONCOS ! ! !
Knowshon Moreno needs just over 80 yards rushing/ game to reach 100 yards
I mean 1000 yards
1000 yards doesn’t mean much anymore. With a 14 game season, that used to be a big stat, now unless you get to 1200, you really don’t stand out much. However, he will have to get hit by lightning or something in order to average 80 yards per game for the remainder of the season, LOL. Not going to happen, he has a big learning curve at this level to worry about, not 1000 yards… Just my opinion.
iam so sick of this losing because we have no offence we need to open up the game tomarow and run it down there throats go broncos
I mean Moreno is 23rd in the league with 423 yards, so if he and others above him gain 1000 yards, that would be 23 guys, what kind of accomplishment is that? Pretty mondain stuff. Now the leader has nearly 1000 yards now, so we’re looking at 1800 or more, that’s worth talking about, chasing the 2000 yard guys, OJ, TD, Dickerson, Sanders and Lewis. Over 1500 is a great season, over 1200 is good one, over 1000 is the middle of the pack, therefore average. I’m saying all this, because it is so obvious how many times stats and the way they are used offer very little in the way of assessing worth.
Most of you guys know I am not very high on Moreno so far. And just because he is our first draft pick, I don’t understand why Buckhalter gets shafted in the deal.
Moreno has 114 carries for 423 yds, a 3.7 yd average.
Bucky has 64 carries for 353 yds, a 5.5 yd average.
Additionally,
Moreno has 11 catches for 64 yds.
Bucky has 20 catches for 159 yards.
If that’s not enough,
Moreno fumbles repeatedly and can’t block.
Bucky secures the ball much better and usually doesn’t miss blocking assignments.
To keep bringing Moreno up, is clearly a case of having your head in the sand. Buckhalter has been the man, is the man and I believe will be the man for the remainder of the season, barring injuries. Even Mcd knows it, he started Bucky over Moreno last week, it seems only the fans don’t. Please give credit where it is due, Buckhalter has earned our support, let’s not let him down over a “maybe superstar in progress”, that’s just plain unfair.
Go Bucky, you are the man! Lead the way, I hope you get the majority of the carries from now on out.
Monodono-i understand..
bay,
didn’t bucky get most of his yards earlier in the season against softer defenses?
OC, he has been sharing the load with Moreno on every game except when he was held out on a game injured I believe, but regardless of what team we’ve played against he has always been more efficient than Moreno. He is like 30 yrs old, but he always was a side kick type of runner to the great Westbrook and he missed quite a bit of playing time over his career due to injuries, so the point is he doesn’t have a lot of mileage in him and still has a lot to offer. Dawkins thinks the world of him and I believe if given a bigger role he could help us way more than he already has. I think him and Hillis will be the key to a renewed running game in the second half of the season.
I mean we know what Moreno can do, we gave it to him 114 times and he ran for 423 yds, give it to Bucky for 114 times and see if he might get the 627 yds his average per carry suggests he would, it’s not rocket science.
I will be at the game tomorrow. Right be hind the 5Rows behind the Broncos bench. The Bronco athentic jersey I had altered might get me some TV time. We see till then expect to win.
All Hail the Horseman.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos defensive lineman Ryan McBean and safety Josh Barrett will miss Sunday’s game against the Washington Redskins.
McBean had been listed as questionable with a knee injury, but he will miss his second consecutive game, the Broncos announced Saturday.
Barrett has a hamstring injury. He had been listed as doubtful.
The Broncos also will be without right tackle Ryan Harris (toes).
Sup UUb good to see ya back.
Everyone:
I think Harris might have turf toe. Will see see in the coming weeks. Ravens field is famous for those injuries.
What is it with Hillis? I saw his FIRE in preseason last year and then Shanny didn’t play him until everybody else got hurt. Then we all saw his fire again until he got hurt…..The dude is a hard runner. I don’t buy it that it’s because he fumbled or missed assignments, look at Moreno’s same resume.
Now it seems to start all over again? I read a lot of bloggers on the posts I peruse, and many call to see him run the rock and be more active in the offense. The dude seemingly has cought all of Broncodoms attention accept the guys making the gameplans….? huh?
And also Bucky is 6′ 0″, 223 lbs, to where Moreno is 5′ 11″, 210 lbs. With the power run scheme, we can use all the weight we can get at the position. For that reason, I thought the Ball signing was a good step in that direction, he is only 5′ 10″ but weighs 228.
Maybe people are not seeing the obvious. Hillis is just not one of his (McD) guys. In practice he probably gets some carries. Mainly though I hear he runs the O scheme for the opposing team of the week. Getting the D ready and such. Hopefully Ball has changed that trend and Hillis gets some carries in the game.
My bad, Ball is 220 but on a 5’9″ frame, he looks real stocky on pics, with low gravity power, could be good for short yardage, heck couldn’t be any worse than what we’ve done there so far.
Yeah Hillis is the big question mark. The first three games he litterally killed us at the very beginning of each game with fumbles and penalties and some resulted directly into scores against us, there is no way you can disregard that, I was totally fuming at him back then.
But like I said, he was back in the rotation against the Ravens, caught two balls at the Ravens, then did not play last week to attend his grand ma’s funeral, they were real close, so I actually believe he is back into the fray now and will get more playing time. Don’t fool yourself, you mess up as bad as he did early in the year, you will be in McD’s dog house, no doubt in my mind.
uub,
I love it! What is the salute that goes with your “HAIL THE HORSEMAN” declaration.
Is it the good ole TD mile high salute? Or, did you have something else in mind….lol
Let me know and I’ll have my whole gang doing your “horsemen” Salute tomorrow for every play!
How about…..if we win…………the “ELECTRIC HORSEMEN”!!!? lol
Cool… Ball, Moreno, Bucky, Jordan, Hillis……Whoo Hoo, doggie! Ug, who we gonna get to block for them there runners?….. kiddin!
Don’t tell me Scheffler and Graham!
I jest.
You know McD too well, would it be better if I said Quinn? LOL.
I know why I like to blog with you, you still say words like cool, LOL.
Good weather forecast for the game: 72 degrees, partly cloudy, light winds. No excuses.
dude…..
I say Groovy all the time and my wife thinks I watch too much Scooby Doo but I know it’s just because my mom was a hippie!!!
Rad.
Neat-o
Hey Bro, whats yor pick for the game anyways?
Did I miss it earlier in the blog?
Ok, I’ll give it to you now. Broncos win 13-6.
BTW, it’s only the second time this year we are favorite (3/3.5 points). The other time was against the Browns and we won big, good omen.
Naw OrangeCrusher nothing too serious. Just a simple jester of were not worthy. Sorry didn’t get back sooner. The Fight bout to come on.
gesture* not jester
I think Stokley win have a big game in this one. Broncos win 24-14.