On Tuesday, DenverBroncos.com will air its fifth episode of the season of Elway Access, a 30-minute podcast hosted by Broncos TV’s Chris Hall. During the podcast, Executive Vice President of Football Operations John Elway will answer questions that fans have submitted via Twitter using #ElwayAccess.
On Monday at 6 p.m., Elway discussed the Broncos’ Week 5 loss to the New England Patriots on the team’s partner station, 9 News KUSA-TV.
The Broncos fell to 2-3 on the season Sunday as New England was able to build a 31-7 lead thanks to a ball-control attack highlighted by 35 first downs. Denver rallied to cut the lead to 10 points, but couldn’t get any closer and fell by a final score of 31-21. One big factor in the loss was the turnover battle, which the Broncos lost 3-1. Elway was pleased with the way the team battled back but said the early mistakes were too much to overcome on the road.
“Again, we didn’t give up,” Elway said. “That’s been the theme, especially in the big games against good football teams that we’ve played up to this point, Atlanta, Houston and now New England, the fact that we hung in there and kept battling. But we got way too far behind early, made the mistakes. Mistakes cost us, got us behind and we just ran out of time. So we just have to do a better job of number one, not turning the ball over. New England’s a good football team, we have to give them credit. But when you go play in their backyard, you have to play that much better to beat them.”
One bright spot in the loss was the play of quarterback Peyton Manning. Manning threw for 337 yards and three touchdowns to increase his season totals to 1,499 yards passing and 11 touchdowns through five games.
“Peyton continues to get better and better each week,” Elway said. “What we saw yesterday was that he was on target, he was throwing with rhythm, he was feeling better within the pocket and really doing a good job. Peyton is doing his job. He continues to get better. If you look at the pace he’s on, yardage-wise, he’s on pace to have his best year ever. We have to continue to do that and just eliminate some of those mistakes.”
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What we have to remember is that we are 2-3 but the record of the teams we lost to are 4-0 3-2 and either 4-0 or 3-1 after tonight. We lost by a total of 22 points. Its early season with a new QB and a offense who he has to get to and who has to get used to him, and a new D scheme.
Our D was awful but that offense isnt full of scrubs. They have one of the best offenses and have for years. Even still our D was awful. Also our three lost fumbles on offense couldve been 9-21 points on the board in our favor. Not to mention that critical drop by McGahee. Despite our D and mistakes we were still in it.
We do need to replace Mays on passing downs. Permanently if he doesnt stop the run like he did last year.
DMT needs to not fumbles at all especially the stupid fumbles he has had.
We need to just run the no huddle permanently.
Our D needs to be prepared for it better. We still have multiple teams who run it. Two in the next two weeks. Also need to prepare for quick passes as well. Brady did a lot of quick dumpoffs to his receivers and let them run for bigger gains. Didnt help we missed tackles. Also we need to get our pass rush going. Seems to only be Miller out there rushing the passer.
Next week our OL may have issues. Chargers do have a good pass rush but are weak in the secondary. Chargers OL is suspect as well so hopefully our pass rush will really shine.
Also we need to keep the ball and get takeaways. Not give up the ball and get no takeaways.
Without actually calculating Manning’s stats, does 5,200 yds 37 TDs sound about right? Man, when they get onboard with eachother, they will be a terror in the league for sure…
You got to win against the elite teams if you want to go far. If you don’t fix the problems and you do happen to make the playoffs, those teams who burned you earlier in the year are going to confront you with the same weaknesses a team has. We’ve got to fix them now or we’ll be one and done come the playoffs.
So… Woody Paige made me mad today. I don’t think Peyton is mad he chose Denver. Frustrated, yes. But everybody on the team is frustrated.
Tap Your Cleats THREE TIMES!!! We Got PEYTON!
Broncos Country:
Win as Team Lose as a Team—Manning throws to DMT and he catches the ball for what looks like a 40 yard gain or a TD or close to it. He drops the ball or it gets knocked out of his hands! In two games 14 point possible game changers!! McGahee runs for big gain and he gets the ball knocked out for a fumble! These are offensive mistakes!! Do not blame our D for these blunders!! But on the D side of the Ball a 17 yard run for a 1st down—could not believe my eyes!! Bronco brick thrown at TV!! So if you want to blame anybody blame the Team!! We will push through this and start winning!!! Cuz ILMSDB!!
I do have a bone to pick with Woody!!
Woody Paige from DP said:
“As it turned out, though, Manning had no more success against the Patriots than Tim Tebow did last year, and Manning might be wondering why he chose to finish a distinguished career with the Broncos.”
WTF:
This kind of comments from Woody pisses me off!! He can kiss my Broncos A%%. So it’s chuck the whole team!!! Just for the Q back? Feed your crap to ESPN Woody. They like that type of writing!!
I need a time out before I say more!
ILMSDB
LONG LIVE THE NECK
Peace Out
Here’s the bottom line. We need to get going at the beginning of the game and not towards the end. How did we loose a game whos offense is so predictable? Extremely predictable? How did we loose that? I really don’t get it. Our D needs to give our offense a chance from the getgo.
FTR, you are 100% correct my friend. Woody Paige is a disgrace. If they ask Peyton if he is wondering why he chose Denver on Wednesday I hope he has a witty comment
LBF, can you guess what LP stands for
I’m long time broncos fan I see it coming together think dmt will learn from his mistakes as well as the rest of the team but I see it coming together real soon …defense they will be O.K …Go Broncos and Adams City Eagles
Why the name change cat?
Really disappointing loss this past weekend. So many mistakes on both sides of the ball. Ball security is becoming a major issue. We’ve given the ball away in crucial situations. I hope this isn’t becoming a pattern with DMT. He makes big plays, but they are overshadowed by the inopportune mistakes. We needed to set the tone right off the bat in that game and were driving toward that until the fumble.
And our D…..oh my. They disappointed me all game. They need a ton of work.
But hey, we have a chance to go 3-3 in the first 6 games, which I thought we would. Sets up a massive divisional game against the Chargers for a share of first place. We can’t lose this one.
GO BRONCOS!
Kod, believe it or not, I couldn’t post a thing last week. So apparently I messed up somehow and banished myself.
DMT is bothering me. I love him and so much potential, but come on! But then again, I like what Peyton said. When asked if he is going to stop giving them e ball. Uh… Duh! No way! It’s a team and he’s with them. I like this guy.
Oh yeah, he’ll keep feeding him………he has such big play potential. He made some nice grabs after that gaff. Catching isn’t the issue….but he really needs to protect the ball better.
Same goes with McGahee. He’s after coughing up the ball in some key situations. And that 4th down drop was inexcusable. I know he’s not known for great hands or anything, but that was delivered on a silver platter. With the space in front of him, that could’ve turned into a 20+ yard gainer.
Woody has always loved to rattle readers up and he loves to succeed, so here you go and he was a Tebow lover for those who forget….
Now Legwold has always been more subtle about things:
By the time the Broncos’ finish their first eight games, they will have faced seven quarterbacks in the league’s top 13 in passer rating with Matt Ryan at No. 2, Matt Schaub No. 3, Tom Brady No. 4 and Ben Roethlisberger No. 7. Rivers is 11th, Dalton 12th and Brees 13th. Many of the Broncos’ players were openly using the words “Super,” “Bowl” and “Manning” in the same sentence in training camp. What they have found is living up to all of that is a little more complicated.
That about sums it up pretty good.
Never talk up a big game in the Summer, just let your play do the talking as the season unfolds. Players like Bailey know that as well as anyone, he always makes a point of it every off season, too bad he is not the vocal leader I always wished him to be, the guy is super smart and he would be a great one to rub off on others specially the newbies.
The NFL is not college, every team is tough and capable of winning every single game, specifically since the the early nineties when a free agency system was put in place in order to level out the playing field (long gone are the days of seemingly unending dynasties/ used to love those btw), and by now the NFL clearly got what it wanted. To be elite in this league year after year has become some kind of anomaly and I think us Bronco fans will attest to that, LOL.
All that to say for us to have a legitimate shot at the playoffs this year I believe we need to win both games against the Chargers, otherwise they probably will run away with the division (remember how they are usually a very slow starting team and finish the season very strong) and I don’t like to count on wildcards since there are only 2 per conference, rather buy a lottery ticket, haha.
Even though I had us at 2-4 after Monday, I still believe my overall 10-6 prediction is doable, however the problem has become that somehow the Chargers are surging once again which I believe none of us saw coming. Before the start of the season I thought 10-6 would win the division, now I’m not so sure if you know what I mean.
Bottom line Monday’s game is probably going to have HUGE title ramifications much larger than anyone will be willing to admit… of course we win and we are right back on the horse.
Saddle up Broncos, now is the time, don’t buy into this not a must win game fallacy (sorry Mike Rice, it’s not a mathematical thing, haha, old joke, had to be there), every game is a must win game in this league until you secure a playoff spot.
Pa Pa Pa PUM PUM PUM PUM PUM PUM PUMMMMMMMMMMM
Not a shocker from Foxboro… I am a little shocked that Mr Pat (Beli-Cheat) went for it on 4th down in the fourth quarter, thus allowing the Broncos a short field and some semblance of hope. Facts are we got Run off the field, and if NE hadn’t called off the dogs we would have gotten beat by 30… the fact that we were close means Donkey Donuts, a loss is a loss, and if we keep getting embarrased every time we play a good team there is little to be excited about…
Scoring Prediction Contest Results WK 5
Patriots 31 Broncos 21 (52)
This weeks Winner receiving 10 points was a first time entrant for the year! Congratulations DENVERORANGES your prediction of a 28-24 (52) Pats victory was dead on the mark! Thank you for your entry
Second Place this week and 7 Points belong to a Pair of Bronco Faithful, STILL1972 and BRIAN_SCHNIEDER! Both Predicted a final of 31-27 Pats!!! Bonus cool guy points, Kudo’s and a cyber Cookie for each for picking the Pats Score! Way to go guys! Sucks to have to go to the Dark-Side for points but you gotta do what you gotta do!!! Good Luck again Next week!
Third Place this week should not surpise anyone THE DANE!!! you are kind of ‘THE MAN’ when it comes to picking winners! With a final Score Prediction of 31-28 Pats you also receive Cool Guy points and a Bonus Cyber Cookie!!! O’ and 5 contest points as well! Keep up the GREAT work!
Fourth Place this week is CARAMELLO! His prediction of 34-30 (64) was only twelve off the total and good enough for three contest points!!!
The Fifth Place Point this week goes to the only other guy to pick the Pats to win and one of my Personal Favorites OLDSOUTHSTANDER!!! Nice Work OSS!!!
There were many who chose a Bronco Victory, and for that I cannot Blame you! But as is the Tradition, someone must take their rightful place on the WALL OF SHAME and this week is no Different so here goes….. DADDYBRONC!!!! FOR SHAME your prediction of a Broncos Victory was 24 points off the total (41-35)!!! Better Luck this week!!! and minus 7 Points my friend
Thank you all for your Participation! Here’s to Hoping for a Victory against the CHARGERS!!!!
Well said, bay. 10-6 was my prediction as well. Monday night’s game is huge, let’s roll.
Good Morning Broncos Country!
Haven’t been on in awhile… good to see some of the regular bloggers on here again.
The Broncos need to have a good hard practice this week and get back to basics. Coaches need to step up and have the players ready. DMT needs to be coached on when he can exchange the ball from one hand to the other and also securing it after a long catch to avoid having it punched out. These are little things that are magnified when a mistake is made during the game. Gotta work on the little things and that responsiblity falls on the coaches and making sure the players are fully prepared.
Defense was playing flatfooted last Sunday and was reactive instead of being proactive…. again preparation is key for any Team the Broncos face week in and week out.
Right now, too much inconsistency from week to week, and when you see this pattern, it falls on the coaches not having the Team ready ready to go.
The Pats game to me was an indictment on the job John Elway did in the off- season re-building the defense. Period. The over-whelming problem on Denver is a lack of talent.They have no push up the middle that makes it more difficult for the QB.The DT’s on this team are terrible.Coaching or schemes are not going to change that.LB’s are totally not capable of covering passing lanes across the middle.You have to be a blind man not to see it.CB’s don’t make plays.Champ is a HOF, but is vastly overpaid in this salary cap league.He makes no plays on 3rd down to get off the field.When is the last time he made an INT? His salary,17 million.That is a lotof money for a guy who rarely makes BIG plays.Same can be said about ELVIS D. Flashes then disappears for long periods of time.His salary,17 million plus.Does anyone really believe that he is worth that? How much better would this D. be if Elway re-signed B. Bunckley, picked JANORIS JENKINS with the first pick,then selected D. Wolfe with the seond and not BROCK O(even if you had to trade up to get DW) I believe this would have led to a much more dynamic D than what you have now.
I said it last year…I will say it again this year….I said it week 1 I will say it week 6….until we get some decent linebackers (besides Miller, and not excluding Doom) we are going to be in a WORLD of trouble. It was amazing to watch Brady just throw to whoever Mays was covering, to watch Mays miss tackle after tackle…I disagree with Zeus….Champ rarely gets thrown on….third down or any down, the issues have been other places….the defense needs to step it up….or we will not be in the hunt very long….what is interesting is that the defense carried the team during the three and out Tebow days….they have yet to give Manning’s offense the same support. I believe it is because they do not feel like they HAVE TO win teh game, as they did last year. This year the sense of urgency is down and they are learning a new system. We shall see what happens.
Said for three years we consistently have one of the worse LB corp in the league, so no real newsflash here.
However, amazed at seeing how our safeties are being given a free pass, LOL.
Pat looks pretty pensive on above pic…..
our Def is a butter
NT dont stop the run
bring back Bunkley , a real NT
Del Rio is a looser
Fox is not the answer, he is a looser
we need a real HC
McCoy is a looser, fireeeee
DMT is weak
my prediction 7-9
and other year full of mediocrity
there is an a bad calls plays from the couches in the fist 5 games, everybody, (the other 31 teams, the 70,000 person at the stadium, an the millions of person that we watch the game on tv, knows when manning takes the snap in the NOT SHOOTGUN FORMATION in the 1st down, is gonna be a middle run, so the opponet D just have to put 8 or 9 guys in the box to stop us, why the couches dosent see that?, In general, the running attaks ony works with a pass formation (shootgun), but, the other teams is learning, we only runs without an a fake pass between the Center and RG or LG. so we have to be a litle less predictive, dont you think?. a Question for our Offense coordinator: Why tried a running play in a 3 and 5 in the second drive of the Pats game when you see that our running game is NOT WORKING in the 1st and 2d down, and when you see in the fist drive of the game, the passing game looked good? Why tried another running play at the final drive in the Pats 20 yard, when you are lossing for 10 ponits and you have to score as soon possible? Why del Rio has to takes 2 quarters to see what Brady an co. was doing?, he said at the press conference, “we have to stop the run first”, so, why he play whit a long pass deffense every plays in the fist half?. Why our D miss so many tackes? is it a basic work to any one on the defense. the 80% or 90% of the passes of brady was for 5 yards, but because we missed tackes every play gained from 5 to 10 or 15 yards, and the same with tue runing plays. Thas was”THE because” they ran for over 200 yards and made 35 first dows!!!, Dont blame Manning for these lost game, he had an a very well game!!! just see his numbers, only for the fumble, but i think was a Ofensse line issue. our offense is doing they job, there were a fumbles and int in the 5 games, but they are putting points to the score (vs Steelers 31, vs ATL 21, vs Texas 25, vs Raiders 37, vs New England 21) so there is a huge difference between the las year offense vs manning offense, the issue is the deffense. An a good deffense never allow an a 3 and 17 fist down!!!!, 3 and 10 fist down!!!, and a 35 opponent fist downs!!!, an a good deffense dosent allow and a 2 consecutive +30 yards pass for TD (vs Texas)!!!!, and a good deffense dosent allow:
more of 100 running yards per game
more of 250 passing yards per game
22.8 point per game = 2.6 TD per game (if the deffense could stop the 50% of TD and allow ony FG we could have won 2 games)
So I thnk, the offense has to work in the playbook, practice more running plays in differente formations, we have Manning!! so make a playbook whit more flat passes, whit more delay runnings plays (but use the imagination) and please!!! dont be predectible using the same formation and the same play over and over!!!!, The offense coordinator has to be more smart and logical whit the timming of the game,”dont send a running play when you are lossing for more of 8 points and only have less of 3 minutes on 4th Quater!!!!, And please!!! secure the football!!!! dont make so many turnovers!!!!
In the deffese, they need to stop in 3d down!!!!, they have to tacke better!!!, not allow more yards after a catch, and be more faster in the sweep running plays!!!, the 4-3 deffense, depens of the 4 guys to delay or stop the running atack or presuite the QB in the passing game. LDE, RDE, DT, NT need to work in they tackes abilites, and dont miss a RB tacke or a QB Sacks and in a sweep running play, thy have to seal the line and delay the RB. If they fail, one or two of MLB, SLB, WLB has to go permanent to attack the running game or be the pass rusher, and that create a hole in front of the secundary, and thats was happended in the 5 games!!!, thas why Brady could attak the flat all the game, and the RB was able to run in the sweep play, one after another play!!!. when these 4 guys cant stop the RB, the secondary has to help and takes the MLB position with the safety, and thas why Texas could scored 14 ponts with a +30 yads touchdown passes!!!!.
Its very simple!!!, learn to tacke and need to be more smart to attak the offense line, make a moves, changes positions, and attack in diferent angles, no just atack the frontal way, because thats dosent woks!!. that 4 guys have to do they job by tacke the RB or Pressure the QB, then the rest of the deffense can do they job too without to have to help them leaving they position play after play!!! because the other teams is gonna know that and atack that position!!! sound familiar??? attack the Von Miller , or Joy Mays position, because they haves to attack the offense line play after play!! so predictible!!!!thats why Von Miller have so many sacks!!!, thats not his primiry job!!!!, what are you thinking del Rio?????
Sorry for my english!!!
Man Chris Harris let me down sunday and Mcgahee, I dnt know about harris he gotta get better!!!!
Broncos need to replace Joe Mays as a starter…He misses a lot of tackles and always get out run by everybody!!!! Now we know what position Broncos need to improve next year.
Its all good family! Just focus on the division games for now and catching up to Peyton. Monday Night is the win we need for right now, and Monday Night it shall be!!!!
My take is we have a defense that played lights out last year and we did improve in the secondary but it’s not showing. The defense last year felt they has to keep the game close until late 4th quarter. This year my belief is the defense thinks the offense will score more points than the opponent. Bad karma all the way around. We don’t have the horses up front to dominate the line of scrimmage. Front 7 is weak thus when plays get past the 2nd line of defense, the corners and safeties need to pick up. We need more intensity from all of the front 7 – plain and simple. MORE INTENSITY. Next year’s draft needs to focus solely on the DEFENSE!!! Get through these next few games, get wins and get the momentum going….nuff said
John,
Please…just let Manning be Manning…from the beginning! I know our coaches like to establish a slower, progress type of style, but it just doesn’t work when you have a thoroughbred leading the way…you have to let the Secretariat be Secretariat…and let Manning be Manning…from the beginning! Tom Brady did just that, and look what happened, as he copied the creator and perfector of the no huddle, whom was on the other side, doing a “fox-trot” (no pun intended, but you get my drift)–
You want to give Mr. Bowlen what he really wants this year, and beyond? Let the thoroughbred run his no huddle masterpiece every game…result: fancy rings, all around–
Thanks, for listening–I appreciate all your awesome work, John, and the mark you are continuing to leave here!
Respectfully submitted – Go Broncos!!