With the news that five defensive players — including three starters — will sit out Sunday’s home matchup with the New York Jets, the Broncos locker room shared a simple philosophy.
“The next guy up has got to perform,” said David Bruton, who said he’ll be ready to take advantage of his opportunity if he’s asked to step in at safety with Brian Dawkins and Darcel McBath out.
Bruton started a Week 15 matchup against Oakland last season when Renaldo Hill sat out with an injury, registering five tackles and a pass breakup. He said that experience has made him more confident while approaching a similar circumstance this week.
“I know that I can play at the NFL level, not just special teams,” he said. “Just treat this week like every other week — prepare, take notes how I always do, watch the film — nothing out of the ordinary. There’s no sense in changing the routine because I’m always prepared.”
In addition to Dawkins and McBath, Robert Ayers, Andre’ Goodman and Wesley Woodyard will also miss the contest.
Even though the players won’t be on the field on Sunday, they’re still ready to help the team get ready in the meantime.
“We’ve got those veteran guys to give us tips and tidbits on what to look for, what to see, how to attack a certain block or route combination or formation,” Bruton said. “There’s a lot of things that these guys can help provide us with to help us be more prepared for the game.”
Jarvis Moss, who could see more playing time at outside linebacker in Ayers’ stead, said he expects the team to rally around the adversity.
“That’s tough, losing guys like we did this week,” he said. “I know our coaches will have us ready. They’ll have a plan for us to be successful on Sunday, and we’ve just got to take it to the field.”
-Gray Caldwell, DenverBroncos.com
Tags: Andre' Goodman, Brian Dawkins, Darcel McBath, David Bruton, Jarvis Moss, New York Jets, Robert Ayers, Week 6, Wesley Woodyard
It all sounds real good, and there is nothing to do but to march forward with what you got, no sense crying over spilt milk. However they are up against it this Sunday, and we are just about to find out how much watching the Jets tonight on Monday Night Football, against the Vikings, with Moss!!! can’t wait, should be a great game.
Hmmmmm, this game can go either way. Both teams have a potent offense, and both teams have a new toy to play with at WR. Fun.
yall know we going to lose right cuz look at the jets db but good luck broncos let get them let knock mark and Lt heads off let champ get a pick 6 and please let someone else call the play because josh mcd suck at call 2 me that the biggest reason we lose just pass the ball deep we wolud of win look at raven db they suck compare to jets db
I don’t think Sanchez is going to bother going at Bailey, he has Cox on the other side and now Bruton for Dawkins to go after.
We have some young ,talented players in the defensive backfield. They have a young quarterback. We have Orton and a great receving corps, not to mention a home croud that is behind the team hopefully a little more than thes bloggers. There is a reason they play the game! Go Broncos!
i think bruton will step up big for us if he gets the chance…
ANy way, what do you guys think about the favre thing? I listened to the voice mails and unfortunatly saw the pictures…But judging off the VM’s idk…Its hard to tell if its favres voice honestly. And it kinda pisses me off that this is happening before the jet game =-/ Its like Rex ryan is getting back at the pats for trading moss by attacking favre as a psychological advantage. If this is the truth, that is garbage and i will lose all respect for rex ryan.
It’s stupid how bad this sexual harassment stuff has gotten. I saw an anonymous players poll that said more than 30% of players cheat on their wives. The NFL needs to start coming down as hard on sexual harassment as they do on drugs and legal issues.
I really want to beat the Jets. Maybe most out of all our games. I hate all the trash talk that has been coming from them. I don’t care what Rex Ryan says, it definitely puts a target on their backs.
By the way, is anybody else delighted (and amazed) that the Raiders beat the Chargers?
The only way we win next Sunday is if the jets suffer massive injuries tonight. So, go Vikings, put a beat down on the Jets!!!!
Yeah – first time the Faiders beat the Bolts since 2003.
we can win but we need to be perfect and speical team will have to be big for us
As I have said, I have been a fan since 1977 when I was seven years old. I have lamented the four Super Bowl losses and I have rejoiced in the back-to-back Super Bowl victories. I cried like a little girl when John hoisted the Lombardi trophy. Even the two-to-three years that followed Elway’s departure, I always felt we had a chance to win every game.
What happened?
The Jets will destroy Denver on Sunday. I am still a fan, but I am also a knowledgeable and realistic football fan. I see no way the Broncos can stay in that game, especially after seeing the Jets tonight. Face it, Orton-to-Lloyd is no Favre-to-Moss. I just don’t see it.
No Kool-Aid for me, thanks.
Looks like the pathetic, so-called “realistic” negative smack talk is still going around. I think someone poisoned the Orange kool-aid. Sad, sad day when fans turn on their own team and can’t have faith in them to come back from mistakes and turn the season around. Shame on you.
I can’t and won’t deny the jerking around this team has done, every other game is a win or loss but did it ever occur to any of you that they just might get their act together?? That this tough loss in Baltimore may just be the game that shapes up this team?? They will come out fighting at home and improvements will be made. I can’t stand the negative thoughts going on around here. And yeah, I’m high on that Orange kool-aid. So sue me!!
The Broncos will win on Sunday. End of story. Can’t wait for them to make you all eat your words. Get some back bone people… and you call yourselves “grown men”. Psh…… Broncos are gonna shut you boys up on Sunday. And I’ll proudly serve you all plates of crow when they do. That’s how confident I am in this team.
Keep the faith Broncos Country…
GO BRONCOS in 2010!!!
Well another week and another chance to think hope and dream blue and orange. I am a cooliad drinker and I choose to think that it is possible. Probable no they were a playoff team we have not been in a while. They are riseing to every occasion to grasp greatness we have been staining to be mediocre.
but it’s the broncos and I hate thinking about my team as a loseing team much less a loseing organization.
It could go either way ( the way I look at this game and our season) , It is just hard for me to start the week out complaining that is all.
there was so much that just didn’t work yesterday and at times we looked BAD like a loseing team.
For today my first post of the week I am waffling about complaining about what I saw or Drinking Orange coolaid for next week.
What the heck coolaid it is. LOL
Mabey Knowshown will be back and we can have a more balanced attack even if it is based on less than 3 yard per carrie, We just need to keep them honest to open up space in the passing game.
Mabey MCD will call a better game and not give up on the run or have to play from behind all game long. With the exception of seattle we have played from behind all season long. In MCD and Ortons defence it is alot harder to play and call a game from behind especialy when a major part of your offens is falling behind.
I would like to see them take more shots with LLoyd down the field orton throws a good ball most of the time and a penalty or a catch and they have done real well when they have gone that direction. I don’t forsee interceptions if he misses.
OF the D players out I most fear Ayers being out he was the only one on D who put anything remotely close to preasureing the QB allthough not to excited about not haveing starting saftey playing. the jets have a preaty good TE. But I think we have a chance cause the jets offense doesn’t put up alot of points But there D is Ravenish and we looked preaty Bad yesterday against there physicality. And more importantly Orton looked gunshy especialy in the 2nd and 3rd quaarters.
So much more to say but thats all for tonight.
Go Broncos Mistake Free Football
Well we have a chance to win but I do not see it happening!! With how many yards we gave up to the ravens in the run and all the offensive weapons that the jets have it will be very hard with all of our guys out!! I do really hope that Demaryius Thomas is playing! Would love to see him more in the passing game!! I really didn’t want him playing KR because didn’t want him to get hurt and then he got hurt against the Ravens with a neck and back injury I believe!! Lets just hope us fans can shake the ground when the Jets offense is out!!
I love me some Broncos Country!!
Well, it looks like the orange kool aid is slowly losing some of it’s koolaidholocics, LOL, anyhow boys and girls, enough with the plaisanteries and let’s look at the Jets since we were very fortunate to see them last night, this is what I saw:
On D they present many challenges, the #1 challenge being there is absolutely no way to run the ball on them inside, even Adrian Peterson couldn’t do it, the toughest downhill runner in the league. It took him until late in the third I think, to start finding some lanes on the outer edge, and all his successful runs seemed to be on the left side. They have two fantastic corners, Cromartie was blanketing receivers on the left side successfully most of the night and Revis was basically doing the same on the right side even though he is not at 100%.
So what should we do on O?
There is no way we can run up the middle, there is not a stout D line against the run like this in the NFL, don’t even waste your game plan thinking you can, try Bucky and Moreno (if playing) on the edges is all we can hope for there (hint: left side). Their pass rush is unequal in the league, so quick releases will be the key, and since their corners are all world, attack the slot, Royal will be the key, and also put in Graham as a receiving TE since he won’t be needed for run blocking, the short routes up the middle should be our best bet, three step drops for Orton, get rid of it quick, and move the ball with the dink and dunk. That will also allow us to rest our D because we won’t be able to control the TOP with our run, that’s a gimme.
So, how do we stop them on D?
First and foremost, and specially in this case, we must slow their run game, easier said than done, get ready to have the unenviable thought of Tomlinson running over you once again, he is playing phenomenal right now and was able to rack up yards against a Minnesota D that just doesn’t allow you to do that, pretty much ever, but LT did, ran around and through them pretty much at will, and when the tough yards in the middle were needed they brought in their bowling ball Green. So huge challenge there to say the least. As far as Sanchez, he makes no more mistakes like last year, no INT’s this year, zero, so he takes very little chances and the biggest problem we have is they got Holmes back from suspension now, I would put Bailey on Holmes, he is very dangerous and effective as he showed last night, and leave Cox on Edwards, he could burn him all night, but he is not as sure handed as Holmes, so I think that’s the best coverage possible. In close is where our problems will lie other than Cox deep, they have Cotchery in the slot and Deker their go to TE on nearly every single third down, and one of them is going to end up being covered by Bruton, Sanchez will try to expose him all day just like Cox, he’ll go where Hill isn’t, we are going to need help there like from DJ. And we do need to pressure Sanchez even though we have been bad at it, because the kid is already good enough to shred you given time like he did the Vikings when they let the pressure up.
And on ST, the Vikings learned last night that when they got rolling on a super high from the Favre to Moss TD to close the game to a one score affair, on the very next play the Jets silenced the place with a KO return of some 70 yards that a few plays later put them back on top by two scores and that’s all she wrote. Lesson to be learned here, never relax with the Jets on any phase of the game because they are relentless everywhere, they bring it on all out all game, they are incredibly well coached. In order to win this one the intensity will have to be there 60 minutes, the execution as perfect as can be and the mistakes kept to a bare minimum, it will take all that plus some luck going our way and my “any given Sunday” mantra to beat the Jets Sunday.
ANY GIVEN SUNDAY, ANY GIVEN SUNDAY, ANY GIVEN SUNDAY.
Hope this was positive enough for the koolaid drinkers, I do my best with what I got to work with.
I think the key to the loss against the Ravens was stupid penalties. All the holds we had stalled drives that were moving. If we converted those 3rd downs that got taken back, who knows how the O would’ve faired. Could have been a totally different ball game.
The Broncos have given up way too many yards due to penalties so far this year. This has got to be addressed or we’ll never have a chance against the Jets.
Their TE is Keller, not Deker.
We’re going to have to beat them with our potent passing game, they’re 23rd against the pass. Revis said he was unsure he would play according to have PFT. They like to blitz, but they leave the middle of the field open when they do. If Thomas can’t play, still have Decker and Willis. Both guys can step up and play. I would say neither team has an “edge”
I bet the players are going to be tickled to death hearing what McD had to say about them yesterday:
“Through the course of the game, we hit some adversity and you’ve got to stay in it, continue to play, push, and I thought at times that we gave up some things we shouldn’t have given up because we felt sorry for ourselves.”
That man will always blame everyone but himself, for now that is is leguacy on this team.
legacy
I have to agree, the drive killing penalties are…well…killing our drives. We only get a certain number of drives, some games more some games less, the one thing we need to do better is come away with some points. Touchdowns would be great but I’ll take FGs too. When we are driving and putting together some good plays and we run into..holding -10 yds…false start -5 yds…delay of game -5 yds, then its 3rd and 20 something and we run a draw or a screen that gets us 5-7 yards. To me that’s a give up play. I know there aren’t a lot of plays for 3rd and long but at least try something else. If all you’re going to do is run plays like that why not just punt on 3rd down? We first need to eliminate the things we control like penalties from lack of focus. We eliminate those and it increases our chances of scoring drives and increases our chances of winning. Inuries yeah, conditioning all that stuff, we don’t neccessarily control those but we have to play with the cards we’re dealt.
50 eggs..no one can eat 50 eggs. We’ll we have “Cool hand Orton” and were playing with a short deck. Ya know what…we may just have a chance of winning.
Go Broncos!!!!
The latest has Ayers out for about six weeks with a broken foot and Dawkins out two to three weeks with a strained knee ligament.
Penalties is only the end result of mistakes, we must play mistake free football Sunday to win, that would mean no penalties.
PFT reports, Ayers out 6 weeks with a broken foot. Dawkins out 2 games with a strained knee ligament. No mention of Darcel or Thomas.
DA JETS ARE A FOOTBALL TEAM LIKE ANY OTHER FOOTBALL TEAM IN DA LEAGUE THEY CAN BE BEAT…. ALL DA INJURIES WE HAVE ATLEAST HE DIDNT RULE OUT MORENO… STOP WHINNING ABOUT THE JETS DIS N THE JETS DAT…. THEY CAN BE BEAT LIKE ANY OTHER TEAM IN LEAGUE… GO BRONCOS….
Dat was da best darn fan rant I hear dat far.
I have played or coached football for most of my life…I know that being a fan is something special, a relationship between a team and a person similar to a marriage, and the fan may not see all that is wrong in the team simply because of love. I will say this though, for the most part, this team is on a downward spiral. The numbers put up by Orton are all very nice, but yards are gonna happen one way or another, we are terribly unbalanced. Has anyone noticed that we have a total of 11 TDs. That’s all. 2 per game. Not enough to win in the NFL. People keep talking about penalties. well penalties happen when you have no imagination to the offense. As a OL when the DL KNOWS that you are gonna pass EVERY down, you are at a disadvantage. Therefore, you are gonna get beat at times. We do not have a QB who can get out of the way, so yeah they hold to protect Orton. We cannot be succesful in the run game because we are not suited for it, and that is the fault of the coach and GM. We are not generating a pass rush because quite frankly, we do not have the players to do so. BLAME the coaches and the GM. I have said many times before that TALENT wins games in the NFL. Not a “group of guys” playing together, but a “talented group of guys” playing together. All the Bronco talent is playing in other places right now. People keep saying they can’t wait for THomas to get on the field, and do what? He has ONE game. ONE! that’s it, that’s all. Bryant has been productive in all the Cowboy games. Decker ahsn’t sniffed the field. Tebow, is the most famous backup in sports history. Why were people excited about Ayers again. He has not produced. Jamal Williams, nada. Dare I say it, Dawkins has been getting beat in pass coverage all year long, great guy, lost two steps. Cox, destroyed weekly. Even Clady has digressed under this coach. What I do see is a Jets team, that is getting better, has better players than we do, a better phiosophy and better coaching. Sure we can win “any given Sunday” but 9 out of 10 Sundays we lose to that team. Why do people keep saying we have a “GREAT” receiving core. They are not. No one fears those guys. They are all possession receivers, which is why we don’t score. NO YAC for this team. All of them (with the exception of Eddie Royal occassionally) catch and fall. What made Marshall different, catch and KEEP GOING. Making plays. None of these guys can MAKE a play. We now have to rely on tricks. All back shoulder fades, double moves and hope. So yeah I am a fan, no I do not like the way this “marriage” is going. Yet I will not divorce, I will simply ask my spouse to change to make this relationship work.
You are asking for a lot of changes from your spouse, as we all know we can’t change our mate, we may attempt to but to no avail, or little change at best, not drastic all around change like you are asking, I think you might just have to ask for that divorce eventually and get a new wife more to your liking, LOL.
Well, another difficult match. This is probably the toughest stretch of the season, so I still see playoffs chances if we go 2-4, helping that the “faders” beat “The gay bolts” and I think is a situation “too good to be true” for the Chiefs leading the divison after week 5(they head to Houston next Sunday). I have to say they did a great job shutting down Manning, but the offense was rachitic at times, especially late in the game. Big part of that success on Defense has to be accredited to good coaching and Defensive Coordinator Romeo Crennel, we all know he had his match ups with the Colts when in New England.
This Sunday’s game is not looking any good… 3 valuable starters out! Want to be optimistic but if you can’t run the ball, can’t win against good defenses! Is true we beat Tennessee, but that’s gonna happen 1 or 2 times out of 9 or 10… We are letting our defense to “over work” and giving the chance to the other team to take advantage of a tired defense on the 4th quarter. I don’t know but with no running game helping the time of possession, being so one-dimensional offense and bringing in a tired defense towards the 4th quarter doesn’t seen like a winning formula to me!
And is not that I don’t have faith in this Denver team, but we DO need to improve in critic areas if we want to beat GOOD teams like the Ravens and Jets.
ELWAY07, like your enthusiasm, but let’s face it! This injuries are not helping at all to win this Sunday.
I tried to see and analize the situation from a “non-fanatic” perspective, so if you ask a Bills fan (for example) might even tell you something similar about our chances on this game.
Hope this Broncos prove me wrong, but we already had enough problems with running the ball, injuries(Moreno, Goodman) and now Dawkins and Ayers… Is God a Raider fan at times??? LOL J/K…
I believe playing at home would add some intensity in our game(compare against Baltimore) so that is one(and main) reason that makes me think somehow we could complete the upset on week 6!
Will post my prediction for the contest when game day is a bit closer…
Go Broncos!!!
vabroncoguy,
I have to say I agree with most of the stuff you posted. Loved the “marriage-fan” comparison!
Good to know there’s some smart fans with balls to express what they think with valid points on discussion.
You made me think about it and to be honest, I believe we wouldn’t be worst if we have kept Shanny!
Cutler was our FRANCHISE QB! Period! Cutler did not manage the situation very well at the end but let’s be in his spot for a moment!
Some NEW GUY takes control of the team, bringin in new ppl, there’s nothing wrong with that, but when you are a team captain, threw for over 4000 yds, had your first pro bowl year and reaching the pinnacle of your potencial and lead one of the most potent offenses in the league, and then comes this NEW GUY saying he would consider trading you for a nobody(true Cassel had a good season but still not at Cutler’s level, come on!). That would make me feel “underestimated”, “unwanted” or simply that I cannot perform at the level this NEW GUY wants… That would be disrespectful if you take a look at the year you just had!
So McD started bad, Cutler finish it bad! Did not know how to handle it and has to know this is a business(he just realized that lol).
With that said, there’s no need to talk about Marshall, Scheffler…
Do not like the way McD drafts either, Knowshon is becoming a bust, Ayers has not played like a former 1st rounder at all, Alphonso Smith did not perform with the Broncos but has already 3 INT with Detriot this year. All of this doesn’t happen by coincidence! Is called bad coaching!
I think he is smart in some areas like schemes and some playbook, but lacks of identity, experience and common sense…. Not every team is the patriots, everyone does it it’s way!
I just hope the experience would help to improve the other issues, If not there are many other years of “rebuilding”= loosing seasons coming to Denver!
I know this is an OLD topic, but wanted to be clear that McD has not done anything good for this football team so far in 2 years! Don’t think Shanahan would do any worst than we are now!
This is gunn a be a tough one guys. On the bright side moreno might be back and revis might sit. I still don’t think we will win but we can definatley go 4-4 for the first half of the season.
baylinorcrush says: “Dat was da best darn fan rant I hear dat far.” LMFAO… absolutely classic!
I will always believe that we have a chance to beat any team, but no doubt the Jets are a well-rounded football team. I’m no fan of LT, but he looks like a totally different player this year than he has the past couple of years with the Chargers. They are a smash mouth, in your face type of offense that is going to give our defense all they can handle. We need to score and keep the pressure on their offense to score because if they get a comfortable lead like the Ravens did, watch out. Since we don’t have any type of running game, I am a little concerned for Orton’s safety. Until we prove that we can run the rock, Ryan is going to blitz us non-stop all day long. Unless we miraculously find a running game between now and Sunday, I would like to see the offense employ some type of hurry up offense. Use the thin air to our advantage and keep their big d-line men on the field for as long as possible. More importantly, we need to score, score, score… And McD, please don’t defer if we win the coin toss. Put the offense on the field and score.
I agree borrachazo…at teh end of the Shanny 8-8 I felt like we were right there. I felt like this team was a defense away from being legit Super Bowl contenders. Did you hear what Marshall said when asked who he would rather play for Orton or Cutler. I am paraphrasing but he said to get the ball thrown to him a lot Orton, to WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP Cutler. Even the receiver knows Cutler is the goods. HE IS A PLAYMAKER. People keep saying Cutler is like Favre….uhhhh how many teams was Favre on that did not compete or have championship pedigree? Not very many. It’s called High risk, high Reward. Anyway, I am done ranting. we score 20 a game….league average is 21, we give up 23. I thought McD was supposed to be a “genius.”
Lots of realy interesting points!!! It is a solid way of looking at a difficult and frustrating issue.
Don’t even hear alot of whining just alot of honesty. Where do we turn??
I really don’t understand how an offensive line that can block as well as this unit is blocking can’t run the ball?? Is that scheme?? Is it useing the rite pieces? There are a couple of questions I had about it Part of the O lines problem in the run game was they lacked continuty, They finaly get all the starters together that his “competition ” theme brings then he sits his choice at gaurd Daniels and plays Hochstien??? Just poor coaching that is not the way Belichik did it I’m sure he stopped tinkering once the season started he stuck with his convictions.
Another thing runnin Brown two times does not amount to giveing the kid a chance!!!!
Granted we are in a stretch against some of the best most phisical D units in the league and we have been playing from behind a great deal and the penalties on the first drives the last two games hve stalled drives but alot of that is focus and commitment to a game plan.
Shanny used to script the first 20 plays so they came out and knew what was going to happen so they had a focus a game plan.
It is going to be hard with all the injuries playing at home will help focus intensity pride.
And the jests are the kind of team that we can beat if we jump out and put them down early and play mistake free football.
But at this time those are big if”s we have not looked particularly wellk prepared to start games or particularly intense.
The D realy needs to step it up again.
the O line needs to give us some room to run the ball alot of it is will and desire.
We have to stop early penalties and penalties in general.
We need to jump out early and get the home crowd into it and give our running game a foothold.
hey bay, I was reading you and strandoft stuff and I think I got yall beat. At 22 I am already getting over games right after they happen lol. And this wasnt always the case, in recent years it would ruin my whole week till the next game. And on before bye week loses, would ruin two weeks. Maybe its because I already expected us to be subpar this season. I just watch the games and enjoy what I can even if its individual plays in a sea of crap lol.
Havent posted since the game but only because all I would say would be reiterating my stance that many other know. What I took away from the game however is that we are not a well coached team..PERIOD. Sometimes somethings and some games bounce our way but in the grade scheme of things we are not a well coached team. Between the penalties, the questionable play calls and just overall sloppiness, its plain to see. ST with the exception of the kicker and the punter we sometimes give up big returns. Offense we are one dimensional, our coach is predictable, and he refuses to learn from mistakes and maybe even try to improve on his “patriot way”. He is took stuck in that template. On D we are missing star players, never 100 and while they play hard, alot of mistakes aswell. And the offense doesnt help with the lack of TOP. Sometimes we turnover on downs too quickly, other times we march down the field so fast because all we have is a passing game, so either way the D cant rest up. Anyway, Im hopeful for this coming sunday. Go Broncos..
PS; I agree with it all VAbroncos. Even the part about cutler. He had only been with us for liek 2 years and had improved every year so I personally thought he would get us there…but no need crying over spilt milk.
Baylin I am now fully confident that you have select hearing when listening to McDaniels. I’m not going to get into it because I already addressed it in Coop’s blog, but you should really watch the interview again.
Now I’m a little confused about something. You said the Vikings had trouble running it up the middle with Adrain Peterson despite him being the best downhill runner in the league. I thought that down hill runners were the ones who ran it to the outside. I think the addage comes from the fact that the field is slightly sloped and when you’re running toward either sideline you’re literally running downhill. I admit this is something I’ve been unclear on for a long time so I’m just trying to get it straight.
I agree with other posts that we need to stop the run, and take advantage of their 23rd ranked pass defense. Last night John Gruden, a man I highly respect when it comes to football knowledge, said they were the best secondary in the NFL. I’m curious how he got to that conclusion because statistically it’s not accurate. Cromartie did cover Moss like a blanket but he was essentially running go routes the whole time so we’ll see how he deals with our complex timing attacks. Also it sounds like Revis might have aggravated his hamstring again so there’s a good chance he won’t play this week. I’ll take whatever break we can get.
Now back to stopping the run. We’ve done a good job of containing guys like Addai and CJ but we seemed to have a lapse in concentration against the Rice-McGahee combo. They have too fine running backs in NY. If we play disciplined we can slow them down we can keep the game close, and if we can keep the game close I expect we’ll see some surprises in our own running game. We showed some signs of life in the run last week but only ran 13 plays, which will happen when you’re playing from way behind like we did for most of the game.
Also we have homefield. We have some loud fans, thin air and a prayer. LET’S DO IT!
Downhill running means the RB goes in the direction of the endzone…. Not the sideline….haha
So I was thinking why not switch ryan mcbean to outside linebacker. I mean 298 pounds and he is pretty quick off the snap. just a thought but maybe moss does just fine. we need a couple of sacks maybe one sack that scares sanchez.. but that wouldn’t work because he would just hand it off all the time to one of the best rb and one of the best running offensive lines in the league and then he gets credit for being an amazing qb.. yeah right. Just stop the run and we have a w in our pocket. hehe probably get criticized but that is the way you beat the jets stop the run and don’t turn the ball over. there defense yeah can stop the run but from what I saw last night with bret and only two recievers that can actually catch a ball one of those moss was there for 3 days. I mean if we can protect kyle which against a fierce ravens defense we only allowed one sack and no interceptions. Expect kyle to go off on the defense but look forward to seeing alot of running and LT and shonne green to be in the endzone alot. I see a high scoring game but I honestly think our defense wont be able to stop the run and therefore I believe the jets win by three. But in my prediction I give the broncos the benefit of the doubt just cause broncos are my team.
Broncos 33
jets 30
what OC said
Downhill running is not trying to find a way around the hill (outside running) but going straight down, in one direction (the endzone). Peterson Down Hill runner (altho he does it all), CJ outside runnner (altho he also does it all).
31-14 broncos…lets pick off sanchez once or twice
Actually OC that obviously was my intent bur B&R is right in the sense that a downhill runner is referred to a runner who runs with the direction that the field falls to. All fields are concave to let rain run off, so the highest spot is in the center of the field and the lowest on the sidelines, so running towards the sidelines can be considered downhill ruunning.
That being said that wasn’t my intent at all, AP is just a brutal agressive runner who will go at any side of the field because he has the strength to break tackles in the middle and the speed to leave defenders in his dust anywhere on the field. And obviously I was referring to AP having no luck whatsoever up the middle last night. I’ve learned to see in a very short time that B&R is very precise in all his opinions, he dissects everything, very complicated stuff, just like McD, overly cerebral to a fault, but heck to each his own, I’m not here to judge bloggers even so many seem to have nothing better to do than just that.
I am just here to have fun, and football should ultimately be fun and when McD makes it so complicated I honestly don’t see how much room there is left for the players to have fun, same with B&R, at times his intellect kills the fun, just me and no big deal, we all are who we are, we beat to a different drum, no reason to beat down on the ones who don’t tick like you do. Hard concept for many young fans here to grasp, just live and learn kind of thing I guess.
Thank you to both OC and TRB for not participating in this dissecting of everything I say just looking for points to argue, you saw the big picture and you knew exactly what I meant, no other agenda. Love blogging with you guys because you know how to have fun with this game, it’s a game last I checked, right? Why are so many people treating it with the seriousness that it is life and death, this is getting ridiculous, this is my time now to say to some of you orange kool aid drinking fans that you are totally losing all perspective in this game we play, you guys outta go play some war games somewhere, you might be better equipped for that.
(just an example of what writers are saying about Denver)
Defense Trumps Offense, In Case You Were Wondering Denver brought the NFL’s No. 1 passing attack to Baltimore to face the No. 1 passing defense — and the Broncos did not cross midfield until a minute remained in the first half. Baltimore did not use any unusual coverages, merely outplayed the Broncos, dropping Kyle Orton from first in passer rating to eighth. Denver was held to 39 yards rushing while Baltimore ran for 233 yards, and that swung the contest to the home team.
Trailing by the new economy score of 24-7, Denver reached fourth-and-3 on the Nevermores’ 19 with 11:54 remaining. Josh “When Does the Frat Party Start?” McDaniels sent in the kicking unit, and TMQ wrote the words “game over” in his notebook. Down by 17 points on the road late against a power defense, taking a field goal on fourth-and-short doesn’t cut it. True, Baltimore was likely to win no matter what McDaniels called on this down — but going for it was Denver’s sole hope at that point.
I wasn’t comin at you about the downhill thing Baylin. It’s something I’ve been unsure about and you’re a guy who seems to know what he’s talking about. So when you made the AP comment I thought it was a good time to get it cleared up. If you look at past blogs you’ll recall there’s a number of points I’ve agreed with you on, and I’ve argued AND agreed with guys like TRB, OC, and Beast. This honestly has been fun for me. I’m sorry if I’ve been a kill joy but I can’t bring myself to state an opinion without supporting it with a fact. When I argue a point it’s no more serious to me than it is to the guys on PTI. Like them I’m just a guy who loves to talk about sports. I apologize if my tone has suggested anything different. I work and go to school full time so I have plenty of “better” things to do but participating in this blog is something I LIKE to do. It’s quickly becoming one of my favorite things to do. If my input is really that unwelcome please let me know.
Oh and I did some research on the downhill running. TRB, OC: this link is for you guys.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080909102419AAMz94q
B&R, you blog how you want, like I told you the other day just don’t worry if I don’t always participate with you, your arguments are often to no end and they usually don’t move on, just like this link you put up, it basically says exactly the same thing I just said, the point was made, it’s just overkill like a lot of stuff you do, and it just gets overbearing after a while, but that’s obviously how you roll, so be it, if it’s done in a fun and friendly way I’ll communicate, if it’s tedious and overly agressive, I won’t. My motto is life is too short to drink cheap beers, same as life is too short to enter into tedious conversations. The shows you refer to, those guys are getting paid for it, we are not professional anything here, we are not earning a dime, so I won’t work at tedious argumenting just for the sake of arguing , I only do it if it’s for fun, just like the games should be, this is an entertainment package, not a labor camp, you sound very smart so you should understand where I’m coming from. Ok now we can move on and I’m gonna have fun, ever notice some of the funny stuff I enter here at times, why don’t you ever comment on any of that? Like what I posted above following this one dude’s comment:
elwayallday says:
October 12, 2010 at 8:25 am
DA JETS ARE A FOOTBALL TEAM LIKE ANY OTHER FOOTBALL TEAM IN DA LEAGUE THEY CAN BE BEAT…. ALL DA INJURIES WE HAVE ATLEAST HE DIDNT RULE OUT MORENO… STOP WHINNING ABOUT THE JETS DIS N THE JETS DAT…. THEY CAN BE BEAT LIKE ANY OTHER TEAM IN LEAGUE… GO BRONCOS….
baylinorcrush says:
October 12, 2010 at 8:28 am
Dat was da best darn fan rant I hear dat far.
Or like what I posted today on the Cooper blog:
Like I said the other day, everyone is executing so badly in the running game that McD is going to execute the whole bunch of them himself, LOL.
I mean maybe that doesn’t make you laugh, but some others find it real funny, try to relax and enjoy the blog for everything it is man, entertainment, not just x’s and o’s, and who is right and who is wrong and grinding it into the ground, life is too short, see, here we go, my motto again… Anyhow enjoy it however you want of course, just try to be kind enough not to drag me down into the nitty gritty overkill arguments on a regular basis, that would be much appreciated.
Well one thing’s for sure I’ve spent a lot of time doing research and trying to prove points while writing on this site, and in real life I spend most of my time joking. I’ll try to let that into my writing. You are funny Baylin. The fan rant made me chuckle out loud. I’ll make sure I give you your props the next time that happens. I can’t promise not to bring up arguments featuring statistics, that site credible analysts, or that make comparisons to other teams past present or future etc. But I will try not to be repetitive and I promise it won’t hurt my feelings if you don’t counter with anything, because I have fun trying to prove there’s some substance to the kool aid I’m sippin’
wow! a lot of mixed feelings in here..
and rehashing Cutler-and Marshall what-ifs…idk.. kind of old but i respect all the opinions.
My take, the Oline play has been awful..hopefully, getting healthy w/ another week to practice allows everyone to get on the same page..atleast progress.
This Jets defense blitzes all day, something we’ve been having trouble controlling. I saw them blitzing corners and safeties all day.
We NEED the running game going.
And we saw LT light up that star-studded Viking DL. The Jets no doubt have a more talented OL. This will be a tough game! BUT definitly WINNABLE!!!
Go Broncos! game-plan
We can beat the Jets and their blitzes by quick slants, bubble screens, center screens, quick WR screens, etc. How about a shovel pass to the inside? Works great when they are blitzing–back just looks like he got beat on the block, doesn’t run out of the backfield so isn’t picked up as a receiver and gets to start in the open field. On D, watch for McD to go to a 4-3 this week, he’s already hinted on some “options.” With limited LB’s available, this could be the week. We can cover their WR’s man-to-man. Keep rotating in WR’s to go deep, and let’s see their DB’s gasping by the third quarter in the mile high atmosphere. We have the WR’s to do it–even with Revis and Cromartie, we match up better and someone will be getting a boatload of catches–probably Royal this week! GO BRONCOS!!