Comments on: Opponent Rewind: Detroit vs. Atlanta

By: broncosfan2420

broncosfan2420 — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:48:15 +0000

I live in Michigan and I do love the Lions, always have. I watched them every year and was always disappointed. On the other hand, I am an even bigger Broncos fan. This is going to be a tough game to watch for me and although deep down I want the Broncos to come out with the W, I have never seen the Lions play this well in my lifetime. I think they might have a chance to do something special this year and I think we all know the Broncos probably won’t get to the playoffs this year, not to be negative. Maybe a good draft in 2012 and a few solid FA pickups and we’ll get there next year. Anyways, I read these blogs religiously so I figured I should start joining y’all.

By: daddybronc

daddybronc — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:52:30 +0000

They have to match up man for man in the offensive protection – DET is too big, too dominant to have our guys double teamed. That’s it – new blog.

By: hometeam007

hometeam007 — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:51:16 +0000

cricket…cricket

By: hometeam007

hometeam007 — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:44:13 +0000

Really, though, Tebow pulled out a miracle win on a bad team. He now has a real chance to look at tape, make changes and make a statement against a good team.

I am thinking that this may come down to the play of our O-line than Tebow.

McCoy, please start the first series with a play action bootleg over the middle deep to Decker!!! A confidence builder and redemption for last weeks miss.

By: hometeam007

hometeam007 — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:40:11 +0000

As for the short passing game.. it only works if the corners suck or are playing off the wide outs. They are only going to play off the wide outs if there is a deep pass threat. So that is why McCoy and the gang need to mix it up and have a couple different packages. But Tebow needs to make those down the field completions to create that threat.

We should bring in Clinton Portis… he is healthy now; I am not sure what shape he is in though.

This will be a fun game to watch. I hope Dumervil and Miller get their act right. Stafford is getting afraid of injury and is looking jumpy in the pocket.

By: 1nOnlyTRB

1nOnlyTRB — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:39:42 +0000

We haven’t had a practice blog in a while … looking forward to one. I always have to wait logner cuz im on the east coast lol. TRB

By: 1nOnlyTRB

1nOnlyTRB — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:37:44 +0000

That was a great article indeed orangemm … I liked how he debunked all the prevent defense talk. And he is right … key to winning is providing Tebow with as much protection as possible with 2 receivers and a 3rd options to run. Detroit loves to come after teh QB and TTs blindside is covered by a rookie. TRB

By: 3rdGeneration

3rdGeneration — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:36:13 +0000

Orange, good article. Thanks for sharing. On another note, I really hope Knowshon succeeds. I haven’t given up on him, but I’m close. It’s too bad he makes what essentially becomes his debut against the Lions front 4. I guess we’ll see how it plays out. I know McGahee has been successful with our scheme, so Knowshon should be too.
Keys to victory this week:
1. Stop Megatron (which I think Champ can do)
2. Hit Stafford a lot (he’s made of glass)
3. Establish a “go to” guy with our recieving corp (Can Decker be that guy?, I love Eddie, but history would tell us he’s not it aside from his rookie year). D. Thomas can be that guy if he can finish out this season and be healthy.
4. Establish a run game so we don’t have to rely solely on an inexperienced young QB
5. Our defense needs to stop allowing points in “bunches.” It seems they never stop an opponent on their next possession after they score.
6. Don’t over-coach Tebow. A lot of his indecisive looking throws and drop backs are him over thinking, which is in large part to how one is coached.

I think point 1 and point 2 can be accomplished. Point 3, 4, 5, and 6 I’m worried about. The Lions have a good record, but have been winning close games. They could easily be a 3-3 or 2-4 team. They’re on the upswing, but haven’t established themselves as solid yet. They remind me of a step behind what the Falcons were
My optimistic prediction: Denver 23 Lions 18

By: rayjr26

rayjr26 — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:35:50 +0000

i just want to say i agree on play calling… uber predictable!! Of course in my opinion McCoy’s play calling has been nothing but predictable since he got here! The only time the play calling even comes close to imaginative is when we are way down and practically need a miracle to win!! I mean seriously, TT is supposed to be a QB, so LET HIM BE ONE!! I mean if all you want him in there for is a half dozen passes in a game, then you may as well just put some HB back there as QB and let him run all the time! Sheesh… Of course TT made bad throws last week. I imagine he had a lot of nerves going in to that game, not to mention rust! The rust and nerves should be mostly gone by now. Hopefully our coaches will open up the play book a bit this week! I still think our first play should be a play action and long pass just to see if we can kind of get the defense on their heels. I think, as many others do, that we need to bring back the roll outs and boots and see what happens. We should be doing lots of high percentage passes early on to get TT feeling good about things and then REALLY get after DET through the air!! So, this being a home game (and orange sunday at that), and all the “believing” going on in our locker room right now, im predicting a home win… 24-17 Broncos Baby!!
GET SOME, GET SOME UH UH UH!!!
THE BATTLE IS WON IN THE TRENCHES!

By: armadillo_orton

armadillo_orton — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:35:35 +0000

Dear Mr. Fox,

I want to first thank you for the strength to start Tebow. It has made the game fun to watch again.

As both of us being fathers, we know the best way to build one’s confidence is to tell them that you are 100% behind them. Everyone in football knows they are on a play by play game by game lease, so telling Tebow he is a week to week starter is not helping him at all. All you are doing is planting a seed of doubt in his head. A young Qb’s head is spinning due to the speed of the game, it is your job to lesser those seeds of doubt. Put in a game plan that he is comfortable with, help him to develop. If you want tebow to not be afraid of change you must first show that you are able to change. That is dump your lame mediorce offense and build one to our current groups strengths. I know it’s hard to change but a real leader leads by example. If you want to change the team, you first must change yourself.

Respectly,

Bronco Fan