Two weeks into the regular season, defensive end Elvis Dumervil had yet to record a sack. He was questioned all week about it, and repeated the same message every time.
“When it comes, it comes in bunches,” he said.
Dumervil went on to record five sacks in the next four games.
Following a season-high six takeaways against San Diego, the Denver defense believes that turnovers come in bunches as well, and that Monday night was only the beginning.
“Sacks and turnovers are kind of the same,” defensive end Derek Wolfe said. “Once you get one or two, they start coming in bundles. Hopefully we just keep it rolling.”
The team’s poor turnover differential, sitting at minus-6 heading into the matchup with the Chargers, was a key factor behind its 2-3 start. It was missing the big play.
But finally, the big plays came pouring in at the perfect time. Down 24-0 at halftime, the Broncos forced five turnovers in the second half, six in the game. Two of those turnovers, a fumble and an interception, were returned for touchdowns. On the night the defense forced and recovered two fumbles and intercepted four passes.
Safety Rahim Moore said the outburst began with players getting after the football in practice, which translated to the game.
“We were due, but it started in practice,” Moore said. “One thing about turnovers, once you get one they all come in bunches. We want to keep doing that. It seems the more turnovers we have, we always win the game.”
Harris recorded two of the team’s four passes on Monday night, running his second one back for his first career touchdown to seal the victory. Though it was a long time coming, Harris believes it’s only the beginning.
“We’ve been waiting the whole time to just get a big splurge on interceptions,” he said. “They come in bunches and I think we can keep them coming.”
B-R-O-N-C-O-S BRONCOS BRONCOS BRONCOS!!!
We might not have a game today, but we can still make some noise in BRONCOS COUNTRY!!! Keep those Turnovers coming D!!!
What a day of Football so far!!!
Just watched the NO – TB game… Tampa Bay lost 35-28, but Freeman threw for 420 yds against the Saints D…
I hope PFM has a field day… And our D gets a couple of those picks…
Quiet day in Blogsville… I’m going to glass the mountain
I’m hoping for snow next week! I want to see what these teams can do out of thier comfort zones in conditions where the Defense has the advantage.
I SEE THE BRONCOS D BEING NASTY LIKE DAT AGAIN ON SUNDAY NIGHT..AND THE O PUTTIN UP ALOT OF POINTS..GO BRONCOS
O’yeah BRONCOSONMINE! Brees will throw some picks. Feels like this is the type of game where the offenses could go crazy!
Congrats Bronco D! I can’t remember the last time we forced 6 TO’s without looking it up! Well done
Drew Brees will need an explanation after the impending butt whooping.
How the Jets don’t know how to use Tim Tebow keeps making me scratch my head. Not that Sanchez didn’t play better today or anything, because he did second half. But come on…
I shouldn’t care, I shouldn’t care, I shouldn’t care!!
Elite Quarterbacks in the NFL: Peyton, Tom, Aaron, Drew, Ben and ELI!!! Nobody else makes that list.
And I think we have a better defense than Tampa, but I am biased.
I loved seeing the D go for those strips against San Diego. They always said they practiced it, but rarely had it shown up in the games as of late. 35-35 tie with New Orleans this week. Nah, 35.01-35 Broncos!!
Random thought: anyone else feel like a safety should be worth 2.5 (or 2.01)? Still less than a field goal, but more than a 2-point conversion off a TD?
Take it while it’s there!!!
http://www.nfl.com/playoffs/playoff-picture?module=HP11_content_stream
Kudos to Kubiak!!!
(Or was that about a missing Ray Lewis???)
Honestly – did you watch that game? Kubiak has to be the best offensive mind in the NFL. Kubiak, please come home!!!
Jets got closer to beating the Patriots than the Broncos did!!! Go figure…
The two biggest things that needed to be addressed that are in our control are turnovers and penalties. Sometimes the defense just makes a good play on a ball to make an interception and I get that. We need to limit the ones where we cough up the ball like we have in the past several weeks. We also need to get more takeaways. Nice to see us get a bunch of them against SD so hopefully we’ll be able to continue to force some turnovers against the NO. We need to stop having drive killing penalties. We’re not committing as many as we have in the past couple of seasons, but we’re still shooting ourselves in the foot. When it is 3rd and manageable and it turns into a 3rd and long because of a holding penalty. Even with Manning converting 3rd and longs consistently isn’t a good gameplan.
Defense this week will have a tough matchup. Brees is still Brees, and sometimes I think the Chargers are mad they ever let him go. Brees is an elite QB and he can shred a defense. I think we’ll need to make sure and stuff the run, but we’ll also need to keep the big plays from happening. Homefield advantage could be a big advantage for us. Last season the Saints went 3-2 when playing outdoors while they’re 11-1 when playing indoors. So hopefully the outdoor Mile High Magic will smoother the Saints.
I don’t know why my post says “Anonymous” for the poster.
Daddybronc, I love me some Kubiak too but in all honesty, Peyton is our OC now. Peyton’s Offense consistently won 10 games a year in Indy and the way it’s ran is pretty impossible to stop because Peyton almost always makes the right call.
Can’t compare the Jets vs. Patriots game to the Broncos vs Patriots game. The Patriots didn’t go super-tempo against the Jets.
There is a chance that the Ravens may fall from grace without their usual defense. 5-2 could easily become 5-5.
DB! Did you get the pictures?
I was cheering for Kubiak to be fired a couple years ago so we could snag him back! Watching the Texans now is like watching the Broncos from the late 90′s… Zone Blocking, Downhill Running and a Pass game that has to be respected. The Defense is suffocating, and they can get after an opposing QB! I also have to give props to Matt Schaub, that guy is playing as good as any QB this season, and Houstons Defense is Scary! Did anyone else see the pregame yesterday when JJ Watt was walking around the field? That man has the biggest set of Chest/Shoulders I think I have ever seen on a DE… Guess that was alot of talking to say that I agree we should bring Kubiak back to Denver when we can!
I love Kubiak as well but that offense doesn’t work for the personnel Denver has. It would be the start of another rebuild if you brought Kubiak in.
Maybe RH. I hate the way Denver has abandoned the Run Game this season. We don’t have a balanced attack anymore, and when we played the Texans it was clear that Wade Phillips was baiting PM into audibles then crushing us at the point of attack. It was intentional and they did it until they were up 20 and went to a base cover 2 D.
I don’t think that brining in PM for a couple seasons is anything more than a band-aid to save face for our organization as it will take several seasons to put the talent around him needed to be a championship level team. I’m all for picking a direction, like they did when they Hired Foxxy to begin with and sticking with it, and I would be more willing to sit and let Kubiak do his thing for a decade than watch Peyton do his thing for a couple season, regardless if we get 10+ wins or not as regular season wins are not what I look for from this franchise. It’s playoff success
BTW, Kubiak IS back home now already, LOL…. He was a QB in High school in Houston (in fact he is in the Texas High School Hall of Fame) and then he went on to Texas A&M for college. Definitely not home for him in Colorado, it was mainly a learning tool on the way to bigger things and a very good one at that without which he would of never gotten a chance at HC.
We might want to enjoy Von as much as we can now because first occasion he’ll do whatever he can to go back to his roots too and his childhood dream has always been to one day to play for the Cowboys, and go back home, LOL.
Both Texas A&M dudes, those Texas roots are nearly impossible to uproot.
I will grant the fact that Kubiak has never been in a Superbowl as a head coach or starting QB, so advantage Peyton there but I don’t consider a 9-10 career playoff record ‘Successful’. I think that Peyton underachieves in the playoffs and when faced with Quality Defenses and teams that can run against his he has been very average in the playoffs, in fact he has been a little below average and that doesn’t give me confidence considering the overall talent level of this franchise right now
I like Kubiak as well as any Bronco fan could, but are you ready to dump our coaches after the adjustments they have made in the past two seasons? Remember we had a young man, as qb who couldn’t hit the side of a barn with a pass, and then we got Tebow, who couldn’t pas but given the run option and Devine guidance, was able to muster a few wins. Now we go to an offense that only one qb can run and win in. I think our coaching staff has done a pretty good job. Talent wins games and right now the Texans have it but its new to them and so is winning. I’ll take our team any time. Just sign some beef for the line and we’ll be fine.
Wolfe!!! a voice of reason! BRING US SOME BEEF!!!!
B-R-O-N-C-O-S BRONCOS BRONCOS BRONCOS!!!
Wolfe actually according to Michael Lombardi Denver is trying to trade for a DT around the deadline. Dont know what teams for what players/picks were talking to/about he didnt say. Just said Denver is talking to some teams.
He also said that the Rams are trying to trade players for pieces (Picks and younger players) the biggest talk from them right now is Steven Jackson. Its a pretty well known the Rams gave him permission to look for a new team this upcoming season when his contract is up. So I wouldnt be surprised to see him traded before then. Reminds me some of the NBA. They trade some good/solid older players for picks/younger players around the deadline which from what Lombardi said is exactly what the Rams are trying to do.
You are right, Peyton isn’t a ‘long term’ fix because he is nearing the end of his career. So we should start from scratch again? Peyton is a great way to be competitive while building a stronger team each offseason. I am seriously impressed with the amount of quality talent broought in in Elway’s two offseasons. This team is a deap playoff threat this year and could easily be a top SB contender next year. After that, maybe Peyton has more left, maybe he doesn’t but at that time, Denver will be loaded with talent and will just need a good signal caller. Maybe that will be Oz, maybe Denver will be on the lookout else where.
Enjoy the season during the season. Look to improve every offseason. Just cause PM time is limited does not mean Denver will fall off the horse when he goes.
Denver is actually trying to trade Wolfe for a DT? That doesn’t seem to jive with Fox’s habits.
No Brian, LOL, alaskan was actually talking to wolfe(dom), haha!
That was a good one….
RH. Pretty good philosophy. The thing that has bothered me in the past 8 years or so is that we have had glaring needs at DT and MLB that have not been adequately addressed. That is still rearing it’s ugly head this year. Signing Mays to a longer contract has obviously not worked well so far and we continue to get spotty and even poor play from the middle of the D-line. Right now IMO we are very similar to the mid 2000s Colts. Outstanding offense and spotty defense with 2 awesome pass rushers and awesome DB (Champ vs Bob Sanders). I agree that Elway has been stellar so far. Let’s hope we can somehow improve enough on defense to slow down some of the elite teams. This Sunday night will be a good test of that.
Happy Monday Everyone……
I’ve been so busy with between family and school I haven’t had much of an opportunity to post…….been reading while eating my breaky………but never the time to actually write.
A weekend without Broncos football sux the big one………but I managed to flick between some interesting games yesterday……quite a few games went down to the wire.
It’s going to be an interesting match-up with the Saints this weekend. I’m anticipating some high scores on both sides. Brees and Manning will be duking it out……..but I think the advantage will go to our D in this one. We will force some turnovers and I believe that will be the difference in the game.
Can’t wait for Sunday night to get here!
GO BRONCOS
And it’s great to see ya posting regularly bay…….welcome back. I knew you couldn’t stay away forever! LOL
Aaargghhh! You had to mention that Texas native stuff. LOL Let’s wish well for Von and hope he eventually lands with the Texans rather than Cowboys. Personally I’ve got nothing against the Cowboys, but I really like Houston. (That is if the Broncos can’t hold on to him.)
AB – always appreciate the inside info! Tweet on…!
Personal opinion is that Fox and McCoy are not Superbowl winning caliber coaches, and the schemes they have designed on offense and defense are vanilla. (Obvious exceptions being some of the up tempo stuff that Manning does.) Obviously Manning and Elway disagree. We also still don’t have the personnel that can go the distance. (But,….at least we aren’t bottom feeders.) Manning is still doing the same stuff he has done since his third and fourth season with the Colts. Kubiak and Belichick will always outcoach our guys. We will never reach the SB with this coaching staff.
Thanks for the info AB. Is it about time for those babies? Is Mamma keeping you too busy to post as much or has your job got you going? Good to hear from you and Bay now and again, so I can get the latest updates. That Chandler Jones we talked about in pre season is doing real well. I am a little disappointed in Fox also, some of his play calling amazes me. I think we will be ok if we allow Manning to be the OC. jmho
Yeah, Manning needs to be cut loose coming out of the gate, week in and week out, McCoy is a hindrance to Peyton in my book. I agree with the many who have said so. Let Peyton Manning be Peyton Manning for goodness sakes already. Any Denver coaches agree with our assessment, anyone?! Ha!!
first time poster not as knowledgeable about the in & outs of the game as some of you but had to say with the players we have on this team which is to say no huge superstars (not including PM & Champ) I would say the coaching staff is doing a pretty good job getting what they get out of these players (teamwork, never give up attitudes) so I say give them a chance see what happens in the playoffs they may surprise you
BTW GO BRONCOS
I disagree DB. This team right here can reach the Superbowl.
There is a very sound gameplan at work here. Unfortunately the full execution of such a plan has only worked once this season. The plan is; get an early lead, force the other team to play catchup, when the other team becomes one dimensional…pin your ears back and go to town.
This team and this coaching staff have talent or they wouldn’t be here. A SB is possible from all these guys. Could it be better? Sure, but you can always say that, even about teams that have won the SB.
Fox is far from faults but he is worlds better than many. I personally like that he is good with players unlike a certain recent HC in Denver. If Fox was my coach, I know I would play to the bone for that guy.
Hey y’all. My personal belief is this team is good enough to get a ticket to the tournament, and that’s all you need. Especially when you can score at will, like we can. We certainly are not perfect, but a couple of bounces go our way, and we get a couple of calls – who knows how far we can go..
As far as what we need to better this team, it’s clearly a legit MLB IMO. Just look at the Ravens. Ray Lewis is the central nervous system on that defense, and without him, they are a shell of themselves. Even getting Suggs back made no difference, as the head was already cut off.
We need a leader of men on defense at the MLB spot.
Fumbles have not gone Denver’s way this year. However, since the recovery of fumbles is a pretty much random variable it will eventually regress towards the mean. This is positive news for Denver.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_toward_the_mean
The NO TB game showed a few things about NO. One, they have a very potent offense. No surprise there. Their defense is very suspect. Alllowing TB 35 points (28 plus 1 TD pass to an inelligable player.) and lots of running yardage say to me that the winner of the game all falls on the Broncos D shoulders. Just hold Brees to under 28 and the game is ours.
Wolfedom were just about a month away. End of November. Work hasnt been whats keeping me off just getting stuff ready for the babies setting up their room and all that. Lamazda classes are boring for me but I know its needed knowledge so I pay attention. (I know its Lamaze but have always called it Lamazda since one FRIENDS episode lol) Also have been arguing over the names. Dont get why but the fiancee just wont allow John Terrel Champ Von Derek Elvis Steve Flloyd Tom Rod Eddie as the boys name. Just doesnt make sense to me. LOL
Also Chandler Jones has been great 5 sacks 3 of which I believe were strip sacks. Even though hes a Patriot im still following hos rookie year.
I agree we need to let Manning do his thing. When he takes over we become more aggressive and score whereas when Manning isnt n control we are very conservative and dont score.
The NO Denver game should be a good one. Our D will have to keep any big plays from happening and get some takeaways. Joe Vitt is back as the interim so that should be some change to what the Saints do. But their D is still really bad. I gotta say Our O vs their D is more in our favor than their O vs our D. Though I think both offenses have the advantage.
OT I agree we need a mike linebacker. Need one badly. I remember being super mad about Mays being resigned for what he was…..kept hearing a lot of people saying maybe they saw something….well Joe Mays has been solid vs the run still but his awful pass coverage and lack of leadership makes him a sub in. Not a starter. Im hoping Manti will fall to our pick (wherever it may be) in the draft. Or we get some beef which is also a huge need. Im hoping we can get a solid one around the deadline.
I like Fox and think hes done well. His play calling is a bit suspect but he has always been a bit conservative. I would really like a new OC. Also if JDR leaves or doesnt do a good job and gets fired I would love to bring in Gruden LOL (I know he wont come back to the NFL just yet but still one of my favorite NFL personalities)
BT about Klein I really like the kid. Before the season he is actually who I had as my sleeper Heisman winner and just recently bet a friend whos a big Buckeyes fan that Klein will win. He of course is thinking Braxton Miller will win.
Last thing. This week was awful. No Broncos football just sucked. It was worse when I had to tell my nephew no game this week (he started crying) and had to explain what a bye week was.
Let Peyton BE Peyton. I’ve been saying it for weeks!!! Glad you all agree. I think McCoy is more the problem than Fox. It is obvious that Manning and Fox are getting a long great and I’m not sure you want to change that. Not if they’re getting a long. My opinion though.
AB – Gruden is intense, but his coaching experience is on the offensive side of the ball. Eitherway, I don’t see him giving up the gig he’s got now, as the hours are great and there is no stress..
Gruden is indeed O minded, actually he is a QB freak, he would carry 6 on his team if he could.
He never really had a great one either, did he?
Looking forward to Sunday night already. And it’s early in the week. Lots of work this week, so it should make the week go by quickly. LOL
GO BRONCOS!!!
FTR!
Lions not looking very good tonight against the Bears. Looked like two good defenses having at each other with J. Peppers and Brian U. Making the difference especially in the red zone. Johnson was looking rather human. Still,…it’s good to see the Lions ranked higher than team #32.
Good for Lovie. One of my favorite coaches. I think Lovie would be a top tier coach if he didn’t have that soft-spot for immature players.
Hey – lions finally score!!!