Kind of like the Jimmy Buffett song, Fins to the left, Fins to the right….you know the rest.
The Fins (my childhood team) growing up in Miami came to town and boy, it wasn’t pretty. During the game a statistic came on the screen that we have given up 53+ (I think) points in turnovers. Which means those points came by the opposing team getting the turnover and scoring directly afterwards.
Turnover-turnover-turnover, yep three picks and Jay will tell you personally that they are difficult if not impossible to recover from in the NFL. I know I keep saying it but it’s true and everyone knows it. AND more injuires, D.J., McCree, Pittman’s neck again and Webster came limping out but I never saw if he was OK.
Defense looked a lot better so I’m real optimistic (outside injuries) that we can get it together in the coming weeks with the 4-3 defense. If the corners play closer and adjustments are made there, we can still play with seven or eight in the box and not get receivers behind us. I think Paymah was a little tentative in his first start but I liked what I saw from him, great athlete.
I heard he was 4.3, 40 yard dash guy which is Deion fast? Gotta give credit where credit is due, Camarillo runs some of the best routes I’ve seen in a while. If you have kids playing receiver, get some film of this guy, not big, not super fast, but runs very-very precise routes.
The ‘O’ was grounded. Pretty much the only thing in the paper I agreed with other than Joey Porter may have got in Marshalls head during the game. We need a running game to off-set the pass and keep guys on the line of scrimmage. Think about it, double Marshall and drop into coverage if there’s no real running game. What happens? More guys in the passing lanes and no where to throw….picks. No excuses but, you know it, I know it and so does Mike. They have to get a running game established along with the draw plays and screens to keep the D on their toes.
A suggestion I have is to move Jay out of the pocket (sprint out) a little and let the O-line get some shots at folks and run the D-line around and tire them out a bit getting sliced and diced, like we use to do with Elway. As lineman, we loved it.
Short week, Browns up Thursday night. I may be delayed getting a post up after the game as I’ll be in the Keys late Thursday-Monday at a Celebrity Charity fishing tournament for Cystic Fibrosis.
If you have a chance next Friday evening, November 7th, listen to a radio show I’m co-hosting in the Florida Keys on www.KeysRadio.com then click on KEZY 96.9 and listen live.
I’ll be on with (The Host) Capt. Bill Kelly, Gary Dunn retired 12-year Pittsburgh Steeler and Bruce Melnick, Space Shuttle astronaut. We’ll be talking football and about the Redbone Charity tournament to raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis that we’re there for and who knows what else. Sure to be entertaining.
-Coop
Tags: Denver Broncos, Fishing
COOP,
I agree with you on the running game, if Pittman doesnt get hurt this game is totally different. (I hope he’s alright.)The Broncos have to get the running game going early thursday or this season could be lost. Time of possession is still my biggest critisism 13 min. differential is poor, good news is they tried to run the ball on first down, 8 out of 11 run plays to be exact.(I don’t consider Jay scrambling to be a called run play) to bad they only got 12 yrds. I’m just glad they tried and hope they get better at it, this could really be key in controlling the time of possession and opening the middle of the field. Especially if Jay can learn to sell the play action fake better, he does’nt seem to put much effort in the sell, he’s more interested in finding his recievers which is understandable its a fast game. If he would put a little more effort in the sell like Elway use to and Farve still does the TE’s would be open more. Make those line backers think instead of reacting and you got em.
Your right about the Screens as well, you’ve got to make the linebackers and safeties respect the running backs for your recievers to have a better chance at being open.
I also liked C.Paymah & J. Winborn’s play and the communication of the D right before the snap, it was good to see them working together.
Tough loss but you got to get back on the Bronco and try again.
COOP have fun fishing and rip some lips!
GO BRONCOS ! ! !
Monodono, Winborns play was exceptional (good catch) and as a replacement for Boss I like what I see, he may prove to be better than Boss, we’ll see. I should have commented on him as he’s a real asset to this team.
Short week so it will be interesting to see what we do on offense with only a few days to prepare. I’m glad it’s the Browns. The zone blocking scheme is good for the running backs to make cuts off, but I’d love to see them open up some inside trapping game and some more mis-direction pulling both offside lineman.
We’ll see, like I said short week.
Hey Coop!! Good to hear from you. Great blog.
One of the most obvious things for us to improve on is our own running game while our D needs to stop the other teams’ running game as well. It all coincides with one another - like a TEAM needs to do. I like your idea Coop about Jay moving out of the pocket, he does that well, every little suggestion could be the answer to our problems. Its definitely worth a try again.
Its a very short week for us, I hope we can do something positive with it. We need a win so bad its not even funny. We have got to bounce back and get on the right track. I want the TEAM back that we had in Week 1. I, for the life of me, cannot figure out where that team went. We were incredible and it started to fizzle out when Week 2 came and we just went downhill from there. How we played against Oakland was the team I thought we were going to have all season long… wrong-o!!! But that doesn’t mean we can’t stay like that for a whole season, possibly next year. It would certainly be worth the wait to see us succeed like that!!
I’m really excited for Thursday. Just think positive thoughts people and have some faith in this TEAM - they need that!!! Go get them Browns and bring home a WIN — PLEASE!!!!!!! And is it just me or is the name “Browns” a goofy name for a football team. Never could figure that out.
Have fun fishing and good luck with the charity.
Keep the faith Broncos Country…
GO BRONCOS!!!!!!
Our defense needs as much help as possible we are week at linebacker with injuries as are we with cornerback with Champ our our secondary is even more of a liability, yes we did descent against miami’s passing attack but its Pennington and their best reciever is Ginn. The Raiders are releasing Deangelo Hall. I have watched him since he’s been in the league. Dre Bly is not what he used to be and we need depth at CB so if anyone in the front office reads this. Sign D. Hall please with him on the other side of champ and Bly covering slot in Nickel situations we will have very good secondary we need help. Sign D. Hall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WE DO NOT NEED D.HALL HE GET BURN ON EVER PLAY JUST LIKE D.BLY DO OUR CORNERS ARE PLAYING OFF THE WR TO MUCH AND WE ARE NOT BLITIZING ENOUGH JAY CUTLER IS FORCING THE BALL TO MUCH OUR PROBLEM IS WE ARE NOT HUNGRY ENOUGH AND WE GIVE THE OPPSING OFFENSE TO MUCH ROOM
If you really watch Champ play he is off the receiver a pretty good cushion as well. I was sad to see Paymah giving as big of a cushion as he did, and repeatedly not seeing that he could fix it. I kind of attribute that to way back when we drafted D. Will, foxy and then paymah, if you remember D will and Champ started, foxy was backup behind Darrent and paymah was backup behind Champ. I really think he took that off of watching champ so much. He really should have used his speed a little more, being a 4.3 guy he could recover if he got beat in the bump and run. Regardless him and Winborn played really well I thought, agree with you there Coop, hard to judge young talent until they really get the time and have matured a little learning from their mistakes. But like I said so many times before the game, no one would bash Bly because he wouldn’t receiver 70% of the action. Although he didn’t leave any eye poppers in your head he got off your hit lists. I really think when Pitt got hurt we should have really let ATV try it out, but he will get his chance this week.
I have to say though what I really want to see Coop, especially this week!
Let’s call some reverses to throw the D off balance in Cleveland, I mean they went after run d in the off season signing the two DT’s and they are pretty stout in the middle of the field, ATV doesn’t have the speed I think to bounce it outside for some big gains, so why don’t we move royal or marshall, OR HECK EVEN THE NEW JACKSON in motion and then pitch it to them, let them bounce it outside with some blockers to kind of open up the middle for Torain? What ya think?
Have fun fishin coop, and be sure to really spread the knowledge on the radio show. Bring us back some pictures sir!
Hold onto the ball guys, and we will win this one! Turnovers have been the arrow in our achilles heel, the (injuries) are our achilles heel.
I appreciate your efforts, Coop and you’re right, we must run the ball. Like other posters, I believe Pittman would have run more effectively had he not had that stinging sensation in his neck, but hopefully Selvin plays Thursday so he, Hillis and Torain can all share the load. I do believe the Broncos will be fine so long as we can run the ball. That is the key to our success. Still, Shanny will find a way to get things going. The season’s not lost yet, let’s seize it back against the Brownies.
Paymah was giving up a big cushion because thats what defense Slowik was calling, one of the few times Slowik let Paymah come in close and press the wr , Paymah picked it, instead of all this disapointment being directed at Paymah, maybe it should be directed at Slowik, if anybody should have been able to see the cushion wasent working its him, and he should have made the adjustment to the defense he is supposed to be in charge of.
Could B. Marsh pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee shut up with the Joey Porter stuff. The game is over and we loss to the Dolphins yet he just continues on. He needs to try to focus on the Clowns I mean Browns and let the past ne the past. Marshall shouldn’t be trying to talk smack when he was held to 2 catches by some unknown cb!
Like 2champ4pickSIX said before me Marshall is soooooooo damn childish just like T.O.! Wr’s are so damn primadonna these days! Instead of Marshall trying to teach Royal some things. Maybe he should learn from Royal like how to go out and play with heart. He should also learn how to create for his team 1st and then himself. I know I’m totally of track from what yall are talking bout, but I’m tired of turning on the tv and seeing Marshall have a war of words with someone we just lost to and won’t see again this year.
It seems confusing to me that a big complaint at the denver defense is no pass rush with corners giving too much cushion. It’s been that way for a while. I can see why Champ and Bly play back like they do trying to get a short pass then drive for the Int. Come on. Play tight some. Don’t give that short pass up and try to make the qb throw one over the db’s head or just hold the ball a little longer. Maybe the pass rush could do some damage then. Doesn’t do any good to blitz when the qb is being given a free be 8yd stop or slant route everytime. It’s like the defensive line is on a different page than the secondary. The offensive troubles are all about no running game. Critics say Cutler is regressing or too arrogant in his arm strength to keep trying throws he has no business trying. Shannahan gets the running game going and none of us will have to worry about why Cutler is trying to throw a 100mph 60yd across the field bullet through a double team to Marshall.
raiders waive hall…are you thinking what im thinking??
Cutler is regressing, I have been watching him, many of his passes are either under or over thrown he is missing his target,
in lots of cases his WR is reaching or turning around to make the catch, look at NFL weekly replay the INT to Stokley was well short, most of his pics is that way,
Don’t take my word which you do not, just watch Thursday and you will see how many open WR he will miss.
yo mississippi reading your blog out loud would make anyone sound like tarzan. let me guess in mississippi you dont have to attend school you just have to work the fields with your paw. at least you have a computer or did you go to the library and use theres. Hall would be a upgrade to what we have now as long as we dont have to sign him for a huge contract like the raiders did. i read on usatoday that the raiders are going to cut some more players soon and one of them is there saftey gibril wilson. i would love to get that guy we need a saftey bad. sign hall and wilson and cut dre and mcree, if the raiders want to dump all there players and start over im all for it. i would rather sign guys that start for a team then the guys we are picking up off the street that cant even make a team. with hall, wilson, champ and a first round saftey draft pick we would be set with our dbs. im probably dreaming but right now thats all we bronco fans can do is dream
I agree, the offensive problems come down to not having a running game. And with so many teams following the Broncos lead from past years, many are now running a zone blocking scheme. Because of that, defenses are seeing it more often and game planning well for it. I think the league has finally caught up to Shanny’s scheme and an avg running back is no longer an effective option. Hopefully Torain can be that franchise back the Broncos so desperately need!!
Detroit Reggie is an idiot. The Charges are full of pathetic whiney fans, so go to their website. Cutler is not the problem, nor is he regressing as you put it. He is young and has a lot of maturing to do, just like every other QB in this league. Look at our time of possession in that game compared to Miami. How many running plays did we have versus passing plays? No QB in the league or past QB would be successful without any type of running game. We were one dimensional that game and the Miami defense took advantage of it. We are a young team and we need time to grow and mature in every aspect of the game, which includes our offensive line. I sick and tired of so called fans like Detroit Reggie bashing on this team, players and coaches. Since when did Broncos fans become a bunch of spoiled sissies. This team has some great young talent and once we add a few more pieces to the puzzle combined with a little more experience and maturity, look out! The so called fans that want to bash this team, I’m sure the Pats or Charges want another fan like you.
sign hall…then put paymah in for dre and call it good…finish the year strong and spend some serious $$ and get some pimp lb’s and d-linemen next season…the glory days will be back sooner than you think…and detroit reggie..kill yourself! jump on someone elses band wagon..youre not a fan…sorry you didnt get any girls in high school and you prolly still live with mommy…thats your deal…so shut the freak up…
additionally…coop i gotta say your photo on this blog is siick…big ol’ pads…kinda reminds me of when players really got to hit fools instead of having to worry about getting called and fined for getting a little dirt on someones jersey..haha…!
GO BRONCS!! LETS GIVE QUINN A PROPER WELCOMING..
hey coop i just think we go out and play hard with who is healthy and hope for the best. i really think overall the defense played well sunday. this year is not over when things get rough we need to get tough and have soom fun lets see everyone of our players smile and finish this year stong lets play hard for champ hall and pittman. im behind you guys 100 percent go broncos
HEY, where you all been. I thought is was going to be just me and Monodono this week all by ourselves then today BAM everyone shows up today. Where you been??? Slackers :o)
Thanks for chimming in and (as usual) I got a few giggles from you. Lots and lots of opinions and that’s why we’re here. I leave in the AM so I’ll watch the game in the Keys and try to find a hotel computer where I can comment on Friday or Saturday. We fish (one fly pattern) in a fly only tournament Friday, one-on-one with a guide against the field, then Sat/Sun I have a high school buddy Jeff Roberts and we fish as a team. Bonefish and Redfish are the species for this tournament
Again, short week so we’ll see what happens in Cleveland…..oh yea on the Browns name…good question. Anyone know where that came from, I guess I never thought of that.
Hopefully we can tweak the D a little get some guys some action that will have to step up and be counted on.
I have faith in Cutler, he’s been shaken a little lately but what QB hasn’t watching around the league, he’s learning. Is it me or have there been a rash of injuries around the league (more than usual) this year. Maybe it’s just me or the games I watch.
By the way I may have to slap Woody Paige the next time I see him about the article he wrote in the paper today…geesh.
If you have a chance Friday evening, November 7th, listen to a radio show I’m co-hosting in the Florida Keys on http://www.KeysRadio.com then click on KEZY 96.9 and listen live.
I’ll be on with (The Host) Capt. Bill Kelly, Gary Dunn retired 12-year Pittsburgh Steeler and Bruce Melnick, 2X Space Shuttle astronaut. We’ll be talking football and about the Redbone Charity tournament to raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis that we’re there for and who knows what else. Sure to be entertaining.
Gary Dunn and I go way back. He played at the U before me and we met when I was a junior working at a marina next to the old Miami Marine Staduim on Key Biscayne. It’s a long story and I’ll tell it one of these days, but I blew out a bicep tendon in Pittsburgh hitting him late after the ball was thrown on one of Elways designated scramble plays we use to run. I was trying to get bragging rights for the summer as Gary and I use to train together.
I never told him (just shot it up for the next 6-8 weeks) until after we retired and you should have heard him go off about it (how he knew it) which he didn’t but he has now come up with one of the funniest stories that gets (bigger and better) every time we do a radio show together.
He’s the brother I never had and our families & kids are real close and we talk every week. One of the funniest guys I know too, so tune in, sit back, grab a drink and get a laugh or 3!! I never really have grown up, keep that a secret. Gary, Jim Kelly and I mistreated our little astronaut buddy one night on his birthday, so you might hear that story too. We over served him.
Coop
Sounds like a great charity event and a great cause Coop. I hope you catch ‘em all. Bonefish are fun to catch. Always caught ‘em with squid or finger mullet when I lived in FL though. Red drum that way too. Must be a challenge with flies.
Always fun to read the comments here. I agree with some. Some are rediculous. The running game mentioned….absolutely we need to find a way to run better. Don’t think for a second that we don’t miss the anchor….Tom Nalen. Not to dog Weig….he does pretty well. But Tom was the anchor and communicator…..especially for those stretch plays in the ZBS we are famous for. I know we’ll find a way to get there with the run. Set up play fakes and open everything else up. Hopefully Ryan the Train shines tomorrow. Sacks on Quinn would be nice too.
Don’t hurt Woody too bad Coop….he is just a silly journalist after all.
Go Broncos!!!!
I guess some fans here are about as smart as the people in charge of the worst NFL franchise ever. If anyone thinks we should get D. Hall now that he’s been cut from the Raiders, you deserve all the sorrow and pain you get from watching the Broncos. Wow, geniuses.
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