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The “D’s” back in Defense

November 28th, 2009 - 8:28am by mark_cooperOther posts by mark_cooper

Great Game!!! Love beating the Giants!!! I still have a grudge that dates back to SB XXI.

Nice to see the team back in form. Yea, it took a few weeks but the “D” is back and RUNNING GAME was on track. Funny how we all talked about getting the running game on track the last few weeks and how it would help the offense.

Yea, yea, some will be saying we got to the red zone a few times and came away with three but it was enough this week. Like you, or many of you, I say, run the ball all way in. We’d get down close to the end zone and go to a four-wide set and I think that is a disadvantage … takes away the draw play and the defense knows Kyle’s not going to run a QB draw with his injury so the defensive lineman pin their ears back and only have ONE thing to worry about (the pass rush) and/or we see a blitz with it. I know I sound like a EX offensive lineman, (I’m allowed) when I say run it but I have to say, “when it ain’t broke (between the 30s) don’t try to fix it.” The linemen get in a groove and rhythm.

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Turnovers, Penalties, Make for Tough Day

November 22nd, 2009 - 9:36pm by mark_cooperOther posts by mark_cooper

Tough day today for the fellas. Yep, no need to even look at the stats on this one. Penalties all game were a concern and the turnovers were the nail in the coffin, you might say.

I’m not telling this crew anything you don’t know or didn’t see. Can’t win with turnovers and penalties like we had so…easy analogy. You know the drill. Simple stuff in the world of the NFL.

I noticed it last week and so did you and the announcers in that Chris Simms just took longer to get his reads and that is what is hurting him right now. I thought we would start out with the run and bootlegs getting him out of the pocket and then see if he’d settle in but he never got settled and got pulled early.

Kyle Orton looked awesome when he came in and drove us down the field, until the turnover by Knowshon Moreno going into the end zone. Don’t know if you noticed, but he had both hands on it (covered up) and a lineman’s knee knocked it out tumbling over…weird fumble.

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Tough going in D.C.

November 15th, 2009 - 5:48pm by mark_cooperOther posts by mark_cooper

I got all the snow blown and the rest shoveled in time for the game. Maybe we’d have been better playing here this week. A snow bowl would have been great for the ski country. I don’t know about you all but I’m in shoveling shape.

Tough going in Washington. I enjoyed the running game and was impressed that we were getting that back on track and the blah blah blah about going vertical was taken care of early…simple. It’s easy to run a go route when you set it up with the run when you have guys like Royal and Marshall around.

The defense was dominated at the line of scrimmage and injuries are mounting. We talked about it earlier in the year and may be looking it right in the face now. Simms was rusty as we should expect and he’ll get a lot of work this week in preparation for the Bolts. I still like him but he took a lot of criticism after the game on the radio.

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Tough Night Under the Lights

November 11th, 2009 - 8:33am by mark_cooperOther posts by mark_cooper

Pressure, sacks and interceptions/turnovers make for a long night. Sorry for the delayed post today but I was in the air all day yesterday flyng back form Florida. I even tried (wifi) in the airports and that was sacked-pressured and disconnected much like the game Monday Night. I finally got home late in the day.

I was in the Keys for a charity fishing tournament and maybe the 35-plus knot winds and cloud cover should have been a clue to what was coming Monday night. We had a tropical storm that blew up over Cancun with it’s remnants sweeping across Florida and another Hurricane shooting up the middle of the Gulf of Mexico out of Honduras SPEWING winds and cloud cover for 4-5 straight days. A few more knots of wind and it could have been a Tropical depression where we were.

Monday night before the game, I was doing a radio show at Gary Dunn’s Hotel the OV (Oceanview), bar and restaurant in the Keys in front of a rowdy crowd of about 100 or so people. The crowd was a Steelers HOMER crowd, with Gary being the weekly host of “Jocks on the Rocks”. I threw a few punches at the Steelers and we told a few stories and had some great laughs of the old Steelers Curtain days and the opponents we played against in that era as fun was had by all.

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Monday Morning Blues, 6-1

November 2nd, 2009 - 9:58am by mark_cooperOther posts by mark_cooper

Coach McDaniels said it best after the game. They’re a good football team and you can’t play poorly on the road against a good football team.

Both lines of scrimmage were dominated by the Ravens. I’ve always been told, “give credit, where credit is due.” They earned it. Our crew had dominated that sacred ground up until this Sunday. That’s really where the game is won when you really pay attention. No one knows or understands when you win because all ESPN, FOX and the rest of the TV shows share, are highlights.

Highlights: High flying catches, diving catches, great runs from scrimmage, dipping and dodging. Never the blocks that sprung them or the line of scrimmage being pushed back during the running plays or at the goal line and the amount of time Kyle Orton has to go to his third or fourth read.

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6-0, Say No More!

October 20th, 2009 - 10:04am by mark_cooperOther posts by mark_cooper

Eddie, Eddie, Eddie, go baby, GO!! Was that fun to watch or what? My son had just walked upstairs and I called to him to come watch the run. WOW! History in the making with a punt return (71 yds) and a kickoff return (93 yds) for touchdowns.

Then, the Chargers replied with their own version of a punt return. I wasn’t happy but that makes for fun TV and fan viewing and the halftime show was funny with Chris Berman saying all you had to do was watch 4th down and the kicking game to enjoy the first half.

They had our number early then the D… as in DOOM (two sacks) and the Boys started firing on all cylinders. Five sacks, a bunch of knockdowns, a bunch of in-your-face Philip Rivers while you try to throw the ball. You really have to give Coach Nolan a lot of credit in that he really shut down Rivers with the blitz package in the second half. From the corners and the middle walking up and back, disguising it well.

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Congrats Coach McDaniels 5-0

October 11th, 2009 - 7:22pm by mark_cooperOther posts by mark_cooper

S.I. Jinx-Schminx. Stats-schmats. Win — Win is what this team does and I had to get a post off tonight because I can’t wait to read the papers tomorrow and see what writers are jumping on the bandwagon now.

A helping of Crow should be served around town for the non-believers and I’ll be the first at the plate with my prediction early on. It a good thing I’m typing because it’s not polite to talk with your mouth full of bird. :o) Mumble-mumble.

My hats off to Coach McDaniels and I had a HUGE smile on my face when he did a little fist waving at the end of the game … still have that smile writing this. Beating your mentor really means a lot and he handled it with class and a little fun for the fans … thanks coach. CONGRATS.

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DEFENSIVELY AWESOME!!!!! 4-0

October 5th, 2009 - 10:15pm by mark_cooperOther posts by mark_cooper

Wow was all I could say after the game…WOW!!! The Defense impressed me to no end. All over Tony Romo all day long and relentless. Tough not to take your mind off how they disrupted Romo and held the running backs to NO NUMBERS to speak of and sacked and harassed him all day.

I don’t have the stats in front of me and really don’t need them because they dominated the Cowboys offensive line and we dinked them like we talked about last week leading up to the game.

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3-0 Makes For A Fun Start

September 28th, 2009 - 7:16pm by mark_cooperOther posts by mark_cooper

Funny how the papers changed directions today with a headline of 3-0, NO JOSHING….gotta love it. Little different tune than the preseason, huh.

I LOVE BEATING THE RAIDERS, so my season will be complete with another win against them. :o)

O.K. not quite, but it sure makes me smile hard and I loved the jawing that went on before and during the game.

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Doom & Buck Show week 2

September 21st, 2009 - 8:59am by mark_cooperOther posts by mark_cooper

First, congrats have to go out to Shannon Sharpe and his induction into the Ring of Fame. Probably the best tight-end to ever play the game. Congrats Shannon!! Nice work buddy and……….parachuting onto the field……….what are you crazy? :o) That was a classic.

Second, to Mr. Bowlen for hosting such a nice Alumni Weekend event. First class all the way. That speaks volumes about him and the organization. I’m proud to say I played for him. Most teams across the league don’t have an event like that and Mr. Bowlen doesn’t have to put it on, but he does and the camaraderie and the spirit continues in Broncomania land, promise. Lots of old stories and laughs were shared and we have an opportunity to see guys we haven’t seen in years, sometimes. Wonderful event. Thank you Mr. Bowlen.

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