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Starting to Groove

November 21st, 2012 - 3:46pm by Eric DeckerOther posts by

Looking around the locker room after last week’s win against the Chargers, you could tell there was still some disappointment. That’s just a testament to this team — we win, but we’re still frustrated with some of our performances. We just want to make sure that we’re running more consistently.

I think that even though it wasn’t our best game, this is the ultimate team sport. That’s why we play. Every week there are going to be mistakes, you’ve just got to correct them and get better. I think offensively we didn’t play good situational football, and that’s something that we’re going to focus on this week. Meanwhile, the defense played unbelievable. The beauty of it is you get another opportunity this week to get better. That’s really our focus.

Like they say, throw the records out when you play a division team. You have to. In this division, anyone can win. In this league, anyone can win. We talked this morning that Arrowhead’s a really tough place to play. The fan support there, the noise and just the whole atmosphere that Kansas City brings, it’s something that we’ve got to stay focused on and make sure that it doesn’t affect us as we’re executing our job on Sunday. One play at a time, one drive at a time.

From the front end to the back end, the Chiefs have got a lot of playmakers. Just watching film, they get after it in the run game, they put pressure on the quarterback in the passing game. Eric Berry, he fills for the run and Brandon Flowers is a Pro Bowl cornerback. So we’ve got some challenges ahead of us. We’ve got to, again, stay focused on our job and the task at hand.

Coach Fox has a saying, what’s better than five-in-a-row? Six-in-a-row. That’s the goal. I wrote earlier this year that great teams string wins together. That’s something that at the beginning of the year we struggled with, just finding that consistency overall as a team. But we’re finding who we want to be and creating an identity. It’s fun to win ballgames. It’s fun to win with these guys on this team. It’s a very unselfish team and everybody’s doing their part to win the ballgame. We’re starting to groove.

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Honoring the Military

November 17th, 2012 - 11:39am by Von MillerOther posts by

We’re recognizing a special cause this week with our military appreciation game at Sports Authority Field.

It means a lot to me to support our troops. A lot of guys put their lives on the line and go out and fight for us. Some football players look at playing football like a battle, but if we lose, we just go home. If they lose, they lose their lives.

We have a lot of appreciation for those guys. It’ll be great to honor them this weekend.

We were only allowed to put one branch’s decal on the outside of our helmet, but each branch is important for us, so I put the Marines sticker on the outside and the other four inside my helmet.

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Rematch Week

November 15th, 2012 - 5:16pm by Eric DeckerOther posts by

Well, it’s rematch week for the first time this season. San Diego heads to our place this time around. I think as far as the game goes, we’ve both seen schematically kind of what we do, but there are always adjustments that need to be made. A division game is always a game that’s important. I think our focus is one game at a time. This is our focus. This is our one game that we’ve got to go out and win.

Looking back at the last time we played San Diego, we got beat 24-0 in the first half and scored 35 in the second half to win. Going into this week, I’m thinking more about the second half, for sure. I think just what we did right and how we made plays when they were there and how we were consistent with our jobs individually to collectively be successful.

At the same time, I think it’s important that you learn from history so you don’t repeat it. That’s kind of a slogan where the mistakes you make, you’ve got to call yourself out. If you made a mistake, admit to do it and don’t do it again. Every game you’re going to have mistakes. You’ve just got to find a way to not repeat that mistake.

This week is important because San Diego, they’ve had our number at home. We haven’t for a long time swept them in division play. This is definitely an important game. Division games always place you at a point where you’re able to make the playoffs or not. It’s about winning your division.

We’re definitely looking for all the support we can get at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. I think every week when we come back home off a road trip, it’s nice to have that support. That noise and comfort level of being in front of your hometown fans is definitely welcome.

Catch you next week.

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Great Preparation + Great Coverage = Sacks

November 10th, 2012 - 7:38am by Von MillerOther posts by

I’m looking forward to a great matchup this week against a tough offense led by one of the superstars in this league, Cam Newton.

Cam is cool — I think I’m his biggest fan. We got to know each other last year when we were both drafted as rookies. He’s hard to bring down, but we’ll be doing our best this weekend. I definitely want to win, just like he does, and I’m looking forward to this game.

I was able to get a few sacks last week thanks to great preparation during the week and then great coverage by Champ Bailey, Chris Harris, Tony Carter and the rest of the secondary.

It all starts in practice, going against Orlando Franklin and Ryan Clady, those guys are real good and how you practice translates when you step on the field on Sunday.

Gig ‘em!

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Looking For Four in a Row

November 9th, 2012 - 10:52am by Eric DeckerOther posts by

So we’ve got three in a row, and like Coach Fox says, 4-0 is better than 3-0. This week we’re in Carolina.

I think you see offensively we’re just cutting down on mistakes that we made at the beginning of the year, the turnovers. We’re more efficient on third down and in the red area. That’s something that’s really keeping us on the field and creating positive drives with touchdowns. That’s just hard work and little details we’ve been putting in since April — it’s starting to pay off. We’re starting to find that groove, find that rhythm.

The Panthers are a team that on the defensive side of the ball has improved from the beginning of the year. They pose a lot of challenge for us because their front seven is very active. They’ve got more than 20 sacks on the year, so you know they get to the quarterback. That’s something that we’ve got to really pay attention to this week. Then we’ve just got to take care of ourselves as far as technique work and getting open, because it’s going to be a challenge.

We know Coach Fox spent a lot of time there. I think he was very well appreciated in Carolina. But it’s definitely good to always win against the team you just left. But we’re focused on what we can do. Obviously Coach Fox understands what it means to go home, but it’s us versus Carolina, so we’ve got to make sure we do everything possible to win.

We head to the airport in a few hours, so talk to you next week.

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Looking for Repeated Success on the Road

November 3rd, 2012 - 7:43am by Von MillerOther posts by

We travel to Cincy this week to face the Bengals, who are another good team. They started the season 3-1. They’ve been on a losing streak lately, but they’re desperate to win – just like we are too.

They’re coming off the bye, so you always come back refreshed from that. We just have to keep playing Broncos football and hopefully we can come home with a W.

I remember playing against the Bengals last year – it was a tough game in 2011. I was able to have some success, get my first career sack and most importantly, we got a win. Andy Dalton is one of my good buddies too, I played against him in college and we were both rookies last season.

It’s always tough to win on the road, but we got a taste of that last time at San Diego and hopefully we can have some repeated success.

Gig ‘em!

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The Alley-Oop Attempt

October 31st, 2012 - 5:46pm by Eric DeckerOther posts by

You guys might have heard about a plan Demaryius and I had last week. We had this idea to throw an alley-oop after his touchdown. Salt and Pepper, one guy throws to another guy, just to have some fun. I don’t think we realized the repercussions or the consequences of something like that. We joke and laugh about calling Brandon Stokley “Daddy” in the locker room, but to have a guy that kind of in the heat of battle has that understanding to stop us and say it’s not good right now, I’m very thankful obviously that we saved a penalty in a big situation and probably a fine, too.

He grabbed the ball from me and goes, “What are you doing? You’re going to get fined and you’re going to get a penalty.” At that point I knew, OK, that was dumb.

But rest assured the lob would have been right on target. I’ve had some experience in high school lobbing it up to a couple teammates.

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Celebrating for a Cause

October 27th, 2012 - 10:31am by Von MillerOther posts by

We’re back from the bye week and focused on another tough game this week.

During the bye, I went to New York to promote my foundation, Von’s Vision, which gives back to underprivileged kids who can’t afford glasses, eye exams, lasik surgery and contacts. I went to New York to promote that with the hip hop dance experience video game.

Every time I do that sack dance they donate $1,000 to my foundation, so hopefully I can make a couple of big plays and raise money for an important cause.

I’m going to change it up a little bit, but hopefully we can see it a lot of times this season. Every time I can do it, it means more money for Von’s Vision, which is very important to me.

It was great to get away from football and relax your mind for a bit, but you know what? There’s no job like this, and I’m happy to be back.

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Re-Energized and Ready

October 26th, 2012 - 7:30am by Eric DeckerOther posts by

Over the bye week I got away. Like I said last week, I wanted to get some R&R. I got some massage work, went to the beach one day, just kind of enjoyed that time off with friends and family.

I definitely feel re-energized, feel mentally ready to get after it for the second half of the season and finish strong.

We’ve got New Orleans this Sunday, and their record doesn’t tell how good a team they are. They’re very explosive offensively. It’s something where we’ve got to match their intensity coming in. Obviously they want to make the playoffs and this is a big game for them. It’s a big game for us, too. We know what’s at stake. We know what we’ve got to do to give ourselves a chance to win.

As far as their record and all the stats, it doesn’t mean much, because on Sunday you’ve got to show up. It depends on how you play. We know we control how we play. Our focus is to kind of set the tempo, start the game fast and get better in some of the areas we’ve been struggling through the first six weeks.

With the bye week behind us, we’ve got 10 straight games left in the regular season. But our mentality has always been one game at a time. So our focus is on New Orleans, then on to the next and so on. We just know that we’ve got to give ourselves a chance to win every game if we want to make this year special. That’s our goal. Do the little things right in practice, have fun on game day and let things take care of themselves.

Catch up with you next week.

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Big Win Before the Break

October 18th, 2012 - 3:09pm by Von MillerOther posts by

It felt great to get a big win on Monday Night Football against the Chargers. We knew the type of team we were going into this game. We had games like this before but we weren’t able to pull it off. We’re thankful we were able to pull it off this week.

The win was big, especially because we can relax our minds and just take a break, not completely from football but just rest, get away for a little bit and come back well energized and ready to go against the Saints

It’s always good to see Denver Broncos on top of the division. We just have to keep on grinding. It’s a long season. Hopefully we can hold it upand get it done.

With the bye week break, I’m going back to College Station for the Texas A&M game. I hope I can see a monumental win for my school, and our fans against LSU.

Gig em!

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