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Notebook: Injury Updates

January 11th, 2012 - 3:55pm by Gray CaldwellOther posts by

Against the Chicago Bears in Week 14, Brian Dawkins injured his neck.

Since then, the veteran safety has missed three games — including last week’s 29-23 win in the Wild Card round of the playoffs — and was absent from the majority of a fourth game when he left the Buffalo contest in Week 16 in the first quarter.

But Head Coach John Fox said Wednesday that there is some positive news.

“He’s way further along this week than he was last week, and we’ll play it by ear,” Fox said of Dawkins. “When he gets cleared medically, we’ll have him out there.”

Dawkins (neck) did not participate in Wednesday’s practice, and neither did Eric Decker (knee) and Lonie Paxton (personal).

David Bruton (Achilles), Daniel Fells (ankle) and Elvis Dumervil (ankle) had limited participation, and Von Miller (thumb) participated fully in the session, which was moved indoors due to snow.

Fox was asked about those players’ injuries after practice.

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Dialing Up the Aggression

September 22nd, 2011 - 3:49pm by Gray CaldwellOther posts by

The defense’s final series against the Cincinnati Bengals has been well-covered.

But Thursday marked the first time Defensive Coordinator Dennis Allen has talked about the aggressive calls that helped lead to a 24-22 win.

With a first-and-10 just past midfield, Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton threw an incomplete pass. On the next play, Allen dialed up a cornerback blitz, and Jonathan Wilhite came streaking into the backfield to sack the quarterback, leaving the Bengals with third-and-19.

“I think you have to play every situation as it plays out,” Allen said. “We were in a situation there where they had the ball around midfield. They needed a field goal to win the game, so we had to be more aggressive to win the game. I think you play every situation out, and that was situation that we felt as a coaching staff that called for us to bring some pressure and luckily we had the right one called up and were able to get to the quarterback.”

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Allen Looking for Scoring Defense

July 11th, 2011 - 11:14am by Gray CaldwellOther posts by

Defensive Coordinator Dennis Allen has made it clear he expects his group to be “feared” on the football field.

One way to do that is through punishing hits. The other is to make opposing offenses worried they could commit a turnover at any time.

“It’s all about scoring defense,” Allen told Broncos TV. “First and foremost, you’ve got to be able to take the ball away from the offense. Secondly, you’ve got to be great playing in the red zone. Thirdly, if you can get off the field on third down, those are the things that allow you to be a really great defense. If you can do those three things then you’re going to be pretty good.”

With all the planning that has been done during the offseason, Allen said he’s itching to put the schemes into action.

“I think I’ve been antsy from the very first day,” he said. “I think what we love to do as coaches and players, we want to be out on the field and playing the game of football. That’s what we signed up for. That’s our passion. That’s what we love. I’m ready to start coaching players instead of coaching coaches.”

-Gray Caldwell, DenverBroncos.com

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