Denver Broncos Discussion - Page 128

Rcee · 09-25-2012, 11:31 PM

rahim moore has been really solid so far this year. mike mostly up and down.

njx9 · 09-26-2012, 06:32 AM

i think we're watching completely different games. i don't recall seeing rahim moore make more than one decent play all year.

Timbathia · 10-01-2012, 09:44 PM

Yeah, the dream makes me extremely nervous. Has some promise though.

Rcee · 10-02-2012, 01:53 AM

mike adams looked really good sunday against the raiders. then again, pmuch everyone wearing orange did. rahim hasn't made a lot of splash plays, but he no longer looks autistic out there.

i'm scared to see dan koppen against wilfork this week though.

njx9 · 10-02-2012, 06:47 AM

i'm more scared to see gronkowski vs. our linebackers. and welker/edelman on short crossing routes.

peyton better be prepared to score 60.

Diehard · 10-02-2012, 03:36 PM

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i'm more scared to see gronkowski vs. our linebackers. and welker/edelman on short crossing routes.

peyton better be prepared to score 60.

This. The Patriots are a tough matchup for any back 7 and we lack the kind of interior pass rush needed to really get in Brady's grill. If all the pressure is coming from the outside, he'll step up and work the middle of the field all day long.

I wonder if we'll see Brooking start over Mays again, even with Mays now done his suspension. Against the Pats, I'd take brains and experience over the human cannonball act.

njx9 · 10-02-2012, 10:24 PM

yup. and even if brooking has lost 15 steps, he's still ten times the linebacker mays is. as much as i love mays on special teams and as an effort guy, he's just not a starting caliber nfl linebacker. i wonder if we try to match champ on gronk or just send everyone to keep him in blocking? seems like he hasn't been a huge receiving threat much yet...

it'd be a great week for wolfe to step up and show why he was worth drafting at DT.

Rcee · 10-03-2012, 12:15 AM

i'd expect woodyard to be the primary coverage guy on gronk with safety help over the top. thank god hernandez is likely out (i think?).

i'd much rather see ayers start at DE with wolfe primarily playing UT, but del rio has been pretty god damn stubborn apparently.

Matthew Jones · 10-06-2012, 05:05 AM

My Broncos/Patriots preview is up on NEPatriotsDraft:

http://www.nepatriotsdraft.com/2012/...tml#more-20745

I'm pretty nervous about this game, mostly because of New England's lack of healthy receivers.

Nalej · 10-06-2012, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Matthew Jones

My Broncos/Patriots preview is up on NEPatriotsDraft:

http://www.nepatriotsdraft.com/2012/...tml#more-20745

I'm pretty nervous about this game, mostly because of New England's lack of healthy receivers.

and healthy TEs and S's.

njx9 · 10-06-2012, 03:04 PM

we can't cover anyone you decide to play at TE, i wouldn't worry about it. and we probably can't stop ridley.

so as long as the entire playbook doesn't consist of 'get woodhead the ball, whatever it takes' again, you'll probably be fine.

AntoinCD · 10-06-2012, 03:20 PM

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we can't cover anyone you decide to play at TE, i wouldn't worry about it. and we probably can't stop ridley.

so as long as the entire playbook doesn't consist of 'get woodhead the ball, whatever it takes' again, you'll probably be fine.

Come on, particulrly as a Broncos fan you should never under estimate the lunacy of Josh McDaniels

njx9 · 10-06-2012, 03:55 PM

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Come on, particulrly as a Broncos fan you should never under estimate the lunacy of Josh McDaniels

i do sort of expect him to try to go for some extra-genius this week, just to 'show bowlen' or something.

bigbluedefense · 10-06-2012, 04:00 PM

Whatever happened to Nate Irving? I was a big fan of his coming out. But I haven't heard much from him at all so far in his NFL career.

njx9 · 10-08-2012, 08:41 AM

and we're predictably dogshit every single time it counts. it would be great if thomas wasn't an idiot. it would be great if the defense ever felt like playing for four quarters. it would be tremendous to have a linebacker capable of starting for your average JV squad.

so much potential, but so much let down.

njx9 · 10-09-2012, 09:39 AM

also, i really want te'o. our linebackers are pathetic.

bigbluedefense · 10-09-2012, 09:42 AM

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also, i really want te'o. our linebackers are pathetic.

So I guess this indirectly answers my inquiry on Nate Irving...

I thought he was gonna be good too. Sucks. I was rooting for him.

njx9 · 10-09-2012, 10:21 AM

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So I guess this indirectly answers my inquiry on Nate Irving...

I thought he was gonna be good too. Sucks. I was rooting for him.

oops, sorry, i missed your post. apparently he's just not very good? i dunno. i haven't seen him play a down. which means, if he can't even beat out crap like mays he's probably not worth much.

bigbluedefense · 10-09-2012, 11:39 AM

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oops, sorry, i missed your post. apparently he's just not very good? i dunno. i haven't seen him play a down. which means, if he can't even beat out crap like mays he's probably not worth much.

It's tough to say with Fox. His biggest flaw is he's waaaaaay too loyal to his veterans.

Diehard · 10-09-2012, 11:55 AM

Mays is at the top in terms of % of defensive snaps played. My read is that the team sees something in him that they are hoping will translate to the field... but it just ain't happening. He whiffs or guesses wrong way too often, and is a total liability on 3rd down. Brooking at MLB makes a lot more sense to me.

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It's tough to say with Fox. His biggest flaw is he's waaaaaay too loyal to his veterans.

Nate Irving is officially the backup to Von Miller at SLB. He actually flashed some stuff in preseason, but he's behind our most dynamic player on D - unless Von is totally gassed/hurt, Irving isn't going to see the field.

bigbluedefense · 10-09-2012, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Diehard

Mays is at the top in terms of % of defensive snaps played. My read is that the team sees something in him that they are hoping will translate to the field... but it just ain't happening. He whiffs or guesses wrong way too often, and is a total liability on 3rd down. Brooking at MLB makes a lot more sense to me.

Nate Irving is officially the backup to Von Miller at SLB. He actually flashed some stuff in preseason, but he's behind our most dynamic player on D - unless Von is totally gassed/hurt, Irving isn't going to see the field.

You guys need to go back to a 3-4 defense. You have the pieces for it, but the coaching staff isn't a 3-4 staff.

Play Von at SOLB, Dooms at WOLB, Irving at SILB in a role similar to Lawrence Timmons, and a speed WILB in an attacking 1 gap 34 front. The DT you guys drafted, I forgot his name, but he can easily play LE in a 1 gap 34.

You just need a 5 tech and NT. DJ can play WILB.

And some DBs.

I'm sure Jack uses a lot of over formations that are basically 34 looks anyway, but get Nate out there. I want to see what he can do in a thumper/attacking role inside next to Von.

njx9 · 10-09-2012, 12:25 PM

i was highly unimpressed with irving in the preseason, fwiw. and i think we'd get even more gashed in the ground game in a 34. i don't buy that we have a single DL capable of playing more than an occasional role. wolfe is just not a 34 DE. he's not really a 43 DT.

Cunningham · 10-15-2012, 09:16 PM

well, looks like we covered all of our bases in the first half. peyton pick six facing san diego, check. two fumbles lost on special teams, check. obligatory two touchdowns given up to gates, check. a receiver doing something inconceivable after the catch, check.

can't wait to see the second half.

Cunningham · 10-15-2012, 10:41 PM

******* right! absolutely insane game. epitome of "tale of two halves".

njx9 · 10-15-2012, 10:56 PM

what the ******* **** is with this team.