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Taco John
10-24-2005, 06:03 PM
....Lenny Walls hurt his groin...
...always hurts to lose a football game, especially with as many opportunities as the Broncos had to put it away...
....what I do is I watch the game on the plane on the way back, and then watch it again in the morning early and try to go over all the scenarios and hopefully find a way to pull it out in a similar scenario...
...We had a chance to put New England away and we didn't. Same thing this with game. We had a chance to get that drive going and we didn't do it. You can't rest when you get a big lead. This is the NFL. We have to keep focus and grind out for 60 minutes.... You can't feel good being up by 12, 13,14 points...
...If you want to be successful, you have to have 11 guys playing extremely well together. It only takes one guy to bring a unit down. If you relax a little bit, then you don't make plays...
...I'll take Jason Elam any day of the week. It was unusual because Elam's all usually floats over to the left. I'm not sure what happened there but I've got a lot of confidence in Jason Elam...
...Jake's a good place holder. Not only did he get the ball down quickly, but the laces were perfect...
...Devoe moved ahead of Darius because of his special teams ability. We got to play the top 45 guys, and sometimes it comes down to special teams. It's competition every day. This is a long season. I"m sure we'll ask Darius before the end of the season to step up and make plays for us, but that's the great thing about the NFL... There's a lot of competition... It's a very similar to the situation with Curome Cox.... Now he's on our top 45 because he can help out at DB and special teams.
...The Eli Manning throw was an unbelievable throw. He just threw it to an area... There were a number of guys who had a chance to make the play... It was just a great feel, and great anticipation by Eli Manning. He had nothing to lose and just made a great play...
...They found a way to win... It's not very often that you can run the ball like we did, not turn the football over, and lose the game. They did a great job and found a way to win...
...If you really studied the film you know that we're getting great pressure on the quarterback. Obviously you want more sacks. But those sacks will come...
...Obviously you'd like some of those penalties called back. We have to make sure we don't stop ourselves. We did it against Washington. We did it against New England, and we did it against the Giants. You can't stop yourselves...
...If you think we played cautiously then you weren't watching the game. There's a difference between playing cautiously and giving up a lead. We threw the ball quite a bit in the fourth quarter. You have to look at the plays and understand game situations and what's going on. Now if you wanted to say we didn't play effectively, I would agree with you there...
...There wasn't on officiating call in that game that was the deciding factor. We can go back to ten plays on offense, ten plays on defense that cost us. We had a chance to put this game away early in the third quarter and didn't and it cost us...
...Everybody calls it a little bit different. Everybody has different viewpoints one guy to the next. The bottom line, you got to fight through it, there isn't any one call that was the difference...
...When you challenge a call you can call anything that happens in a play, even if you're wrong, you get the benefit of the replay... You can't challenge a tip downfield, you challenge it at the line of scrimmage...
Taco John
10-24-2005, 06:03 PM
http://www.denverbroncos.com/page.php?id=913
RhymesayersDU
10-24-2005, 06:06 PM
Lenny Walls hurt his groin, huh?
I didn't know he had one.
Color me surprised.
DB-Freak
10-24-2005, 06:09 PM
I see this guy injured every other game.
If you wanna prove that you are the second best CB in the league at least stay on the damn field.
Listen to coaches around the league than listen to Shanahan, he has a grasp of the game that other coaches don't. I love the way he breaks down a game. it's the little things and the way he excepts the breaks of the game that make him a great coach.
Change the things you can, don't sweat the things you have no control over and learn from your mistakes, this is the shanahan philosophy and the reason he IS the Mastermind.
RhymesayersDU
10-24-2005, 06:22 PM
Listen to coaches around the league than listen to Shanahan, he has a grasp of the game that other coaches don't. I love the way he breaks down a game. it's the little things and the way he excepts the breaks of the game that make him a great coach.
Change the things you can, don't sweat the things you have no control over and learn from your mistakes, this is the shanahan philosophy and the reason he IS the Mastermind.
I hope this is true, and we never ever see Tatum Bell @ WR again.
DB-Freak
10-24-2005, 06:24 PM
They put him a position to catch the ball and Bell failed to deliver.
It's obvious that the staff thought he could catch those balls that hit him in his hands.
Apparently not.
DomCasual
10-24-2005, 06:24 PM
Don't you get the feeling at every Shanahan press conference that you could take one from one, two, or three years ago, plug it into today's, and you wouldn't notice much of a difference?
He doesn't give anything away, and he doesn't really show any measurable emotion about the previous game. And he says the words "stepped up and made some plays" a lot.
RhymesayersDU
10-24-2005, 06:25 PM
They put him a position to catch the ball and Bell failed to deliver.
It's obvious that the staff thought he could catch those balls that hit him in his hands.
Apparently not.
They thought he could catch balls based on what?
DB-Freak
10-24-2005, 06:26 PM
They thought he could catch balls based on what?
I don't know, but certainly more than you and me and this whole board combined.
Sassy
10-24-2005, 06:27 PM
...There wasn't on officiating call in that game that was the deciding factor. We can go back to ten plays on offense, ten plays on defense that cost us. We had a chance to put this game away early in the third quarter and didn't and it cost us...
Mmm...I would say Shanny is saying it was a "Team Loss"...
watermock
10-24-2005, 06:27 PM
man you could tell that he was biting his lips about the officials...
I mean big time...
What he really said was that Denver shouldn't of allowed the refs to throw the game...but he didn't say it, knowing he would get fined...you can read between the lines tho...he carefully masked it...
the rest is straight on...the object now is to get the heads up and work even harder...c'mon team....
What is the injury report? Is Champ OK? We need a T.O. equalizer...
RhymesayersDU
10-24-2005, 06:28 PM
I don't know, but certainly more than you and me and this whole board combined.
I guess so!
I just keep seeing the replay of the Miami game last year, a wide open Tatum Bell having a perfect pass go right through his hands.
Come on Shanny, get with the program. You got everybody sucking you off over the Cleveland guys, now let's follow that up with some more good stuff.
broncos love
10-24-2005, 06:30 PM
Im still upset about how denver could lose a game with almost 200 yrds rushing. But one thing I do know Denver has not learned how to finish games as Champ said after the game. I think this is a whole lot better team than the one of the previous 2 years . As long as Jake can keep the ints down we will win the division and finally win a playoff game since the duke left.
Rocket 7
10-24-2005, 06:33 PM
...Devoe moved ahead of Darius because of his special teams ability. We got to play the top 45 guys, and sometimes it comes down to special teams. It's competition every day. This is a long season. I"m sure we'll ask Darius before the end of the season to step up and make plays for us, but that's the great thing about the NFL... There's a lot of competition... It's a very similar to the situation with Curome Cox.... Now he's on our top 45 because he can help out at DB and special teams.
http://www.denverbroncos.com/page.php?id=334&storyID=4837
watermock
10-24-2005, 06:36 PM
They put him a position to catch the ball and Bell failed to deliver.
It's obvious that the staff thought he could catch those balls that hit him in his hands.
Apparently not.
Catching the ball in practice and in a game are two different things...that's why it's taken Cecil Sapp awhile to stick...he was never asked to play special teams...Bell was never asked to catch the ball...the give him a bullet in a crucial moment of the game was beyond idiotic...how about Rod Smith or the Putz or Plummer scrambling for a first down?
Oh never mind...Bell was thrown a ball so hard even Rod Smith would of had trouble managing...not to mention they were salivating with that empty backfield...Jake was terrified and threw a little early...
I want to kill Kubiak. This nentendo offense has to END. You see it, you blitz...period...3-4 you blitz two...4-3 you blitz one...WTF does Kubiak think he's doing? Even spreading out 5 WR, 3 of which are worthless only demands 6 men...that leaves five on five on the line...I still don't get that set...5 on 5 is misleading because you are going to overload somwhere on a weak spot...oh never mind...
Rocket 7
10-24-2005, 07:01 PM
Lenny Walls hurt his groin, huh?
I didn't know he had one.
Color me surprised.
He hurt it during pre game warm up's.
He hurt it during pre game warm up's.
YA He stepped on his dick
TheReverend
10-24-2005, 07:56 PM
They put him a position to catch the ball and Bell failed to deliver.
It's obvious that the staff thought he could catch those balls that hit him in his hands.
Apparently not.
Can you catch a ball with a defender up your ass and with one hand?
~Crash~
10-24-2005, 08:30 PM
I hope this is true, and we never ever see Tatum Bell @ WR again.
LMAO that will make him throw more towards our TE playing at WR:hitself:
~Crash~
10-24-2005, 08:33 PM
They thought he could catch balls based on what?
what realy kills me is they did these plays on 3rd down.....
~Crash~
10-24-2005, 08:39 PM
heck run the ball with the lead and win the game . also tater ran out of bounds once and I was thinking why the heck did he do that .........
watermock
10-24-2005, 08:44 PM
Welcome to the Denver Bronco playbook for clock management...
shakenbake
10-24-2005, 08:51 PM
Last week shanny was given props for being a "gambler" Throwing it on 3rd down late in the game with a lead. This week he is a goat. Like I said last week on that thread. I've seen it go both ways. Sometimes guys make the play, the drive stays alive and we win. Other times it doesnt work out and the seconds that would have ticked off the clock by running the ball could be the differnce in the game.
Popps
10-24-2005, 09:04 PM
Last week shanny was given props for being a "gambler" Throwing it on 3rd down late in the game with a lead. This week he is a goat. Like I said last week on that thread. I've seen it go both ways. Sometimes guys make the play, the drive stays alive and we win. Other times it doesnt work out and the seconds that would have ticked off the clock by running the ball could be the differnce in the game.
That's way too logical and rational for a football forum. Take that **** somewhere else.
:)
~Crash~
10-24-2005, 09:16 PM
Last week shanny was given props for being a "gambler" Throwing it on 3rd down late in the game with a lead. This week he is a goat. Like I said last week on that thread. I've seen it go both ways. Sometimes guys make the play, the drive stays alive and we win. Other times it doesnt work out and the seconds that would have ticked off the clock by running the ball could be the differnce in the game.
thing is you go with the best odds and tater on 3rd down catching the ball is not to good.heck throw it to the FB johson he wants the ball and it shows!!!!!!!
~Crash~
10-24-2005, 09:23 PM
also when was the last time you seen a ball cought by a TE deep in the middle of the field no attempts have been made !?!?! the play calling has went to nothing as of late . Most of the play book has been scraped... I hope we start to use more better odds
dnvrbrncos
10-24-2005, 09:25 PM
I guess so!
I just keep seeing the replay of the Miami game last year, a wide open Tatum Bell having a perfect pass go right through his hands.
Let me see if I understand your logic correctly. If player X misses important play Y, then player X should never again be put in situation Y. Does that sound about right? If so, then who exactly would be left playing on the team?
also when was the last time you seen a ball cought by a TE deep in the middle of the field no attempts have been made !?!?! the play calling has went to nothing as of late . Most of the play book has been scraped... I hope we start to use more better odds
I don't no when yoy run for 200 yards you got to be doing something right
dnvrbrncos
10-24-2005, 09:26 PM
also when was the last time you seen a ball cought by a TE deep in the middle of the field no attempts have been made !?!?! the play calling has went to nothing as of late . Most of the play book has been scraped... I hope we start to use more better odds
Would you be kind enough to scan a few pages of your copy of the playbook for us. I for one would be very interested in seeing it.
footstepsfrom#27
10-24-2005, 09:35 PM
Don't you get the feeling at every Shanahan press conference that you could take one from one, two, or three years ago, plug it into today's, and you wouldn't notice much of a difference?
He doesn't give anything away, and he doesn't really show any measurable emotion about the previous game. And he says the words "stepped up and made some plays" a lot.
In other words the same old blah blah blah...
watermock
10-24-2005, 09:50 PM
Last week shanny was given props for being a "gambler" Throwing it on 3rd down late in the game with a lead. This week he is a goat. Like I said last week on that thread. I've seen it go both ways. Sometimes guys make the play, the drive stays alive and we win. Other times it doesnt work out and the seconds that would have ticked off the clock by running the ball could be the differnce in the game.
No, the circumstance was different...we were up by 6 not 8, and I defy you to tell me what a great coaching job he did late.
What is wrong with you? We almost gave away the washington game, we almost gave away the NE game and we finally gave away the
giant game...
I dare you to "beat me down" dimwit.
watermock
10-24-2005, 09:53 PM
Last week shanny was given props for being a "gambler" Throwing it on 3rd down late in the game with a lead. This week he is a goat. Like I said last week on that thread. I've seen it go both ways. Sometimes guys make the play, the drive stays alive and we win. Other times it doesnt work out and the seconds that would have ticked off the clock by running the ball could be the differnce in the game.
So what did he do this week there buddy? The whole thread is showing your a-hole...it's honestly funny.
I'm not going to bother....
RhymesayersDU
10-24-2005, 09:58 PM
Let me see if I understand your logic correctly. If player X misses important play Y, then player X should never again be put in situation Y. Does that sound about right? If so, then who exactly would be left playing on the team?
Not what I'm saying at all.
If Tatum Bell is asked to run up the middle on 4th and 1 and gets stuffed, so be it. He's a RB, it happens. Yes, you run him again.
If Rod Smith drops a pass, so be it. He's a WR, it happens. Yes, you throw to him again.
Jake Plummer throws an INT. He's a QB, it happens. Yes, you have him pass the ball again.
We could go on for every position on the team.
BUT, do you line up a RB who has shown he's not great at catching the football at your WR spot? Hell no. You know, I'd be fine with throwing to Bell if he came out of the backfield and was a last option or something. A safety valve or whatever if the WRs are covered.
But you're going to line a RB who can't catch at the WR spot against a CB? Absolutely ludicrous.
watermock
10-24-2005, 09:59 PM
First, I didn't call that stupid play, it's a miracle we didn't lose to either NE or Wash...our late game strategy is horrid, and you can kiss my ass...It's terrible...Look you dimwit...we wasted big leads against Washington and New England...New York finally bit us in the ass...if your to freaking 5tupid to see what is happening your just an idiot.
RhymesayersDU
10-24-2005, 10:00 PM
Last week shanny was given props for being a "gambler" Throwing it on 3rd down late in the game with a lead. This week he is a goat. Like I said last week on that thread. I've seen it go both ways. Sometimes guys make the play, the drive stays alive and we win. Other times it doesnt work out and the seconds that would have ticked off the clock by running the ball could be the differnce in the game.
See, it's not the fact that we passed the ball. I'd be fine with Jake throwing to Rod, or Ash, or rolling out and dumping it off to Putz like we've seen.
But lining up a RB who is a poor pass catcher at WR against a CB? That's just insane.
Passing isn't the issue, it's more the formation and that individual play.
enjolras
10-24-2005, 10:01 PM
Its so funny at this point.. I spent my drive to and from work today listening to the Dallas coaching staff get absolutely roasted because their game-plan and play calling also.. suck. Apparently its an epedemic.. it turns out that everyone NOT on a NFL coaching staff is a strategic genious and the coaches in the NFL are idiots.
Heres an idea. If you haven't seen a tight end catch a pass over the middle, maybe the tight ends aren't getting open? Maybe the QB can't make the throw? Or more likely in our case, maybe the offensive line can't block.
This idea that the coaching staff suddenly forgot how to call plays or develop a gameplan is nothing more than a crutch for pissed off fans to toss around after painful losses. Football comes down to players making plays.. the Broncos didn't in the 4th quarter..they lost.
Play2win
10-24-2005, 10:05 PM
Its so funny at this point.. I spent my drive to and from work today listening to the Dallas coaching staff get absolutely roasted because their game-plan and play calling also.. suck. Apparently its an epedemic.. it turns out that everyone NOT on a NFL coaching staff is a strategic genious and the coaches in the NFL are idiots.
Heres an idea. If you haven't seen a tight end catch a pass over the middle, maybe the tight ends aren't getting open? Maybe the QB can't make the throw? Or more likely in our case, maybe the offensive line can't block.
This idea that the coaching staff suddenly forgot how to call plays or develop a gameplan is nothing more than a crutch for pissed off fans to toss around after painful losses. Football comes down to players making plays.. the Broncos didn't in the 4th quarter..they lost.
BINGO!!! :thumbsup:
ludo21
10-24-2005, 10:08 PM
Another typical Shanny press conf. One thing i did notice was a little quivering of the lip with the talk about the refs. Great show of class tho not to bash the refs, hopefully next week we get some calls because of the respect he showed.
Hopefully Walls makes a quick recovery.
DomCasual
10-24-2005, 10:17 PM
Another typical Shanny press conf. One thing i did notice was a little quivering of the lip with the talk about the refs. Great show of class tho not to bash the refs, hopefully next week we get some calls because of the respect he showed.
Hopefully Walls makes a quick recovery.
I'd like to think it was about showing class, but I have a hunch that it was more about math. I am thinking that with at $20K fine for the same thing just two weeks ago, his wallet would be $30K - $50K lighter had he said something this time. I loved how when it started to become even slightly negative, he threw in a disclaimer about there being plays on both sides that can be questioned every game. Translation: :cuss:
ludo21
10-24-2005, 10:20 PM
I'd like to think it was about showing class, but I have a hunch that it was more about math. I am thinking that with at $20K fine for the same thing just two weeks ago, his wallet would be $30K - $50K lighter had he said something this time. I loved how when it started to become even slightly negative, he threw in a disclaimer about there being plays on both sides that can be questioned every game. Translation: :cuss:
LOL
I would also probably try and keep my mouth shut, losing that much money over losing your cool aint worth it.
wabbit
10-24-2005, 10:49 PM
Don't you get the feeling at every Shanahan press conference that you could take one from one, two, or three years ago, plug it into today's, and you wouldn't notice much of a difference?...
Since Woody Paige went national, this is more truth than you can imagine.
Paige was about the only guy who asked hard questions...and even then, Mike would dance around it or ignore it altogether.
Rascal
10-24-2005, 10:50 PM
Well ask some harder questions damnit!
wabbit
10-24-2005, 11:01 PM
People do ask some tough questions, but Mike answers in the generic almost no matter how hard you press.
Paige was the one guy who would blurt out blunt 'what the hell happened' kind of questions, but, at the time, there was always Adam Schefter to soften it...which would then start a pissing match between Paige & Schefter.
He just answers in the generic...he really does, almost regardless of how specific or difficult the question, and IF he grants 1 on 1 interviews, he has ground rules.
You can also find yourself without credentials, unless you're nationally sponsored media.
Rocket 7
10-24-2005, 11:01 PM
Another typical Shanny press conf. One thing i did notice was a little quivering of the lip with the talk about the refs. Great show of class tho not to bash the refs, hopefully next week we get some calls because of the respect he showed.
Hopefully Walls makes a quick recovery.
I agree. By bashing the refs would only make things worse. They have a brotherhood all their own. You can't belittle one crew and expect next week's crew to give you the marginal calls.
bendog
10-25-2005, 07:27 AM
also when was the last time you seen a ball cought by a TE deep in the middle of the field no attempts have been made !?!?! the play calling has went to nothing as of late . Most of the play book has been scraped... I hope we start to use more better odds
But the passing scheme is a bit different. With the Duke, the WR routes were 5 yds or more deeper, which helped open up the middle for sharpe to split the safeties. With Sonic, the TE's function was to run an out to the side Jake was rolling, with Rod deeper running a similar out, and sonic always a threat to take a hand off from Jake and run counter to the direction Jake was rolling.
Now the TE's are spreading the field horizontally along with the WR, which is why Johnson the FB was able to split the safeties.
It's not that Shanny gambled in the Fourth. That was the right thing to do. It was that the formation and play (or maybe Jake's read too) didn't maximize the chance of success.
What TJ is attempting to say, and what he's gottne hammered for saying, is that in today's game it isn't the defense shutting down the o. Someone said something like "with all we spent on D, it's not unrealistic to expect D to shut down a team like Indy all day long like the Pats did." Well, the Pats didn't do that. Rather, their offense had 7 and 8 minute drives in both second half quarters. Manning couldn't GET ON the field.
http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/gamebook/NFL_20050116_IND@NE
This ain't your father's nfl.
TotallyScrewed
10-25-2005, 07:58 AM
Bell dropped the ball and the corner made an excellent play...arriving with the ball. I've seen many a seasoned WR drop that type of pass in that type of coverage. The Broncos were obviously hoping that Bell would draw the linebacker assignment. It didn't happen.
Billy Clyde Puckett
10-25-2005, 08:01 AM
Bell dropped the ball and the corner made an excellent play...arriving with the ball. I've seen many a seasoned WR drop that type of pass in that type of coverage. The Broncos were obviously hoping that Bell would draw the linebacker assignment. It didn't happen.
And it won't happen on that play until the Broncs prove they have a third receiving option on the field to draw that nickel back.
Nomad
10-25-2005, 08:03 AM
BINGO!!! :thumbsup:
Maybe the QB can't make the throw? Bingo?
Seemed like Plummer was able to hit Johnson down the seam @ the Giants. Against Washington a few weeks back, Plummer hit Putz down the middle for ~30yds to set up a TD.
My .02
Play2win
10-25-2005, 08:14 AM
Maybe the QB can't make the throw? Bingo?
Seemed like Plummer was able to hit Johnson down the seam @ the Giants. Against Washington a few weeks back, Plummer hit Putz down the middle for ~30yds to set up a TD.
My .02
Actually Plummer is capable of alot of different passes, but more times than not, doesn't make some of the more "Difficult" throws. And lets not even start talking about a deep out...
Smiling Assassin27
10-25-2005, 08:49 AM
....Lenny Walls hurt his groin...
seems the entire team took one in the groin.
DrFate
10-25-2005, 11:27 AM
They put him a position to catch the ball and Bell failed to deliver.
I don't think he has proven himself capable of catching balls like that. I don't know why the coaching staff would put him in that position.
Rascal
10-25-2005, 11:46 AM
I don't understand why they didn't use Adams in this game.
I also don't remember any reverses or that many screenes. I think they decided to get cute in this game for some reason.
bendog
10-25-2005, 12:19 PM
I don't understand why they didn't use Adams in this game.
I also don't remember any reverses or that many screenes. I think they decided to get cute in this game for some reason.
Didn't he drop one in the NE game? I think he's looked good too, but possibly shanny was sending a message. It might also be that we needed an extra active roster slot for cox with so many dbs playing hurt. But, regardless, there were mult packages to pass out of on 3rd w/o putting Tatum in that position. But, if the corner came off someone to take tater ....
~Crash~
10-25-2005, 12:57 PM
Would you be kind enough to scan a few pages of your copy of the playbook for us. I for one would be very interested in seeing it.
LMAO when was it that you seen a pass to the TE's over the middle of the field deep ? or a pass throwen short for Rod Smith to come back and get . oh and why are you being a smart ass? when the game plans are simple we are winning when they get trickey we start losing the game the coaches are out smarting them selfs like a pass on 3rd down to taterstonehands. and jeb as a WR is not going to work! oh by the way4321~
~Crash~
10-25-2005, 01:00 PM
I don't no when yoy run for 200 yards you got to be doing something right
we did something right for 3 Quarters see the post up above just skip the middle finger part ...
Mediator12
10-25-2005, 01:35 PM
I don't understand why they didn't use Adams in this game.
I also don't remember any reverses or that many screenes. I think they decided to get cute in this game for some reason.
No reverses, No counters, a few VERY effective pitches and one three yard loss Pitch, three screens for 3 yards and an incompletion.
This was a totally different gameplan with Three TE sets. The Most effective plays to date have been with Kyle Johnson in the game IMHO. I hope they use a two TE, FB, RB set more than three TE's. Johnson has played extremely well in the passing game and was uncovered when jake tried to kill Putzier for the second game in a row. I seriously think Putz must've said something wrong about Jake's girl or something;D
Mediator12
10-25-2005, 01:40 PM
The third down ineffectiveness has made the staff think they must get creative. IMHO I think they need to max protect out of the I formation a few times and send Lelie deep to get the safeties from cheating up and go for a BIG play on third down. Then, Dump the ball underneath to Smith, #3WR, or TE if Lelie draws the safeties deep.
Too Much dink and dunk on third down, and not enough Hutzpah, cajones, etc. for me.
Play2win
10-25-2005, 02:02 PM
My favorite plays on Sunday were the Mid-Slants and crossing patterns to ASH. I just don't know why they don't do more of this. Oh, yeah thats right, it requires a QB to properly LEAD the WR...
Seriously, though, I would like to see ASH run that a hell of alot more. I think it could be quite successful...
Sassy
10-25-2005, 02:16 PM
I'd have liked to hear what Shanny said to Lelie on the sidelines....
eddie mac
10-25-2005, 02:37 PM
We could go on and on all week about gameplans and plays and whatever. We lost the bloody game. Are we 3-4 like San Diego? No, we're 5-2 with the Division lead, tiebreakers over KC and SD and have the 2nd seed in the AFC. It's now about how the team moves on from here and doesn't make the same mistakes they made against NYG. This year's schedule is one of the toughest I can remember as a Bronco fan and to be 5-2 right now is far better than were we expected this team to be in the offseason and worse still after that debacle in Miami. 7 games down and 9 left. Of those 9 only 3 games are against teams with winning records, so although I still dont think we'll win it all I do reckon we'll be playing in January and possibly at home.
Mile High Shack
10-25-2005, 02:46 PM
The third down ineffectiveness has made the staff think they must get creative. IMHO I think they need to max protect out of the I formation a few times and send Lelie deep to get the safeties from cheating up and go for a BIG play on third down. Then, Dump the ball underneath to Smith, #3WR, or TE if Lelie draws the safeties deep.
Too Much dink and dunk on third down, and not enough Hutzpah, cajones, etc. for me.
I think the staff is assuming our "killer" defense is going to help us out
that obviously isn't happening
so you are right, something on offense needs to change to protect our defense
Rascal
10-25-2005, 02:48 PM
I think the staff is assuming our "killer" defense is going to help us out
that obviously isn't happening
so you are right, something on offense needs to change to protect our defense
:poke:
Rock Chalk
10-25-2005, 02:53 PM
We need a "Coyer Pull Your Head Out Of Your Ass" smiley.
Mile High Shack
10-25-2005, 02:56 PM
:poke:
LOL
I didn't mean to sound snotty
I just think we have overestimated just how good our defense is, so we are going to have to open up the offense a little bit more
Turnovers be damned, we need to step on people's throats in the 4th qtr
BroncoInferno
10-25-2005, 02:58 PM
The third down ineffectiveness has made the staff think they must get creative. IMHO I think they need to max protect out of the I formation a few times and send Lelie deep to get the safeties from cheating up and go for a BIG play on third down. Then, Dump the ball underneath to Smith, #3WR, or TE if Lelie draws the safeties deep.
Too Much dink and dunk on third down, and not enough Hutzpah, cajones, etc. for me.
Good point. It seems the offensive line isn't terribly comfortable blocking in obvious passing situations. Max protection would be a good way to at least improve in these situations.
Old Dude
10-25-2005, 03:23 PM
We need a "Coyer Pull Your Head Out Of Your Ass" smiley.
:stuck:
Best I can find.