Dre Bly, what was he doing? - The Orange Mane

GoHAM · 12-14-2008, 08:40 PM

On the first TD to Steve Smith today Dre Bly totally took himself out of the play, WTF was that all about. That had to be the dumbest and weakest play I have ever seen from a so called seasoned vet. Not only that but he kept waving at Barrett to move up to the LOS or shift or whatever, and he was still looking at Barrett when the ball was snapped. I saw this at least three different times today. He is the biggest waste of money on the team right now. Hell Champ did a better job of stopping the Panthers today than Bly did.

I'm rambling and I guess the gist of my post is why does Dre Bly piss me off so much?

Any suggestions?

Spider · 12-14-2008, 09:00 PM

looked more like a pick play . ..

Tombstone RJ · 12-14-2008, 09:03 PM

I wasn't terribly impressed with Bly today. But, he's a vet and he knows what battles to pick, and which ones to let slide. Today he let alot slide...

LongDongJohnson · 12-14-2008, 09:09 PM

all i remember was seeing a WR blocking two defenders all by him self. i was like wtf. how does 1 dude block 2 guys at the same time. especially a WR

Spider · 12-14-2008, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by LongDongJohnson

all i remember was seeing a WR blocking two defenders all by him self. i was like wtf. how does 1 dude block 2 guys at the same time. especially a WR

yeah there was some serious mis communication .......

CBF1 · 12-14-2008, 09:27 PM

What was Bly doing

Earning the huge contract that we gave him, Or trying to make the nickname of TOAST stick

BroncoBuff · 12-14-2008, 09:29 PM

Don't forget it is Steve Smith he was facing.

bpc · 12-14-2008, 10:37 PM

Bly did not look at all interested in playing against Smith today and got his ass handed to him. It hasn't been the first time. He usually packs it in vs. good talent. Not that it would have mattered though. If Bailey was healthy, Bly would have had to cover him anyway per Slowik's stupid ass defense.

broncolife · 12-14-2008, 11:01 PM

Blys is alot like the Broncos one week hes the hero that stops the qb short of the endzone, the next week hes toast.

tsiguy96 · 12-14-2008, 11:21 PM

well i think he was calling for some sort of defensive audible....and didnt get it. i know he was trying to tell other defenders something.

Goobzilla · 12-14-2008, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by tsiguy96

i know he was trying to tell other defenders something.

I think it was "I SUCK"

Florida_Bronco · 12-15-2008, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by BroncoBuff

Don't forget it is Steve Smith he was facing.

Exactly.

DHallblows · 12-15-2008, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by BroncoBuff

Don't forget it is Steve Smith he was facing.

Seriously. How dare he get burnt by the #3 WR in yards and #1 in YPG! Shame on him...

CBF1 · 12-15-2008, 01:19 AM

You are kidding me... are you defending Bly's play this game or season

Overpaid and under performing, Nothing new here.

DHallblows · 12-15-2008, 01:23 AM

I'm not saying he's earning what he's making, but this game was understandable. The problem is, REGARDLESS of the WR he faces, he gets burnt every week. THAT is a big, underachieving problem.

extralife · 12-15-2008, 02:54 AM

He was trying to slide someone over to help him because it's obviously retarded to man up Steve Smith that close to the end zone. When the other guy (don't know who it was) didn't hear Dre went up to him to tell him, the ball was hiked and it was a WR screen so the other reciever starts blocking and pushed our other guy into Dre. Just a bad call and some miscommunication.

BMarsh615 · 12-15-2008, 03:56 AM

What Steve Smith did to us makes me appreciate Champ so much more. I can't remember the last time that I was scared of what a WR was going to do to us.

TheReverend · 12-15-2008, 04:41 AM

I'm not sure if this applies to the play you're talking about, but I know there was a LOT of heavy zone, and especially cover 2. Smith even had a great catch right in the seam between Bly and Barrett and held onto the ball despite a beautiful hit from Barrett.

rastaman · 12-15-2008, 04:59 AM

I can understand the frustration with the season thus far. However, Football is a team sport, and the entire Bronco team has played inconsistent for the entire season!

Even a last second come from behind win takes the entire team to execute to achieve the win. Has Bly had some bad games---w/o a doubt. Has Cutler made some boneheaded decisions and thrown costly interceptions---yep! Has the Broncos injury riddled RB's turned the ball over--yep!

Mediator12 · 12-15-2008, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by TheReverend

I'm not sure if this applies to the play you're talking about, but I know there was a LOT of heavy zone, and especially cover 2. Smith even had a great catch right in the seam between Bly and Barrett and held onto the ball despite a beautiful hit from Barrett.

CAR motioned into a play that would make the Defenders switch coverages on a crossing pattern. That would make Bly cover inside and Bell outside. Bell did not catch the switch until it was too late and Bly covered the inside of the play. It was a great play design against a rookie that was concentrating on the wrong thing because CAR was throwing down the seams on him.

Bly did look disinterested after Smith Caught the ball, but he was definitely playing inside coverage on the twin bunch combination at the POA. Bell got eaten up by a very solid blocker in Muhsin Muhammed and Bly was not able to get over and force the play back inside to help.

Mediator12 · 12-15-2008, 05:57 AM

Overall, what I said was going to happen, happened again. DEN had to overload their run gaps and commit extra players to stop the run at the expense of giving up huge plays in the passing game.

As for Bly, he played poorly yesterday, but it was nowhere near without cause. Getting stuck on an island with Smith and having young DB's making a ton of mental mistakes will make any CB look bad. Bailey was nowhere near his talent level last year in performance, because he was stuck out there with more responsibility every play than any DB should have. The averages caught up with him playing such exposed coverage and teams attacked Bly way more than Champ.

All of this was brought up in the MHR thread a few days ago if you want to get into details, but Bly got his ass burned against CAR because the scheme hung him out to dry with players who made a bunch of mistakes around him. He still got beat, but its not like he had much of a chance with the way they played either.

TheReverend · 12-15-2008, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Mediator12

CAR motioned into a play that would make the Defenders switch coverages on a crossing pattern. That would make Bly cover inside and Bell outside. Bell did not catch the switch until it was too late and Bly covered the inside of the play. It was a great play design against a rookie that was concentrating on the wrong thing because CAR was throwing down the seams on him.

Bly did look disinterested after Smith Caught the ball, but he was definitely playing inside coverage on the twin bunch combination at the POA. Bell got eaten up by a very solid blocker in Muhsin Muhammed and Bly was not able to get over and force the play back inside to help.

Thanks. Had my kiddo over before she heads off to TX for Christmas, so only got to see a handful of plays here and there.

PS. Check your PMs.

barryr · 12-15-2008, 06:02 AM

Not too many on defense look that great from week to week. But yeah, Bly just isn't that great.

missingnumber7 · 12-15-2008, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by CBF1

You are kidding me... are you defending Bly's play this game or season

Overpaid and under performing, Nothing new here.

Quoted for truth...if they think about resigning bly they should have a bonfire and burn the 10 mil.

missingnumber7 · 12-15-2008, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by barryr

Not too many on defense look that great from week to week. But yeah, Bly just isn't that great.

Understatement of the millenium.

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12-14-2008, 08:40 PM	#1
GoHAM Ring of Famer The Defense is Back! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: County 5 Posts: 1,177 Adopt-a-Bronco: Mitch Unrein	Dre Bly, what was he doing? On the first TD to Steve Smith today Dre Bly totally took himself out of the play, WTF was that all about. That had to be the dumbest and weakest play I have ever seen from a so called seasoned vet. Not only that but he kept waving at Barrett to move up to the LOS or shift or whatever, and he was still looking at Barrett when the ball was snapped. I saw this at least three different times today. He is the biggest waste of money on the team right now. Hell Champ did a better job of stopping the Panthers today than Bly did. I'm rambling and I guess the gist of my post is why does Dre Bly piss me off so much? Any suggestions?

12-14-2008, 09:00 PM	#2
Spider Mr Diplomacy I survived Tebow Mania at the Mane Join Date: May 2001 Location: Elway was just an arm =MacGruder Posts: 84,438 Adopt-a-Bronco: Von Miller	looked more like a pick play . ..

12-14-2008, 09:03 PM	#3
Tombstone RJ Ring of Famer Old School Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: In the Tetons! Posts: 19,299 Adopt-a-Bronco: WorrellWilliams	I wasn't terribly impressed with Bly today. But, he's a vet and he knows what battles to pick, and which ones to let slide. Today he let alot slide...

12-14-2008, 09:09 PM	#4
LongDongJohnson Ring of Famer New to the Forum Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,626 Adopt-a-Bronco: Von Miller	all i remember was seeing a WR blocking two defenders all by him self. i was like wtf. how does 1 dude block 2 guys at the same time. especially a WR

12-14-2008, 09:27 PM	#6
CBF1 Ring of Famer No avatar is the new avatar Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: SoCal Posts: 14,907 Adopt-a-Bronco: Jack Del rio	What was Bly doing Earning the huge contract that we gave him, Or trying to make the nickname of TOAST stick

12-14-2008, 09:29 PM	#7
BroncoBuff *************** Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Seattle Posts: 25,435 Adopt-a-Bronco: QUANTERUS SMITH	Don't forget it is Steve Smith he was facing.

12-14-2008, 10:37 PM	#8
bpc "Nemo Me Impune Lacessit" 1 sword keeps another in the sheath Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 12,570 Adopt-a-Bronco: Von Miller	Bly did not look at all interested in playing against Smith today and got his ass handed to him. It hasn't been the first time. He usually packs it in vs. good talent. Not that it would have mattered though. If Bailey was healthy, Bly would have had to cover him anyway per Slowik's stupid ass defense.

12-14-2008, 11:01 PM	#9
broncolife Master masturbator! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Escondido, CA Posts: 3,395	Blys is alot like the Broncos one week hes the hero that stops the qb short of the endzone, the next week hes toast.

12-14-2008, 11:21 PM	#10
tsiguy96 Ring of Famer New to the Forum Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 12,559 Adopt-a-Bronco: None	well i think he was calling for some sort of defensive audible....and didnt get it. i know he was trying to tell other defenders something.

12-15-2008, 01:19 AM	#14
CBF1 Ring of Famer No avatar is the new avatar Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: SoCal Posts: 14,907 Adopt-a-Bronco: Jack Del rio	You are kidding me... are you defending Bly's play this game or season Overpaid and under performing, Nothing new here.

12-15-2008, 01:23 AM	#15
DHallblows Ring of Famer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Norman, OK Posts: 2,513	I'm not saying he's earning what he's making, but this game was understandable. The problem is, REGARDLESS of the WR he faces, he gets burnt every week. THAT is a big, underachieving problem.

12-15-2008, 02:54 AM	#16
extralife Ring of Famer Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,907	He was trying to slide someone over to help him because it's obviously retarded to man up Steve Smith that close to the end zone. When the other guy (don't know who it was) didn't hear Dre went up to him to tell him, the ball was hiked and it was a WR screen so the other reciever starts blocking and pushed our other guy into Dre. Just a bad call and some miscommunication.

12-15-2008, 03:56 AM	#17
BMarsh615 Ring of Famer 21’s No Champ Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2,017 Adopt-a-Bronco: # 15	What Steve Smith did to us makes me appreciate Champ so much more. I can't remember the last time that I was scared of what a WR was going to do to us.

12-15-2008, 04:41 AM	#18
TheReverend www.PatrickTurley.org ^ buy this... twice Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 33,019 Adopt-a-Bronco: Mike Shanahan	I'm not sure if this applies to the play you're talking about, but I know there was a LOT of heavy zone, and especially cover 2. Smith even had a great catch right in the seam between Bly and Barrett and held onto the ball despite a beautiful hit from Barrett.

12-15-2008, 04:59 AM	#19
rastaman Ring of Famer New to the Forum Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,180 Adopt-a-Bronco: None	I can understand the frustration with the season thus far. However, Football is a team sport, and the entire Bronco team has played inconsistent for the entire season! Even a last second come from behind win takes the entire team to execute to achieve the win. Has Bly had some bad games---w/o a doubt. Has Cutler made some boneheaded decisions and thrown costly interceptions---yep! Has the Broncos injury riddled RB's turned the ball over--yep!

12-15-2008, 05:57 AM	#21
Mediator12 OM analyst REAL Front Seven Bandwagon !!! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: INDY Posts: 9,701 Adopt-a-Bronco: Malik Jackson	Overall, what I said was going to happen, happened again. DEN had to overload their run gaps and commit extra players to stop the run at the expense of giving up huge plays in the passing game. As for Bly, he played poorly yesterday, but it was nowhere near without cause. Getting stuck on an island with Smith and having young DB's making a ton of mental mistakes will make any CB look bad. Bailey was nowhere near his talent level last year in performance, because he was stuck out there with more responsibility every play than any DB should have. The averages caught up with him playing such exposed coverage and teams attacked Bly way more than Champ. All of this was brought up in the MHR thread a few days ago if you want to get into details, but Bly got his ass burned against CAR because the scheme hung him out to dry with players who made a bunch of mistakes around him. He still got beat, but its not like he had much of a chance with the way they played either.

12-15-2008, 06:02 AM	#23
barryr Ring of Famer New to the Forum Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 8,267 Adopt-a-Bronco: None	Not too many on defense look that great from week to week. But yeah, Bly just isn't that great.