Would Broncos make playoffs with Brock starting?

[TonyR]

Barnwell says yes.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/nf...in-super-bowl/

I liked this comment:

Adding Ware, Ward, and Talib should be an enormous upgrade for a team that was playing journeymen and buy-low candidates for most of the past two seasons on defense; consider that Jeremy Mincey, who was cut by the Jaguars in December, took 18 snaps on the defensive line for the Broncos in the Super Bowl.

And, of course, this one:

Yeah, this Broncos team is going to be pretty good.

[Inkana7]

TBF Mincey is now anchoring the Dallas line lmao

[mennonite]

"It wouldn’t be too difficult to imagine the Broncos winning the AFC West with Osweiler at the helm."

...if you are Walter Mitty or Ralph Phillips.

[TonyR]

...the Patriots still win the AFC East and play the Broncos in the AFC Championship Game. Would you take Broncos-Patriots or the field to be the matchup in that game? You have to think about it, right?

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[bronco militia]

I say no way

signed,

Brian Griese

[SonOfLe-loLang]

Also, we didn't start Mincey assuming he'd be a savior. It was kind of a depth/injury issue.

[Irish Stout]

The Broncos are a talented deep team, even without Manning. As long as we had a QB who didn't crap the proverbial bed too often, then we'd most likely make the playoffs.

[go_broncos]

Impossible

[NFLBRONCO]

No needs more real game exp imo

[TonyR]

Also, we didn't start Mincey assuming he'd be a savior. It was kind of a depth/injury issue.

Yes, that was the whole point. We should be that much better this year because we're so much healthier.

[NFLBRONCO]

The Broncos are a talented deep team, even without Manning. As long as we had a QB who didn't crap the proverbial bed too often, then we'd most likely make the playoffs.

Agree except

1. No proven RB
2. Not enough real game exp QB
3. John Fox at the helm
4. SB favorite we weren't one when Teblow beat Pitt in playoffs

[The1percentKid]

Depends on how improved the AFC got. Don't think 8-8 would get a wild card berth.

[TonyR]

SB favorite we weren't one when Teblow beat Pitt in playoffs

No, but this team is considerably better and deeper than that one. And you don't have to be a SB favorite to make the playoffs.

[mennonite]

How did Oz look when Romeo was throwing those blitzes at him with the Texans backups? Looking good against the the backups to the backups of an abysmal Cowboys defense is one thing. Outplaying the defenses of the NFC West, Bill Belichick, and Rex Ryan is another story.

[SonOfLe-loLang]

Yes, that was the whole point. We should be that much better this year because we're so much healthier.

The article made it seem like we were starting retreads by design.