Official Denver Broncos Thread

[gr18]

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Meanwhile the other 3 AFC teams in the playoffs are the only teams to beat Denver this year

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While that's a fact,the Colts and Pats were road games while we split with the Chargers.The Chargers executed the perfect gameplan last time and it went down to the wire.What are the odds of this happening again?I guess we'll see.

[Broncos86]

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Having those three teams is a blessing for us. The Broncos can look at all three and say "they beat us, we have to bring our A game to win this." There will be a chip on the shoulder for each team we face.

[cusefan74]

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I think the Broncos will be ok against the Chargers. I worry that the Patriots will win and then they will go to Denver and win. We'll see though! I hope not!

[Jonsco28]

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Losing Harris will hurt. Jammer was an absolute mess. I can't believe I am saying this, but he made me wish Webster was in there.

Edit: Confirmed - Harris out with torn ACL.

[cusefan74]

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Losing Harris will hurt. Jammer was an absolute mess. I can't believe I am saying this, but he made me wish Webster was in there.

Edit: Confirmed - Harris out with torn ACL.

Yeah Jammer was bad. They will have to find someone else to step in or Jammer really needs to step up and play good.

[gr18]

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Huff stepped in and played ok corner for the Raiders last year but hasn't looked very good this year from what we've seen.Jammer was pathetic but then again he shouldn't have been on as good of a young receiver as Allen.The Patriots have some mediocre young receivers that can run past him too,which is scary because Brady will get the ball there.

I really don't know why DRC wasn't assigned to Allen at that point because I would consider him easily their best receiver.

[kehlis]

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Does anyone know what's going on with Carter?

Can't be coaches decision.

[gr18]

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Does anyone know what's going on with Carter?

Can't be coaches decision.

Amazingly,Tony Carter is healthy but deep in the doghouse since poor showings going way back to the Dallas game.Nobody wants Jammer to see the field again but so far there's probably a little more support for Webster to see more playing time with the possibility of Champ seeing more outside than in the slot.That's if he can physically handle that.

I really don't know how Carter can be considered that inept after seeing poor play from most of the db's at a fairly consistent rate.

[kehlis]

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Amazingly,Tony Carter is healthy but deep in the doghouse since poor showings going way back to the Dallas game.Nobody wants Jammer to see the field again but so far there's probably a little more support for Webster to see more playing time with the possibility of Champ seeing more outside than in the slot.That's if he can physically handle that.

I really don't know how Carter can be considered that inept after seeing poor play from most of the db's at a fairly consistent rate.

My preference would be DRC and Champ on the outside, Carter taking the Nickel and Webster in the dime.

But what do I know....

[cusefan74]

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I would like to see Champ on the outside too. Problem though is his foot is still bothering him. Lets hope the offense can just light up the scoreboard and put up a ton of points.

[Jonsco28]

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Does anyone know what's going on with Carter?

Can't be coaches decision.

I've been wondering this for awhile, but what else can it be? I was high on Carter after last year... he seemed like a playmaker. For whatever reason, he started struggling big-time. He has simply disappeared since the Dallas game. His coverage was pretty good, but he just couldn't make a play on the ball.

I have no idea what they are going to do with Harris out. It scares the hell out me thinking about what Brady could do to this secondary. You could put Webster and Jammer in the secondary and let them play with 12 and I'd still be uneasy.

[kehlis]

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I know Jonsco got on me a bit for worrying about the wind too much (rightfully so) but I think it would be hard to argue that it didn't change their gameplan a little bit.

A lot of underneath and short routes resulted in J Thomas having a big game and they really didn't go vertical at all.



This Sunday's early forecast is 58 degrees and little wind (it's Colorado so we all know how drastically that can change from now to then) but if that holds true I expect the Broncos to open it up quite a bit more than they did against the Chargers.

[Jonsco28]

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I was just trying to ease your nerves a bit.

[kehlis]

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I was just trying to ease your nerves a bit.

I use a neat glass of makers mark for that!

[Broncos86]

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So long as the Broncos don't fall behind, I'm expecting a little more of the same playstyle that we saw vs the Chargers. I think we can expect more running and less outright passing. For me, the reason has less to do with our offense and more to do with the Patriot's offense.

We'll be without Chris Harris, and Bill Belichick is known for exploiting key match ups. As much as the Patriot's offense has morphed into more of a power running game, I fully expect the Patriots to try to exploit our secondary and cash in on whoever replaces Harris. Considering how poorly Jammer played last week, I'm a smidgen concerned for our secondary.

So with that in mind, I think ball control and controlling the clock will be key for us. Control the ball, keep Brady off the field, and allow our defense to rest. With the style that Tom Brady can play, with the hurry-up, it will be essential that we don't get into a scoring race vs. the Patriots. We'll need to keep the ball in our hands a bit longer.