taking your Denver Q
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Hey j-man, Denver's secondary seems to be particularly good at shutting down the short passing game. Is that due more to scheme or Chris Harris Jr.?
Which DB do you expect will be primarily responsible for neutralizing Gronk? Bruton would seem like the obvious candidate, but as Patriots fans will fondly remember, Talib did a hell of a job against Jimmy Graham a couple of years ago.
Edit: Oops, beaten to it by GC.
Edit: Oops, beaten to it by GC.
i wouild say scheme denver loves to rush even if they do not get there they force overthrows extra qb hits but they do give up at least 1 2 big plays a game i know joshua bealley beat harris once for a 35 40 yard gain
LOL idk if we can stop gronk because TJ Ward is a very dirty player loves to go for the big hit too hopefully denver can put tailb or darien stewart on gronk part time and Brandon marshall ilb very fast on key 3rd downs
Bruton is a core st Guy he is a try hard player but gronk wouild be a hugemismatch for him
Don't sweat it, jman, as the Patriots can't even field 3 healthy receivers right now.
How about the Denver running game? Is Hillman getting the majority of the touches, and do you think they'll stick to a more conservative run-heavy approach with Oz behind center?
The Broncos ran for a season high 170 yards last week. How much of that is due to Osweiler running Kubiak's offense versus Denver just facing the poor run defense of Chicago?
Also, how is Evan Mathis looking? I heard Greg Bedard say that early on Mathis struggled while battling some minor injuries but he's finally starting to play well. Your thoughts?
Also, how is Evan Mathis looking? I heard Greg Bedard say that early on Mathis struggled while battling some minor injuries but he's finally starting to play well. Your thoughts?
lol
funny story i told a bears blogger that denver had to run for 150 to beat chi he was like no way and they did
honelsy it was 75 % kubiak system yes mathis struggled very much so he has picked up his play denver also has been rowing garica in at g as well mostly for vaquez
Oh fuck I forget the knee hunter is on Denver. My subconscious must have blocked it out.
nvm. Johnny already covered it. George needs to read all the posts before responding.
I think the best hope Denver has to slow down Gronk is to bring so much pressure that NE has to keep him in to block more than go out for passes. Demarcus Ware is still a huge question mark to play. If he can go, the pressure should be intense.
I expect Talib to pull the most Gronk duty with award backing him up and Harris/Roby covering LaFell and whomever else is a healthy WR. Harris has covered the middle of the field often this year but I think he's too small to bring down the Gronknocerus.
I expect Talib to pull the most Gronk duty with award backing him up and Harris/Roby covering LaFell and whomever else is a healthy WR. Harris has covered the middle of the field often this year but I think he's too small to bring down the Gronknocerus.
he is athletic enough to do so but denver does move him around and veron davis is becoming the 3rd target along with cody L
How does the run defense look without Knighton? They're still statistically very good, but a couple teams (like KC) have had success on the ground against them. Is there a potential weakness there?
I wouldn't call Blount fast, but he's strong as all get out. I liked what we saw of White Monday night. Hope to see more of it.
Ware is not playing. Please comment on the effectiveness of the player or players who will take his place and how big you see the drop off. And anything else on the impact of the loss of Ware would be appreciated.
And while I'm here, how hostile is the Denver crowd to fans in other colors? I know it's tough to generalize but any thoughts on that would be appreciated. (There was a chance that I was going to be out there. Did not happen but it caused me to wonder a bit.)
And while I'm here, how hostile is the Denver crowd to fans in other colors? I know it's tough to generalize but any thoughts on that would be appreciated. (There was a chance that I was going to be out there. Did not happen but it caused me to wonder a bit.)
I've seen the Pats play in Denver about five times and it's not a very warm environment. It's entirely a Pats/Denver thing too - other team's fans don't have any real issues there whatsoever, not the case with New England. Worst I experienced was having a beer thrown at me and my dad for wearing NE hats (it was the intentional safety snapped through the end zone game).
blount is very strong but as long as denver def is not on the field the whole game denver should be able to contain blount
the players who will replace ware are shaq Barnett and Shane ray barnett can show pass rush flash but is small and can be run on ray is good but need a year of weight training and more reps like to pass rush but not a compete LB
they seem to be the most hostile to pats fans hopefully that will change in time to raider fans
sorry to hear that and that was a great game shanny did 1 of his best coaching jobs that day making Danny kankall a good qb
I'm pretty sure they're all Kubiak coached teams (either offensive coordinator or head coach in the case of the Texans game). I guess to get a sense of what type of offense to expect the Broncos to run.
My understanding is he really hasn't changed things up very much with the sole exception early this year when Peyton couldn't run the offense as designed. I heard a little bit of Curran and Andy Hart on EEI yesterday and they were saying if Kubiak coached the Pats he'd prefer Jimmy G as the QB over Brady(they were joking, sort of).
Thanks for doing this, j-man. How should we think about Brock's upside in the long-term? Would you trade him for Jimmy G, for example?
Solve the age-old riddle, please: is it KOO-bee-ack, or KYOO-bee-ack?
Edit to add: Thanks J-man...always good to have you bouncing around this board...
Edit to add: Thanks J-man...always good to have you bouncing around this board...
brock if he reaches his full celling is joe flcoo 2.0 at worst jake plmmer matt schab
just now saw your 2nd part of q jimmy g does have better pocket awr but u cant jugde jimmy g or brock utnil at least 8 starts