- Lets start with the big news of the game, the defense! I kid, but seriously, after watching the game I have some ideas that I just want to get out there and see how they stick.
- Joe Mays. I love the guy. Anybody who hits as hard as he does certaintly gets love from me and I want to find a way to utilize his skillset. The past two weeks however, he seemingly hasn't been doing as well as he had been against the run, and I think I figured out why. He has not, as of yet, exhibited range in the East/West range. Previously the D-Line was playing better, which allowed Mays to lock on and launch himself like a bowling ball. What I saw from yesterday's game was him trying to make a solo TFL without any help from the D-Line(meaning they weren't getting any push and Mays just came through the hole). Problem is that when this happened Ryan Matthews was able to juke or make a move, making Mays miss. I don't know if this is something that is correctable in his game (I will leave the smarter football minds to decide this)
- D.J. Williams....can you do anything right? Can you take a good angle to get a TFL? Nope. Can you cover? Nope. I guess you can make a ton of money and make lots of tackles after the play has gained waaay too many yards. At least Wesley Woodyard could make things happen.
- Secondary. Its about what you would expect with that many young players. They are going to make mistakes, misdiagnose the play (see long TD to Floyd at the end of the 2nd half). Goodman apparently can't cover or tackle well, Vaughn is showing why he was a UDFA, Carter and Moore made plenty of rookie mistakes, all of that added up to missed opportunities. Not to say I don't have confidence in these players growing, but this is the kind of growing pains to be expected. Vaughn did have that awesome Pick 6, but opposing QB's are always going to target him and Goodman. CB must be a point of emphasis in the draft, along with DT.
- So...anyone figured out what is up with Doom? My first guess would be that he isn't fully healthy yet. Hopefully that is what is happening with him. With the number of additional defenders being thrown Von's way, there should have been more opportunities for Doom to make a bigger impact. Hopefully after the bye he will prove why he is getting that big paycheck.
- One thing that Brian Griese mentioned during the game and it kept showing up was the way to beat the edge rushers for the Broncos. Take a deep drop and then step up into the pocket and most of the time that pushed the rushers to the other side, removing the threat. This is a problem due to the lack of penetration by the DT and NT. Maybe blitz somebody up the middle on a delayed blitz?
- In the end, I think the defense acquitted it self fairly well given how much time they were on the field.
- Offense...well what is there to say about the offense....well a lot actually!
- The wide receivers....what the hell happened? Nobody was catching anything, nobody was getting open or getting any separation, I just don't know what happened. Well, I have some theories, so lets see what sticks to the wall.
- The first is something I am going to blame on the play calling. Why the hell are the receivers going to the sticks, turning around and just waiting for the ball? Why wasn't McCoy trying to push the ball down the field? Part of this is related to Kyle Orton, but I will get to that shortly.
- Well, I was going to save it for last, but the Kyle Orton issue seemingly comes back to the crux of what has happened over the past 5 weeks. I know Doug Lee at IAOFM disagrees with me on this point, but from what I have seen, Orton's only success has been from run sets, which puts the base defense on the field. At its best it has allowed the Broncos to run the PA game with a Max Protect set, with either 1 or 2 receivers running deep with an outlet receiver. But for whatever reason Kyle is not going for the deep pass this year. There have been some deep passes, but nothing like what we have seen the past 2 years. The short passing game + max protect protection scheme + some poor pass blocking has meant that there is usually 7-8 guys in coverage when there are only 2 receivers running routes. This does not seem like a good thing to me.
- Kyle Orton also seemingly fell in love with Fells (zing!) and the other TE's. The short passing game compressed the defense, and Kyle's poor decision making is part of the story of what has happened to him this year. Did Kyle lose his confidence? Looked that way, and in the end he was his own downfall. As much as I dislike him at QB, I know that he is better than he has played this year. It will be enlightening to find out what happened.
- I just don't know what happened to Orton. His footwork regressed, his decision making regressed, his field vision regressed, and his playmaking ability regressed. And this is in an offense that takes the burden off the QB. The run game has more or less been fairly strong, the defense has kept the team in the game, and the O-Line has more or less improved, but Orton has not capitalized on it.
- Then there was that other QB....Tebow was it? I didn't like the play calling by McCoy to be honest. Last year McCoy felt compelled to only call screen passes in the 1st half against the Texans, but we only got one screen pass yesterday? Interesting....
- On the deep incomplete to Decker, it was obvious on viewing why it didn't get there, Tebow was being chased and was about to get smacked in the face, he threw a jump ball, and it was just off target. I think that McCoy over the next two weeks will be responsible for crafting a good set of plays that will maximize Tebow's passing strengths. Maybe a bootleg....maybe? If Orton can do it I am fairly certain Tebow can. A simplified play book will help Tebow develop, particularly his progressions. One good thing that we saw yesterday was the fact that Tebow indeed did go through at least 2 progressions. His first completion to Decker was his second read. It went Matt Willis on the left, and then Decker on the right.
Well, that is all I have for tonight. Maybe more will come?
--Too good too bad
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