this loss was a total team effort. JC should be mature enough to look off his receivers by now, but he doesn’t. He should be mature enough to check down when he knows BM is double teamed, but he doesn’t. Too many times I’ve heard JC and others refer to the “dink and dunk” as a bad thing, when this is exactly how their opponents are beating them. While the “dink and dunk” may not be pretty, it eats up the clock and tires the opposing defense almost as much as a dominating running game, yet we seem to be above that style of play. Teams have already figured out they can stop JC/BM with the cover 2. And the turn overs have got to stop!

The D didn’t get aggressive until the last quarter, and by then the Broncs had lost all momentum. When they were aggressive, it forced Garrard to throw sooner than he was comfortable with and the DBs were able to make plays on the ball. What a concept! Webster is a liability, as well as the safeties. Webster, McCree and Manuel may be fast, but all too often they are wreckless: missed assignments, missed tackles, over-pursuing the play, etc. Webster’s play is downright sloppy- all too often he’s going for the big hit and not the sure stop. They’re making the rest of the great players on D look bad. Yes, the D line is weak, but they appear to be getting better, and at least they are not sloppy like these three.

I doubt Shanny will make any significant changes while we still have a winning record and while we still lead the division, though.

The one I really have to differ on is the injury to Stokley (conc). We’re carrying a small number of WRs, and Stokley is our best option at slot. I wouldn’t say we avoided any major injuries.

I do agree that we continue to show improvements in several areas of the game. Still, the loss shows me we aren’t yet a team dominant enough to go deep in a playoff run.

But is let dwon by the same players on a consistent basis. Nate Webster is an ABSOLUTE liability, as is Marquand Manuel. Dre Bly is getting there though he played better in spurts.
Jay Cutler’s play is my BIGGEST concern. He is getting flustered, and when that happens he locks onto BM as his security blanket….this has now cost us 2 games.
We should have blown out the Jags and been up by 17 at the half but were sloppy, inept in stupid in all facets of our Offensive play from coaches to QB (excluding our O Line who are awesome and must be pissed that the greatest QB in the world managed to throw away another sure win!)
Awesome comments BornOrange…totally agree!
Cutler was our biggest liability yesterday!

beating NEP will be tough as always on the road. 17-7 last time, tho, ;)

I agree that it is a good sign that the two games we lost we beat ourselves in. That is something you can fix. I’m also really syked that we, once again, gave up no sacks. Ryan Clady is a stone cold pimp! Our special teams did a MUCH better job. And it is very important to remember we are a young team.

Regarding Webster, I have been a Webster supporter. I felt like even tho he gives up some big plays, he is passionate, he is fast and he generally comes away from each game with a decent amount of tackles. But after this last game, I feel his inconsistency is too much of a liability for this defense. I seem to remember reading a quote from DWILL somewhere in the offseason where he stated that they are a better defense with K2. I also seem to remember Champ basically echoing that statement. I would be willing to bet that unless Webster has a stellar game on Monday, when we come out of the bye we will see K2 in at MLB. Infact I would say that any sizable changes will be made over the bye. That is Shannahan’s MO. Will be interesting to see how he shakes things up. I bet a lot will depend on the game next Monday.

I didn’t mean to totally ignore your positives – I was just a bit frustrated after the game yesterday. I need to remember that this is a young team, coming off some major overhauls this past pre-season. They’re doing MUCH better than most gave them credit for prior to the season starting. It is still a building year, even if they make it to the playoffs like Shanny promised. This team is going to be DEADLY and DOMINANT over the next few years.

Try to stay positive, it’s a long season and provided they improve from the lose, then that’s all you can hope for.

Its better than the bitching on how bad the play calling is or crap like that. I would not trade the Broncos start, seeing this is a YOUNG team and will only get better. Losing Stokley hurt, but the other WR’s have to step up.

I actually feel a little better after reading this. Thanx for the optimistic approach.

in better shape than we should. We’re 3-2 in toss up games with a blowout of Oakland. I’ll take it. Better that then getting smashed by San Diego and New Orleans and beating the guys we should have. We have to push foward this year.