The 30 front

by Ted Bartlett on Oct 5, 2008 5:07 PM MDT

I thought the use of the 30 front last week was garbage, and the Broncos got away from it quickly. Today, however, it worked very well, and they used it a lot. On the one hand the Broncos have the wrong kind of personnel for a 3-4 look. The linebackers and Elvis Dumervil are smaller than you'd like for it, and Dewayne Robertson is not really a NT, which is why we got him for a bag of footballs from the Jets. On the other hand, it's undoubtedly easier to find 4 good LBs on the Broncos than it is to find 4 good D-Linemen.

For one thing, Dumervil seems to be back. He dominated Jeremy Trueblood today. The LBs and Safeties also tackled much better today. The soundness of the defense and the patience of the offense combined to win today. I'm very pleased with what I saw.

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And how!

I agree whole-heartedly.

"I could never quite get the hang of Thursdays..."

by FlaBroncoFan on Oct 5, 2008 5:12 PM MDT reply actions

Very much agreed.

"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe

by Steve Nichols on Oct 5, 2008 6:29 PM MDT reply actions

offense and defense

looked like two sides of the same coin, instead of competing currencies this week. Very satisfying victory.

Mountains, forest, sea: these render man fierce, but yet do not destroy the man.

by Jeremy Bolander on Oct 5, 2008 7:40 PM MDT reply actions

did we play a 3-4???

by RiG on Oct 5, 2008 11:17 PM MDT reply actions

We did.

We also played 4-3. In both instances we used a lot of zone blitzing. I’ll be watching to see if the zone blitz is what Slowik was easing the team into all of this time.

"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe

by Steve Nichols on Oct 6, 2008 5:33 AM MDT up reply actions

About that blitz from Champ

I saw some comments that thought the blitz from Champ that knocked Greise out was a planned blitz. I don’t think so. When you watch the replay, Champ was watching for coverage, he started to move to his right, but when he saw Greise looking back to the left he just took off toward him. It was delayed, and so the Tampa O-line never picked him up. So credit Champ for the speed and the smarts to get that hit, but I don’t believe it was a blitz called by Slowik.

"If Denver beats us, I'll walk back to Detroit" - Alex Karras

by Denver Diehard on Oct 6, 2008 8:48 AM MDT up reply actions

I could be wrong...

…but I’m guessing the play was called. It would be very unusual for a CB to be cleared to blitz on his own intitiatve, even at the pro level. Such a move would open up the defense terribly to good scheming by an offensive coordinator.

What may have happened is that he had a “broken read”, where he’s assigned a certain responsibilty until he sees something that gives him the go ahead to make the blitz (not to be confused with a “broken play”, which is when a play goes bad and a player has a fall back assignment. “Broken read” sounds like a negative thing because of the word broken, but it’s just another technique used by coordinators. Sometimes also called a “fall-back read”).

Still, I imagine the intitial move that Bailey made was to ensure that one of the RBs (the HB or the FB) pivoted to pick up Bly’s blitz. With Bailey being th faster of the two, Bly would have been set up to force the pass block, while Bailey went for the principal (the QB). My guess is that this was the case, and not a broken read.

But I could be wrong too. I’ve obviously never coached at the pro level. It just seems hard to believe that a player could move from a man or zone coverage on his own initiative without the risk of being marked by an offensive coordinator for a set-up.

"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe

by Steve Nichols on Oct 6, 2008 2:01 PM MDT up reply actions

Don't forget about ST.

They kept things in check and Prater nailed another 50+ yard FG.

"It doesn't dissipate" ~ Mike Shanahan

Cutler's 4th qtr/OT game winning drives: 4

by weazel on Oct 6, 2008 12:56 AM MDT reply actions

Very well rounded effort...

against a solid team.

"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe

by Steve Nichols on Oct 6, 2008 5:34 AM MDT up reply actions

Here is a quote from Gruden on our ST.

“Honest to God, why work on your kickoff return when you come here?” — Jon Gruden, Buccaneers coach, on Broncos kicker Matt Prater, who had four touchbacks

"It doesn't dissipate" ~ Mike Shanahan

Cutler's 4th qtr/OT game winning drives: 4

by weazel on Oct 6, 2008 6:43 PM MDT up reply actions

and

he just shook his head and laughed when Prater kicked the 55 yarder with 20 yards to spare!

"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game

"I love your analysis of our team. Its kinda like watching a spider monkey trying to figure out a jar of peanuts.. you know whats going on.. you know whats in there, but to actually figure it out, is just a bit beyond your mental skills..."
- Bronco Dano

by DesertBroncoFan on Oct 7, 2008 8:38 AM MDT up reply actions

I feel

That the Bronco defense showed up. Last week it was like they didnt care, thinking they would dominate KC just by showing up. It was nice to see the defense playing aggresive and good. DJ is a beast. 11 tackles. I am so glad Denver has him locked up.

somethings wrong, Trying to conquer these fears i thought were gone. And it's been so long, I'm dying to live in a world i don't belong

by broncfanstuckinsd on Oct 6, 2008 11:56 AM MDT reply actions