Over the last couple years, Dove Valley has taken on the appearance of a M*A*S*H unit.

Well, if it gets down to where there’s only one Bronco left, he’s still our Bronco . . .

i guess that means if selvin cant go then torain will get the start. Although i would like to see torain carry the load i dont think he is ready for that yet. if that happens i dont see us establishing the running game again. this is definetly a cause of concern for our offense

Pittman…we might keep him. Second year in a row that we have seen our Running backfield decimated by injury. Anyone think we need a premier runner in the draft next year?

No longer have any RBs so lets just air it out!

Our total inability to run the ball is one reason it has been hard to pass.

Expect Hillis to see time as RB and H Back.
He is BETTER than Hall and Pittman….no doubt in my mind….
I dont think he is a bad blocker….it is he is not an iso-blocking FB.
PLEASE out Larsen in at MLB, Woodyard in for DJ and Winborn.
I like our back field better with Hillis, Young and Torain.

I say we let Zappa get some carries and see how he does. And then after he gets gurt we can sub in Mike Clark.

Oh wait… We already suck… How much worse can it be? I mean really….. Will we not be able to get 7 yards a game anymore?

No big loss for a buch of losers anyway.

(Loss #4: Bitterness and irritation)

J

Who are we gona sign to the active roster?

Is signing DT MATTHIAS ASKEW to the PS an indication that we are moving someone up from the PS to make space for him?
possibly Josh Barret?

I want to see him early and often on Thursday. The Torain Train is about to leave the station. WOO WOO!!!

They will probably try to bring someone in. Who’s out there?

I doubt there will be any free agent signings to the active roster.

Hillis and maybe Larsen will both be in for FB, Young, Torain and Pope will be activated at RB.

As far as Hillis getting carries, maybe 2 in the game, typical FB stuff, not because he can’tdo it, but because we aren’t that desparate yet. Hillis has a long ways to go on his FB blocking, and that is more important right now for him.

We will have the same gameplan we had this week: try to establish the run early, even if it is a MASH unit. Young will start, Torain will get up to 10 carries, Pope will be expected to line up as a RB a few times, maybe 2-3 carries, but neither Pope nor Torain will be expected to do much, if any, pass protecting: they are not even close to being ready to protect Cutler from a blitz, and he would be killed if we took the chance.

I am expecting a lot of shotgun for Cutler, probably early in the game, with Graham and Jackson both in to block in the backfield.

The game will looks similar to the last two weeks in terms of playcalling: run, run, pass early. We NEED to convert some first downs. We don’t need to score, but we MUST get some first downs with our running game and start running the clock off from the opening snap. The shorter this game is, the better.

IF we GET some rushing first downs, the sky is the limit, because folks, that will be a balanced offense, and the playbook will be as wide open as it has been since oakland, week 1.

IF we DON’T GET some rushing first downs early, I think the Broncos go with a max protect backfield, shotgun and hurryup offenses, alternating, and try to get Cutler into a rhythm before the first half is over. They can still run screens, and some draws and playaction out of the no huddle, so they don’t need to totally abandon the run.

If they can work on Cutler’s confidence early, than we can make up for a lack of a running game, but the defense will have more than its fair share of work again. If we get some running first downs early, then the defense should get some rest and be dependable at the end of the game. What CLE does isn’t as important as those first few rushing first downs, and an efficient, mistake free Cutler through the first half.

Regardless of all but the most egregious scores, we will be in the game if we have that.

Look at old SF games, basically they would run short dumps to the RB and FB as their running game, that is what we need, slows down the pass rush and forces coverage underneath, that opens up the deeper stuff and also opens up the running lanes in the middle if guys are forced to cover the edges, you saw the success Hillis had on the edge, that is where we need to focus early. If it gains four yards, then fine, accept it all day long. What defenses have done is to force Cutler to be impatient, and they are winning that battle, what we need to do is take what the defense is giving us and not worry about the bomb until the defense has been sucked up close.

needs to perform and stop the turnovers (if it’s remotly possible). We are not the running team we used to be and now it looks even worse. Somebody will definatly have to step up and I think he wears #22.

Young and Torain is all we got, so I hope Young is good to go. This would be a perfect time to have Scheffler playing. I wonder how is is doing.