It’s a combo of a lot of things. No running game. Key targets being injured. Play calling. Taking what the defense gives you. Not trying to force low percentage passess. I think aganist the browns in lieu of a running game we need to switch to short 5-10 yd passes with a hurry up style mentatlity. Urgency! Like if we don’t get in to the end zone this season is going to slip away from us.

Our offense is awful right now.

Jay is an emotional player. He knows that if he has a bad game, that the Broncos will lose. That’s a lot of pressure. He needs to learn how to deal with it though. It’s not going to go away for a few more seasons.

Denver’s offense is high risk/high reward. For all of the things that went right in weeks 1-3, as many things have gone wrong since.

The coaches need to reign in the playcalling and ask Cutler to spread the ball around and throw to the backs. They must demand that he be patient, because the payoff is that eventually he can begin to work the deeper zones once the defense isn’t sitting in his zones waiting for him to grow impatient.

I liken Denver’s offense to a pitcher who has an unreal slider. For a while, batters try and hit his below average fastball and below average changeup because the slider’s a touch pitch to hit. The changeup and fastball usually aren’t even strikes. Eventually though, they see his slider enough and sit on it. It doesn’t seem like an unbeatable pitch if its all he’s got and he keeps throwing it.

So, what I’m saying is that Jay/Bates/Shanny need to give the offense a few other good pitches, otherwise everyone’s gonna sit on our slider.

Did that make any sense?

When Denvers offense was the most dangerous is when they would throw some passes to Hillis then that would open up Royal and Stokley. He needs to look for Graham and Scheff (when he can play again) and Marshall will get his when teams dont focus on Marshall.

Missing a running game and playing from behind has not helped, but I think it really comes down to Jay being able and willing to listen and learn from what the coaching staff is telling him. I have noticed besides the obvious mistakes, that there are other mistakes that he has been making that shouldn’t happen, like taking a three step drop from the shotgun, this allows the DE a easy line to the QB and puts a huge amount of pressure on the OT, he needs to stand there, let the pocket develop, and step up into it and throw (he did it earlier in the season, now he has happy feet). He obviously is not doing his progressions, and seems to get panic attack if his primary isn’t open, and he is trusting his arm more than his head, all things he should be over by now, that I relate to coach interaction.

But don’t good QBs and and teams overcome injuries? This is a very deep offense. Also, a great QB should make everyone around him better, starter or not. Is Jay doing that?

Does he just need to relax a little?

“shot of him” is what I meant!

at a tough position. He will be dynamite.

Great baseball reference!

still available in royal, graham, stokely, the jacksons… i really would like to see the te’s and stokely used more often, and maybe give him an outlet receiver to throw to. unfortunately, most of those are rb’s, and they’re banged up or done. but the main problem right now with jay is jay. his checkdowns need to be emphasized now, and he’s seeing less time in the pocket without a running game, or even a real fear of the passing attack these days. very tough situation for him, and the only solution may be the time to develop chemistry with all of his receivers. i guess you can’t rush that. this is a bit of a pickle, isn’t it?

he had an over inflated opinion of himself after the first 3 games, starting spruking in the media, was doing interviews, making statements etc and forgot about football.
Karma in sports is a bitch and he started playing like a one dimensional player STRAIGHT after his quotes on Elway and has gone down hill.
A lot of people say he plays with emotion….I dont see it. He has NO fire, RARELY takes resposnsibility for his woes and seems to be losing the team with his petulent, mamby pamby attitude.
The kid could be great, but first he needs to grow into a man!
Stokley and BM need to take the mantle of offensive leader from him and get him to concentrate on football.
Cutler (mainly) has cost us 3 losses….he has been responsible for turnovers with bad play and decision making. I am not cutting him ANY slack…hes a 1st round draft pick.
If guys like Joe Flacco and Matt Ryan can get it done their first year in, Cutler has NO excuses!