Seven Days of Clady--Day #6

by Jeremy Bolander on Dec 8, 2008 6:00 AM MST in 2008 Denver Broncos Post Game Notes

The final countdown to the end of the ProBowl voting is nearly over, and that means you only have 2 days left to make your vote count! Dec 9th at Noon EST is the deadline, and time is flying.

To help rally the votes I will be using this series of posts to give you reasons every day to get out and throw some votes up for one of the most impressive rookie campaigns we have had the pleasure of seeing. I know a lot of you have been trying to vote everyday, and to you I can only say Awesome! and Keep it up! I have been voting 10 times per day for a little while now, but I recently timed how long it took to vote twenty times on a DSL connection. It only took me five minutes, so I have decided to up the ante a bit. If you are up to the challenge, try the following: set a timer for ten minutes and vote as many times as you can in that ten minute time span. Try it again tomorrow, to see if you can beat your previous best, and know that it is all for a great cause!

On the Sixth day of Clady...

Ryan Clady #78

Not just good enough for 2008

Clady and Denver's offensive line are walking the line of all time greatness:

Year	Team	Sacks Allowed	Attempts	sack per att.
1988	Dolphins	7	621	1/88
1970	49ers	8	383	1/48
1975	Rams	8	355	1/44
1966	Jets	9	514	1/57
1991	Redskins	9	447	1/50

2008

Denver

493

1/62

These are the all time greats. The '70, '75 and '66 teams above accomplished their numbers in only 14 games, so bear that in mind. The Broncos line is in heck of good company. The 'Fins numbers above appear nearly untouchable, but some solace can be had by remembering the fumble/sack/thingy from our SD game earlier this year. Factor that in, as a rules based anomaly (no team in the above list had anything similar), and our sack per attempts jumps to 1/70!

Right now, the Broncos are on pace for a 606 attempt season, and if we can keep up our current pace of only allowing 2 sacks per quarter of the season, that would put them in the neighborhood of 1/61 sack per attempts, 2nd all time!

And I wouldn't be surprised one bit, if we do even better than that.

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MSM is catching on....

Peter King gave some props to 2 of our rooks in his MMQB article this morning….

This offensive rookie class is the best I’ve ever seen. This is the first year in memory that two rookies have quarterbacked their teams to the brink of the playoffs. Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco are a combined 17-9. Ryan Clady, one of three starting rookie left tackles, has allowed a half-sack in 12 peerless start for Denver. Seattle’s John Carlson is one of the best tight ends to come out of the draft in years. Eddie Royal could finish with 80 catches for 1,000 yards in Denver. And the running backs. Chris Johnson (1,094), Matt Forte (1,081) and Steve Slaton (1,024) are 5-6-7 in the NFL rushing race.

Ryan would get my vote for Offensive Rookie of the Year if the balloting were this morning (the Falcons would be lost without him), but I’m someone who voted for Joe Thomas over Adrian Peterson a year ago, so I wouldn’t rip you for going elsewhere with your pick. I’d probably go Ryan, Flacco, Clady, Forte, Johnson, Carlson, Slaton. Royal. Poor Slaton. He might gain 1,300 yards, and in another year, he might win it. This year he may get zero votes.

Full article here.

by pshin8670 on Dec 8, 2008 11:09 AM MST reply actions

Nice work Styg

I am really enjoying these Clady posts and am learning more every day.

No surprise with another ZERO sack day for our O-line.

"It doesn't dissipate" ~ Mike Shanahan

Cutler's 4th qtr/OT game winning drives: 6

by weazel on Dec 8, 2008 6:55 PM MST reply actions

Another twenty votes from me due to my morning meeting being put back an hour.

by keeperbearUK on Dec 9, 2008 5:11 AM MST reply actions

A real test is coming up

Clady vs. Julius Peppers!!!

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by Jaxon on Dec 9, 2008 7:32 AM MST reply actions

This may be the best test of the year

unfortunately it isn’t coming in time to help influence the fan vote.

But at least it will be taken into account for the coaches and players. Obviously that makes my opinion of how I think the matchup is going to turn out clear… ;)

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by Jeremy Bolander on Dec 9, 2008 9:53 AM MST up reply actions