What is going on with that team

…I think today proved that we have the worst defense in the NFL by a large margin. I think the precedent has to be set that EVERYONE’’S job is on the line. We may have the worst defense the NFL has seen in years! I understand that the offense played terribly; however, the Chiefs are dismal on offense and ran for over 200 yards and scored 30+ points. We’ve proven that we’re not only terrible is pass coverage but in run coverage too. Another new DC after 2008?

Bailey’s interview where he said that he was disappointed in the way the team prepared for the Chiefs this week in practice. He said they didn’t do enough during the week to win the game…thats no good for a defense that has been horrible the prior 3 weeks

The fact we couldn’t get any pressure on Huard is inexcusable, especially when their starting LT left the game, this is a line that the Raiders destroyed, so I am very concerned with the D-line.

Worst. Defense. Ever. If we can make the Chiefs looks like they’re Superbowl bound, wow is that really not good. And it’s the entire defense. When we did put pressure on Huard (and we did at times) he was able to find an open receiver DOWN THE FIELD. They weren’t drop off passes to LJ. And we can’t stop the run. Other than that, we’re doing great on defense.

I hope that Jay realizes after this game that maybe, sometimes, when Marshall is triple covered he might pick another receiver or throw the ball away. I think all of his interceptions this year have been poor decisions, right? I don’t remember a tipped ball or anything.

Funny thing? We would have needed 34+ points (yet, again) to win this game. I guess the offense ain’t allowed to take anymore days off this year. Is this feeling a bit too much like last year to anyone else? Last year at this point we could have easily been 0-4 and at this point this year we could easily be 1-3.

Slowik needs to bring a minimum of 4, and preferably a different 4, on every down if we want a chance of stopping anybody.

I am sick of seeing teams simply put their best reciever against our 3rd CB because they won’t move Bailey from his side of the field, it is so damn predictable. If we are expecting Jack Williams or Paymah to cover the number 1 wideout, then we are going to have the same result every week.

We’ve all been following this team and maybe even watching the games: this is not a 3-1 team. When the offense plays at 100%, we’ve got a coin flip’s chance of winning games. If they’re anything off that, we’re dead. The defense is further exposed by terrible special teams play tilting field position against us. I still think our soft schedule affords us an 8-8 floor, but our limitations lead me to believe that my “2007 Cleveland Browns” prediction is spot on.

that Cutler rarely seems to look at more than one receiver on a play. I know that he’s young and still learning to see the field, but it doesn’t seem like he’s even trying to go through a progression of reads. Am I off base here?

This is what I was thinking when it was inevitable that we were going to lose.

but in the end, the Broncos are 3-1, in 1st place in the AFC West. Not a bad place to be at all.

Not bad for the first quarter of the season.

Our defense made some key stops last week vs. the Saints and made plenty of stops against the Chiefs holding them to FGs early. Guru says it best that we can’t expect our defense to hold out forever.

Our offense had a 22 and 33 yard FGs in the fourth quarter and at least one of those should have been a TD. Cut the turnovers in half and you take away the Chiefs first touchdown because that came on a turnover. The offense had their chances, just failed to make a play.

Maybe it was just me, but I thought Damon Huard played exceptionally well. He made some throws that were perfectly on the mark. I know he is an NFL quarterback, but the fact is that he was a second stringer making throws that some starters would struggle with. Heck, I thought he played better than Cutler did today. I know Cutler had better numbers, but Huard did his job (0 INTs) and got the stat that matters (a W).

As I was telling my friends, any time you have 4 turnovers you cannot expect to win. The fumbles were bad, but both of those were mainly the result of good defensive plays. One of Cutler’s picks (the one over the middle) was also a good defensive play, but his pick on the long pass was completely inexcusable. He threw on the run across the field into double/triple coverage. That is a downright horrible decision, even if you are throwing to B-Marsh. What makes it even worse was the fact that Tony Scheffler only had to beat the referee to get a touchdown. He was so wide-open that I could have made the throw. Not only that, but he was on the same side of the field as Jay, so it would have been an easier throw.

Jay has to work on his progressions more. He tends to stare down one receiver too much. He can usually get away with it because he can fit the ball through the tiniest crack, but when he has an off game, like today, that tendency just leads to interceptions. I think we have forgotten that he is essentially only in his second year as a starter, and that he was playing in college only three short years ago. I know I sure have.

The defense today was horrible, especially in stopping LJ, but I have to give them credit. They definitely did enough for us to win. Holding KC to field goals in the first quarter was the only reason that we were even in the game. If our offense had played anything at all like they did for the first three weeks, we would have won the game.

There are only three good things that I can take away from this game. One – the loss will hopefully prove to all of our young players that you can’t take a week off in the NFL. Two – hopefully the national media will forget about us for a while and we can fly under the radar for the rest of the season. Three – We have figured out a way to jump-start the offense if we come out flat. We looked really good running the no-huddle at the end of the game. I don’t know how much of that was KC’s D, but that was the best rhythm our offense showed all game.

lack of defense is our main problem, we all know that and compounded by a very weak ST’s our offense really has it job cut out for them, 30 plus pts a game or its another loss, even if the d has a moment or two a game when they can stop a key play or two does not even come close to being called a defense, we do not have a defense. So what ever changes have to be made, I am sure will be addressed by next season, in the mean time lets hope the offense can clean up a bit and score 35-40 pts a game and we should win a few more, but the play off promise sure looks like a distant hope from here. I hope I am wrong but if one puts his loyal team hat aside and gets rid of all the positive hoopla and looks realistically at our defense, they are consistantly bad all 4 games.
It looked like we might have to tweak only the pass defense but after today its back to the drawing board, they got trashed by a very bad team……….

I am a big boy and can handle the critisizm. I still stand by my assesment. But when they fall behind they tend to throw more, plus I also said Shanny is using what is the Broncos strength, which is their passing game. Its only 4 games in and I still am not concerned about the “lack” of a consistent running game. Whats better this year or last. As I have also said before the only team that can stop Denvers offense is Denver. Which is was what happened yesterday