The lack of pressure on JR was the Broncos strategy. By taking away their running game, they didn’t need to pressure him. Guru said it best, put 9 in the box and make JR beat us. It won’t happen. JR can’t beat anyone when they know the pass is coming! Thank goodness for great coaching. GO BRONCOS!

The two interceptions cost the Raiders big time. Then another fumble that Dawkins
recovered.

I watched pregame video at fsg that said the Broncos would win if the Raiders were held below 120 yards rushing, and the Raiders were held to just 95 yards.

Total Broncos rushing was 215 yard. Buckhalter and Moreno are really racking up yardage. Marshall finally caught a TD pass, and looked very sharp this week.

The next two games are really going to be tough with Dallas, and NE. I think Dallas is
beatable, but I am not sure the Broncos can handle New England.

He’s a defensive coordinator…he is not a head coach. Period, he has learned his lesson and now he wants to win the Super Bowl.

I found it interesting that Rich Gannon commented that the Raiders had one of the best QB coaches in the league. Gannon could not understand why Russell has not improved given the quality of the QB coach. Maybe he should know since he was with the Raiders with the same coach.

Shanahan is an idiot. Plain and simple the guy is way out of his league now and duped Bowlen into giving him money when Bowlen should have offed his butt 3 years ago. Remember Plummer? Enough said.

Clady’s the best and Seymour couldn’t get to him, or through him. LMFAO.

Moreno is showing up a little more each week. You got to love it how McDaniels is grooming this guy to be the Bad A$$ RB that he can be.

Williams hasn’t even come into his own yet. Just wait until Dallas comes to town with their trash mouth talkin’…hmmm.

suckered him in right away. What a dumb team (raiders).

They are what we though they were…Royal used as a decoy…brilliant stratedgy. Awesome.

don’t care about royal. this isn’t fantasy football, a win is a win

it will be nice when he finally get’s his production, but i’m not worried. case in point — brandon marshall

I think once Moreno gets used to being in the NFL, he will be one of the best.
Number 10 Right now Clady is the best in the league, if he keeps this up, it would be an insult if he didn’t start in the Pro Bowl
Number 12 I hope he won’t be leaving us anytime soon

Marshall is getting in synch with Orton. Two plays I noticed in the 4th Quarter. The first, Marshall takes off on a streak, but the CB releases him to the SAF. The old Marshall would try to go deep, but this time he breaks off to a curl in the crease and Orton hits him where no defender can get to the ball. Great read – great play.

Then, at the end of the game, on 4th and 2, Orton hits Marshall on a shallow even with Asamouga in coverage.

Orton already seems to have good chemistry with Gaffney and Stokely. As he develops it with Marshall and Royal this could be a very tough offense to game plan against.

Don’t worry about the pressure. The Raiders went Max Protection. You have to go kitchen sink to get through that.

I’m going to do a full post on Royal and look at every play he has run this year. I want to get to the bottom of this.

And lastly, Ryan Clady is right now as good as Gary Zimmerman in is prime…I hasten to say better, but…if the shoe freakin’ fits, home boy.

Things have gone right so far but (without being a complete downer) I would like to bring some peoples feet just a little closer to the ground if I may. First of all I would like to say I am very excited to see this team progress and I do believe this team is headed in the right direction. I am especially impressed with this new look defense, but as I stated in an earlier post the Broncos had to win these first 3 games to have any hopes in posting a better than average record this season. Make no mistake we are to murderers row on the schedule. Starting with next Sunday we will truly find out how far this team will go this season. Personally if we are able to win 1 out of the next 3 I will be happy and willing to say this team is becoming a legit contender in a hurry. But please everyone remember Dallas does not have the offensive line of the Browns or the QB play of the Raiders. This next game will be a huge test of our defensive line as the Cowboys have a very good running game and I believe that Orton will tested all day by the defensive line of the Cowboys. Don’t get me wrong I DO believe the Broncos can win this game but it will take a very clean game with very few mistakes. I live in Texas and have been watching all the Dallas games to kind of scout them out. There will be 2 keys for our defense. 1.) Stop the run 2.) Get pressure on Romo.
     Make no mistake I am thrilled with our team so far especially after seeing what Cincinnati has done after we held their offense in check but the real test is coming over the next 7 weeks. The schedule now turns brutal and question is will our team respond to adversity or will they hit the wall and fold. One things for sure I am really excited to see what happens!!!!!!!

I dont think that BDawk is trying to show philly that they made a mistake. He loves being here in Denver. This is his team now, and he is going to give it everything he has, thats just the way that he is. And I dont think that he is over doing himself or setting himself up for an injury. He, in every aspect of the word, is a pro. He prepares for games like one and he keeps himself in shape like one. He will last and be fine all year long.

I was very happy to see BMarsh get some catches. And the way that he was acting on the field and sidelines. I think its taken some time, but I think he is buying into everything. He seemes like he was playing hard, and I saw him talking to McD and players on the sidelines. He looked like he was listening, adjusting, learning and having a good time. I even saw a smile on his face!

I know the cowboys are a better team than the last 2 we have faced, but McD came up with a good plan to keep the ball away from the raiders strong points on D, and I would not expect anything different against the boys. We will have a solid plan, if we exicute it well the next game should be a good one.

What an awesome start to this year!! I cant wait for more!

I suppose that will be the excuse when we are 4-0. Mostly, we have just played college teams so far, like that road win in CIN (who just does not seem to be able to beat anyone) and the domination of the Raiders (who should have been 0-2 with their terrible performance on the road in SD and pure luck on the road in KC).

The more of this I read in the MSM the better. I am happy to have the MSM consider us the worst 3-0 team in the league. The longer the Broncos are underappreciated, the more likely the Broncos will win, which is the only bottom line in this business. Great start Coach McDaniels.

I don’t think Shanahan is kicking himself. This defense is entirely different on every level and I just don’t think Shanahan would have made those changes or put in that effort. He is just a different coach.

This defense has more energy because it is in no way last years defense.

1. I think Nolan will be here a year or two then move on. By then the defense will hopefully be established and our younger guys will have played in it awhile. At that point we just try to keep the culture going. Happens around the league all the time. However, I say we offer Martindale and Nunnely lifetime contracts!