Changes Coming to the Denver Broncos Special Teams Coverage Unit?

I would like to know as well, for a guy with average speed and great hands, special teams does not seem to fit the skill set Decker possesses.

so it is a way to contribute, since they want to have that 5th WR activated on gameday. Willis made one really bad play on kick coverage vs. the Jaguars, but was consistent otherwise…

If you can’t play special teams, you get cut from the team. That’s the basic formula used to arrive at the final 53. Decker’s in danger of becoming a bust unless he cracks the starting lineup, replacing Gaffney. With the way #10 is playing, I don’t see that happening for 2 years or more.

its all about carving out a role on the team..showing the coaches and vets you can play. Decker has yet to do this.

when he was sliding down after being blocked he pout his hand down to regain his balance, and then went off the field cradling it. However, he was in on the next return, and isn’t listed int he injury report, so maybe it was nothing…

Sometimes he reminds me of this kid I used to work with. he was very nice and likable, and a decent worker, not great, but got his job done. But he had this wierd mindset about injuries. It was like no matter what happened, it was a Significant Injury requiring Serious Attention. hit his finger with a hammer? He might not make it to work the next day. Falls down? Could be a Serious Ankle Injury. Thing was, if you were right there, you could tell him to rub some dirt on it, and he would get over it relatively quickly. He didn’t miss work, and it was never actually serious. but left to his own devices you suspect that the Forces of the Universe would overwhelm him….

I was going t say the same thing down below but you hit it on the head. Spencer Larsen, Darrell Reid, Wesley Woodyard and Darcel McBath being out for most of the season have hurt our STs, especially now that we have our punter Britton Colquit making excellent punts…We’ll struggle once again this week if these key players aren’t in it and it will affect the field position severely…Can we adapt to it? Giving the Ravens anything to chew on makes it that much harder to etch out a win there. Don’t lookfor any big plays from our receivers this week unless the Ravens just fall over themselves…It will be a hard fought game and the winner will be the one who executes the plays and doesn’t make mistakes…

this idea has some merit…

I truly believe he could end up developing into a really good pass rusher in the 3-4

bane of tje bedouins – this is in reference to what? Cool line, but I couldn’t find anything on this. Sounds like a star wars line to me.

enjoyed the article, btw

and his confidence is probably soaring right now…

I thought Decker played mostly from the slot. Its doubful he will get much time from Royal barring an injury. So decker is insureance against injury to any of the recievers. If Lloyd goes down, it will be Thomas moving to the #1 slot because of his speed and down field capabilities.

If Royal ior Gaffney gets hurt, Decker will see time and maybe lots of it as i view the landscape.
Wills is last on the depth chart for recievers. Its him right now that needs to be playing ST hard and well.

funny — I thought he has been mostly invisible since he got drafted 4 years ago.

One doesn’t have to be a Kool-aid drinker to realize that attitudes regarding certain players are unduly influenced by the lack of statistics. This is hardly an endorsement of Moss’ overall play nor his STs play but it is a comment on the cognitive process that fans use to arrive at their opinions.

I’d love to have actual game film or be a fly on the wall when coaches critique performances but I’m without the information I need to make an informed opinion.

I don’t expect Moss to become a stellar STs performer, although I think it’s important that he improves in this area. That is, if he’s going to stay after this year. His most important contribution is in the area of pass rush, and it’s a very important area.

Moss’s presence on STs is attributable to his usage on defense. And this is the crux of the problem. Moss has utility as a pass rusher (although this may not produce statistics) and in pass coverage (which is very important but overlooked), but the 45 man game day active roster puts a premium on versatility, so it’s important that reserves and part-time starters (such at Larsen, the FB) play a role on STs. There’s very little room, from a mathematical perspective, for reserve players who don’t contribute on STs.

Moss is on the bubble and will stay on the bubble unless he begins to contribute. But this is also true of some other players, such as ‘squid.’ The difference between attitudes towards a player such as squid (besides upside) and those regarding Moss is the buyers’ remorse that continues to generate negative feelings. However, some positions have inordinately high value. To use an example: LT is an important position, which is why Chris Clark is on the roster. The difference between Clark’s and Moss’s situation is that Moss has been active, and thus expected to contribute on STs, whereas Clark’s position is as an emergency reserve who’s not been on the game day roster and he therefore he doesn’t impact the active list.

It’s always better to be on the 45 man game day active list than not, even if that forces a choice between players, but players who are active NEED to contribute. Brandon Stokley could still contribute on offense but his lack of STs play hurt him, and he was hurt even more by the drafting of Thomas and Decker, along with the pickup of Willis. Moss continues to be on the team because he’s our sole speed rusher but his lack of contribution on STs keeps him on the bubble.

I couldn’t figure it out! lol. Total brain freeze.