Lets take off the Blue & Orange glasses a second..

by DLMyers on Feb 23, 2010 12:45 PM MST

Let’s REALLY take a look at our favorite players.

- Brandon Marshall is becoming a diva that becomes a cancer to the team. Trade him before value drops.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/335986-dreamer-alert-broncos-are-stuck-with-marshall

-DJ Williams is a 60-40 player, 60% of the time he makes good decisions but then he loses gap containment or gets lost in middle coverage down the field. DJ totaled 122 tackles as ILB but Dawkins had 112 from FS.

-Peyton Hillis could not show his abilities when on the field. He would try to hard and make errors about every time he was given the opportunity.

-Tony Scheffler is a running games TE. He can surprise the DB’s once in awhile but in a passing offense he can not create space. 38 screens were run and 11 were to TE Graham. IMO Tony also has an attitude towards McD.

- Alphonso Smith may have been the ‘exciting’ pick for CB but Sean Smith, MIA, Jerraud Powers, IND, Derek Cox, JAC, Vontae Davis, MIA, Jacob Lacey, IND, Lardarius Webb, BAL, and Darius Butler, NE all had contributing or impact rookie seasons as CB’s. And they were picked after #36 except Butler.

-Chris Baker has the athleticism, size and strength to play on the line but he was inactive every game but one, with just an average DL. Now McBean and Fields had decent season but Baker could not beat out Smith, Thomas, or Peterson for playing time.

-Eddie Royal did not seem to pickup the system and lacked the confidence of what to do. The injuries also slowed his progress but IMO he will be just fine in 2010.

-Tyler Polumbus was given the chance to be a starter and showed that he is only an average backup. He did have some nice games but just was not able to consistently perform from week to week.

-Casey Weigmann being 285lbs is not strong enough to man the middle blitz’s that are being used in the NFL. I will admit that having different LG’s did not help the consistency.

-And my last is Chris Simms, he just is not an NFL QB anymore.

To the players I would say that each coach see’s different things in each player but it is still football. Coach McDaniels has a saying that depicts this “a player must show up to be able to get on the field”. I wonder what would have happened to Terrell Davis if he would not have ‘shown up’ on special teams with some big hits.

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Vontrae Davis

I thought he was the 1st CB taken last year?

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by johnnystarr on Feb 23, 2010 1:09 PM MST reply actions

Nice

rundown of our question marks. Rec’d

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by Digger24 on Feb 23, 2010 1:41 PM MST reply actions

Tanks..just some thoughts

by DLMyers on Feb 23, 2010 8:13 PM MST up reply actions

Everything is being evaluated as we speak.

Learning a new system is never easy or accepted quick. There will always be wrinkles to iron out. These players are all athletes, smart, physical and tough. One year playing the new system and scheme and now the time to let it soak in. Letting what you digest soak in is probably the most important part. Players who often struggled in a system will come back the next season and dazzle folks, we’ve all seen it happen more than once.

Granted there are some who won’t cut it and have to be dismissed one way or another, but finding replacements is no easy task and has to be done in an effective manner or your back to square one. Being a great evaluator is one of the best qualification for a coach, ass’t or head…

by bfree2bronc on Feb 23, 2010 1:55 PM MST reply actions