GDT Week 1: Broncos vs Steelers

broncos67 · Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 18127 Location: Capitol Cit-ay

Sorry I couldn't respond much last night. I had my first day of work today so it's been a bit of a hectic day lol.

Great game overall last night. Big time win over an AFC opponent that can easily be a deciding factor of seeding come playoff time.

I am not happy with the defensive gameplan, and eventually that's gonna kill us if it doesn't change. The offense just looked unstoppable and marched all over the Steelers honestly. I agree with Anti that Mays and Woodyard are bad. Woodyard is less bad than Mays, but still inconsistent.

Rahim Moore is not as bad as people say, by the way. He's incredibly aggressive and he can make up ground, but if that hit steers him away like it did preseason last year it could be bad. DL looked good overall. Wolfe really gets after it which is nice to see. Keith Brooking actually played well surprisingly.

Next week will be a good test, but Brent Grimes out for year could help us big time.
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Thanks, Tzimisce

omegaxla49 · Joined: 07 Feb 2012 Posts: 169 Location: Omaha, NE

So with this game and the playoff win, and to my memory the 05(?) Playoff loss, do we have a budding rivalry brewing with the Steelers?
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howie102 · Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 446 Location: London

Managed to get through the day without checking the score, so rather late to the party!

Was monumentally impressed with Stokes. Granted, I had low expectations, but its clear that Manning still trusts him. When he's happy to bring an ageing WR into the line, to clip a blitz, then he's clearly still reading from the same songsheet.

More importantly, it was exciting to watch. Not because you didn't know what was going to happen, a la our previous QB, but because it always felt as if we were in the game.

hibdib31 · Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 725 Location: Northern VA

AKRNA · Joined: 28 May 2008 Posts: 4411

That was quite an opening performance. Very impressive. Still want to wait a few games to see how we’re “game planned” for now that teams have some tape but very few negative thoughts. Just a few observations.

Not sure who’s most improved, Moore or Walton. Neither looks like the same player. What a pleasant surprise.

Nothing to say about Porter that hasn’t been said. What an addition! Harris played a very good game also. With continued maturation of Harris and Moore, we may have one of the best secondary’s in the league by mid season. It’d be nice if Carter could step up and supplant Adams. I like Adams, but he’s pretty limited physically. Funny how an area of weakness can turn into one of strength in a year.

Loved how active our DL was. I don’t have game tape or anything but I’d like to hear from those that do how many times we were running slants. Seemed like it was fairly often. I don’t think the loss of Warren will hurt us greatly. Unrein and Wolfe are a pretty active pair and from what I saw of Siliga in the pre season he’s the “immovable object” type. We’ll get a better idea this week. Atlanta’s OL’s not so banged up.

Von has improved a lot. He’s not the “one trick pony” he was last year. We may be watching greatness. Still not high on Mays, but I don’t get the hate on WW. Like I said, I can’t replay the game, but I focused on him more than a few times as DJ’s replacement. I was pleased. He was active sideline to sideline and most of his stops were within 2-3 yds of the LOS. Granted, I didn’t watch him much in pass pro, but in the run game we don’t lose a thing with him in there. For the hell of it I checked a play by play. Only found one tackle he made in the run game that went over 4 yards. Line for the day, 12 tackles, 2 for loss and a sack. If he’s’ “our worst defensive player” I must be missing something.

Manning was masterful! What a wonderful change from the helter-skelter offense of last year. He just raises the level of play of all around him. The OL is vastly improved. DT could be 1st team all pro with PM at the helm. He’s a hell of a weapon.

We didn’t have a dropped pass did we? Can’t remember it if we did. Tamme could be a steal also. I’m guessing as soon as teams start focusing on DT, Decker will tear ‘em up. Stokely seems to have a new lease on life also. Sure wish we’d re-signed Eddie.

Have to agree that our RB situation may be a bit shaky. When Willis goes out the drop off is pretty significant. We really need Moreno to step up. Does Gronk have any value?

That’s about it. Great win against a very good ball club. The road doesn’t get easier, but we’ve got 1 in the win column.
Sorry I’m so wordy, but it takes a bit to reduce a ballgame to a few paragraphs.

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Anti,

If our WR's are so bad, why not go and get T.O.? He would be an upgrade, right?

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hibdib31 · Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 725 Location: Northern VA

Looks like Chris Harris came away with an ankle sprain:

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jonnyj20 · Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 10495 Location: SLC

Did anyone watch the show "NFL Turning Point" on NBCS this week? Denver was featured and it had some great "inside" stuff. One particular thing I noticed is that the Touchdown pass to DT was thanks to our OC Mike McCoy. He was sitting on the sidlines with PFM and showed him that the Steelers were continuing to blitz from the weakside of our formation, and if he noticed that to check to a quickpass to the weakside. PFM notices the blitz coming from the weakside and throws a screen to DT that goes the distance. I think Mike McCoy is very underrated in our forum. The guy went from Orton, to Tebow, to PFM and has played to their strengths. I think he deserves a little credit.
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