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Denver Native (Carol)
12-11-2013, 08:21 PM
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- A combination of injuries and shuffling has meant that the Broncos have used a league-high 414 different defensive combinations this year, a total that increased on Sunday when Sione Fua played 10 snaps, Paris Lenon started at middle linebacker and Omar Bolden played 41 snaps, three more than he'd played in the previous 12 games combined.

Fua's place in the rotation was for an obvious reason: injuries to Kevin Vickerson and Derek Wolfe. It wasn't as evident for Lenon and Bolden; the players whose place they filled in the base defense -- Wesley Woodyard and Duke Ihenacho, respectively, were still active, although with a reduced workload.

Change will happen and can be a result of myriad reasons: lingering injury, a backup flourishing in practice and earning a shot, a desire to evaluate all possible options or a simple need for improvement for the defense. All of that appears to congeal regarding Woodyard, who missed nearly three full games in October to a neck injury.

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Joel
12-11-2013, 09:24 PM
For a team with a couple defensive gurus at head coach and DC, it sure doesn't show very often. The run D was good when we had Vickerson and Wolfe, but even with a former DRoY and a former Pro Bowler our pass rush is unimpressive, and even with a first ballot HoFer, former first round pick and solid UDFA at our secondary's hit and miss. Hate to break it to Fox and Del Rio, but that plus Peyton Manning and our plethora of talented receivers is just about as good as their personnel is ever gonna get; if they can't win a SB with that roster, they can't win a SB.