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Denver Native (Carol)
10-12-2014, 08:11 PM
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.- Rex Ryan’s defense was as versatile and tough as the Broncos had expected going into Sunday’s game. But the Broncos’ explosive offense prevailed and they defeated the Jets 31-17, improving to 4-1 on the season.

The win didn’t come about exactly as expected. The Jets had the ball and a chance to tie the game with less than a minute left, but an Aqib Talib pick-six sealed the win for Denver.

The Rex Ryan-led defense kept their team in the game as the Broncos were held to a field goal on their first time out and then they were forced to punt on their next four possessions. Manning said Ryan’s defenses are versatile and that “everything is in his package, in his arsenal.”

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http://www.denverbroncos.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Peytons-Take-vs-Jets/60f47145-c006-4b4a-ba6d-dced6352d11f

Joel
10-12-2014, 08:51 PM
“It’s tough to throw the ball when they have eight guys in coverage every single play, they’re disrupting some of your receivers outside,” Manning said. “It was good to get the running game kind of going today. I thought Ronnie (Hillman) ran the ball well. I thought Juwan (Thompson) had a couple of good runs."
Yeah, somebody DEFINITELY gets the old "run to establish the pass" thing. Great point on the turnover-free game, too; Hillman managed to make it scary, but Caldwell saved the day as he did with Orange Julius' fumbled conversion on the game-winning drive against Indy (now if only Caldwell would learn not to run kicks out of the end zone from 5 yds deep, we'll be fine.)

Was good to get the run going against a top run D two weeks straight; still has too much room for blocking improvement, but if we can run even that well with any kind of consistency we won't be seeing 7-8 man coverage/blitzes much, and that'll give Manning time to take shots downfield and our receivers the free releases and single coverage to get them. Funny thing, when DBs are expecting a run, or at least think it's likely and has a good shot of gaining 5+ yards, they're a lot less willing to jam WRs knowing that could quickly turn into a block that prevents a tackle. ;)