Denver Native (Carol)
12-31-2014, 04:42 PM
John Elway got his share of credit for signing free agents DeMarcus Ware, T.J. Ward, Emmanuel Sanders and Aqib Talib during the offseason, all of whom were named to the Pro Bowl except Sanders, who was arguably the most deserving as the receiver had 101 catches for 1,404 yards.
Underrated in general manager Elway’s roster transactions was his late-season signing of kicker Connor Barth. Simply put, the move changed a weakness into a strength. Barth was just named AFC special teams player of the month after he made 10 of 11 field goals in four December games.
“I’ve got to give credit to, obviously, my field goal protection team, and Britton (Colquitt) and (Aaron) Brewer do a great job of the snap and hold,” Barth said. “They make it easy on me. When I came in here, the first day we meshed because they do such a great job with getting the laces being out, Britton getting it down. So it just makes it easy on me. I couldn’t do it without the offense and defense playing their butts off during the games. The last thing you want to do is miss a kick after they’ve marched down the field, so I’m just trying to do my job and take it one kick at a time. It’s all worked out so far.”
rest - http://blogs.denverpost.com/broncos/2014/12/31/kicker-barth-named-afc-special-teams-player-month/31828/
Underrated in general manager Elway’s roster transactions was his late-season signing of kicker Connor Barth. Simply put, the move changed a weakness into a strength. Barth was just named AFC special teams player of the month after he made 10 of 11 field goals in four December games.
“I’ve got to give credit to, obviously, my field goal protection team, and Britton (Colquitt) and (Aaron) Brewer do a great job of the snap and hold,” Barth said. “They make it easy on me. When I came in here, the first day we meshed because they do such a great job with getting the laces being out, Britton getting it down. So it just makes it easy on me. I couldn’t do it without the offense and defense playing their butts off during the games. The last thing you want to do is miss a kick after they’ve marched down the field, so I’m just trying to do my job and take it one kick at a time. It’s all worked out so far.”
rest - http://blogs.denverpost.com/broncos/2014/12/31/kicker-barth-named-afc-special-teams-player-month/31828/