Thread: What's your opinion of the 2011 Broncos at this point?

Right now it looks like we are an improved team, defintely better schemes and coaching. I feel good about the starters on both sides of the ball with the exception of the banged up D line. The 2nd and thrd team Offensive Line and Defensive Line though are god awful. I could see Denver adding 6-7 people via waivers when teams make their final cuts. This team needs depth in the worst way in my opinion.

Unloved QB, questionable running game at best, explosive WR's that need an explosive QB, a good young oline, a promising and explosive defense with holes in the middle, an elite CB who's time will likely run out too late, and a possible coaching staff that actually knows what it wants to do on both sides of the ball and stay true to it.

As a team they're mediocre on both sides of the ball with a couple of stand out players on offense and defense. Nothing special. Not terrible.

i think the new fo and coaching staff have done well, especially considering we had coaching changes and had a labor stoppage.

Im a little disappointed we didnt get mebane or cofield, and i dont like how the qb situation worked out. I can say i am more optimistic going into this season than i was last year.

Keeping my expectations low with the hope of being pleasantly surprised.

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It's nice to have a grown up coaching staff. If injuries hit, we'll be looking forward to a very high draft pick again. It'll take a couple of years to fix the overall talent level, but the starting 22 have definitely improved greatly as a whole.

This defense will surprise everyone this year...I will be first to say it & laugh all you want..DENVER'S DEFENSE WILL BE TOP 10. I'm excited from what I've seen from the starters in the last 3 weeks...And they will only continue to get better.

Wishful thinking dude.

Originally Posted by cuzz4169

This defense will surprise everyone this year...I will be first to say it & laugh all you want..DENVER'S DEFENSE WILL BE TOP 10. I'm excited from what I've seen from the starters in the last 3 weeks...And they will only continue to get better.

I wont laugh at you but i think your kidding yourself if your basing all that on preseason.

Right now every team has good points and bad points and most fans are pretty optimistic. I am optimistically saying we win 5-6 games, because the schedule is brutal and we still have a lot of holes.

That total is up from 3-4 wins before I saw the DE's play. They are playing so well that I think they make a difference in a game or 2 in the outcome.

6 wins would be a good season for this team, in my opinion.

This defense is far better than the one in 2009 that was ranked 7th in the league. 7th in the league with a terrible run defense (26th in league)..remember doom had 17 1/2 sacks that yr..see what a pass rush does. I would bet our pass defense is amongst the top 5 and our run D could be from 15th-20th.

Where are the biggest holes on this team? I'm trying to say what starter on offense and defense shouldn't be a starter on an NFL team?

I guess I'm seeing a lot more in this team than most is all.

Extraordinarily punchless at nearly all offensive skill positions, with what appears to pleasantly be a couple long-overdue defensive pieces to build around. It looks like they didn't miss with the second pick in the draft which is crucial.

In the grand scheme of things, still an also-ran organization in the deep bottom half of the league, but at least there's a FEW bright spots again with Doom, Miller, and Lloyd. If Moore, Decker, Franklin, (TE) Thomas, or the like turn out to be good, then things look brighter still.

If the team drafts well (meaning way above average) and spends money (debatable), there might be a way to be truly competitive in a few years, IF a permanent FCQB can be found (which takes some teams decades). Still lots of pretty much temporary and expendable pieces on this team though. With Miller's performance and McGahee seeming to show he has a little more left in the tank, things look a bit better than they did a few weeks back in the near-term.

Week 1 could promptly bring down the mood around here as they really have no one that can play at DT thanks to missing in the draft, FA, and injuries. Should be interesting.

I see us as undefeated, atm.

Originally Posted by cuzz4169

This defense is far better than the one in 2009 that was ranked 7th in the league. 7th in the league with a terrible run defense (26th in league)..remember doom had 17 1/2 sacks that yr..see what a pass rush does. I would bet our pass defense is amongst the top 5 and our run D could be from 15th-20th.

Pure speculation. We're still incredibly suspect at DT and very thin team-wide at depth.