Thread: Jeremy Mincey

Recently signed. Played for Del Rio in Jax. So is Wolfe done for the year?

It probably does mean that Wolfe is going on IR. We'll find out soon.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Looking to bolster their defensive front, the Denver Broncos have agreed to terms with defensive end Jeremy Mincey.

AND

Derek Wolfe has not practiced since suffering what the Broncos called "seizure-like symptoms" on the team's Nov. 29 bus ride to the airport for the trip to Kansas City.

The Broncos could move Wolfe to injured reserve, but as of Monday team officials were still hopeful he could return for the postseason. Wolfe recently began working with strength and conditioning coaches.

full article, plus why Mincey was let go from Jacksonville
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10...-jeremy-mincey

Hmmmm.

As the article says, hopefully the chance to play for a contender in the playoffs will bring him around. Being late to meetings is a sure sign that he didn't want to be in Jacksonville any more.

But, probably a pretty low-risk move, with the potential of some reward.

Sounds to me like he was trying to get released.

Mabye Jack made a call and put a bug in his ear.

Originally Posted by CoachChaz

Sounds to me like he was trying to get released.

Wouldn't you too if you played for the Jaguars?

Originally Posted by CrazyHorse

Wouldn't you too if you played for the Jaguars?

I think I'd be grateful for my lot in life that I was able to be paid a bunch of money to play football, and I wouldn't do anything to mess it up.

People on here bash Dez Bryant for being a team cancer but apparently this scrub gets a pass because it was the Jags he quit on?

Originally Posted by CrazyHorse

Wouldn't you too if you played for the Jaguars?

After signing a 20 million dollar contract? Probably not

Originally Posted by CoachChaz

After signing a 20 million dollar contract? Probably not

Agreed. For a defense that doesn't always appear to play with the most intensity, I'm not sure this is the best piece to add to that.

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

Agreed. For a defense that doesn't always appear to play with the most intensity, I'm not sure this is the best piece to add to that.

Well...JDR knows him and he certainly has potential. I guess we'll see soon enough

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

I think I'd be grateful for my lot in life that I was able to be paid a bunch of money to play football, and I wouldn't do anything to mess it up.

People on here bash Dez Bryant for being a team cancer but apparently this scrub gets a pass because it was the Jags he quit on?

You know I was joking right?

Interesting; when Jax cut him I briefly wondered if we might sign him, before deciding I didn't want to chase my tail everytime any team (even one Del Rio used to coach) dumped a player. Honestly don't know how to feel, especially since it's starting to look like Del Rio's reassembling his old D as our new one (that unit was so good it's half the reason he got fired, after all.) If the guy was loafing, I agree that's the last thing this team needs (Del Rio said that's why he demoted Ayers in preseason 2012, but if we demote every loafer we won't have any start—oh....)

At this point of the season and with no idea if/when Wolfe returns—or even what's WRONG with him—my only real regret here is that it's DE instead of a DT. In Week 16 we're unlikely to get anyone much better than Ayers (who's pretty good, especially against the run) but one of the few places we might is from cuts by a team bad enough it's out of the playoff hunt and looking to shed some guys just sitting around taking up cap space at this point.

I guess we'll see, and it can't really hurt unless teams run at him and he blows a tackle, but it sounds more like Del Rio put a bug in Fox and Elways ear than Minceys.

Help is on the way for the Denver Broncos' injury-depleted 23rd-ranked defense.

The Broncos have agreed to terms with defensive end Jeremy Mincey, reuniting him with defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio, ESPN.com's Jeff Legwold reports.

Mincey was the Jaguars' top pass rusher in 2011 -- Del Rio's final season as Jacksonville head coach. The defensive end played well enough to earn a four-year, $20 million contract with $9 million in guaranteed money. He recently was released by Jacksonville after several missed team meetings led to his benching.

This is a sensible signing by Denver. Mincey started 32 consecutive games from 2011 to 2012, performing at his best in Del Rio's scheme.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap200...denver-broncos

from same article:

Once Derek Wolfe has recovered from seizure-like symptoms, the Broncos will have a quality rotation of defensive ends with Wolfe and Robert Ayers as run-stuffers, and Mincey and Shaun Phillips as pass-rushing specialists.

If Del Rio can also get cornerback Champ Bailey and linebacker Wesley Woodyard back to full health, this defense could make major strides in January.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap200...denver-broncos