This is flat wrong. As Pro-Football Focus proves, the OL has NOT "been doing much better in pass-protection" at all. Peyton Manning and the receivers have been making adjustments. He's throwing the ball even earlier and that's resulting in picks and guys not be being open. The idea that it's "75%" the fault of Manning is absurd.
Manning is the most blitzed QB because his OL can't pass-block. Can Brock release the ball quicker? No. Did you not see the pre-season? He was a lot SLOWER at getting rid of the ball than Peyton.
Defenses are NOT going to play differently against Brock Osweiler because it all comes down to pass-protection from the OL. Osweiler will have no more time to throw downfield than Peyton does because the OL can't protect him.
Osweiler has a slower release than Manning. He may move better but overall he's not going to make quicker reads or release the ball quicker. Quite the reverse. So, it would be worse. Far worse in fact.
PFF has it down to a science:
Can't run and can't pass-protect. That's the problem. And nothing will change for the better until they perform better.Denver Broncos:
Pass blocking rank: 22nd
Run blocking rank: 20th
Penalties ranks: 16th
When your RB is rated as the worst in the NFL, that's a problem.Pro-Football Focus: Worst players at every position for Week 5
Kam Chancellor and Nick Foles make our list of the worst players at every position for Week 5.
Everyone highlights the best players every week (including us). It’s far less common to celebrate those who played poorly, however. Luckily, the PFF Worst Team of the Week is here once again, highlighting the players who didn’t put up numbers to be proud of on Sunday.
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Running back: C.J. Anderson, Broncos (-1.8)
The season of disappointment continues for Anderson, with another clunker on Sunday. After all the hype from last season, Anderson has now run for 139 yards total in five games. Yesterday, he had 11 carries and gained 22 yards. He did force one missed tackle, but the 2.0 yards per carry is really all that needs to be said for him making it onto this team.
Again - define "many". And, I'm talking completions, not just throwing it 20+ yards.
He's lead the league many times in 20+ yard completions. Guys, he is 39 years old. Has no feeling in his fingers and has never been mobile, but is even less at this point.
It's OK to acknowledge he is past his prime and should have retired last year.
Last edited by BroncoJoe; 10-12-2015 at 03:07 PM.
Like here and here (1:10 mark) and here or here (finally got some help w/ yards after catch), some good ones in here (lots of quicker strikes, you know...). Had a big one to Emanuel in stride that he dropped a couple weeks ago.
The incompletions that are 1-2 yards off the mark do count in this context. The argument is he can't make the throws. That's wrong, end of story.
Yeah, it's totally fine to acknowledge that. But we aren't treating this as though there is a gradual drop off, people are acting like his arm suddenly fell off a cliff. That's just not true. He definitely doesn't have the same arm as he did 5 years ago. But that's not to say it isn't serviceable and the offense unfixable.
I'll let the guy who's brain is attached to the limb decide when it's done.
First link is Chris Harris' 70 yard INT for TD.
Second link - good pass at distance. Pass on the money.
Third link - pass underthrown. DT made a great catch after having to stop and over-leap the CB. Props to Manning, though.
Fourth link - great throw and catch. Unfortunately, it was Carr to Walford.
Fifth link - several good throws, but didn't see anything deep (20+ yards)
Nice try.
Meh, we'll just disagree. He's regressed. It hasn't been a drop-off. You don't complete 60% of your throws with a dramatic drop-off...
2 TD passes instead of a TD drop and an extremely good defensive play on another TD pass and we probably aren't having this conversation.
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