Thread: 2 games in a row, the defense failed miserably at the end of the game.

Most of the game last night it looked great. 6 sacks and pretty much held them in check. Then of course the defense needing a big stand, up by 8 and the Chiefs had no timeouts. Basically drove down with ease. Then easily converted the 2 point conversion.

If we remember against the Saints a similar situation. The Saints had under 2 minutes to drive the field. Down by 6 and the Saints drive right down the field and score a TD. If not for a miracle extra point block.....

That really pissed me off last night. Yes, there were indeed more things that went wrong, but the fact that the Broncos were up by 8 and the Chiefs having NO time outs..

the previous 10 times they were put in the same situation they saved the day tho

Originally Posted by sneakers

the previous 10 times they were put in the same situation they saved the day tho

Yeah, true. All last year the defense MADE the stop. MADE the key turnover at exactly the right time. It is awfully disconcerting when the defense allows a 15 play drive 75 yards to an AVERAGE Alex Smith while at home. There were no injuries.


Bradly Roby is very disappointing to me. That 4th and 10 where he was not playing UP on the receiver.....annoyed me. He gets beat A LOT. It is clear to me that he is being targeted when he is on the field based on what I have seen the last few weeks.

He still makes plays, but he is very inconsistent.

There is NO EXCUSE for that last night. Not at home. Not against Alex Smith. Not against the Chiefs.

The season, is pretty much over. They are 3 games basically out of the division lead. Their division record is 1-3. Just very very disappointing.

Hard to argue really, As a team they gave up 30 pts. Normally if the offense scores at least 20 we win. It is what it is though.

I guess how I feel today is how everyone who played the Broncos in 2015 felt

I think part of the problem was that, surprisingly enough, we STILL left them out there too long even though we were scoring. Norwoods second muff didn't help; they made a second stop, but still had to play back-to-back drives to do it. And the Fowler and Sanders TDs were basically three deep bombs; the cameras cut to Von on the sideline just as we scored one of them and he was still wearing his oxygen mask. Our guys may live in that Mile High air, but by the 5th qtr, they were gassed.

Had to stop counting how many tackles Stewart missed in the 4th quarter and OT. Perfect timing for the new contract.

I'm becoming philosophical about this. We cashed in some chits last year to become Super Bowl champs so now we have to accept a few more bad breaks to even out the karma.

Yeah, last year and even for part of this year we got all the breaks in close games. Field goals were especially kind to us this year, thinking back to the Panthers game in week 1 and the saints game last week.

It's just completely unrealistic to expect the defense to save our ass game after game, year after year. Eventually we're gonna lose ones like this too.

Oh well, most people expected this to be a transition year anyway. Maybe if we stumble down the stretch we can get some nice draft picks and really rebuild the line.

And 2 YEARS in a row the offense has failed miserably, so what's your point? You going to bash the sole reason we even won a ring and 7 games thus far this season?

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

Maybe if we stumble down the stretch we can get some nice draft picks and really rebuild the line.

That's really where I am at this point. With a better O-Line and the run starting to work, we would be right back in the thick of the conversation.

Also be interesting to see what happens with Paxton.

Originally Posted by Lynch12

And 2 YEARS in a row the offense has failed miserably, so what's your point? You going to bash the sole reason we even won a ring and 7 games thus far this season?

Offense didn't fail last night....You can't put up 350+ yards and 3 TD's and fail...We had that game won, all the defense had to do was do their job and hold them one last time and they blew it, big time AGAIN.

Wow the.broncos offense scored 21 points for once..... What is this the denver broncos or yale from the ncaa? 21 points aint shit. The broncos offense at home with the weapons we have and altitude shoud easily average 3 or better at home.

Originally Posted by Lynch12

And 2 YEARS in a row the offense has failed miserably, so what's your point? You going to bash the sole reason we even won a ring and 7 games thus far this season?

Maybe you should start a thread discussing that topic. The topic of this thread is the last two games.

Unreal.

Originally Posted by Lynch12

Wow the.broncos offense scored 21 points for once..... What is this the denver broncos or yale from the ncaa? 21 points aint shit. The broncos offense at home with the weapons we have and altitude shoud easily average 3 or better at home.

Uh, didn't they score 27?