New coaching staff is better. Check
New offensive scheme is better. Check
Ware played like 6 games and like 20 snaps a game. We will miss him but not as badly as it seems
Wade- woods- we don't know. I feel the D will be same. Our players are soooo good
And the Injuries on D will be back by week 1 or week 2
Lack of depth where? Show me where it's worse than last year?
Offensive line is better than last year. Check!
Schedule is easier this year. Check!
Qb play won't be any worse than last year. Check.
How did we get worse again?
The Plan at the moment:
Draft: Trade a 3rd and 6th this year to a team to move up and get a 2nd next year (this will happen).
Players I want:
Jake Ferguson (Jake Butt) or Jelani Woods or Jeremy Ruckert or Cade Otten (owen daniels) at TE- All 4th rd or later.
Troy Anderson LB 3rd/4th rd (yay Timmy!)
Neil Farrell, JR DL- run stuffer- bye purcell
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The Plan at the moment:
Draft: Trade a 3rd and 6th this year to a team to move up and get a 2nd next year (this will happen).
Players I want:
Jake Ferguson (Jake Butt) or Jelani Woods or Jeremy Ruckert or Cade Otten (owen daniels) at TE- All 4th rd or later.
Troy Anderson LB 3rd/4th rd (yay Timmy!)
Neil Farrell, JR DL- run stuffer- bye purcell
I'm with you. Granted, the injuries piling up on the front seven is pretty concerning, but certainly before that, the team is better at pretty much every position.
Secondary - same, or possibly improved in dime.
D-line - Bigger improved before injury
Linebackers -- even to slightly worse before injuries, but now could be in bad shape depending on when Shaq/ray get back.
Oline - improved
Running backs - improved
TEs - same to improved (if Jeff/Virgil are healthy + Derby all year)
WRs -- Same or likely slightly improved. Addition by subtraction (Norwood)
Punt return - too early to tell, but this should be even to better
QBs -- even to better, considering both of them have another year under their belt.
So, again, recent injuries to front seven aside, it's hard to make a case for why this team will be worse than last year, especially based on the fact that McCoy's offense will likely be a much better fit for this team than Kubiak's.
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We have no idea if the new staff is better. They haven't gone into battle yet. Plus, it's a new staff. The transition and turnover itself is an issue, all sorts of little frictions that go away after a unit has gelled.
The scheme might be better, I think it is, but it's new and takes time to master.
Wade and Ware were great leaders and coaches, you can't not miss that. I think they will pick without much of a drop, but leadership--or lack of it--shows up at weird times if you know what I mean.
Injuries are probably not going to be a long term hamstring so to speak, but it's still an issue.
Lack of depth at LB and interior D line, TE, WR, OL.
O-line may be better than last year, guess we'll see. I'm skeptical.
Schedule is harder.
QB play may or may not be better in the new scheme with the new line. I expect it to be better if it's Trevor, less optimistic if Lynch, so I probably shouldn't include it in a response to top's question, but it's a reason why I don't see the Broncos as a playoff favorite.
Originally Posted by Sting
I know we have a ton of injured on dline....dont forget that some will be back after only a couple missed weeks. More importantly we are seeing how deep our d line is. I keep hearing about Kerr killing it. We still have peko. Wolfe should be back week 1. Depth will be scary for a couple weeks but we are deep on d line and we have von fricking Miller.
The Plan at the moment:
Draft: Trade a 3rd and 6th this year to a team to move up and get a 2nd next year (this will happen).
Players I want:
Jake Ferguson (Jake Butt) or Jelani Woods or Jeremy Ruckert or Cade Otten (owen daniels) at TE- All 4th rd or later.
Troy Anderson LB 3rd/4th rd (yay Timmy!)
Neil Farrell, JR DL- run stuffer- bye purcell
It it too early to see how the OLine fares. I need to see IF they can protect whomever is back there. If they are not improved, its going to be a tough season.
Too many 3 and Outs.
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Staff, frictions, yes....Thatll happen. But the scheme is better than kubiaks. We went from #1 offense in NFL to almost dead last and #4 in most 3 and outs. That scheme is gone. We are improved. Mastered or not it is improved. Across the board. We are now fighting with both hands instead of just our left.
Depth- LB it is tremendous!! Not sure what you are talking about here. Von, Shane, Shaq (both will be back by week 1 or 2), Kasim, Walker (stud rookie-rather see him on DL personally), Marshall, Davis, Nelson, and the CFA Carter!! This kid has been turning heads and I watched him exclusively in pre-season game 1. He has a lot of promise! Reminds me of the non shitty Ian Gold. He will make the team! I have no doubt!
OL depth is better here too. We added Bolles (starter), Leary (starter) Watson (starter) Barbre (about to be starter)...Mcgovern is making a real strong push to be the Starting RG and send Leary back to LG too. Mcgovern already has C on lock down should paradis not be able to go. We have so much more depth that Scofield will likely not make the team this year. That is good depth- at least, from what we had last year.
TE- Butt is HUGE but he wont be that huge until end of the season and likely not much then either. We are the same as last year more or less. Slight improvement because of Butt.
WR- HUGE Drastic improvement here!! Mckenzie is lighting it up!! Latimer is doing his thing now that we dont have just 2wr sets. He looks good. Fowler is looking good. Sunshine likely wont make the squad after Henderson comes back, but I bet he does until Henderson is back. Henderson is huge!!!! Dude has been playing with a thumb thats so jacked he needed surgery. He wont be dropping balls and whatnot once hes back, plus the guy looks good when people try to tackle him. Nash- is the CFA and he will make the PS I am sure. I like him as a developer. WR is loaded. Probably our best position aside from CB and RB.
DL Im with you here, but its not worse than last year. So we cant say we are worse now because it did not improve.
Schedule is not harder amigo
The Plan at the moment:
Draft: Trade a 3rd and 6th this year to a team to move up and get a 2nd next year (this will happen).
Players I want:
Jake Ferguson (Jake Butt) or Jelani Woods or Jeremy Ruckert or Cade Otten (owen daniels) at TE- All 4th rd or later.
Troy Anderson LB 3rd/4th rd (yay Timmy!)
Neil Farrell, JR DL- run stuffer- bye purcell
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