Thread: Wade Phillips is Smiling

I can understand the reasoning why Elway let Wade go. Unfortunately, it was the wrong thing to do.

Does ANYONE have to look past New England to understand how important coaching is?

Good coaches with lots of experience trump up and comers all day every day.

As a business owner who works in the field of concrete, I have very good foremen, but when I walk out on the job Im the guy who knows everything about anything. I know all the things they have yet to learn and it comes to mind in an instant.

Thats what Wade Phillips has and Joe Woods and Joseph dont.

Anyone noticed how good the Rams are playing on D this year?

smh


I love you Elway. Bad move. Should have paid the man.

bum skid... great DC, horrible HC

Rams defense was bad to start season and are clicking now

Originally Posted by WARHORSE

I love you Elway. Bad move. Should have paid the man.

Had to save room in org payroll for Elway's new contract.








I jest.

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

Had to save room in org payroll for Elway's new contract.








I jest.

It isn't the Defense thats hurting this team and i don't care how many they give up vs. Philly. Its not like Ward would have made a difference. If this Offense could score 20 every game and do SOMETHING productive on the reg they'd be in better shape.

The Offense is mediocre in all phases and positions.

The D GAVE UP on carrying this team for two years. Expecting your Defense to literally win the game for you because they have to play 100% perfect to have a chance to win is lunacy.

Originally Posted by Shazam!

It isn't the Defense thats hurting this team and i don't care how many they give up vs. Philly. Its not like Ward would have made a difference. If this Offense could score 20 every game and do SOMETHING productive on the reg they'd be in better shape.

The Offense is mediocre in all phases and positions.

The D GAVE UP on carrying this team for two years. Expecting your Defense to literally win the game for you because they have to play 100% perfect to have a chance to win is lunacy.

You keep repeating that, as if they could not catch their breath because they were so exhausted from the last 2 years. And if the Offense scored just 20 points a game, we would be 2-6 instead of 3-5. This Defense is nowhere close to what it was, just last year. Stop giving Woods a pass. Wade Phillips got big plays out of the weakest links on Defense. He set that in motion. It's OK to acknowledge we let the BEST DC in the NFL walk. How could there not be a drop off? He is a freaking wizard on Defense.

Originally Posted by Tbolt

You keep repeating that, as if they could not catch their breath because they were so exhausted from the last 2 years. And if the Offense scored just 20 points a game, we would be 2-6 instead of 3-5. This Defense is nowhere close to what it was, just last year. Stop giving Woods a pass. Wade Phillips got big plays out of the weakest links on Defense. He set that in motion. It's OK to acknowledge we let the BEST DC in the NFL walk. How could there not be a drop off? He is a freaking wizard on Defense.

Wanting a QB who can not turn it over is nit how you pick your starting QB. Siemian can come in and take a knee and nevwr turn it over again. Need a playmaker. Offense is dragging team down. Defense is tired and frustrated. Offense nwed to score and keep defense off the field. Our defensive players are not ment to play from behind. Man to man and let pass rush hit home. Soft zone is not working either which us on vance

Originally Posted by NightTerror218

Wanting a QB who can not turn it over is nit how you pick your starting QB. Siemian can come in and take a knee and nevwr turn it over again. Need a playmaker. Offense is dragging team down. Defense is tired and frustrated. Offense nwed to score and keep defense off the field. Our defensive players are not ment to play from behind. Man to man and let pass rush hit home. Soft zone is not working either which us on vance

Even more reason to coach aggressively! You know, Wade Phillips forte! The Bears went to a SB with possibly a worse offense, because they played so damn aggresive. How do you help a middling offense? Turnovers. They don't just come to you when you lay back, our current style. Wade Phillips was a mediocre Offenses best friend. If they were more aggresive, they would get off the field quicker too.

If it's so easy to just "be aggressive", why haven't they done that? That's a pretty severe generalization, isn't it?

I know what you are saying, but it's not like it's all reward and no risk and pays off 100% of the time. There's luck involved. There's nuance involved. Wade is a great coach, and I wish we had kept him to, but his mere presence doesn't guarantee that the ball always falls your way.

Originally Posted by wayninja

If it's so easy to just "be aggressive", why haven't they done that? That's a pretty severe generalization, isn't it?

I know what you are saying, but it's not like it's all reward and no risk and pays off 100% of the time. There's luck involved. There's nuance involved. Wade is a great coach, and I wish we had kept him to, but his mere presence doesn't guarantee that the ball always falls your way.

Wade schemed to dictate the action, and set up big play potential. We did something similar in the SB against GB (Greg Robinson DC) bringing safety and corner blitzes and bringing pressure from different places. This is something that Wade Phillips is a master of. Sometimes that aggressiveness gets you beat, so knowing when to play that card and disguising your looks is key. We play such a vanilla style this year, that does not dictate pace.

It is all about style. These clowns and their know it all 'ground control' approach think they know better and are so risk averse, they don't do anything to force the action, when most of our playmakers are on that side of the ball. It's not just about playing man or bringing the house, disguising your looks, playing aggressive, that was Wade Phillips style, and it is sorely missing this season.

Wade put the players in the best position to succeed. That's why the Broncos won Super Bowl 50. Period. Now we have a conservative defensive coordinator who can't create turnovers, can't put pressure on the QB, and can't find a way to keep Von from getting double teamed on nearly every play. This D was built for man coverage with aggressive blitz packages. Woods just doesn't get it. What a horrible hire. Wade would have this D dominating with the vastly improved D line that we have this year. Letting Wade go was almost as bad of a move as hiring Vance Joseph.

The D is not the weak link. Its ridiculous to insinuate that its dragging down the team.

Originally Posted by Tbolt

You keep repeating that, as if they could not catch their breath because they were so exhausted from the last 2 years. And if the Offense scored just 20 points a game, we would be 2-6 instead of 3-5. This Defense is nowhere close to what it was, just last year. Stop giving Woods a pass. Wade Phillips got big plays out of the weakest links on Defense. He set that in motion. It's OK to acknowledge we let the BEST DC in the NFL walk. How could there not be a drop off? He is a freaking wizard on Defense.

They get mentally tired and physically beaten down. "When it 's this bad, and the average score is 31-13, you know you have to go back to the 1960s to find a Broncos equivalent." -- Mike Klis. "When you get a 50 burger put on you that's on the coach." -- Ray Crockett.

Quote of the Week: "If Tom Brady gets the wind knocked out of him in the first quarter, then I think the Broncos have a chance." -- Mike Klis.

I think I would’ve rather kept Phillips than John Elway. VJ better be worth it.