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    ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The expectations for 2017 first-round pick Garett Bolles remain high.

    And even after a rookie season in which he started all 16 games, what’s next is all that seems to matter.

    Bolles showed his potential when he earned a starting role ahead of Week 1, and he began to provide a semblance of stability at the position as the season progressed. But he also led the team in penalties, 10 of which were offensive-holding calls.

    The Broncos suffered in those situations — and Bolles knows he’ll need to improve in that area as he heads into Year 2.

    “Going into your second year knowing you have experience behind you and you can just learn from those experiences,” Bolles said. “So those things that you experienced in your first couple games as a rookie, you’re not really going to experience those because you’re going to be more calm and prepared because you’ve seen those things before. Just staying calm and confident. [I’m working on] limiting the things that I struggled with last year and just going in with an open mind and eager to work.”
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    Bolles will be fine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MOtorboat View Post
    Bolles will be fine.
    It's not like I've clocked every holding penalty he took, but I know a lot of them were good holds. Meaning, that whether he was beat or he was picking up a guy that got between he and Garcia, many of the holds would have been sacks and possibly resulted in an injured QB.

    That said, some of those holds were due to him being beat.

    I thought as a rookie he did just fine and I expect him to be better and turn into a solid tackle.

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    He's going to be a good left tackle. It wasn't the sexiest pick, nor was it the most satisfactory from a fan's point of view. Bolles in years past would have been the fourth or fifth best LT prospect, which means that he'd have been a late round first round pick or early second rounder. We probably had to reach a little for him, but his ability is legitimate. He gets it, he's passionate, he cares, and he's a little bit crazy. Those are good attributes.
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    I'm expecting great things from Bolles this year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BroncoJoe View Post
    I'm expecting great things from Bolles this year.
    I certainly hope so. A "great thing" would be his not getting a spectacular TD run by Booker
    called back by a holding penalty, if you know what I mean.

    I hate holding penalties on running plays.

    But I do expect a big jump in performance this year by Bolles . . .
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    It will be really easy for him to meet my expectations of him.
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    Quote Originally Posted by chazoe60 View Post
    It will be really easy for him to meet my expectations of him.
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    As he (Bolles) said he's got to improve, but it also would not hurt have better quality guard lining up next to him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TXBRONC View Post
    As he (Bolles) said he's got to improve, but it also would not hurt have better quality guard lining up next to him.
    Of course, that will be Leary, according to reports. Can't get much better than him, unless
    we're talking about Quenton Nelson, which we likely will not take and may not have a
    shot at, anyway . . .
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    Leary said in a recent interview that he doesn't care which side he plays on. He'll do what's best for the team. If the Broncos draft Nelson, my money is on them inserting him at left guard and watching him dominate there for the next 10-15 years.

    I'm glad to know that Bolles put on weight in the offseason. That was his #1 need in my mind. He was getting overpowered on a regular basis towards the end of the season. He has a chance to be a very good player for a long time if he's serious about improving every year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ziggy View Post
    Leary said in a recent interview that he doesn't care which side he plays on. He'll do what's best for the team. If the Broncos draft Nelson, my money is on them inserting him at left guard and watching him dominate there for the next 10-15 years.

    I'm glad to know that Bolles put on weight in the offseason. That was his #1 need in my mind. He was getting overpowered on a regular basis towards the end of the season. He has a chance to be a very good player for a long time if he's serious about improving every year.
    Well, Nelson did say he would be just as comfortable on the left or right side.

    With his talent, I'm sure that's true. So we'll see . . .
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    Quote Originally Posted by TXBRONC View Post
    As he (Bolles) said he's got to improve, but it also would not hurt have better quality guard lining up next to him.
    They're moving Leary back to LG which was his natural pro-bowl position. For some insane reason they insisted on starting Max Garcia at LG, and he couldn't play RG so they asked Leary to move to RG.

    Only Max Garcia sucks. There's no reason he needs to be on the roster at all. Screwing up your OL in order to accommodate him is the "insane" part.

    Now, Connor McGovern and Billy Turner appear to be better starting candidates at RG.

    Unless they draft is a priority if they don't take a G at #5.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ziggy View Post
    I'm glad to know that Bolles put on weight in the offseason. That was his #1 need in my mind. He was getting overpowered on a regular basis towards the end of the season. He has a chance to be a very good player for a long time if he's serious about improving every year.
    He put on weight? Didn’t read the article, but if he did so and added strength, kudos to him.

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    good. . . he has a lot of ability, but he needs to clean his mistakes up in the worst way if he's going to be a quality long term option. . . we can't have him killing multiple drives per game with his screw-ups. . .

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