Comments on: Warning Shots: New Orleans Saints

By: james red

james red — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:37:18 +0000

big city that comment is stupid they can and the broncos will dismantle your team your the raiders with a better qb that is probably shelled shocked when he plays us since we hurt him twice

By: Big City Wolf

Big City Wolf — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:37:49 +0000

I wanna put down $100 on Brees & my Saints, but will Shanahan & Cutler be bending over for the refs this time, since they can’t win on their own?

By: Ian Henson

Ian Henson — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:56:21 +0000

BF in AL- Thank you very much. Yes, i knew about the Keary Colbert thing, I started this post last Monday when he was still a Bronco, so I added the “former” in there.

As for Champ – As John Lynch liked to point out often, corners can literally shut down their receiver 99.9% of the time, it’s the .1% that everyone notices. Champ’s been beat by everyone, I think it was two years ago when Terrell Owens juked him and Champ feel to the ground with a pulled hamstring or calf (can’t remember). There were a few plays last season, I remember one in the end zone against Chicago… But I digress.

Where Champ has been incredible is on those Kick off return saves. Both last season and this season…

By: Ian Henson

Ian Henson — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:56:50 +0000

LorDog- It is alarming, I just don’t know how alarming yet. New Orleans has all of the means to dislocate our defense. I think the fact that Jarvis Moss is going to be back on the active lineup speaks to the fact that the Broncos understand that they need to get pressure on the quarterback. Where as before we were playing very tough rushing offenses and had to use our resources accordingly.

All of this is shaping up to be eerily similar to a game we had in week three last season, against the Indianapolis Colts. Remember starting four defensive ends on the line and just an all out blitzkrieg at Peyton Manning. We had them until the end of the second-quarter. They were able to get their game plan back together during half-time and it was all downhill on our season from there.

Then again, as long as I’m talking about Indianapolis, remember when they killed everyone offensively and had the 31st rank rush defense? Defense wins championships, it doesn’t necessarily win every game on the way to the championship.

By: Josh Temple

Josh Temple — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:25:16 +0000

We just can’t let Bush go all Darren Sproles on us.

By: Bronco Fan in AL

Bronco Fan in AL — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:10:42 +0000

Great article. But didn’t the Broncos trade Keary Colbert to Seattle? Also, I think you meant to say the Broncos are getting 5.4 yd/carry, not 5.4 per game.

I’m not sure I agree that these are Champ Bailey’s prime years. He’s already 30 and I think he’s lost a step. I can’t remember when in the previous years I saw Bailey get beaten deep by a receiver like he did by Chris Chambers last Sunday.

Champ also doesn’t seem to be in the right positions on short plays, plays that in the past he read and either knocked down or intercepted. In the past, teams didn’t dare go after him, but in the Chargers game it felt like open season. I think, again, this is due to the fact he’s lost a step. He has to play off the receivers so they don’t get past him deep where he knows he 1) can’t catch up and 2) he has little or no support from the safeties.

And that “interception” on Sunday was no interception. It was Champ scrapping for the ball after the receiver caught it in an attempt to make an early game changing play (maybe because he knows no one else on the team will do it). It was a wily veteran play that you might see from someone past their prime.

All in all, though, Champ is still a solid corner. He’s the team’s best tackler for sure (not sure if that’s a good thing for the team, though). I’d say he’s like Ray Crockett during the Super Bowl years. Solid, reliable, but not a shut-down corner.

By: LorDog

LorDog — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:08:43 +0000

Ian, those Defensive stats speak volumes! Like everyone is saying, we need to see something from our D! Pressure on the quarterback is huge but I fear we’re not rushing our corners in becuase we don’t trust the linebacking crew. Am I wrong?

By: Ian Henson

Ian Henson — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:52:52 +0000

Top 4 Broncos Defensive stats:

Category – Stat – NFL Rank
Points: 26.0 (26th). Yards against: 381.5 (27th). Passing Yards: 266.5 (29th)
Rushing Yards: 115.0 (21st).

By: flbronc

flbronc — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:50:53 +0000

if duce is back we have to watch their running game. i’m not sold on our run d at all. if they contain duce and bush, i’ll feel so much better about it. hopefully we can force brees to have to pass, then in turn we can get an inkling of pressure on him, unlike phyllis last week. i’m hoping we dont give up points on st either.

imo their defnese is decent, but not as good as sd(even w/o merriman). if we can carve them up, we shouldnt have much of a problem scoring.

By: mikebirty

mikebirty — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:54:25 +0000

all i want to see is some pressure on the qb and a few turnovers – or even just opportunities of turn overs, i don’t care at this point if they drop the interceptions or fail to recover the fumbles – lets just make something happen. Hell in fact i’d settle for a nice solid performance by the d. Let’s hope the fire the lit under jarvis moss works.