Halftime Report – Jaguars at Broncos

The Jaguars lead the Broncos 17-7 after the unimpressive showing of the Broncos defense.  The running game of the Broncos has yet to find its rhythm as well, and now the Broncos have dug themselves a hole they’ll have to work hard to overcome.

The stat of the half: the Broncos have run 16 offensive plays.  The Jaguars have run 38.

The defense isn’t able to stop the run – 109 yards on the ground so far for the Jags.   Meanwhile, Denver has only managed 18 yards on 6 carries.

Rookie RB Selvin Young had a huge carry that went for a ton of yards, but he fumbled in Jacksonville territory and it was recovered by Jacksonville DT Marcus Stroud.  The Broncos one scoring drive was completely orchestrated through the hands of Brandon Marshall, who had two third down grabs and has 95 yards receiving for the half.

We need to stop the run.  The Jaguars are able to slowly, methodically, march down the field.  And David Garrard is playing smart football, throwing the ball away instead of trying to beat Champ Bailey or Dre Bly.  Better play by the defensive line and linebackers and we can still win this game.