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Published on 11/14/2011 at Mon Nov 14 09:50.
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Broncos 17 – Chiefs 10: Game Balls

Posted Mon Nov 14th by

Broncos 17, Chiefs 10 — a hard-fought, rare win in Arrowhead Stadium is worth a lot of game balls, but we only have a handful to give out. Let’s do that, BTer’s.

Mike McCoy

Mike McCoy

The emergence of the Broncos’ option offense is a direct result of offensive coordinator Mike McCoy doing what so many thought would be impossible for a professional NFL team: molding an offense to the strengths of quarterback Tim Tebow.

But it wasn’t just the strengths of Tim Tebow that McCoy saw needed emphasizing: the entire offense was due with an overhaul after they surrendered 13 sacks in Tebow’s first two starts. Enter the option, and a run-play ratio of 55:8. The players have bought in.

“It’s something we saw,” said running back Lance Ball. “We were real confident in our running game, with me, Willis, Knowshon, Tim (Tebow), we were all confident. They were kind of on their heels and didn’t know what to expect. We just stayed with it and kept on punching.”

I don’t think the Broncos have any illusions of running the read option to the Super Bowl. I think they know NFL defenses will catch up with this — starting this Thursday against the New York Jets. But, on Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs didn’t stop it. The Kansas City Chiefs couldn’t. Kudos to McCoy and John Fox for putting together a winning gameplan. – Monty

Chris Harris

Chris Harris

I’ve been in love with this kid from the Miami game on. Nothing fancy this week, just 8 solid tackles coming out of a UDFA. The art of tackling is lost in the NFL, especially in the secondary. I’ve stated it before, Harris keeps 1st level successes by the offense at the 1st level. Watch out Champ, the rookie is gunning for your cornerback tackling title. – Josh Temple

Von Miller

Von Miller

This rookie is the real deal. 4 tackles and 3 assists, and 1.5 sacks…but most importantly, he hit Cassel and disrupted throws at least half a dozen more times. Cassel is going to have nightmares about Von Miller after this game; he couldn’t do anything without doing it with our #2 draft pick threatening to hit him, or just flat out hitting him. After 9 games, he’s at 8 sacks. With 7 games left, if he keeps up the current pace he should hit 16 sacks. That would be special, indeed, for any player, let alone a rookie. At this time Von Miller is the front runner for Defensive Rookie of the Year. – E. Halsey Miles

Ryan Clady

Ryan Clady

No sacks allowed, no holding penalties, no penalties period. Ryan had a very solid day against his nemesis Tamba Hali. This is also a bigger bravo for the entire offensive line. Hali is the one player Clady has always struggled against and other than one good tackle we didn’t hear a peep. (Editor’s note: Clady was replaced by Chris Clark late in the game; hopefully the big guy is healthy because he was definitely having a bounce-back game to that point.) – Josh Temple

Britton Colquitt

Britton Colquitt

It was a battle of the Colquitts on Sunday and Britton did his best to make sure Matt Cassell was starting from inside his own twenty as often as possible. If anyone on the Broncos deserves to go to the Pro Bowl this year, it’s Britton. – Mr. East

The Offensive Line

The offensive line as a unit gets a most deserved game ball.

Honorable Mentions:

Lance Ball Ball balled out in the absence of McGahee and Moreno.

Ryan McBean McBean had a solid game and made a number of plays.

Brodrick Bunkley See notes on McBean, above. The defensive line has really become a surprising strength at times for the Broncos.

Who gets your Week 10 Broncos-Chiefs game ball?

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  • Anonymous

    I was a little critical of Harris last week but I have to say that his open field tackling yesterday was superb.  If it had been Andre Goodman in those same situations they would have broken the tackles and gained at least another 5-10 yards. 

  • http://www.broncotalk.net Josh Temple

    D.J. Williams’ sack early in the game was all Brodrick Bunkley nice play there. I would also say Joe Mays could be a candidate, he came away with 8 tackles as well.

  • Dakota Fan

    Great article fellas. Halsey- agree wholeheartedly that Miller is a front runner for D-ROTY. Now let’s see the east coast contingent of sportswriters agrees with you. Some Patriots, Jets, Giants or Steelers rookie will have one good game and they’ll forget Miller as quick as a flash.

    Sorry east coasters- you’re great folks but i’m unjustifiably paranoid. The old Hall of Fame bias and all.

  • Anonymous

    Did you see DJ’s embarassing tackle attempt on that one long Battle run?

    He stuck his shoulder out there and called it good.  I’m starting to thing Sandy Clough is right about him…

  • kerry

    wait wait wait, you mean Tim Tebow, in all his glorious majesty of two completed passes, doesnt get a game ball? this is an outrage!!!

  • Anonymous

    I’ve got mixed feelings on McCoy. On one hand the plan was great. On the other his refusal to throw on 3rd & 5 plus was extremely frustrating and a dumb move. 

  • Anonymous

    2 of 8 should explain the reluctance to throw on 3rd & 5 plus.

  • Anonymous

    If we’re being fair though, half of those were bombs.  

    But yeah, abandoning the pass completely is a joke. 

  • Anonymous

    Von Miller is that player we should have drafted instead of going after the need positions. No discredit to Darius but Miller comes once every decade.

  • Anonymous

    I’m so bitter sweet over Tebow. Want him to excel because I like wins but Case Keenum, or Landry Jones can be better suitable for our offense. If all else fails I would trade for Ryan Mallet.

  • virginiabronco

    102.6 QB Rating last game.  3 -1 since taking over as QB.  NO turnovers. Broncos led the league in interceptions before Tebow took over.  I am sure all these statistics aren’t lost on Monty.

  • virginiabronco

    I agree with O line.   Awesome Job! 

  • Anonymous

    I think we found our nickelback in Harris. He’s playing with some intensity that I think Goodman lost. We should really look into drafting Donte Hightower out of Bama cause Joe Mays ass can’t cover. But seriously our first pick if not qb has to at cb spot

  • http://thingsatrexdoes.tumblr.com Mike Birtwistle

    Adam Gase – easiest job in the world.  “Ok lads, for a change today we’re going to practise handing the ball off.”

  • Anonymous

    Seriously?  The 100 yard pick six and the strip-sack return for TD aren’t turnovers now? 

  • Guess

    Knowshon has a tore ACL and is done for the year. What do you guys think about drafting Trent Richardson? He seems like a complete back, and watching film the guy is a monster. He breaks tackles like crazy. With Knowshon coming off ACL surgery, a not being very productive to begin with, I think taking Richardson makes sense. Were going to be picking anywhere from 9-15 I’m guessing, with all the QB’s everyone is praising most likely will be already selected by then. Then we can go defense with the rest of our picks. Thoughts?

  • flbronc

    he won’t likely be there at 9.

  • http://www.broncotalk.net Josh Temple

    What does Clough say about him?  I can only imagine…

  • http://www.broncotalk.net Josh Temple

    You would be wrong, it’s west coast bias this time, I’m already seeing whispers of Aldon Smith for Defensive Rookie of the Year.

  • http://www.broncotalk.net Josh Temple

    They’re there, I just wouldn’t blame the strip sack on him, Franklin forgot how to block on that play.

  • http://www.broncotalk.net Josh Temple

    I’m still holding out high hopes for Syd’Quan to come back and play at a high level next year.

  • http://www.broncotalk.net Josh Temple

    QB Meeting: “Lets review the tape boys.  Bad pass, Decker should’ve caught that, good, bad, bad, bad, bad, and great pass Tebow.  Ok we’re done here, who wants to go grab a burger?”

  • http://www.broncotalk.net Josh Temple

    I would love Richardson, I just don’t want to spend a mid to high first round pick on the guy.

  • Anonymous

    Irrelevant.   VB said “no turnovers”, which is delusional.

  • Anonymous

    He’s hated DJ for years.  I used to think it was just irrational hatred from a bitter old man, but now I’m wondering…

    I’ve never seen that kind of lack of effort out there. 

  • The Best

    WOW! 

    Refreshing to see the offensive line win the game ball.  That’s where my vote went as well.  When you see wholes opening up big enough to fit a Mac truck through, you know we’re doing something right.I enjoyed this article and am still stoked after watching an excellent team win in Arrowhead yesterday.Keep it up Broncos!  We look better every game and are becoming much more cohesive on D.I think we need to trust a little more in our QB if we want to be a tough team to stop.  If Tebow can start to pass well and hit targets I think we can be an Elite team by January.Here’s to Hope and Hard Work.GO ORANGE AND BLUE!!!

  • Anonymous

    Still 2 TO’s in Tebows 4 games is much better than 9 TO’s in Orton’s 5 games.  

  • Anonymous

    Still 2 TO’s in Tebows 4 games is much better than 9 TO’s in Orton’s 5 games.  

  • Anonymous

    Exactly!  An RB in the 1st round is just bad business.  I’m still holding out hope that Mario Fannin can come back next year and make an impact.  

  • Anonymous

    Of course not that would be bitter irrational hatred.

  • Anonymous

    And Tebow forgot to take care of the ball.

  • Anonymous

    Or 12-15 which is where the Broncos sit as of today.

  • Anonymous

    Maybe it is time to seriously talk about drafting Reed Richards.

  • crazykid

    that’s who Walterfootball had the Broncos picking the past month or so.

  • Anonymous

    A little love here for the punter for once people. What a great game and what a way to show up your brother! He definitely contributed to that win and in a big way. He was sticking that ball inside the 10 and 15 yard line as if he was using Phil Mickelson’s sand wedge!

  • kerry

    whats funny is when Orton turns it over its Ortons fault but when Tebow turns it over its everybody elses fault.

  • Anonymous

    Orton sucks and Tebow sucks.. but its clear Tebow is a better at that position than Orton purely from the records 

  • Anonymous

    the most Thompson can do is pressure Harris for the  nickle spot.. This is a what have you done for me lately league even tho i think Thompson is decent enough for a fair shot. How ever it pans out glad to not see Vaughn out there

  • 5280

    I agree with herc and trog. you cant run it on 3rd and long against elite teams in this league and expect to get away with a win, especially against better offences when the Defence cant be counted on to stop them. theres no excuse for that. i love the triple option and the way they’re keeping defences confused with it, but c’mon. they gotta let him throw it on 3rd and long. it doesnt matter if he’s 2 for 8 or 19 for 20 we gotta throw on 3rd and long. thats the only way he learns. i understand that they want him throwing less then running because of the inaccuracy, but how do you expect him to get better if he doent throw the ball? i liked the play action bombs, mostly because they’re play action and less because of the bombs, but there werent and bootlegs and only on screen type of play that went to willis for 12 yards. they need to do more of that on 3rd and long. and just because he need to be moving around doesnt mean he can be in shotgun. theyve hiked the ball out of shotgun and moved the pocket at the same time before. they should do it again.

  • http://broncotalk.net Monty

    Seriously… 102.6 QB Rating?? You’re REALLY going to quote that as a meaningful statistic reflecting Tim Tebow’s CAPABILITIES as a passer.

  • http://ehalseymiles.com E. Halsey Miles

    Uh, I’ll give him a pat on the back for running an incredibly potent rushing offense and being instrumental in making that offense work against a team that is currently on the downhill trend.

    But Miller still gets my game ball over Tebow this week because what happened against the Chiefs is that the offense’s ball control allowed the defense to win the game.

    I’m perfectly content to win games like that, mind you. It’s the old saying: Winning cures everything.

  • Anonymous

    That 102.6 is exactly why QB rating is a flawed stat. 

  • virginiabronco

    I don’t disagree Herc, BUT Monty claims he is all about the statistics.  It seems to me this is a clear example how people use statistics to tell whatever story they want to tell.  I might add that Tebow has among the best if not the best 4th qtr QB rating in football. 

    Monty uses statistics to discredit Tebow when it suits but fails to acknowledge more favorable statistics when it differs with his beliefs.  If you don’t like the QB rating Monty, lets take a look of his touchdowns thrown and running.  Lets compare him to other rookies in just about any stat you want to compare. 

    Once again, (probably for the tenth time now), I have no idea if he can be a premier QB in this league BUT we are winning and at the end of the day, that is the only stat that counts.