2022 Broncos: Hackett and Wilson just like oil and water

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with gordan back denver to me only has 3 pressing needs ILB EDGE and CB if m willis is at 64 u also have to think about it
 

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Broncos selected Oklahoma EDGE Nik Bonitto with the No. 64 overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft.
An accomplished two-sport athlete who received several scholarship offers for basketball, Bonitto (6’3/248) chose to eschew hardwood glory to pursue a career on the gridiron. It proved to be a prescient decision as he was the only player in the nation who recorded back-to-back seasons with a PFF pass-rush grade of 90.0 or more while generating a superb 22.4 percent win rate in that span. His 11.1 percent pressure rate was tops in the nation last year. Bonitto has elite speed and agility that was backed up by an impressive Combine, where he tested at an 85th-percentile level or better in every single test except for the bench, adding up to an elite 9.37 relative athletic score. He gets off the line quickly with a smooth shoulder dip and will bait opposing tackles with a slide step right off the snap that leaves blockers whiffing on contact. Bonitto has enough pop in his hands to keep opponents honest but is undersized against the run and prefers to go around blocks than take them on. Best suited as a 3-4 OLB, he has all the tools to be a pocket-wrecking edge in the mold of Giants LB Aziz Ojulari but could stand to add some size.
 

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Broncos selected TE Greg Dulcich with the No. 80 overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft.
Dulcich (6'4/243) emerged as a junior with a 26-517-5 receiving line in seven games. He followed up with a senior campaign of 43-721-5 in 11 games and was named first-team All-Pac-12. Over his final two seasons, Dulcich recorded a 31% yardage share and a 26% target share, operating as a true downfield weapon with a 13.4 average depth of target. Dulcich appears capable of running more than typical underneath inline routes, profiling more as a big slot receiver in the mold of Mike Gesicki. With a 4.69 40, 34-inch vertical, and 10-foot-2 broad jump, he lacks Gesicki's elite athleticism, but still projects to be an above-average athlete at the position with uncommon receiving skills. With Albert Okwuegbunam ahead of him on the depth chart, Dulcich won't see the field a ton as a rookie. However, his pass-caching chops make him the ideal backup to the oft-injured Okwuegbunam.
 

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now i am going to rank the AFC NFC 1-16

AFC East 1 Buff 12-5 2 NE 9-8 3 MIA 8-9 4 NYJ 6-11
AFC North 1 Ciny 11-6 2 Balt 10-7 3 Cle 7-10 4 Pitt 6-11
Afc South 1 Indy 10-7 2 Tenn 9-8 3 jax 5-12 4 Hou 4-13
AFC West 1 LAC 11-6 2 Den 10-7 3 KC 9-8 4 OAK 8-9

AFC 1-16
1 BUFF Heartbreak as buff loses in ot in the super bowl 2
2 LAC 3 On paper maybe the best starting 22 in the nfl
3 CINY 4 Burrow looks like the next great qb
4 INDY 9 they are due for the playoffs
5 BALT 10 no wr will cost them but will be fine in reg season
6 DEN 11 why i have them so high @ Car JETS plus lost 4 close games last season
7 KC 12 toughest sch in NFL there 3 oddball games @ TB BUFF TENN

8 NE 14 can they score over 20 on a game by game baseics
9 TENN 17 last year was their shot

10 OAK they have no def will lose a lot of 34-31 games 18
11 MIA 19 with a star qb this is a top 10 team
12 CLE 20 watson will miss at least 8 games
13 PITT 24 u dont pick a qb first in a bad qb draft if tomlin wins 8 games with this qb room then he will earn the media love
14 NYJ 26 Great draft but raw qb and lack of inpact guys
15 JAX 27 they are a year away
16 HOU 29 they are 2 years away

NFC
NFC East 1 Dal 11-6 2 Philly 10-7 3 WC 7-10 4 NYG 5-12
NFC North 1 GB 12-5 2 DET 7-10 3 MINN 6-11 4 CHI 4-13
NFC South 1 TB 12-5 2 NO 10-7 3 ATL 5-12 4 CAR 4-13
NFC West 1 LA Rams 10-7 2 SF 9-8 3 ZONA 8-9 4 SEA 5-12

NFC 1-16
1 TB 1 Brady goes out a champ
2 GB 5 Rodgers Last shot ?

3 DAL 6 they will screw up showhow
4 RAMS 7 great team but no death
5 PHILLY 8 with time this team couild be in the 2024 super bowl
6 NO 13 soild team ex at QB
7 SF 15 this is with jimmy g without jimmy they swich with zona
8 ZONA 16 all off no def is murry the long term answer
9 DET 21 they are a qb away
10 WC 22 they are a owner away
11 MINN 23 couisns is just a stats guy
12 SEA 25 they need to tank but pete wont do it

13 NYG 28 jones is not the guy
14 CAR 30 dead coach walking
15 CHI 31 Fields is by himseif
16 ATL 32 only good thing about this season is they will have their choice of QB in a QB deep draft
 
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my guess are the starters
QB Wilson ripyen / j johnson
RB Williams/ Gordan
WR Sutton Patrick Jerdy? might miss week 1 hamler
TE Albert O / Dulcich
LT Bolies anderson
LG Reisner muti
C Cush mentz
RG Mentz/glacow
RT Turner/compton can play RG as well

Def
DE D Jones j harris
DT DJ Jones E Umazurike
DE D Williams M again
OLB Chubb /bonito
ILB Jewell singleton browning
OLB Gregory Reed
CB Sirtain II Darby K Williams D Matins
FS J Simmons C Stens
SS K Jackson J R Reed PJ Locke

K Mcmanus P Marin KR Washington/spener PR Washington spener
 

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with training camp tomm here is my breakdown of the 22 broncos

QB - wislon is the guy now that is the biggest upgrade of the 22 broncos we will see if he can cook
RB will go back to a 1-cut system and they have 2 num 1 rb's if they stay on the field they shouild combine for 1'800 yards and 15 td's
WR this is a make or break year for jerdy sutton and patrick should take a step up
TE i ex the rookie to have 1st team reps they will flex albert o to inside wr at times
o-line can they pass block better and give wilson that ex haif a sec he needs the OT shouild be good my issue is the C spot if that does not get fixed will be troble aga a team with stong DE/DT
D-Line i ex them to stop the run but can they rush the passer and sit up the egde
ILB jewell took a step before he got hurt can singletion be a starter type of player
edge is denver deepest spot but also the one with most q chubb is likely a goner after 22 can gregory stay upright can bonito flash they also have reed cooper browning and chris smith a unfa from bama as well
CB strain is a furute star type of a guy can matins flash can k'wan williams replace callihan
S denver is deep enough to have 3 stafty playing in simmons stetns and jackson

overall if Denver was in the NFC they wouild be a 10-win lock but as is i see at least 9 wins that couild go to 11 with a sweep of vegas and beating both zona and sf at home
11 is Denver max and 9 is their floor denver kinda has a soft sch that couild lead to a 9-2 8-3 start there is a shot that the week 18 LAC-DEN game is for the afc west
even if Denver has a lot of inj they should be in the wild card hunt all season
 

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Thanks j-man. Appreciate your insight.

Is the new D coordinator going to change Fangio's system?
he says he will not but i ex more zone and more blizing by the edge fanio like his LB in convage more it's sad fanio did not get a dc job somewhere he is a brilldent def mind just way too stubbon on off
 

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tim parick tore his acl today it's a loss but wr is the deepest spot on the team at least on off K J hamler seth williams montell washington and kindell hinton all couild replace him also d crockett tore his acl as well sadly was unlikely not going to make the roster anyway as a 4th sting rb
 

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game review
qb was up/down running game was awful denver has 7 or 8 good WR even without patrick ol is better the def was very good i think denver new DC will be a head coach in 2-3 years Hackett is a upgrade on vic at least as far on clock manment

next week will be a playoff type test as we play buff the afc fav

right now i have denver at 10 wins those 2 games aga vegas will be defacto playoff games

off B- Def A
 

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qb was up/down running game was awful denver has 7 or 8 good WR even without patrick ol is better the def was very good i think denver new DC will be a head coach in 2-3 years Hackett is a upgrade on vic at least as far on clock manment

next week will be a playoff type test as we play buff the afc fav

right now i have denver at 10 wins those 2 games aga vegas will be defacto playoff games

off B- Def A
J-man, how did Wilson look?
 

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watched today game and
1 now i know how u guys feit in jan buff is a wagon if they dont go to the super bowl this year is a fail for them
2 denver was ok on off but very poor on def it's 1 thing not to do well aga allen but when their 2nd and 3td team qb go down the field aga u it's embrassing

off C Def F buff couild had score every time if they wanted
 

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denver likely roster as of now

Denver Broncos Updated: 08/23/2022 3:41PM ET
Offense - Denver Broncos
DEN LWR 14 Sutton, Courtland 18/2 16 Cleveland, Tyrie 20/7 89 Johnson, Brandon CF22 17 Virgil, Jalen CF22
DEN RWR 10 Jeudy, Jerry 20/1 9 Hinton, Kendall CF20 19 Williams, Seth 21/6
DEN SWR 1 Hamler, KJ 20/2 12 Washington, Montrell 22/5 38 Shepherd, Darrius SF22
DEN LT 72 BOLLES, GARETT 17/1 73 Fleming, Cameron U/NYG 68 Johnson, Zack SF21
DEN LG 66 Risner, Dalton 19/2 61 GLASGOW, GRAHAM U/Det
DEN C 79 Cushenberry III, Lloyd 20/3 60 Wattenberg, Luke 22/5
DEN RG 77 Meinerz, Quinn 21/3 52 Muti, Netane 20/6 67 Niese, Michael CF22
DEN RT 57 TURNER, BILLY CC/GB 76 Anderson, Calvin P/NYJ 75 Bailey, Quinn CF19 70 Gutierrez, Sebastian CF22
DEN TE 85 Okwuegbunam, Albert 20/4 80 Dulcich, Greg 22/3 87 TOMLINSON, ERIC U/Bal 82 Saubert, Eric U/Jax 48 Parham, Dylan CF22
DEN QB 3 WILSON, RUSSELL T/Sea 11 JOHNSON, JOSH U/Bal 4 Rypien, Brett CF19
DEN RB 33 Williams, Javonte 21/2 25 Gordon III, Melvin U/LAC 26 Boone, Mike U/Min 00 Ozigbo, Devine W/NO 41 Hardy, JaQuan SF22
DEN FB 83 Beck, Andrew W/NE
Defense - Denver Broncos
DEN DE 93 Jones, Dre'Mont 19/3 95 Agim, McTelvin 20/3 91 Henningsen, Matt 22/6
DEN NT 97 Jones, D.J. U/SF 98 PURCELL, MIKE SF19
DEN DE 99 Williams, DeShawn SF19 96 Uwazurike, Eyioma 22/4 92 Harris, Jonathan W/Chi
DEN WLB 5 Gregory, Randy U/Dal 59 Reed, Malik CF19 94 Patrick, Aaron P/Jax 90 Kongbo, Jonathan SF22
DEN ILB 47 Jewell, Josey 18/4 40 Strnad, Justin 20/5 43 Mauga, Kana'i CF22
DEN ILB 50 Griffith, Jonas T/SF 49 Singleton, Alex U/Phi 54 Wade, Barrington W/Bal
DEN SLB 55 Chubb, Bradley 18/1 42 Bonitto, Nik 22/2 56 Browning, Baron 21/3 53 Cooper, Jonathon 21/7
DEN LCB 2 Surtain II, Pat 21/1 13 Ojemudia, Michael 20/3 29 Hicks, Faion 22/7 39 Lewis Jr., Donnie SF22
DEN SS 22 JACKSON, KAREEM U/Hou 30 Sterns, Caden 21/5 32 Turner-Yell, Delarrin 22/5
DEN FS 31 Simmons, Justin 16/3 37 Locke, P.J. SF19 20 Reed, J.R. U/NYG
DEN RCB 23 Darby, Ronald U/Was 34 Bassey, Essang W/LAC 38 Austin, Bless U/Sea
DEN NB 21 WILLIAMS, K'WAUN U/SF 27 Mathis, Damarri 22/4 35 McMillian, Ja'Quan CF22
Special Teams - Denver Broncos
DEN PT 6 MARTIN, SAM U/Det 17 Waitman, Corliss W/Pit
DEN PK 8 MCMANUS, BRANDON T/NYG
DEN LS 46 Bobenmoyer, Jacob SF20
DEN H 6 MARTIN, SAM U/Det 17 Waitman, Corliss W/Pit
DEN KO 8 MCMANUS, BRANDON T/NYG
DEN PR 12 Washington, Montrell 22/5 9 Hinton, Kendall CF20 13 Ojemudia, Michael 20/3
DEN KR 12 Washington, Montrell 22/5 9 Hinton, Kendall CF20 16 Cleveland, Tyrie 20/7 13 Ojemudia, Michael 20/3
Reserves - Denver Broncos
DEN RES 81 Patrick, Tim IR 28 Crockett, Damarea IR 45 Allen, Christopher IR 51 Spencer, Marquiss W/INJ 74 Tucker, Casey W/INJ
DEN RES 69 COMPTON, TOM PUP


TE and O-line are worries right now the run blocking part and the run def are also worries but the Specie Teams look much better and Wilson should put Denver back into good qb play since 2014
 

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my 02
QB the backup qb is a horror show if russ goes down denver is a 3 win team if SF cuts jimmy and if he wouild take a backup contact that would be pefect
RB 3 good RB here no worries
WR they go 6/7 deep here even without patrick great shape here
O-Line Better than last year sll need to work on rub block but last night was great
D-line i worry about stopping the run but hopefully D J Jones makes a diff
Edge deepest part of the team all can play
Ilb griffin has inprove from just another guy to a key starter with jewell
CB top 3 are fine but from 4 on down are worries
S they go 5 deep here

basiccy if russ plays all 17 games this is a 10-7 11-6 team
 

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QB the backup qb is a horror show if russ goes down denver is a 3 win team if SF cuts jimmy and if he wouild take a backup contact that would be pefect
RB 3 good RB here no worries
WR they go 6/7 deep here even without patrick great shape here
O-Line Better than last year sll need to work on rub block but last night was great
D-line i worry about stopping the run but hopefully D J Jones makes a diff
Edge deepest part of the team all can play
Ilb griffin has inprove from just another guy to a key starter with jewell
CB top 3 are fine but from 4 on down are worries
S they go 5 deep here

basiccy if russ plays all 17 games this is a 10-7 11-6 team
Appreciate your insight, j-man. Looking forward to seeing Russ drop some rainbows in the high altitude.

Tough division this year, but Denver has a chance to hang with the Chiefs and Chargers.
 

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Appreciate your insight, j-man. Looking forward to seeing Russ drop some rainbows in the high altitude.

Tough division this year, but Denver has a chance to hang with the Chiefs and Chargers.
yeah and sadly u cant count out vegas as well buff is clearly the afc fav but the afc west winner should be 2nd no matter what rec they are
 

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denver 53 hat tip to mile high report

Broncos Offense
[TH]Position[/TH] [TH]Player[/TH] [TH]Player[/TH] [TH]Player[/TH] [TH]Player[/TH] [TH]Player[/TH] [TH]Player[/TH]
Quarterback Russell Wilson Brett Rypien
Running Back Javonte Williams Melvin Gordon Mike Boone
Fullback Andrew Beck
Wide Receiver Courtland Sutton Jerry Jeudy K.J. Hamler Montrell Washington Jalen Virgil Tyrie Cleveland
Tight End Albert Okwuegbunam Greg Dulcich Eric Saubert
Offensive Tackle Garett Bolles Billy Turner Calvin Anderson Cam Fleming
Guard Dalton Risner Quinn Meinerz Graham Glasgow
Center Lloyd Cushenberry Luke Wattenberg

Broncos Defense
[TH]Position[/TH] [TH]Player[/TH] [TH]Player[/TH] [TH]Player[/TH] [TH]Player[/TH] [TH]Player[/TH] [TH]Player[/TH]
Defensive End Dre'Mont Jones DeShawn Jones Eyioma Uwazurike Matt Hennigsen
Nose Tackle D.J. Jones
Edge Rusher Randy Gregory Bradley Chubb Baron Browning Nik Bonitto Aaron Patrick Jonathon Cooper
Inside Linebacker Josey Jewell Jonas Griffith Alex Singleton Justin Strnad
Cornerback Patrick Surtain Ronald Darby K'Waun Williams Damarri Mathis Michael Ojemudia Essang Bassey
Safety Justin Simmons Kareem Jackson Caden Sterns P.J. Locke Delarrin Turner-Yell

Broncos Special Teams
[TH]Player[/TH] [TH]Position[/TH]
Kicker Brandon McManus
Punter Corliss Waitman
Long Snapper Jacob Bobenmoyer
 

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You still down on Brett Rypien, J-Man?
I watched him pretty closely in college (I'm a Boise fan) and he had an up and down career. I'm pulling for him, but a little surprised, honestly, to see him win the #2 anywhere in the NFL. Happy to be proven wrong.
 

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You still down on Brett Rypien, J-Man?
I watched him pretty closely in college (I'm a Boise fan) and he had an up and down career. I'm pulling for him, but a little surprised, honestly, to see him win the #2 anywhere in the NFL. Happy to be proven wrong.
for 1 game he is ok but he is too up/down with the football in the nfl great college qb
 

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my grades was
OFF C-
DEF C+
ST C-
Coaching F

Credit to sea for winning but
hackett left at least 13-16 pts on board u do not run shotgun on 3rd and goal from the 1 plus way too many pentles overall
 

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Literally one of the most inconceivable losses I can recall.

I’m going to this Sundays game at Mile High - I wonder if the crowd will be asking for Hacketts firing, resignation, or ritual suicide.
 

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Huge overreaction to the loss on this teams long term outlook imo. Broncos moved the ball at will and struggled inside the 10 which was a theme with several teams in Week 1. Definitely questionable coaching decisions both in-game and leading up to the game. New HC, OC, DC and QB but you don’t play yoir starters in the preseason? I still expect Denver to be in the playoff mix but their ceiling is pretty capped with a brutal schedule.
 

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Huge overreaction to the loss on this teams long term outlook imo. Broncos moved the ball at will and struggled inside the 10 which was a theme with several teams in Week 1. Definitely questionable coaching decisions both in-game and leading up to the game. New HC, OC, DC and QB but you don’t play yoir starters in the preseason? I still expect Denver to be in the playoff mix but their ceiling is pretty capped with a brutal schedule.
Oh, I think Denver looked pretty good, albeit against an opponent I expected to be hot garbage. Just so many self inflicted wounds.
 

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Oh, I think Denver looked pretty good, albeit against an opponent I expected to be hot garbage. Just so many self inflicted wounds.
Quoted you but was referring to the general public feeling across the country this morning. We saw in Week 1 the ramifications of a shortened preseason and how many of the teams who underperformed were those same teams who didn’t prepare for Wk 1/play starters in those games.
 

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Huge overreaction to the loss on this teams long term outlook imo. Broncos moved the ball at will and struggled inside the 10 which was a theme with several teams in Week 1. Definitely questionable coaching decisions both in-game and leading up to the game. New HC, OC, DC and QB but you don’t play yoir starters in the preseason? I still expect Denver to be in the playoff mix but their ceiling is pretty capped with a brutal schedule.
The defense in the first half is what would give me pause about their season outlook. To their credit, they clamped down in the second half, but Geno’s run to start the game would have me nervous to face…every other Qb in their division. Obviously just week 1 and all that, but between that, Russ looking iffy, and the way the game ended, I can understand the relative trashing even if it’s reactionary.
 

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The defense in the first half is what would give me pause about their season outlook. To their credit, they clamped down in the second half, but Geno’s run to start the game would have me nervous to face…every other Qb in their division. Obviously just week 1 and all that, but between that, Russ looking iffy, and the way the game ended, I can understand the relative trashing even if it’s reactionary.
Defense gave up 250 yards and 17 points. They weren't the problem yesterday, even if it was Geno Smith.
 

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As someone watching the game pretty neutrally, the thing that would scare me about the Broncos was clearly Hackett. And not just the end of the game. They couldn't get plays in on time several times during the night, one of which led directly to the Williams fumble, obviously he was completely overwhelmed end of game, just even by calling the timeouts after his decisionmaking had contributed heavily to the loss - Hopefully it's just a night of tremendous jitters for a rookie, but as a leader of men, I wouldn't feel great that he'll keep the respect of that room if he continues to handle game management that way. He was absolutely atrocious last night - your coach should not be the worst performer on your team, and I'm not sure second place was even close.
 

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As someone watching the game pretty neutrally, the thing that would scare me about the Broncos was clearly Hackett. And not just the end of the game. They couldn't get plays in on time several times during the night, one of which led directly to the Williams fumble, obviously he was completely overwhelmed end of game, just even by calling the timeouts after his decisionmaking had contributed heavily to the loss - Hopefully it's just a night of tremendous jitters for a rookie, but as a leader of men, I wouldn't feel great that he'll keep the respect of that room if he continues to handle game management that way. He was absolutely atrocious last night - your coach should not be the worst performer on your team, and I'm not sure second place was even close.
I live in Seattle and have watched many Russell Wilson games, and he frequently had problems getting snaps off in time. So I'm not sure you can lay all of the blame for that aspect on Hackett. I don't know how much of it is because of Wilson, either, but now I've seen him do it for two different teams, two different coaching staffs (albeit with a very small sample size with Denver).
 

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I heard some of the press conference on the radio and I couldn't tell what he meant. He said they should have gone for it, but then went into all the reasons the decision to kick made sense.

I got the sense he meant "the kick didn't go in so obviously I wish I made a different decision" rather than "looking back on the decision and evaluating the situation, I made the wrong call".

Perhaps I didn't hear the full story but the part I heard was a bit confusing.
 

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I heard some of the press conference on the radio and I couldn't tell what he meant. He said they should have gone for it, but then went into all the reasons the decision to kick made sense.

I got the sense he meant "the kick didn't go in so obviously I wish I made a different decision" rather than "looking back on the decision and evaluating the situation, I made the wrong call".

Perhaps I didn't hear the full story but the part I heard was a bit confusing.
Yikes, that’s not good
 

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I heard some of the press conference on the radio and I couldn't tell what he meant. He said they should have gone for it, but then went into all the reasons the decision to kick made sense.

I got the sense he meant "the kick didn't go in so obviously I wish I made a different decision" rather than "looking back on the decision and evaluating the situation, I made the wrong call".

Perhaps I didn't hear the full story but the part I heard was a bit confusing.
The questions asked shouldn’t even have been about the kick. If I’m a reporter in that room I’m going with, “So you have the ball with 4 min to go and 3 timeouts from your own 22. How in the name of Rick Upchurch does it take you 4 entire minutes to gain 32 yards?”

If they used tempo early in that drive they still could have had reasonable time remaining for a second drive had the first one failed.
 

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The questions asked shouldn’t even have been about the kick. If I’m a reporter in that room I’m going with, “So you have the ball with 4 min to go and 3 timeouts from your own 22. How in the name of Rick Upchurch does it take you 4 entire minutes to gain 32 yards?”

If they used tempo early in that drive they still could have had reasonable time remaining for a second drive had the first one failed.
he also said he wated to use up the clock so that seattle wouild have no time left he way overthink this denver played well on def in the 2nd haif esp in the 4th q this is why every team should hire a madden player to scout the team u play that week and to go over game management like what to do on 3rd 4th last 2 min of both haifs and last 4 min of game

u can laugh at this but most playbooks in madden are 99% ture to life and someone said a few years ago Rams DC Rheem morris wouild do this
 

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The questions asked shouldn’t even have been about the kick. If I’m a reporter in that room I’m going with, “So you have the ball with 4 min to go and 3 timeouts from your own 22. How in the name of Rick Upchurch does it take you 4 entire minutes to gain 32 yards?”

If they used tempo early in that drive they still could have had reasonable time remaining for a second drive had the first one failed.
The coaching at the end of the both halves was fucking abysmal. He called 3 straight runs from the shotgun at the one inch line….not to mention the complete tire fire at the end of the game. That was seriously one of the worst coached games
I have eher seen and his post game press conference was a complete clown show.
He will probably get a 2nd year out of pity (and not wanting to admit how awful the original decision was) but there’s no doubt in my mind Hackett is the new Adam Gase
 

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Off D
Def B+ or A-
special teams c
Coaching F

yeah we won but at this rate if the off keep going at this pace denver will only win 7-8 games and waste a top 5 def
 

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I was at the game - literally one of the worst nfl games I’ve ever watched. Natives are already very restless; if I was Hackett I would rent not buy. 13 penalties plus another three or four declined? Good grief.
 

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yes it does not look good but i think they were looking ahead to next week in primetime plus a win next week and a 4-1 start is on the table

looking back at it mcdaniel or daboll shouild been the choice but denver has a borderline top 5 def clean up the penaltles and this team will be in most every game