[CBFF] Game Comments: Denver Broncos 11/25/07

[Jason Cetina]

On the Grossman/Berrian pick, Grossman had the right read, and a 
catchable throw. I have *never* seen Berrian fight for the ball. Ever. 
Somebody needs to show him game tapes of old school Moss, 'cause thats 
how he needs to play if he wants the big money.

On Fred Miller, I honestly expected him to be benched during the game. 
He played awful.

Finally (for the offensive stuff), you are right about the offensive 
performance, but thats what playing against Dre Bly and Champ Bailey 
does to most QBs. I think Turner dialed the game plan way back 
(appropriately) to protect Rex. Even though it was ugly, the mule-headed 
insistence on running the ball setup the beautiful OT play action to 
Clark. Grossman threw some great passes today, but was victimized by drops.

On the defensive side of the ball, Tillman and Ogunleye played big games 
today. You didn't mention it, but they deserved mad props. Tillman had a 
pick, a couple of endzone deflections, and the blocked punt.

-
Jason

Tom Shannon wrote:
> http://bloggeddrain.typepad.com/cbff/2007/11/game-comments-d.html
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> Offense
>
> 1.      Grossman may be sensing the pass rush better since he came back.
> Certainly his movement in the pocket continues to look better than last
> year.
>
> 2.      Three minutes left in the first quarter. The defense has just held
> Denver to a field goal after yet another inexcusable turnover. Grossman's
> pre-snap read says Berrian is in single coverage. "Screw it," he says, "I'm
> unleashing the dragon." Rare back and throw with no consideration as to
> whether Berrian is actually covered and.... just like that, the defense
> comes right back onto the field (again). [head shaking in disgust] What do
> you say? Why don't the Bears just skip the offense and special teams, get it
> over with and just leave the defense out there all game?
>
> 3.      Grossman fumbles - see number 2.
>
> 4.      As Dan Dierdorf correctly pointed out, Denver was crowding the line
> and stacking the box on first down. They were daring the Bears to throw.
> Looked a lot like the bad old John Shoop days.
>
> 5.      Too many dropped passes. Maybe the weather conditions contributed.
>
> 6.      The offensive line was absolutely being handled. They just could not
> protect Grossman on passing downs. Too many costly penalties at terrible
> times. Honestly, could John St. Clair possibly be worse at right tackle than
> Fred Miller? If he is then he doesn't belong on the roster. If he isn't then
> he ought to be in there. Probably the worst performance by the line all
> year.
>
> 7.      Upon reconsideration, I'm wrong. It wasn't the worst performance by
> the line all year. It was probably the worst performance by the entire
> offense all year.
>
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> Defense
>
> 1.      The defensive line looked better today. Better at the point of
> attack on the run. Better on the four man pass rush.
>
> 2.      Nice, nice hit by Lance Briggs causing the fumble in the second
> quarter. Helmet right on the ball.
>
> 3.      Anybody watch the screen play in the second quarter that got the
> Broncos to the four yard line with 30 seconds left? They should show that
> film to the Bear offensive line on a loop for an entire week. That's how its
> done.
>
> 4.      To balance out those given up by the Bear offense, fantastic to see
> the Bear defense getting turnovers today. That's so critically important to
> them. Getting the pressure on a young quarterback like Jay Cutler certainly
> helped with that.
>
> 5.      The Broncos spent a good part of the game picking on Adam Archuleta.
>
> 6.      Brian Urlacher can't be losing his temper like he did drawing the
> unsportsman like penalty in the fourth quarter today. I appreciate that he
> was upset. So was I. But he's a veteran not some kid. That can't happen.
>
> 7.      The defense was burned badly by the big play today. The scheme, when
> executed correctly, is designed to prevent those, make a team work down the
> field and to keep the opposition from scoring a touchdown when in the red
> zone with a short field. They didn't do it.
>
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> Miscellaneous
>
> 1.      The Bears looked like they came out very motivated, especially on
> defense. You could tell that this was a must win.
>
> 2.      Dear CBS: Thank you for sending Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf. They
> were great. But the camera angle from behind the end zone during punts
> stinks. Please don't do it anymore. 
>
> 3.      What did Devin Hester think he was doing with that fumbled punt in
> the first quarter? I mean seriously, where was the man's mind? There is one
> thing that will surely kill the Bears as absolutely as anything you can
> think of and that is turnovers.
>
> 4.      On the positive side, as I watched Hester score the first time on
> the punt return in the third quarter, I was reminded of the comments
> <http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/rumors/post/Broncos-won-t-play-quot-chicken-poo
> p-game-to-?urn=nfl,54732>  by ex-Bears punter and current Denver punter,
> Todd Sauerbrun:
>
> 'We're not going to play chicken-[poop] ball. We're not going to kick away
> from him.'' 
>
> Nice to know that Sauerbrun is still thinking with his testicles. Heaven
> knows as a Bear he never did it with his head.
>
> 5.      Lots and lots of penalties today. Pretty sloppy.
>
> 6.      Actually, pretty sloppy describes the whole darned game. Sloppy
> weather. Sloppy play, especially by the offense. Its really unbelievable
> that they had a chance to win, much less that they won. I know this is
> pretty negative and you take a win any way you can get it. But if this is
> the way that they play must win games, they won't win many.
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