Denver Broncos Thread

Overall im happy enough so far. I guess you never know how things with pan out in the NFL with injuries etc.

I see Harris has signed a 1 year deal and Wolfe is going to the Ravens. Wouuld have liked to keep around aswell.

I think Lock is still my major worry. Once teams have a bit more tape on him he might start forcing things / turnovers. I think he had some very lucky moments last season.

Defo need a speedster with first pick in the draft. Open up the deep threat and lot more and that should help Sutton out aswell.

Running back with interesting to see how that plays out. I think Gorgon will get 70% of the snaps to start with and they will adjust from there.

Boles still worries me even though he finished the season a bit better.

We had a very tough schedule last season aswell so will be good to see that along with draft picks before judging if playoffs could be achievable ....(lets hope extra stop comes in this season)

I'm optimistic but I felt that way the last few seasons too.The defense has the potential to be very good getting a full season out of the likes of chubb Miller and Callahan will be key .Hopefully Lock can take strives forward this season and we see some of these exciting offensive players take off.
I see us somewhere between 8 and 11 wins and a playoff spot should definitely be our aim but we are in a tough division with a tough schedule. We know the Chiefs are ahead of us and tbh were probaly on the same level as the raiders and chargers atm .If we come out of next season knowing we dont have to worry about our starting Qb for a while I would be pretty happy no matter how the season goes .

yeah that's right .We have the saints and bucs at home ,Atlanta and Carolina arnt half as tough road games.Trips to Foxborough and Pittsburgh are never easy even though them two look as if they might be weak enough next season .

Interesting101 wrote: »

Who knows what will happen but we can dream.
Might manage an 8-8 or 9-7 if things go well :0)

I know most NFL fans view the upcoming season through rose-tinted glasses, and there's certainly nothing wrong with that. For the Joseph years, I couldn't even have the pleasure of a little false hope entering a season.

This year is different though, and let me explain why....

Starting with last year. We finished 7-9, not bad for a team that had to start the ghost of Joe Flacco, Brandon Allen and a rookie QB. Said rookie went 4-1 stepping in to a 3-8 team. I don't think it is unreasonable to expect he can improve on his performance over his first 5 games, and that would be a huge upgrade over the level of QB play we saw last year.

Courtland Sutton looked like a star at times (even with the aforementioned Flacco and Allen throwing his way and no legitimate #2 WR threat on the team) That was addressed and more in this draft with the addition of Jeudy and Hamler in rounds 1 and 2 respectively.

Now I generally can't get behind the idea that we know who had a good draft until the players hit the field, but I certainly like the attitude of building around your QB and giving him the tools he needs to succeed. I was tough on Fant his rookie year (some fo the drops and effort shown on some plays was worrying) but he seemed to hit his groove in the second half of the season, and showed a lot to be hopeful for going into his second year.

The OL is an area for concern, and not much was done to address what was a huge weakness for the team, but Lock was only sacked 3 times over the final 5 games of the season (compared with 35 between Flacco and Allen in the previous 12). Mike Munchak has another year to work with an unchanged squad, so there is a bit of continuity at least (possibly straw-grasping here a bit!!)

The defense, while not quite living up to my expectation last year, showed some flashes of being a dominant unit, and another year learning Fangio's scheme should see improvement (I think I remember reading that his schemes can be complex and need a bit of bedding in) , not to mention we will hopefully get Bradley Chubb back, fit and healthy. We missed him for almost the entire season, and to have him and Miller bookend the line should be fun to see again.

CHJ loss will be felt I'm sure, but adding Bouye and getting Callahan back (he missed the entirety of last year I think) mean that overall secondary will be stronger.

Lastly, the Broncos blew a lot of close games last year, 3 spring to mind during the early part of the season where we could have won all 3, should have won 2, but ultimately won zero. That was the difference between a losing season and a berth in the playoffs. While we do share a division with the Chiefs, I'd like to think we are significantly better than the Raiders and Chargers at the moment, and expect to see a wild card berth (expanded playoffs this year too??) definitely anything less than a Wild Card with a playoff win would be disappointing for me.

BonnieSituation wrote: »

Rypien starting against Jets

8th different starting QB since Manning retired!

Trevor Siemian
Paxton Lynch (!)
Brock Osweiler (ii)
Case Keenum
Joe Flacco
Drew Lock
Brandon Allen
Brett Rypien

Good grief.

The wheels came off this season in hurry. I've actually never seen anything like it. I read an article that Denver only have 50% of (this years) possible cap spend available to them this week!

The 49ers have arguably as bad an injury list however and seem competitive, although I wager that will ultimately catch up with them as well.

Obligatory post Round 1 draft pick discussion................and I understand I don't know as much as the GM of the team

I have to say, I'm a bit gutted we did not grab one of the QBs left on the board at #9

I know, Surtain is as close to a sure fire corner as you are likely to get, and any other year, i would be delighted with the pick.

But, it's not every year you end up with a top 10 pick (please god, not again) and to have one of the touted QBs drop into our laps and we pass because we have Drew Lock and Teddy Bridgewater makes no sense to me. And looking at what Chicago gave up to move up a few spots in the draft to nab Fields makes me wonder, if we fielded any similar offers from teams to move into #9 if we knew we weren't going to go QB.

rebelyell99 wrote: »

I hope they plan on making a push for Rodgers or Watson ,a QB competition between lock and Bridgewater doesnt really get me excited. Surtain for sure will be a great player just a weird pick it wasnt our most urgent need.

I'm not buying into the Rodger trade stuff at all and Watson, I'm not sure he can survive all of the ongoing allegations against him, nor could I see myself being particularly happy about the team picking him up at all even if he did tbh.

I know what you mean about Lock and Bridgewater though, it feels like rinse and repeat from seasons gone by. I can't fathom it at all. What do they know about Fields and Jones that turned them off....and what do they know about the current QBs that makes them satisfied?

I suppose we'll have to wait until it all plays out, but surely there must have been interest in teams to trade into #9 when the two QBs fell. Perhaps they were so sure we were going to take one that the phone didn't ring....who knows?

It seems like Fangio went with Bridgewater as he thinks hes the safer option wont throw as many ints etc but everyone knows what you get with Bridgewater hell just check the ball down and play it safe he is a mediocre QB at the Nfl level . If I was drew lock I would demand to be traded to a team that would give him a shot .I just dont see how Bridgewater can compete with the likes of Mahomes and Herbert twice a year ,we should have just drafted fields if we wernt gonna start lock ,Bridgewater is just gonna be another case Keenum.