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http://www.milehighreport.com/2014/...worst-game-of-the-season-in-ugly-loss-to-rams
Broncos play their worst game of the season in ugly loss to Rams
By Bronco Mike @Bronco_Mike251 on Nov 16 2014
Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports
I'm actually typing this up with about 9 minutes left in the game, but the Broncos don't have a comeback in them, not today.
What happened?
Every glaring hole and issue of this team was magnified today. The line couldn't open up running lanes, the line commits costly penalties, Manning throws poorly under pressure, receivers drop easy passes.
Sanders out with a concussion then John Fox strikes again. Then the injuries started to pour in. First to Montee Ball who looked to come back too early from a groin injury. Then to Julius Thomas who was ruled out early with an ankle injury. Then an already thin and underperforming receiving corps (I'm looking at you Wes Welker) suffered yet another blow when Emmanuel Sanders was knocked out of the game early in the 3rd quarter with a concussion.
3rd down after 3rd down of questionable decision making by #18 coupled with poor coaching that started with John Fox and his misunderstanding of situational football and permeated to Jack Del Rio who continues to leave the middle of the field wide open with soft zone coverage doomed the team to wasted opportunities.
The Rams played well but this performance had all the fingerprints of a self-inflicted loss all over it.
These problems are real
In the long run perhaps this is the best thing that could have happened to the team. The Broncos have won enough just to pull the wool over the eyes of Broncos Country. The truth is this team hasn't had a quality win since week 1 and 2 against Indianapolis and Kansas City. Since then, they have made it a habit of beating inferior talent with mediocre efforts and teams who were severely shorthanded.
The offense has no balance. Against a blitzing and stunting front they ran empty set after empty set. The offense is nothing more than Manning chucking the ball down the field which goes poorly when he is pressured consistently.
On the defensive side of the ball, they allowed their 1st 100 rusher of the season and allowed journeyman nobody Shaun Hill to convert 3rd down after 3rd down.
On this day however, the buck this week stops with the offense that could not muster more than 7 points and a Special Teams unit that is incapable of flipping field position and too inept to make a long field goal.
If you want to know what's wrong with the Broncos, that's it in a nutshell. John Fox takes chances because he's too afraid of his kicker missing the kick.
This team offensively is complete finesse and struggles time and again when faced with a tougher challenge.
The issues we see now are very real and cannot be glossed over or dismissed.
Silver lining?
The way it's looking in Kansas City, the Chiefs will pull into a 1st place tie with the Broncos in the west. The Patriots can breathe easy because no matter the outcome of tonight's game, they will not relinquish their position as the number 1 seed.
This team may be no better than a wildcard team. When the playoffs roll around, would you trust them to go on the road and win game after game en route to the super bowl? Me neither.
With all the noise Elway made in the offseason the Broncos are no closer to a championship than they were in February.
Some real changes must be made and they have 6 games to do it.
Take this opportunity to vent your frustrations, you have every right to call a spade a spade.
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Terrible
Everyone underperformed. Manning couldnt throw, receivers couldnt catch, linemen couldnt block, running backs couldnt run, defense gave up too much, and the coaches lead them into that performance. Simply terrible. This is the worst game in a long while. I had hoped the Patriot loss would wake them up. I guess not. We better wake up after this one or we may not make it to the playoffs
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The Broncos defense did their job
22 points in spite of being consistently starting on bad field position due to turnovers and Broncos offense punting from their own side of the field. They held strong in the redzone. This loss was 100% on the offense. Welkers body is just destroyed to all of the big hits Peyton has lead him into across the field and he’s dropping passes way too frequently. Without Sanders, JT and Green to give Peyton a full 5 weapon arsenal to pick from, he can’t carry an offense.
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Defense sucked.
They let the Rams look like an All-Pro offense, which they are not. No big hits. How many sacks? Too few, too few . . . and they let a running back run over them, which is the first time this season.
This team is in big trouble.
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While the offense was the biggest issue
The defense played mediocre at best. Ware and Miller arnt getting to the quarterback the last few games and it seems like were not getting the push from out DT’s up the middle either.
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FIRE FOX
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I've been a critic, but have never called for his job
I’d be okay with a mid-season change at this point, and I"m certainly in favor of an off-season change if we don’t win a SB.
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Yeah and what happened with Sanders is scary, but he's got IMHO more of a chance of playing next week than JT
Virgil Green’s calf injury is the million dollar mystery atm. However, even if he were playing, he’s not going to be doing much about those inside-rushers(see; Laurinitas, James) on the blitz or outside-to-inside stunt(see; Quinn, Robert)
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i'm not too sure this team wins the division anymore
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oh boy, oh boy, oh boy...
It’s not going to be a fun week here, is it?
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The offense deserves to be able to lay an egg every now and then and
The Defense wasn’t terrible, but they were JJUUUUST not quite good enough to bail the O out against a 3rd string QB. Against a 3rd string qb, on second thought maybe they shat the bed
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Manning is the issue
The lack of mobility is killing us. If the pocket isn’t perfect then its almost a guaranteed sack/PM emergency wounded duck.
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Manning certainly can't pass on the move
That easy flick to Ball that he had in the 1st half from like 3 yards away and still missed him was horrible. Unfortunately that’s the norm if PM gets moved from his spot.
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Lack of mobility really hurts
but having to throw the ball in 2.2 seconds or you will be sacked hurts worse!
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Will say though
Sanders was the game changer. We were just about to go on the classic Broncos points roll until McClown decided to assassinate him. That injury changed the game
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This can't be understated.
The Broncos were moving the ball well, and Sanders was making catch after catch, until he was annihilated. When he went out, it seemed to shell-shock the entire team.
We should have recovered, but the game changed after that point.
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Broncos offense did not execute
The two interceptions by Manning and the lack of running game doomed the Broncos. Manning had several open throws on third
and fourth down where the offense did not convert.
The Broncos are not guaranteed home field throughout the playoffs. It’s starting to look like the Broncos could have problems repeating as AFC
champions.
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Hats off to the Rams
They are a team with a lot of talent and put together a complete game today.
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Broncos poor play let them have a "complete game"
This Rams team sucks. It has holes all over the place. They’ve lost to some good and bad teams. But today, Broncos played like the Donkeys and Rams played their best game of the season.
If the Broncos played to their full ability, they win this game big. Instead they laid down and died.
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I would have been thrilled to have the McManus attempts (yes, one went for a TD) that our 4th down "go for it" calls proved to be
We can’t even attempt a 50 yard field goal and this team is in trouble come Winter months. He hits both of those and it’s a one score game with plenty of time. Don’t like that we aren’t even trying field goals from that distance.
Defense gave up too many big plays to a non-big play offense in this game. Q Carter was awful in coverage and the Rams knew it. Too many drops by our offense, questionable calls by Gase, and just plain misses by Manning. The offense looked like an unmade bed all game, just a mess. No running game is sounding like a broken record, but this game showed (again) what happens when you can’t keep a good DLine off balance with a running game. Ugly. Just ugly.
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Seriously disappointed in that performance. Coaching sucks I don’t see anything that john fox brings to the team. The o line is flat out terrible. If it isn’t sloppy penalties it’s giving up the same sack every game and it’s pretty clear that the coaches don’t trust them to be able to run block against good defenses. Andre caldwell gives nothing to this team his kick returns are atrocious, he’s an average WR at best. Did anyone catch his amazing attempt at a block it was brilliant.
While the WR we drafted can’t get anywhere near the field. Right now I’m wanting to see latimer in and I’m ready to see Burse in the slot because right now welker is a passenger that we can’t afford to carry. All QB struggle against pressure so not surprised to see manning struggle so to not try and attempt to run more I find bizarre. Oh and I’m getting sick of seeing the defense giving up plays on any 3rd down. So that’s my rant over I’m off for a beer.
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Where are optimists when you need them ?
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this game sucked by every measure …
well into the season the unbalance in our offense is rearing it’s ugly head. We are one dimensional and any team with a descent pass rush and competent secondary will rattle Manning. We have no running game. on fourth and one … we are throwing the ball. WTF? Our OL is in disarray in week 10. and our coaching staff is junior league. btw, whey does Fox clap when Manning throws a pick? OK, rant over.
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I'm disappointed, even slightly pissed
This team is better than this. Too much talent to let a mid-level team like the Rams beat them.
So, obviously NE was not enough of a wake-up call. Will it be this game? Next week? The next? They need to check themselves and ask if they really want it, because that team on the field today didn’t want it.
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If you go back to look at kickoff to start the game, the Rams clearly wanted to start a fight.
They were probably pissed about having their stadium taken over
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http://www.milehighreport.com/2014/...worst-game-of-the-season-in-ugly-loss-to-rams
Broncos play their worst game of the season in ugly loss to Rams
By Bronco Mike @Bronco_Mike251 on Nov 16 2014
Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports
I'm actually typing this up with about 9 minutes left in the game, but the Broncos don't have a comeback in them, not today.
What happened?
Every glaring hole and issue of this team was magnified today. The line couldn't open up running lanes, the line commits costly penalties, Manning throws poorly under pressure, receivers drop easy passes.
Sanders out with a concussion then John Fox strikes again. Then the injuries started to pour in. First to Montee Ball who looked to come back too early from a groin injury. Then to Julius Thomas who was ruled out early with an ankle injury. Then an already thin and underperforming receiving corps (I'm looking at you Wes Welker) suffered yet another blow when Emmanuel Sanders was knocked out of the game early in the 3rd quarter with a concussion.
3rd down after 3rd down of questionable decision making by #18 coupled with poor coaching that started with John Fox and his misunderstanding of situational football and permeated to Jack Del Rio who continues to leave the middle of the field wide open with soft zone coverage doomed the team to wasted opportunities.
The Rams played well but this performance had all the fingerprints of a self-inflicted loss all over it.
These problems are real
In the long run perhaps this is the best thing that could have happened to the team. The Broncos have won enough just to pull the wool over the eyes of Broncos Country. The truth is this team hasn't had a quality win since week 1 and 2 against Indianapolis and Kansas City. Since then, they have made it a habit of beating inferior talent with mediocre efforts and teams who were severely shorthanded.
The offense has no balance. Against a blitzing and stunting front they ran empty set after empty set. The offense is nothing more than Manning chucking the ball down the field which goes poorly when he is pressured consistently.
On the defensive side of the ball, they allowed their 1st 100 rusher of the season and allowed journeyman nobody Shaun Hill to convert 3rd down after 3rd down.
On this day however, the buck this week stops with the offense that could not muster more than 7 points and a Special Teams unit that is incapable of flipping field position and too inept to make a long field goal.
If you want to know what's wrong with the Broncos, that's it in a nutshell. John Fox takes chances because he's too afraid of his kicker missing the kick.
This team offensively is complete finesse and struggles time and again when faced with a tougher challenge.
The issues we see now are very real and cannot be glossed over or dismissed.
Silver lining?
The way it's looking in Kansas City, the Chiefs will pull into a 1st place tie with the Broncos in the west. The Patriots can breathe easy because no matter the outcome of tonight's game, they will not relinquish their position as the number 1 seed.
This team may be no better than a wildcard team. When the playoffs roll around, would you trust them to go on the road and win game after game en route to the super bowl? Me neither.
With all the noise Elway made in the offseason the Broncos are no closer to a championship than they were in February.
Some real changes must be made and they have 6 games to do it.
Take this opportunity to vent your frustrations, you have every right to call a spade a spade.
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Terrible
Everyone underperformed. Manning couldnt throw, receivers couldnt catch, linemen couldnt block, running backs couldnt run, defense gave up too much, and the coaches lead them into that performance. Simply terrible. This is the worst game in a long while. I had hoped the Patriot loss would wake them up. I guess not. We better wake up after this one or we may not make it to the playoffs
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The Broncos defense did their job
22 points in spite of being consistently starting on bad field position due to turnovers and Broncos offense punting from their own side of the field. They held strong in the redzone. This loss was 100% on the offense. Welkers body is just destroyed to all of the big hits Peyton has lead him into across the field and he’s dropping passes way too frequently. Without Sanders, JT and Green to give Peyton a full 5 weapon arsenal to pick from, he can’t carry an offense.
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Defense sucked.
They let the Rams look like an All-Pro offense, which they are not. No big hits. How many sacks? Too few, too few . . . and they let a running back run over them, which is the first time this season.
This team is in big trouble.
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While the offense was the biggest issue
The defense played mediocre at best. Ware and Miller arnt getting to the quarterback the last few games and it seems like were not getting the push from out DT’s up the middle either.
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FIRE FOX
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I've been a critic, but have never called for his job
I’d be okay with a mid-season change at this point, and I"m certainly in favor of an off-season change if we don’t win a SB.
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Yeah and what happened with Sanders is scary, but he's got IMHO more of a chance of playing next week than JT
Virgil Green’s calf injury is the million dollar mystery atm. However, even if he were playing, he’s not going to be doing much about those inside-rushers(see; Laurinitas, James) on the blitz or outside-to-inside stunt(see; Quinn, Robert)
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i'm not too sure this team wins the division anymore
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oh boy, oh boy, oh boy...
It’s not going to be a fun week here, is it?
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The offense deserves to be able to lay an egg every now and then and
The Defense wasn’t terrible, but they were JJUUUUST not quite good enough to bail the O out against a 3rd string QB. Against a 3rd string qb, on second thought maybe they shat the bed
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Manning is the issue
The lack of mobility is killing us. If the pocket isn’t perfect then its almost a guaranteed sack/PM emergency wounded duck.
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Manning certainly can't pass on the move
That easy flick to Ball that he had in the 1st half from like 3 yards away and still missed him was horrible. Unfortunately that’s the norm if PM gets moved from his spot.
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Lack of mobility really hurts
but having to throw the ball in 2.2 seconds or you will be sacked hurts worse!
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Will say though
Sanders was the game changer. We were just about to go on the classic Broncos points roll until McClown decided to assassinate him. That injury changed the game
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This can't be understated.
The Broncos were moving the ball well, and Sanders was making catch after catch, until he was annihilated. When he went out, it seemed to shell-shock the entire team.
We should have recovered, but the game changed after that point.
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Broncos offense did not execute
The two interceptions by Manning and the lack of running game doomed the Broncos. Manning had several open throws on third
and fourth down where the offense did not convert.
The Broncos are not guaranteed home field throughout the playoffs. It’s starting to look like the Broncos could have problems repeating as AFC
champions.
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Hats off to the Rams
They are a team with a lot of talent and put together a complete game today.
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Broncos poor play let them have a "complete game"
This Rams team sucks. It has holes all over the place. They’ve lost to some good and bad teams. But today, Broncos played like the Donkeys and Rams played their best game of the season.
If the Broncos played to their full ability, they win this game big. Instead they laid down and died.
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I would have been thrilled to have the McManus attempts (yes, one went for a TD) that our 4th down "go for it" calls proved to be
We can’t even attempt a 50 yard field goal and this team is in trouble come Winter months. He hits both of those and it’s a one score game with plenty of time. Don’t like that we aren’t even trying field goals from that distance.
Defense gave up too many big plays to a non-big play offense in this game. Q Carter was awful in coverage and the Rams knew it. Too many drops by our offense, questionable calls by Gase, and just plain misses by Manning. The offense looked like an unmade bed all game, just a mess. No running game is sounding like a broken record, but this game showed (again) what happens when you can’t keep a good DLine off balance with a running game. Ugly. Just ugly.
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Seriously disappointed in that performance. Coaching sucks I don’t see anything that john fox brings to the team. The o line is flat out terrible. If it isn’t sloppy penalties it’s giving up the same sack every game and it’s pretty clear that the coaches don’t trust them to be able to run block against good defenses. Andre caldwell gives nothing to this team his kick returns are atrocious, he’s an average WR at best. Did anyone catch his amazing attempt at a block it was brilliant.
While the WR we drafted can’t get anywhere near the field. Right now I’m wanting to see latimer in and I’m ready to see Burse in the slot because right now welker is a passenger that we can’t afford to carry. All QB struggle against pressure so not surprised to see manning struggle so to not try and attempt to run more I find bizarre. Oh and I’m getting sick of seeing the defense giving up plays on any 3rd down. So that’s my rant over I’m off for a beer.
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Where are optimists when you need them ?
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this game sucked by every measure …
well into the season the unbalance in our offense is rearing it’s ugly head. We are one dimensional and any team with a descent pass rush and competent secondary will rattle Manning. We have no running game. on fourth and one … we are throwing the ball. WTF? Our OL is in disarray in week 10. and our coaching staff is junior league. btw, whey does Fox clap when Manning throws a pick? OK, rant over.
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I'm disappointed, even slightly pissed
This team is better than this. Too much talent to let a mid-level team like the Rams beat them.
So, obviously NE was not enough of a wake-up call. Will it be this game? Next week? The next? They need to check themselves and ask if they really want it, because that team on the field today didn’t want it.
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If you go back to look at kickoff to start the game, the Rams clearly wanted to start a fight.
They were probably pissed about having their stadium taken over
