The Officially Official 2016 Defending Super Bowl Champion Denver Broncos Thread

[Spirit]

Pre-season football and the Mark Sanchez era has begun.

 

May God have mercy on our souls.

 

 

 

[arch stanton]

Looking forward to the title defense. Bring it on

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

2016 depends on the QB play and whether or not there's a championship hangover on the defensive side of the ball.  They lost Jackson and Treviathan from last year which hurts but I think they still have the talent to be fine on defense assume Talib can refrain from Plaxico Burressing himself.  I'm still in shock they won it last year because I said the only way it happens is if the defense played out of their minds which I no way in hell expected to happen.  I really can't complain about anything that happens this year or the next few after they won it all last year.  Hopefully Lynch or the other kid develop into the long term answer at QB.

 

[Spirit]

The defense is going to be outstanding again this year.  But not 2015 outstanding.  

Defense and special teams will put this team on their backs and the offense just needs to be good enough to not lose the games for them.  

I think they'll end up losing in the playoffs before the AFC Championship game. 

 

(Hope I'm wrong)

 

 

[arch stanton]

I just hope they did something about the OL. That was ugly at times.

[Spirit]

On August 11, 2016 at 6:09 PM, Geoff said:

Pre-season football and the Mark Sanchez era has begun.

 

May God have mercy on our souls.

 

 

 

 

The Mark Sanchez era has ended.

Thank you, God! 

 

 

 

[nate]

Lol

[Tank]

Man, I thought for sure that holding Sanchez out of the last two preseason games meant he was a lock to start! 

[arch stanton]

Yeah it turns out he doesn't even need help from an OL's butt to fumble.

[Spirit]

I'm not feeling very good about tonight's game.  But ... what the hell.  Here we go!!!

 

 

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[Catwhoshatinthehat]

They turned the ball over 3 times tonight all of which were in FG range while 1 was in the red zone.  They slowed down on offense yardage wise in the second half yet they still came back from down 10 points to win.  Damn good start to the season considering I thought this could have gone a lot differently. 

[Spirit]

So far, it's the best game of the 2016 season. 

 

 

[arch stanton]

The O-line looks so much better this year. They'll be tough to beat with a lead.

[Tank]

16 hours ago, Geoff said:

So far, it's the best game of the 2016 season. 

 

 

true, how long can they keep winning? so far this whole season they've only outscored their opponents by 1 point. 

[arch stanton]

The 4th quarter field goal defense is kicking ass so far...

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[Catwhoshatinthehat]

I'm in shock that they're 3-0.  I thought going into Cincy they would lose something like 20-13 but instead the defense did it's part and Siemian threw 4 TD's which isn't something a Broncos QB did in 2015.  Each game Siemian has gotten better and while I don't think yesterdays game means he's going to be a stud it's good to see that he was more than just a game manager.  It was also great seeing Shane Ray with 3 sacks helping to pick up the slack while Ware is out.  

[arch stanton]

That TD pass to Thomas was a thing of beauty. Manning hasn't been able to make that throw in 5 or 6 years.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

I'll have to take your word for it because now that the Rams are back we seem to get them, the Raiders and Chargers as the televised games.  At least this week we had 3 games and I realize they were close but I really wish they didn't televise the Rams and Chargers right now.

[arch stanton]

The long TD's to Thomas and Sanders both came from the same call against the same defense that left the receiver one-on-one on the left side with no deep safety help. Sanders flat out beat Jones and scored easily. The guy on Thomas had good coverage but the throw was just a perfect rainbow and Thomas was able to use his body to get enough shield to make the catch.

A lot of his shorter, quicker throws were off target but those two and the other TD to Sanders were beautifully thrown. He's a work in progress but barring injury we won't see Lynch this season.

The run D misses Jackson and Walker.

Sambralio isn't ready to start at tackle in the NFL.

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[arch stanton]

I liked what I saw from Lynch but the OL has to get a lot better.

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