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Discussion: All things Broncos.

[TheChamp]

Originally Posted by Mecca

It's really hard to have confidence to make a throw when the defense has CB's 4 and 5 on the field.

This looks just like last year..when you rely on old players to be key players and need a QB to play above his head, the wheels generally fall off when you get an ass ton of road games.

The denial in you is strong. I understand, though. Just when you thought the road going through Denver was finally cleared for a bit, we jump back into the picture.

You guys have a very good team, though, honestly. Probably the best team since I've been posting online (10 to 15 years), which is why it's finally worth it for me to come around and chat with you guys.

[Quesadilla Joe]

Touchdown Trevor Siemian Is Your God Now

The NFL has a quarterback problem, and that problem is that 31 teams have quarterbacks who are not Trevor Siemian.

Trevor Siemian—Touchdown Trevor, T-Money, the Treviathan, Slim Siemian, the Trevor-Ending Story, Forever Trevor—threw four touchdowns Sunday in a 42-17 win over the Cowboys, putting him solely atop the NFL’s leaderboard with six on the season. This is true. I didn’t make this up. At time of publication, no quarterback has thrown more touchdowns in the 2017 NFL season than Trevor Siemian, and no quarterback is tied with Trevor Siemian. He has a rushing touchdown, too, and perhaps most importantly, his Broncos are 2-0.

This is shocking to me, as a person who watched Siemian play college football at Northwestern. Let’s look at Siemian’s year-to-year stats since his senior year of college.

2014, Northwestern: 228-for-392, 58.2 percent, 5.6 YPA, seven touchdowns, 11 interceptions

2015, Denver: Zero statistics. (He did have one INCREDIBLE kneel-down, and won a Super Bowl ring.)

2016, Denver: 289-for-486, 59.5 percent, 7.0 YPA, 18 touchdowns, 10 interceptions

2017, Denver: 39-for-60, 65.0 percent, 7.5 YPA, six touchdowns, two interceptions

You’d expect Siemian’s statistics to get worse as he progressed from Big Ten play to the NFL. But no! Siemian has gotten better, every year, at everything. By 2020, I wholeheartedly expect him to be completing 100 percent of his passes for 99 yards per attempt.

In college, Siemian’s only asset was his strong arm. His accuracy was suspect, and his hesitance to actually use his strong arm made him famous—his teammates nicknamed him “Checkdown Trevor.” But his growth has been incredible. Broncos blog Mile High Report broke down some throws Siemian made Week 1 against the Chargers, and found Siemian had improved considerably since his first year as a starter. The inaccurate, indecisive quarterback I remembered from college is gone, replaced by a player who is consistently making speedy, smart reads before delivering precise passes to multiple parts of the field. He was even better against Dallas, leading his offense to five touchdowns a week after the Cowboys held the Giants to three total points. Look at this damn touchdown:



But now Siemian is doing the most improbable thing of all. He’s not the replacement-level player the Broncos had hoped for. In a league starved for quarterback play that isn’t actively harmful, Siemian is actually good.

https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2017/9...iemian-cowboys

[TEX]

Originally Posted by TheChamp

The denial in you is strong. I understand, though. Just when you thought the road going through Denver was finally cleared for a bit, we jump back into the picture.

You guys have a very good team, though, honestly. Probably the best team since I've been posting online (10 to 15 years), which is why it's finally worth it for me to come around and chat with you guys.

The memory in you is poor. He has a valid point. Denver has played TWO HOME games and gets 4 out of 5 to open the season. They were in it last year too early on, until KC came calling, and then they had to take their show on the road the 2nd half.

[Mile High Mania]

Originally Posted by TEX

The memory in you is poor. He has a valid point. Denver has played TWO HOME games and gets 4 out of 5 to open the season. They were in it last year too early on, until KC came calling, and then they had to take their show on the road the 2nd half.

Last season, KC met Denver for the first time after the bye week (week 11).

Denver was 7-3 at the time, having played 5 road games (3-2) and 5 home games (4-1). Chiefs came calling and doinked that OT win in grand fashion.

Their six games after the bye were split evenly home and on the road. Lost to KC twice, @ TN by a FG and at home to the Patriots. Sucks, but it is what it was...

The offense looks MUCH better through 2 games this year where they have produced 8 offensive TDs... compared to 2016, they only produced 3 offensive TDs through 2 games last year. Quite a different story in 2017 and speaks to a better style of offense, healthier players and a team that actually believes a little bit in the QB.

Things could very well end up in the same place as 2016, but through 2 games - the offense is more than living up to their share of the production and not just relying upon the defense to win it.

[KranzDictum]

Originally Posted by TEX

The memory in you is poor. He has a valid point. Denver has played TWO HOME games and gets 4 out of 5 to open the season. They were in it last year too early on, until KC came calling, and then they had to take their show on the road the 2nd half.

It's all about the air for you right? Not the fact that Broncos lost all of their RB's and had to start a street FA in the 2nd half of the season or that they lost their HC for a week, DC for another week, lost their starting QB for a couple games.

I bet had they played all their games at home they would have won them all. I bet if most teams played all their games at home they would win more than normal.

That is why they call it home field advantage. Big deal. Find another excuse to hang your 40+ year old hat on.

[O.city]

Donks look good. Run d seems to be much better than last year.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Originally Posted by Mile High Mania

Last season, KC met Denver for the first time after the bye week (week 11).

Denver was 7-3 at the time, having played 5 road games (3-2) and 5 home games (4-1). Chiefs came calling and doinked that OT win in grand fashion.

Their six games after the bye were split evenly home and on the road. Lost to KC twice, @ TN by a FG and at home to the Patriots. Sucks, but it is what it was...

The offense looks MUCH better through 2 games this year where they have produced 8 offensive TDs... compared to 2016, they only produced 3 offensive TDs through 2 games last year. Quite a different story in 2017 and speaks to a better style of offense, healthier players and a team that actually believes a little bit in the QB.

Things could very well end up in the same place as 2016, but through 2 games - the offense is more than living up to their share of the production and not just relying upon the defense to win it.

Semen is looking to be the next game manager in the AFCW. That's what you need right now. I'm impressed but I think Dallas is gonna be an 8-8 team this year so that ass kickin can be taken for what it is. The way this season unfolds between the AFCW teams is gonna be fun to watch.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by penbrook

Garrett Bolles has a lower leg bone bruise. What a ****ing pussy. Dude was crying like his season was over with. Later to find out he's week to week. When Eric Berry tore his Achilles he wasn't crying. His face was like ****a please I beat cancer.

So Garrett Bolles was crying and got carted off the field for a bruise? Well, that poor little angel. Maybe his mama will kiss it and make it better.

[BlackOp]

Originally Posted by Mile High Mania

No, I think my posts are more geared towards Blackop and his excuses.

Nope..you guys were talking the same shit last season. It's nearly identical...new offense in the thin air. Took DC's a bit to gameplan and once they did, Semen posted back to back sub 20 QBRs with the playoffs on the line.

Semen/Donks started averaging 25.2 PPG in the first 5...and fell to 13.4 over the last 5. Almost a 50% decline. That 13.4 is padded by the 24 points they scored against a Carr-less Raiders in week 17. Scrub that last, meaningless game and they averaged just 10.75 over the 4 games before...3 of 4 were on the road. He played his worst during the most important stretch of games.

They have played the Chargers and Cowboys (with their starting 3 CBs gone), in the thin air, with no game tape. I guarantee you that will be the most wide-open Semenboy sees his WRs all season.

Get your hopes up...

[DomCasual]

Originally Posted by stevieray

BS..because it's so easy to get out of a hole after five games. it IS a big deal..who else in the league gets that? And you know why? Geography.

Oh. and look, ONCE AGAIN Chiefs get Pats on the road, and you get them at home.

You do realize that this is from a preset formula that doesn't change from year to year, right?

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by DomCasual

preset formula

that gives you your tough games at home?

so shocked.

[CrossCheck]

Broncos Wire‏Verified account @TheBroncosWire · 10h10 hours ago

#Broncos RT Menelik Watson allowed five pressures — 2 sacks, 2 QB hits and 1 hurry — last night, per @PFF.



Pro Football Focus, gave Watson a 29.5 overall grade for his performance in Week 2, the worst grade among all offensive tackles this week.



Justin Houston is licking his chops

[DomCasual]

Originally Posted by stevieray

that gives you your tough games at home?

so shocked.

Well, yeah. It determines all of your home and away games. There is no wiggle room to it.

Here you go. Read this, and have one less conspiracy theory to worry about.

http://operations.nfl.com/the-game/c...-nfl-schedule/

[DomCasual]

Originally Posted by CrossCheck

Broncos Wire‏Verified account @TheBroncosWire · 10h10 hours ago

#Broncos RT Menelik Watson allowed five pressures — 2 sacks, 2 QB hits and 1 hurry — last night, per @PFF.



Pro Football Focus, gave Watson a 29.5 overall grade for his performance in Week 2, the worst grade among all offensive tackles this week.



Justin Houston is licking his chops

In his case, the PFF analysis confirms the way it looks to us low-level cretins watching the games. He sucks.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by CrossCheck

Broncos Wire‏Verified account @TheBroncosWire · 10h10 hours ago

#Broncos RT Menelik Watson allowed five pressures — 2 sacks, 2 QB hits and 1 hurry — last night, per @PFF.



Pro Football Focus, gave Watson a 29.5 overall grade for his performance in Week 2, the worst grade among all offensive tackles this week.



Justin Houston is licking his chops

He should be. The shoe turns and the worm drops when you face teams with multiple edge rushers.