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Discussion: All things Broncos.

[Pablo]

Russet saw his shadow so it's 5 more months of interceptions.

[FlaChief58]

Originally Posted by New World Order

So Knowmo is Russ playing tonight or are you all holding the secret sauce til regular season?

There's a game tonight?

[Coochie liquor]

Originally Posted by Quesadilla Joe

In two-minute period, things got rough for the Broncos offense

BY ANDREW MASON
Senior Broncos Writer
Aug 4, 2023, 2:50 PM
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Broncos training camp always hits another gear when the team runs a two-minute period for the first time. That situation reveals truth.

And one thing was immediately evident: The timing needs work. And pre-snap penalties, a bugaboo during last year’s wrecked season, remain a problem.

Given a scenario in which it needed to drive 75 yards to a touchdown in the final 1:48 of regulation, the offense immediately went backwards with a pair of false-start penalties, leaving Russell Wilson and Co. in first-and-20 before a second elapsed.

“I just finished talking about it,” Broncos coach Sean Payton said after practice, referring to his message to the team as he gathered it following the session, which lasted over two hours. “We had too many fouls there with the officials here. Before you ever really get going, you put yourself in a hole. It’s something we have to improve on.”

The offense never emerged from that hole. Wilson hit Samaje Perine for a 4-yard gain one play later, but on second-and-15, defensive lineman Jonathan Harris got his hand up on a pass and deflected it. Randy Gregory snagged the errant pass and ran in for a pick-6, and that was that.

It didn’t go much better for the second-team offense against the No. 2 defense. Although a defensive-holding penalty allowed the unit to move the chains once, it went backwards after advancing to its 45-yard line. A low shotgun snap from Luke Wattenberg to Jarrett Stidham resulted in a 7-yard loss, and another pre-snap penalty left the offense in fourth-and-18, from which it could not recover.

Payton gave the No. 1 offense and defense one more duel, this time with 1:29 on the clock, one timeout and a 3-0 deficit. Wilson fared better, hitting Courtland Sutton twice and Jerry Jeudy once — with the Jeudy catch coming on third-and-7 — to move the offense to the defense’s 34-yard line.

From there, Brett Maher coolly drilled a 52-yard field goal as time expired.

Payton said the first scenario was called “Neat Seven,” with the second one dubbed “Neat Three.”

“Typically, we will do a couple of different situations,” Payton said.

And the No. 1 offense was thankful, because the second scenario provided some slight redemption after a disastrous first try.

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[Pasta Little Brioni]

Originally Posted by Quesadilla Joe

Way to gloss over the 4th down conversion. Also, you need to factor in the caliber of defense they’re going against.

A defense Pat averages 30 on?

[RaidersOftheCellar]

Originally Posted by JohnnyHammersticks

YAYYYYYYYYY, THEY GOT A FIELD GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pepe Silvia]

Originally Posted by Pablo

Russet saw his shadow so it's 5 more months of interceptions.

No more spicy subs for him.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Coochie liquor

Payton gave the No. 1 offense and defense one more duel, this time with 1:29 on the clock, one timeout and a 3-0 deficit. Wilson fared better, hitting Courtland Sutton twice and Jerry Jeudy once — with the Jeudy catch coming on third-and-7 — to move the offense to the defense’s 34-yard line.

So they drove 41 yards in 90 seconds with a timeout?

Payton has to feel like a parent whose older child graduated with honors and went off to college, and now he's got to concentrate a dim younger child who reads well below grade level.

[Coochie liquor]

Which one of you mofo’s fooled me into thinking I was gonna see some Dungver ineptitude tonight? It’s NEXT WEEK!!

[MagicHef]

Originally Posted by Quesadilla Joe

I did not know there was a person named “Trautman” on the team.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by MagicHef

I did not know there was a person named “Trautman” on the team.

Yeah, he's like half fish/half shitty football player

[JohnnyHammersticks]

Originally Posted by MagicHef

I did not know there was a person named “Trautman” on the team.

3rd round bust with the Saints under Payton. Even though he was a bust, he was still better than anyone the Donks had, so Payton wasted another draft pick trading for him.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Would Denver be a better team if Tater was suspended 6 games? I do know KC still has a more talented defense at every level even with our suspension...uh oh

[FlaChief58]

Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brother

Would Denver be a better team if Tater was suspended 6 games? I do know KC still has a more talented defense at every level even with our suspension...uh oh

We'll find out when he gets benched in late October after they're out of the running and the donktards all check out

[Rainbarrel]

How did the Broncos get to this state of ineptitude?

A) Like the Grand Canyon, washed away a little at a time

B)John Elway

C) Payton Manning leaving a equine team curse

D) who cares

[FlaChief58]

Originally Posted by Rainbarrel

How did the Broncos get to this state of ineptitude?

A) Like the Grand Canyon, washed away a little at a time

B)John Elway

C) Payton Manning leaving a equine team curse

D) who cares

E) When you're a dirty franchise that relies on cheating to "win", eventually you have to pay the piper