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Originally Posted by Top Of The Park
Denver had the second best offense in the league this last year. Simple. BTW...watch Cutler in Chicago and how he transforms that team and then bitch about him. Meanwhile Denver will be lucky to win 6. Then next year, when we could have gotten another good QB, with the first round choice we traded away, tell me how smart it was to give it away...especially if the player doesn't make the team.
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Number 2 in yards, far down the list in scoring. I can't find the stat right now, but they where particularly bad in second half scoring.
I think McDaniels has the team moving in the right direction. The worst part of the defense last year wasn't the front 7, it was incredibly bad tackling in the secondary. We forced very few turnovers simply because teams (particularly late in games) didn't have to run very many plays to score. 5 yards gains became touchdowns because the safety play (and to a lesser extent the corner play) was simply that bad.
McDaniels knows this, because that's exactly what New England exploited last year when they blew the Broncos off the field. By improving the toughness and ability in the secondary he's going to force offenses to actually stay on the field. We're not going to have a good defense by any means, but he has taken steps to plug up the most glaring holes. This defense had gotten so bad, however, that it's going to take a couple of seasons to mend it.