Game Thread: Broncos/Bears! Football is back!

[Duffman]

Hey @Draft Crazy what can you tell me about Dilion Day the Center? Does he have a shot to make the team?

 

[Orange Crush77]

V. Dora looked good. Shane Ray is going to be a monster

 

[Orange Crush77]

I love this defense!!!!!

 

[Draft Crazy]

Hey @Draft Crazy what can you tell me about Dilion Day the Center? Does he have a shot to make the team?

IMO, not much of a shot to make the team active roster, but should go back to the PS.

IMO the top two are set with Paradis and Ferentz and we won't keep 3 unless one of them plays OG. I think Day will spend the majority of the season on our PS. He might have a chance next year as he continues to develop. Sadly, with Paradis and Ferentz being young (not sure when Ferentz contract is up) Day's best chance may not be in Denver long term.

 

[CEH]

Who is #68 Dora the Explorer? 2 sacks

 

[Draft Crazy]

At the end of the day the biggest accomplishment was no injuries.

 

[MileHigh64]

I think that there were two significant stories that came out of last night's game:

1. The Broncos defense is ridiculously deep. They could actually be better than 2015.
2. The Bears are a lesser opponent and the Broncos did what a better team should do to a lesser opponent. They dominated.

 

[Draft Crazy]

Hard to take away much from a PS game to be honest. But I would rather look good then bad. We still have work to do, as do the Bears. The Bears D will be pretty good come regular season. I'm not ready to call our D better or deeper after 1 PS game. There is no way they are better 1 game into PS. But we are headed on the right path to get to where we want to be.

 

[CEH]

The Bears were unprepared to play an NFL game last night. Fox should be ashamed of the product he put on the field last night.

 

[Draft Crazy]

The Bears really have very little depth other then at RB... Their defense will have them in most games. Their offense won't get them to the next level, but if Jeffrey stays healthy and Kevin White steps up they could be good enough for a playoff push.

 

[megalodon30]

And the first shutout of the season goes to... the Denver Broncos. Sure, it's a meaningless game, but it's still good to see. Makes me real excited to see the D this year.

The QB's, however? Meh. At first, it was, alright, Mark Sanchez! Then I was like ugh, Mark Sanchez, SMH. Pretty ho-hum besides that. But if the defense is as good as should be, the offense should be okay. Just don't turn the ball over and we should walk into the playoffs.

 

[Dr Cyanide 28]

Man do the bears suck lol

Oh hai everyone

 

[CEH]

Watched every throw of lynch
Vs
Wentz

I like Paxton mobility and accuracy more

Elway maybe have done it again

Didn't trade the farm and got the better QB

 

[Draft Crazy]

"May" being the key word. Goes without saying, but 1 PS game means nothing on especially beings the first live in game snaps these guys have seen.

QB's take a bit.

 

[iknowftbll]

I know it is PS but when was the last time we had a comfortable lead?

Well the 14 point lead with just a couple minutes remaining in the Super Bowl was pretty comfortable!

 

[CEH]

"May" being the key word. Goes without saying, but 1 PS game means nothing on especially beings the first live in game snaps these guys have seen.

QB's take a bit.

Also the opinion of John Lynch. Tho those two may be related.

 

[Draft Crazy]

Well the 14 point lead with just a couple minutes remaining in the Super Bowl was pretty comfortable!

I'm talking sooner then a couple of minutes though.

Packers game was about the only comfortable game in the second half last year.

I don't know if my blood pressure can hold up a 2nd year in a row.

 

[megalodon30]

Man do the bears suck lol

Oh hai everyone

You would think they'd be better with that many of our castoffs.

 

[Draft Crazy]

The Bears will be tougher come regular season. Let's relax a bit. This was the first live in game action since last December for them. Hard to judge a team by that. Few years ago the team that won the SB went 0-4 in PS.

 

[cdumler7]

Well have a computer here for a few minutes so figured get some thoughts out real quick. First off even if it was preseason it was awesome to watch the Broncos play somebody other than each other again! Man have I missed this. When I get home tomorrow I'll have to rewatch the game because a few things at first glance made me do some double takes...

1) Not sure if anybody else noticed this but the Broncos had a new formation they played with last night. It was put Simmons in the single high deep safety position and have both Stewart and Ward playing in the linebacker positions near the LOS. I had heard rumors that this is exactly what Phillips wants to be able to do but he didn't have that 3rd safety that allowed him to do that last year.

2) As DC keeps saying it was a preseason game so always take everything with a grain of salt but I thought all 3 QB's had decent moments. While I don't think any of the QB's really separated themselves a whole lot I also think the game eased at least my mind for a week that we might be ok at the QB position. We won't have a star by any means but we might have a competent QB.

3) Biggest disappointment for me was some of the OL struggles. Been hearing so many good things about them but man those holding penalties killed so many of our drives. Now I know they were playing with some back ups in and of course rotating like that can cause confusion and such but still wish they would have shown a little better. Now I will say there was one play that there was like a 5 yard hole open for the RB! We didn't hardly see that at all last year so good to see the OL opening some huge holes.

4) Anybody a little more nervous this year for having McManus as our kicker? I've been hearing that he hasn't been as sharp in camp this year as last year and then went 2-4 last night. Not going to panic but he just doesn't look quite as confident.

5) I have to say I was very impressed with Latimer last night. He looks like a different player this year and ready to really break out. I know we don't do a ton of 3-wide sets but I hope we find a way to get the ball in his hands.

6) I thought our rookie class maybe showed the best of any rookie class we have had for a 1st preseason game. Gotsis was a beast up the middle. For a guy still working back from an ACL injury he looked ready to go and could become an impact player this year! Lynch while he had some struggles getting rid of the ball on time showed great accuracy and showed his ability to run. Simmons looks like he could be a rookie of the year candidate. They seem very excited about him. Then Booker I thought looked the best of the RB's yesterday. Ran with purpose all but one of his runs and made a very nice catch that was down by his knees. Will Parks was another that showed really well! Only guy that I thought didn't show great was McGovern. I watched him blow a couple of blocking assignments.

Anyway going to stop there but for a first preseason game plenty of promise shown for all areas of our team. Again it is preseason but I feel much better about our team than I would if I were a Bears fan right now.