WEBVTT - Broncos Preview (10/3) 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:04.200 The game is over. New York j World Deco. You 0:00:04.480 --> 0:00:09.479 play to win the game. He's got a Broo Jets down, can't. 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:20.480 You're listening to the Official New York Jets podcast, a 0:00:20.680 --> 0:00:26.800 Jets three sixty production. What's Up Everybody? Ethan Greenberg and 0:00:26.920 --> 0:00:30.160 Rik Allen back here in the studios of the Official 0:00:30.320 --> 0:00:33.199 Jets Podcast. This week, e A and I talked to 0:00:33.479 --> 0:00:36.760 Eric Delalla of Denver Broncos dot Com. Talked about a 0:00:36.840 --> 0:00:39.720 number of things offense of the Broncos, defense of the 0:00:39.760 --> 0:00:44.400 Broncos last Monday against the Chiefs. Of course, the Broncos 0:00:44.440 --> 0:00:46.640 and chief squared off by today night, so the Broncos 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:49.120 are on a short week, coming to MetLife and just 0:00:49.240 --> 0:00:52.040 kicking things off here. Finally the Jets getting an opponent 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:54.720 on the Yeah, exactly. But I was gonna say, oh 0:00:54.840 --> 0:00:57.200 my god, I mean, I know we're talking about Jets 0:00:57.240 --> 0:01:00.920 Broncos here, but let's talk a minute here about Patrick 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:05.240 Mahomes because I was crazy just watching him on Monday 0:01:05.319 --> 0:01:07.360 night going about his business, and that was the first 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:11.320 real test of adversity he had, and unfortunately for the 0:01:11.360 --> 0:01:15.360 Broncos that came out with an unbelievable talent. And I 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:18.840 think we knew that when he came out of Texas Tech. Uh, 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:22.080 we also got to pump the brakes a little bit. 0:01:22.280 --> 0:01:24.760 Even though he is so exciting to watch, is that 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:29.240 he's five starts into his NFL career. But uh, he 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:33.960 can do some things that very few people, probably ever 0:01:34.160 --> 0:01:37.040 in the history of this league can do in terms 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:41.160 of he has crazy arm strength and he can throw 0:01:41.319 --> 0:01:45.800 from all sorts of different angles, and his mobility against 0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:50.880 the Broncos and their elite pass rush obviously led by 0:01:51.720 --> 0:01:54.840 uh Von Miller, it was something else. It was a 0:01:54.920 --> 0:01:56.760 game changer. He was there a lot of times. I 0:01:56.880 --> 0:01:59.840 thought Mahomes was dead to rights and then he gets 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:02.920 of the edge and not only is he looking to 0:02:03.320 --> 0:02:06.560 tuck the ball under, he's looking to load the ball 0:02:06.760 --> 0:02:11.560 down the field. And that was his impressed. I don't 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:13.720 know how many touchdown passes he had early in the season. 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:16.320 I think it was some kind of crazy and he 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:20.079 had one against the Broncos. But as far as the 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:23.920 coming out party Monday night football, that's pretty good. Okay, 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:26.359 real quick, here is what do you think about his 0:02:26.560 --> 0:02:29.840 nickname showtime that I thought, I don't know if it 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:32.520 was a Monday Night football nickname. But does it seem 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:36.600 forced to you know, I don't think it's like I 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:39.400 didn't say that. I said it doesn't seem forced. I 0:02:39.480 --> 0:02:43.679 thought Booker mccarland said it on Monday Night Football. I 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:48.680 didn't know anybody else. Twitter took it and ran, oh yeah, no, listen, 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:51.560 I'm not caught up in the nicknames. I would just 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:55.320 call him a stud right now because he's playing like 0:02:55.400 --> 0:02:58.120 an NFL MVP. But there's a lot of season to 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:01.480 go and he didn't play last year. It. Yeah, he's 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:04.040 a wild talent. How can you not watch the guy? 0:03:04.240 --> 0:03:07.000 But like, wow, yeah it was. It was definitely very 0:03:07.080 --> 0:03:09.280 exciting to watch. And I want to pluck out with 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:14.359 what you said about von Miller and the Broncos pass rush. Obviously, 0:03:14.520 --> 0:03:16.919 von Miller is one of the elite pass rushers in 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:19.720 the league, and we actually talked to Eric Alala of 0:03:19.800 --> 0:03:23.519 course about von Miller and what makes him unique. But 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:29.160 you mentioned mahomes mobility. How helpful is it gonna be 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:32.800 Sunday for Sam Donald the book on him coming out 0:03:32.880 --> 0:03:35.320 of college that he makes plays off script and I'm 0:03:35.360 --> 0:03:37.080 not saying he's gonna throw with his left hand like 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:41.480 Mahomes did. But how beneficial will it be and has 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:44.480 it been through the first three weeks four weeks now? 0:03:44.560 --> 0:03:47.520 Excuse me for Donald to be able to extend the 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:51.360 play with his life, it's always beneficial. But not a 0:03:51.400 --> 0:03:53.280 lot of guys in the NFL are gonna be out 0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:56.640 run von Miller. I think the Jets have to have balance. 0:03:57.200 --> 0:04:00.560 I mean, I know it's not sexy because winning the 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:03.560 National Football League is all about throwing the ball. I 0:04:03.680 --> 0:04:06.360 get it, But the Jets have to be balanced. You 0:04:06.560 --> 0:04:10.720 can't fall behind double digits like they have in two 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:13.720 of the past three games and then get the balance 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:17.839 you want. And against the Broncos, if you're down double digits, 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:22.440 that means they're sending the NFL's top pass rusher against 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:26.160 your rookie quarterback every play. So it's not just gonna 0:04:26.240 --> 0:04:28.800 take It's not just on the tackles Calvin Beacham and 0:04:28.880 --> 0:04:31.480 Brandon shall on every play to take care of von 0:04:31.600 --> 0:04:35.960 Miller and Bradley chob and Shane Ray and company. You're 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:39.400 gonna need help from the tightens. That means personnel packages. 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:41.800 You're gonna have to be multiple in your personal Jeremy 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:44.280 Bates will continue to do that. You're gonna use two 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:47.360 and three tight iss at times. You're gonna need your 0:04:47.400 --> 0:04:50.040 backs helping out with chipping and Blahpa is one of 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:53.160 the greatest backs in the national football he in terms 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:55.440 of blocking, Isaac Rowhill is going to have to do 0:04:55.600 --> 0:04:59.200 that as well. It's gonna take a village, uh to 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:04.159 contain these guys. Um. But I do expect the Jets 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:08.719 to have a much better performance execution wise against Denver. 0:05:08.920 --> 0:05:12.120 Whether that leads to a win or loss, we don't know, 0:05:12.760 --> 0:05:15.599 but they are going to play better than they did 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:18.159 in Jacksonville. I totally agree with that. And you mentioned 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:21.080 multiple Titan sets. Well, that's something we've seen throughout the 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:23.320 first couple of weeks from Jeremy bas In the offense. 0:05:23.680 --> 0:05:26.560 Maybe Neil Sterling will come back from his concussion injury. 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:28.520 We will see. But as it was too bad last 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:32.960 week against Jacksonville, and if we think about that, every 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:36.279 we's talking about Donald and lack of throws down the field. 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:39.000 What the Jets did attacked on the field. You didn't 0:05:39.000 --> 0:05:41.520 get the completions on the third and one to Paul 0:05:42.160 --> 0:05:44.760 and then fourth and one to the noon wall or 0:05:45.320 --> 0:05:47.960 the Robby Anderson throw in the fourth quarter. But the 0:05:48.080 --> 0:05:50.320 one we forget about two a little bit, and I 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:53.480 think you reminded me of here early this week was 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:58.120 Donald hit Chris Herndon down the field where the Jets 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:01.760 would have been first intent in from inside to fifteen. 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:05.480 But that came back catch first of all, the casual 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:07.760 it was. It was bobbled about or in the air 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:10.760 about three times before Herndon brought it down. But I 0:06:10.839 --> 0:06:12.240 thought you were gonna say it would have been nice 0:06:12.240 --> 0:06:15.440 if Neil Sterling were active for last game, because Sterling 0:06:15.520 --> 0:06:17.320 was drafted by the Jags, and it would have been 0:06:17.520 --> 0:06:22.320 a nice, nice version of I thought you were gonna 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:26.000 say something else, But regardless is now the Jets moved 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:28.640 forward now to the Denver Broncos, the first game of 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:31.680 a three game homestand and to learn a little bit 0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:35.120 more about the Broncos as we sat down with Eric 0:06:35.200 --> 0:06:44.599 Delalla of Devon Broncos dot com and here's the interview. Alright, 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:48.320 time to bring in Eric Delalla of Denver Broncos dot com. Eric, 0:06:48.400 --> 0:06:50.600 thanks so much for joining us again a friend of 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:55.120 the pod, coming back into eighteen. Nice to be back 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:59.400 and back to back years. Well luckily for us, the 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:02.479 Jets of Broncos play back to back years. Last time 0:07:02.800 --> 0:07:04.680 it was an ugly game for the Jets in Denver. 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:09.120 But this time you're coming east to Mattlive Stadium this Sunday, 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:12.080 and this is a very different Jets team, a very 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:16.120 different Broncos team than last December call for when these 0:07:16.120 --> 0:07:18.920 two teams met up. So, just off the bat, here 0:07:19.000 --> 0:07:22.960 is from your perspective, what would you say the biggest 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:26.880 differences about this Broncos team compared to when these two 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:30.400 teams met up. Yeah, that that game last year is 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:32.440 one of the few bright spots for the Broncos in 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:34.760 a five and eleven season. And I think if you 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:38.200 look at what's changed, the Broncos just have some more talent. Uh. 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:41.320 Keith Keenam came over from Minnesota to be the quarterback. 0:07:41.400 --> 0:07:43.720 Hasn't yet had this season he'd like, but I think 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:46.760 he's definitely an upgrade there. And then this draft is 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:49.920 teen draft class. You've got Bradley Chokes fifth overall. You've 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:52.480 got Courtland Sutton, a wide receiver at s m U. 0:07:52.560 --> 0:07:55.320 In the second round, You've got Royce Freeman, who has 0:07:55.400 --> 0:07:59.400 tied for the rookie league in rushing touchdowns. You've got 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:02.480 Josie Rule, who's playing some a lot of snaps at linebacker. 0:08:02.520 --> 0:08:06.080 He's got Philip Lindsay, the undrafted guy from Colorado who's 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:08.840 scored a couple of touchdowns, and it's kind of taken 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:12.240 over this Denver community. So I think if there's one 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:15.400 big change, it's that this team has more talent to 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:17.760 work with now, and they kind of were infused with 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:20.600 young talent after the draft, and those guys played a 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:24.160 big role on Monday Night against the Chiefs and keeping 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:26.680 the Broncos in that game. Was that by design the 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:30.720 overhaul and then offensive backfield that the Broncos are featuring 0:08:30.920 --> 0:08:35.240 those two rookies and Philip Lindsay and Royce Freeman. Yeah, 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:37.079 you know, I think the bronc has moved on from C. J. 0:08:37.160 --> 0:08:40.360 Anderson after last year. He had a thousand yard rushing year, 0:08:40.400 --> 0:08:43.120 but the Broncos decided to part ways with him. He 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:46.000 brought Royce Freeman in from Oregon, who had a ton 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:48.600 of carries in college but was really productive. You had 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:51.440 Philip Lindsay, who I think they see as a Darren's 0:08:51.480 --> 0:08:54.400 Browles type change of pace guy that can really break 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:57.280 open a game. He's had some long runs. I think 0:08:57.559 --> 0:09:01.120 overall the strategy though, is in the past few years, 0:09:01.160 --> 0:09:03.360 it seems like they were drafting on potential on talent. 0:09:03.920 --> 0:09:05.800 This year, they really took guys who were proven in 0:09:05.920 --> 0:09:08.839 college team captains. They wanted guys that could come in 0:09:08.880 --> 0:09:11.439 and be mature and contribute right away. So I think 0:09:11.600 --> 0:09:13.360 you see that kind of playing out in the backfield 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:16.079 where Freeman and Lindsay have been really good through these 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:19.280 first four weeks. Um DeVante Booker obviously kind of coming 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:21.360 in as a third down back to catch balls out 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:23.960 in the backfield. But I think that that strategy applies 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:27.440 throughout the entire draft classes. Hey, John always said they 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:30.400 need guys that can contribute now in order to take 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:32.360 this team from five and eleven into a team that 0:09:32.400 --> 0:09:34.760 can compete for a playoff spot. When you look at 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:38.679 the stats, someone that, honestly, I was surprised when I 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:42.120 was looking at Bronco stats. Is Damarius Thomas only has 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:46.640 like a hundred some yards through four weeks. So is 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:49.720 he just how would you describe his role in the offense. 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:51.680 Do you think that he's getting a little more coverage 0:09:51.960 --> 0:09:54.319 because Damarus Thomas is one of the better receivers in 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:57.240 this league and has you just not popped off yet? 0:09:57.880 --> 0:10:01.520 Eight point four yards of reception right now? Yeah? I 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:04.480 think he. He struggled in Week two against Oakland, had 0:10:04.520 --> 0:10:07.959 a couple of drops in key situations, but then came 0:10:08.000 --> 0:10:11.839 back really strong, UH in Week three in Baltimore and 0:10:11.880 --> 0:10:14.400 then played pretty well last night. You know, two plays 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:16.040 kind of stand out to me in terms of those 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:18.800 those yards not being where you'd expect. One week three 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:22.400 in Baltimore, Keenum found DT for forty yards down the 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:24.240 middle of the field that would have moved the Broncos 0:10:24.320 --> 0:10:26.800 to the Ravens eleven yard line. That probably changes the 0:10:26.840 --> 0:10:29.319 whole complexion of that game. That was called back because 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:32.120 of one of many holding penalties that week. UM the 0:10:32.200 --> 0:10:34.679 second one last night as the Broncos are trying to 0:10:34.880 --> 0:10:37.319 drive for a game winning touchdown, is Da Marius is 0:10:37.360 --> 0:10:40.320 wide open down the right sideline and Keenum isn't able 0:10:40.400 --> 0:10:42.600 to hit him. If he catches either one of those 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:44.559 passes or both of those pastes, the way we view 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:49.000 him the season probably changes drastically. I think Keenum uses 0:10:49.080 --> 0:10:51.400 him right now is more of a security blanket. He 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:54.200 went to Da Marius on a key fourth down UH 0:10:54.440 --> 0:10:57.760 last night in Chiefs territory right before halftime, kind of 0:10:57.840 --> 0:11:01.040 spun around found Da Marius who extended across the line. 0:11:01.080 --> 0:11:03.640 It was really heads up play. Um. So I view 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:05.960 him as kind of like that the security blanket right now. 0:11:06.280 --> 0:11:08.959 While Emmanuel Sanders to me, is more of the big 0:11:09.080 --> 0:11:12.559 play threat. You know, he's coming across the field from 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:15.360 the slot or or outside and kind of making those 0:11:15.400 --> 0:11:17.559 catch and run plays. Um a little bit of a 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:20.760 faster guy. So, and then you've got Courtland Sutton, the rookie, 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:23.040 who is kind of the deep ball threat, jump ball 0:11:23.120 --> 0:11:25.160 in the end zone. But I think the Marius still 0:11:25.240 --> 0:11:28.160 fills that role of if there's a key third down, 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:31.120 if you need to pick it up, or if you 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:34.280 just need some key yards. I think he's He's Keenum 0:11:34.320 --> 0:11:36.719 is looking too, Marius Thomas. Um. It just might not 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:38.640 be for the chunk yardage place that we've seen in 0:11:38.679 --> 0:11:41.280 the past. Eric. How's that offensive line holding up? They 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:44.920 rushed the well pretty well against in Kansas City chiefs Um. 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:49.360 Keenum hasn't been down too many times. But if I'm 0:11:49.400 --> 0:11:52.160 looking at this matchup from a Jets perspective, I think 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:55.760 they got to make hay with the defensive line here. Yeah, 0:11:56.040 --> 0:11:58.439 the offensive line. So far, I think he's been improved 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:00.440 from last year, and that's not tough to do because 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:02.640 they gave up a ton of sacks. I think fifty 0:12:02.760 --> 0:12:06.640 two if I'm remembering correctly. Hasn't been that sort of 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:09.240 an issue this year. Keenum has been pressured. Part of 0:12:09.320 --> 0:12:10.760 it is that he knows when to get rid of 0:12:10.800 --> 0:12:13.480 the ball, which has helped them. And I think also 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:16.640 you've had Jared Veldier come over from Arizona. He's been 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:19.439 an upgrade at right tackle. Unfortunately, he went out on 0:12:19.520 --> 0:12:22.680 Monday night with a knee injury. Uh, didn't break anything. 0:12:22.720 --> 0:12:25.480 We'll see based on Mr I soon what what's going 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:28.439 on with him. But Billy Turner came in played pretty 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:32.040 well in relief there. And then on the other side 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:34.040 of line at left tackle, you've got Garbold, who was 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:38.720 the first round pick in overall. UH. He's he's had 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:41.120 an up and down season. There was a drive on 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:44.360 Monday night where Bowls I think he let up a 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:46.280 sack and on the very next day had a very 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:48.599 next play had a holding penalty and all of a 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:50.560 sudden the Broncos had to punt it back to the Chiefs. 0:12:50.960 --> 0:12:54.280 Um he did kind of rebound from there didn't give 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:56.719 up any more sacks, which was nice to see. The 0:12:56.800 --> 0:12:59.800 Broncos made a switch where offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave went 0:12:59.880 --> 0:13:02.960 up of the box and their offensive line tackles. Coach 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:05.400 Chris Strausser went down to the field to kind of 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:07.400 work with bulls. They made that ahead of a Monday 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:10.000 night game. It'll be interesting to see if they kind 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:12.240 of keep that the rest of the season and if 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:14.360 that if they thought that worked well. But yeah, I 0:13:14.400 --> 0:13:16.800 agree with you. The offensive line is where things start. 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:20.200 The running game has been really strong. You've been, i think, 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:23.120 very good at creating a push. You've got Connor McGovern, 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:26.800 Matt Parrots, ron Leary. McGovern's a really strong guy there 0:13:26.800 --> 0:13:28.720 at right Guarden. It's kind of been clearing the way 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:30.720 that they can keep doing that. I think the run 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:32.920 game will be successful, but it's all about can they 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:35.480 stand up. Did that pass rush give Keenum a little 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:38.360 bit more time keep him comfortable, because that's really been 0:13:38.400 --> 0:13:42.360 the difference between those interceptions, those touchdown throws, kind of 0:13:42.440 --> 0:13:45.200 the on point passes versus the ones that get away 0:13:45.240 --> 0:13:51.040 from before we dive into von Miller and the edge 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:55.839 rushers and the challenges those guys present. Just watching the game, 0:13:56.000 --> 0:13:59.360 and I haven't broken down any film, but just watching 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:02.079 the game to get ahead and the studies here with 0:14:02.200 --> 0:14:05.360 the Broncos, I was repressed with the speed and that 0:14:05.720 --> 0:14:09.520 lotticism and the temple that Broncos defense played with. Yes, 0:14:09.600 --> 0:14:11.880 they gave up a ten point lead in the fourth quarter, 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:17.000 but I point to largely the magician who is Patrick 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:20.600 Mahomes and Dreens and I will talk about this later. Listen, 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:23.720 that guy could be a star in this league. With 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:27.680 that being said, this defense still looks solid to meet, Eric, 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:30.560 What do you think? Yeah, I mean you talk about 0:14:30.640 --> 0:14:33.320 my homes areas, he's throwing in left handed, he's converting 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:36.320 second and thirties. It was just, you know, even as 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:38.120 someone who works for the Broncos, you just kind of 0:14:38.160 --> 0:14:39.960 kind of shake your head and say, man, that guy 0:14:40.520 --> 0:14:43.120 he beat us um. But in terms of the defense, 0:14:43.160 --> 0:14:45.640 I think you're right that they're still solid. And this 0:14:45.800 --> 0:14:47.800 might seem weird in the wake of a loss, but 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:50.600 I think that was their best defensive performance we've had 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:54.360 so far in that they covered Travis Kelsey really well 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:56.360 in the first half and he did end up with 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:59.480 seven receptions for almost eighty yards. In the second half, 0:14:59.560 --> 0:15:01.520 but one of those was a big chunk play and 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:04.160 it didn't hurt the Broncos as much as it could have. 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:06.760 I think the Chiefs were held to a field goal there. Um. 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:09.640 But to me, that was one example of the Broncos 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:11.920 have just been decimated by tight ends over the last 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:14.400 couple of years, but they really haven't been able to 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:17.000 cover cover that position. And in the first half, as 0:15:17.080 --> 0:15:19.920 the Broncos built a halftime lead, Travis Kelsey didn't have 0:15:19.960 --> 0:15:22.400 a catch um. So that was impressive to me. Obviously 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:25.880 a group effort there among the safety's Justin Simmons, Darian Stewart, 0:15:26.200 --> 0:15:29.040 Brandon Marshall, Davis, Josie Jewel, all those guys kind of 0:15:29.080 --> 0:15:31.600 getting involved. Um. And then the other thing that was 0:15:31.640 --> 0:15:34.400 impressive to me is after a Week three loss at Baltimore, 0:15:34.440 --> 0:15:37.560 Chris Harris Jr. Who's the broncos number one cornerback, came 0:15:37.560 --> 0:15:39.920 out and said, we had to disguise our coverage is 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:41.800 more offenses are coming out there and then you know 0:15:41.920 --> 0:15:44.960 exactly what we're doing and they're just they're driving it 0:15:45.000 --> 0:15:47.320 down our throats and so he said that we need 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:50.120 to change something up. Head coach fans Joseph agreed with that, 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:52.840 and what really impressed me was that wasn't just talk. 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:55.640 You could tell this week against Kansas City that they 0:15:55.680 --> 0:15:58.960 were disguising more than they had in previous weeks. There 0:15:59.000 --> 0:16:01.880 are times where it looked like receiver was uncovered almost 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:04.080 and then at the last second of safety would drop down, 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:06.960 or a corner would switch it up and corner would 0:16:07.000 --> 0:16:09.920 prepared to blitz and a safety would rotate back. And 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:13.160 they were really not giving Patrick Mahomes a look at 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:15.880 what they were gonna do until two or three seconds 0:16:15.960 --> 0:16:18.640 left on the play clock. And I think you saw it. 0:16:18.720 --> 0:16:20.800 Mahomes only throw one touchdown and he had those really 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:23.840 great drives in the fourth quarter, but prior to that, 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:26.480 he really struggled. You know, he only had that one 0:16:26.520 --> 0:16:30.280 touchdown past the Chiefs only put together thirteen points through 0:16:30.480 --> 0:16:34.080 uh what fifty three minutes of the game. Um, And 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:36.640 I think that comes down to Joe Wood, the defensive coordinator, 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:40.040 advanced Joseph finding a way to mess with that defensive 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:42.960 game plan and get their best players in a position 0:16:43.280 --> 0:16:45.600 where they could succeed. I know e A wants to 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:47.920 dive into von Miller, but just one more thing on 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:51.000 the secondary here is you talked about Chris Harris Jr. 0:16:51.200 --> 0:16:54.320 And the guys behind him like Bradley Roby and the 0:16:54.440 --> 0:16:58.960 ageless Adam Pacman Jones. Is how different is the secondary 0:16:59.080 --> 0:17:01.560 without a key to Leave? And how do you think 0:17:01.640 --> 0:17:04.159 that they've been performing minus to Leave, who's now a 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:07.160 part of the l A Rams. Yeah, I think you're 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:09.600 always gonna miss a player like to Leave just because 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:13.080 he could do uh so much for you. Obviously, you 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:15.120 know he's in the top five all time for pick 0:17:15.240 --> 0:17:18.560 six is and he kind of brought a swagger to 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:20.800 the to the back end of the defense. But I 0:17:20.840 --> 0:17:23.959 think last night could have been a turning point um 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:28.280 in terms of how this secondary is operating. Uh, they 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:31.879 didn't look great the first three weeks. Lots of communication breakdowns, 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:35.800 They were playing too soft off the wide receivers, and 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:39.080 you know, Vance Joseph said, Hey, we're a press man team. 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:42.520 We're gonna rush the passer and we're gonna press those 0:17:42.560 --> 0:17:45.280 receivers at the line of scrimmage and not let them 0:17:45.320 --> 0:17:47.560 get off the ball because if we can give on 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:49.640 a couple of seconds, it's going to be too late 0:17:49.720 --> 0:17:52.840 for that opposing quarterback. It seemed like they got back 0:17:52.920 --> 0:17:54.800 to that last night. They didn't give up any big 0:17:54.880 --> 0:17:57.919 place uh to Tyreek Hill on Monday Night Football. They 0:17:57.960 --> 0:18:00.880 held Travis Kelsey and check. And I think those guys 0:18:01.240 --> 0:18:05.439 beneath Chris Harris Jr. That you mentioned, Bradley Roby, Adam Jones, Uh, 0:18:05.960 --> 0:18:08.280 they're really the ones that need to kind of take 0:18:08.359 --> 0:18:10.359 that step, you know. I think Bradley Robi has played 0:18:10.359 --> 0:18:15.159 pretty well in his first year as a starting cornerback. Really, um, 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:18.639 Joe Woods that many times Roby just needs to be consistent. 0:18:18.760 --> 0:18:21.080 He sometimes looks too much to make that big play 0:18:21.520 --> 0:18:23.440 Um that he could afford to try to gamble and 0:18:23.560 --> 0:18:26.920 make when he was just a nickel corner um. And 0:18:26.960 --> 0:18:30.320 then Adam Jones back on the field this week after 0:18:30.480 --> 0:18:32.520 missing a Week three game against Baltimore, and I think 0:18:32.520 --> 0:18:34.880 they really missed him in a thirty five years old 0:18:34.960 --> 0:18:37.560 you mentioned. But he's still playing decent football and he's 0:18:37.560 --> 0:18:39.800 a guy that they need to rely on because behind him, 0:18:40.160 --> 0:18:42.480 he's got Tremaine Brock who they signed in the off season, 0:18:42.600 --> 0:18:45.000 but he's been hurt, hasn't contributed as much as you 0:18:45.080 --> 0:18:47.840 might have thought if you're a Broncos fan. And then 0:18:47.880 --> 0:18:50.920 Isaac Adam a third ground pick from Boston College. Looks 0:18:50.960 --> 0:18:53.639 like he's got the talent to eventually do this, but 0:18:53.720 --> 0:18:56.320 as a rookie, he's just he's struggled a bit and 0:18:56.359 --> 0:18:59.080 it's going to take some more time for him, I think, 0:18:59.240 --> 0:19:01.960 to to get ready for that. So one thing that 0:19:02.040 --> 0:19:04.480 Chris Harris Jr. Mentioned Was he's just got to figure 0:19:04.480 --> 0:19:07.000 out who the third corner is because it's changed almost 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:08.840 every week, and so that's hard for him from a 0:19:08.920 --> 0:19:12.000 communication standpoint to make sure that the secondary is doing 0:19:12.040 --> 0:19:14.560 what it needs to do. But I really think that 0:19:14.640 --> 0:19:17.639 that Monday night football matchup with the Chiefs, the flashes 0:19:17.680 --> 0:19:20.200 that they showed in terms of shutting down some of 0:19:20.280 --> 0:19:22.680 those plays, making quick tackles at the line of scrimmage 0:19:23.080 --> 0:19:26.000 and then disguising the defense showed that this defense might 0:19:26.040 --> 0:19:29.200 have turned a corner. Eric von Miller, is he buttered 0:19:29.240 --> 0:19:31.280 and ivery's got four sacks. I know you didn't have 0:19:31.359 --> 0:19:37.320 any sacks recently against the Chiefs, but he was all 0:19:37.400 --> 0:19:40.480 over the place. And how is his new partner in crime, 0:19:40.520 --> 0:19:44.280 Bradley Chubb from NC State, the Broncos first round pick. 0:19:44.359 --> 0:19:47.440 How's he fitting in? Yeah, I think Vaughan is the 0:19:47.680 --> 0:19:49.920 same Vaughn as ever, and what always impresses me most 0:19:49.920 --> 0:19:52.440 about him is, you know, he comes off after a 0:19:52.520 --> 0:19:55.240 game like Monday Nights and he didn't have any sacks, 0:19:55.320 --> 0:19:57.320 but he was he was all over the place, pressured 0:19:57.359 --> 0:20:00.760 Mahomes on that that left handed throw that I mentioned before. 0:20:01.240 --> 0:20:03.639 You know, he he had my Homes by the by 0:20:03.720 --> 0:20:06.600 the shoelaces and that's almost a huge sack that probably 0:20:06.640 --> 0:20:10.199 wins Denver the game. UM, but that's not good enough 0:20:10.240 --> 0:20:12.040 for him. He wants to make those strip sacks. He 0:20:12.119 --> 0:20:15.000 wants to uh to force my Homes to throw a 0:20:15.040 --> 0:20:18.119 big interception. UM, and he hasn't been able to make 0:20:18.160 --> 0:20:21.000 those plays the last couple of weeks. He had three 0:20:21.040 --> 0:20:23.040 sacks in Week one against Seattle and that was and 0:20:23.160 --> 0:20:25.360 to force fumbles. That was as good as I've seen 0:20:25.440 --> 0:20:29.000 him since Super Bowl fifty. Just truly a performance where 0:20:29.000 --> 0:20:31.879 he took over the game. UM had another one against Oakland, 0:20:31.960 --> 0:20:34.000 but he's he's been held without a sack the last 0:20:34.040 --> 0:20:35.880 couple of weeks, and so it'll be interesting to see 0:20:36.200 --> 0:20:38.160