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Showing posts with label Demaryius Thomas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Demaryius Thomas. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Hillman looks like he is NFL ready and is running with confidence, great instinct
#Broncos #Chargers #NFL #SDvsDEN14 #Hillman #Peyton Exchange #TimeToRide #ProtectOURBall http://t.co/MHzxNDdJ4K pic.twitter.com/7yD45cRPPD
— Broncos CR3W (@BRONCOSCR3W) November 1, 2014
+Denver Broncos - Photo Courtesy (AP) +BRONCOS CR3W
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Baybay is truly an example amongst many, Exemplifies being a Professional
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Demaryius Thomas Pays a Visit to the Sunny D Contest - has a few "88 Club" members reveal their inner-Baybay with hair clippers
My camp today was fun and had kids with the 88 cut in there head pic.twitter.com/FVVpAUQ00w
— Demaryius Thomas (@DemaryiusT) May 17, 2014
Nice RT @DemaryiusT: Loved meeting the kids who won the SunnyD contest to attend my camp! pic.twitter.com/VfokEByvOD
— Chris Hall (@BroncosTV) May 17, 2014
Friday, April 11, 2014
Confirmation: Demaryius "Baybay" Thomas is not dealing with a separated shoulder of the Broncos
Broncos' Demaryius Thomas doesn't have rumored separated shoulder
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| The injury would have been a big blow for the Broncos. +BRONCOS CR3W was not in that mode of thought though. |
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+Denver Broncos wide-receiver Demaryius Thomas has been the subject of several conflicting reports today, with questions over whether he has a separated shoulder.
Early Wednesday morning the +Bleacher Report wrote a story that seemed dispel and rumors regarding the injury Thomas, after other reports had suggested it was a separated shoulder injury.
Vic Lombardi reported on Twitter during the Super Bowl, "DT separated his shoulder in the first quarter. Played through it. Maybe it was that Chancellor hit. Not sure." Followed up from a colleague at +NFL "Around the League" +Chris Wesseling that he was not at Camp Manning with the other receivers and Peyton Manning.
And today there were further reports that suggested he was still dealing with the same problem after further complications.
However, NFL Insider +Mike Klis seemed to put back any destabilising rumors for the Broncos today with his post on Twitter.
Contrary to reports, #Broncos WR Demaryius Thomas does not have separated shoulder. He is at Duke University TODAY with Peyton & teammates.
— Mike Klis (@MikeKlis) April 9, 2014
Thomas injured his shoulder during Denver's heavy defeat in the Super Bowl, and word somehow leaked out that he had re-aggravated that injury recently.
Klis is likely to have known if the rumor was true, but the fact that he is flat out denying bodes well for Thomas and the Broncos.
As a result, Denver fans will be glad to know that the star receiver will continue to mend during training camp.
Demaryius Thomas bruised left shoulder late in season, Aggravated while making record 13th catch at 11:15 in 4th qtr of SB.
— Mike Klis (@MikeKlis) April 9, 2014
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Per Request: Broncos CR3W "WR Heaven" A few Pix - Collages
S/O to Emmanuel Sanders for breaking out the great phrase once joining the +Denver Broncos, +BRONCOS CR3W put together a collection just for Baybay, +Wes Welker, Julius Thomas, Bubba Caldwell, and Emmanuel Sanders. Another 1 or 2 to have a chance at joining at least, if the TE is mixed in. Will be interesting who the others are that make it, and prove their talent, heart whence the chance comes. +The brand new Broncos FA's in the +NFL.
I dance not 2 show up opponents but 2 celebrate the findings of the end zone! Can't wait 2 find it again soon. Love! pic.twitter.com/iwI6OtvOYW
— Emmanuel Sanders (@E_Sanders88) February 2, 2014
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Sanders in "Wide Receiver Heaven"
Agreed, Mr. Sanders, no doubt you have landed yourself in a primo spot. +Denver Broncos and Mile High equal "Wide Receiver Heaven." What? With joining the NFL Record Setting Offense of +NFL history in regards to scoring, passing and receiving statistics. Some of the +BRONCOS CR3W posts as we experienced such historic accomplishments, albeit probably short-term due to a longer season and the general speed of offensive plays and play selection. A topic even, Mr. Peyton Manning himself has essentially proclaimed. That still doesn't diminish the upside of being a speedy WR coming into his prime and joining forces with the Broncos offense.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Sunday afternoon, Emmanuel Sanders was officially introduced to, as he called it, "wide receiver heaven."
"To play with Peyton Manning is like wide receiver heaven," Sanders smiled. "I feel like he's one of the greatest quarterbacks to play the game. Definitely I look up to him a lot in terms of his preparation, and I know that he's going to make me a better player whether it's mentally and physically. I know that I'm in a great environment."
At the start of free agency, Sanders told his agent, Steve Weinberg, that depending on what happened with former Broncos wide receiver Eric Decker -- who signed with the New York Jets as an unrestricted free agent -- he would love to play with Manning.
"I told Steve to make sure he called over to the Broncos and let them know that I'm interested," Sanders recalled. "So we started the free-agency process, but every day I was asking Steve, 'Did they call? Did they call?' And they finally called."
When the numbers Sanders was asking for matched up with what the Broncos were willing to offer, there wasn't much else to think about.
"This is the team that I wanted to go to during free agency," Sanders said. "Yesterday was probably one of the best days of my life."
Now that he's in Denver, Sanders just wants to fit in with an offense he watched set NFL records in 2013.
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"I remember sitting at my house like, 'Man, that's what I want to be a part of someday,'" he said. "They had a really good season last year. Hopefully we can repeat the same thing but this time finish it off."
Executive Vice President of Football Operations/General Manager John Elway said when introducing Sanders that the receiver will "add a tremendous amount to the offensive side" of the football. After the press conference concluded, Elway elaborated.
"He'll fit in great," Elway said. "He can play inside or outside. He'll be inside, he'll be outside. He's explosive and really does a good job after he catches the ball."
"He was the guy that we had targeted from the very get-go and we were fortunate enough to land him."
When describing his own game, Sanders said he doesn't like to label himself just an inside or outside receiver, to Elway's point.
"I'm going to always try to be versatile," he said. "I just like the craft of being a receiver."
But what is about him that helped him cause 15 missed tackles, which according to +Pro Football Focus was fourth-most among +NFL wide receivers in 2013?
"My game is I like to get the ball in my hands. I like to run after the catch. I feel like from a speed perspective, I like to go down the field," Sanders said. "I feel like I've got the all-around package, even from a run perspective. I'm going to give it my all from a blocking perspective, because I know if I'm blocking downfield, that allows the running back to take the ball 80 yards. Like I said, I just want to win."
The wide receiver said that Manning texted him as soon as he decided to sign with the Broncos, and he's already gotten a coveted invite to Duke University to work out with the quarterback and his top targets.
And he hopes that he will add a new type of threat to the receiving corps, making it tough on defense that try to focus on slowing down a big, physical receiver like Demaryius Thomas.
"Now that I'm on the other side, a speed guy, a quick guy, a run-after-the-catch guy, it's going to be hard," he said. "It adds another dimension to your offense."
It's no secret that the Broncos have a World Championship on their minds entering 2014. After falling in Super Bowl XLVIII, the team wants to make sure it doesn't come up short this coming season.
Sanders know's exactly how the players feel. After all, he was on the losing end of a Super Bowl in his rookie season, and broke his foot in the process.
"I remember 2010, I ended up breaking my foot in the Super Bowl," Sanders said. "And the only thing that I remember from the Super Bowl is walking off that field and seeing the confetti fall and seeing the Green Bay Packers celebrating. I said, 'You know what? Someday I've got to get back here and I want the confetti falling down on me.' My ultimate dream is, I just had a son, and I want to go hoist that Lombardi and have my son run onto the field.
"This is a place that can make that dream come true."
Emmanuel Sanders Presser: "Wide Receiver Heaven" Video
http://www.denverbroncos.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Sanders-in-Wide-Receiver-Heaven/fbabcd0f-2e6f-4438-8367-3fe38ab9d7b7
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| Emmanueal Sanders, newly acquired Broncos WR, signing on board with "Wide Receiver heaven" Photo Courtesy: +Denver Broncos ( +The Associated Press ) |
"To play with Peyton Manning is like wide receiver heaven," Sanders smiled. "I feel like he's one of the greatest quarterbacks to play the game. Definitely I look up to him a lot in terms of his preparation, and I know that he's going to make me a better player whether it's mentally and physically. I know that I'm in a great environment."
WR Heaven Welcomes you Mr. Emmanuel Sanders
"I told Steve to make sure he called over to the Broncos and let them know that I'm interested," Sanders recalled. "So we started the free-agency process, but every day I was asking Steve, 'Did they call? Did they call?' And they finally called."
When the numbers Sanders was asking for matched up with what the Broncos were willing to offer, there wasn't much else to think about.
"This is the team that I wanted to go to during free agency," Sanders said. "Yesterday was probably one of the best days of my life."
Now that he's in Denver, Sanders just wants to fit in with an offense he watched set NFL records in 2013.
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"I remember sitting at my house like, 'Man, that's what I want to be a part of someday,'" he said. "They had a really good season last year. Hopefully we can repeat the same thing but this time finish it off."
Executive Vice President of Football Operations/General Manager John Elway said when introducing Sanders that the receiver will "add a tremendous amount to the offensive side" of the football. After the press conference concluded, Elway elaborated.
"He'll fit in great," Elway said. "He can play inside or outside. He'll be inside, he'll be outside. He's explosive and really does a good job after he catches the ball."
"He was the guy that we had targeted from the very get-go and we were fortunate enough to land him."
When describing his own game, Sanders said he doesn't like to label himself just an inside or outside receiver, to Elway's point.
"I'm going to always try to be versatile," he said. "I just like the craft of being a receiver."
But what is about him that helped him cause 15 missed tackles, which according to +Pro Football Focus was fourth-most among +NFL wide receivers in 2013?
"My game is I like to get the ball in my hands. I like to run after the catch. I feel like from a speed perspective, I like to go down the field," Sanders said. "I feel like I've got the all-around package, even from a run perspective. I'm going to give it my all from a blocking perspective, because I know if I'm blocking downfield, that allows the running back to take the ball 80 yards. Like I said, I just want to win."
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And he hopes that he will add a new type of threat to the receiving corps, making it tough on defense that try to focus on slowing down a big, physical receiver like Demaryius Thomas.
"Now that I'm on the other side, a speed guy, a quick guy, a run-after-the-catch guy, it's going to be hard," he said. "It adds another dimension to your offense."
It's no secret that the Broncos have a World Championship on their minds entering 2014. After falling in Super Bowl XLVIII, the team wants to make sure it doesn't come up short this coming season.
Sanders know's exactly how the players feel. After all, he was on the losing end of a Super Bowl in his rookie season, and broke his foot in the process.
"I remember 2010, I ended up breaking my foot in the Super Bowl," Sanders said. "And the only thing that I remember from the Super Bowl is walking off that field and seeing the confetti fall and seeing the Green Bay Packers celebrating. I said, 'You know what? Someday I've got to get back here and I want the confetti falling down on me.' My ultimate dream is, I just had a son, and I want to go hoist that Lombardi and have my son run onto the field.
"This is a place that can make that dream come true."
Emmanuel Sanders Presser: "Wide Receiver Heaven" Video
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Monday, March 10, 2014
Broncos' Demaryius "Baybay" Thomas, Always Turning those gals Heads, on & off field... With Colts' Eric Walden
One more... #DubFinest me and EWalden pic.twitter.com/Rar7qS0dQA
— Demaryius Thomas (@DemaryiusT) March 10, 2014
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
Eric Decker to Host Football Camp with Demaryius Thomas at Mullen High School
Free agency or no free agency, Broncos or no Broncos, Eric Decker is committed to joining Demaryius Thomas in hosting a Football Pro Camp, May 17-18 at Mullen High School.
The camp dates are on a Saturday and Sunday so even if Decker signs with another team he shouldn’t expect to have a conflict with Organized Team Activity (OTA) practices.
Thomas was the Broncos’ No. 1 receiver. He had 92 and 94 catches the past two seasons, for more than 1,300 yards each with 10 and 14 touchdowns.
Decker will become a free agent on March 11, meaning he is free to sign with another club, although his commitment to his football camp is a sign his preference is to remain a Bronco. Thomas has one more year left on his contract.
Camp participants will learn fundamental football skills and have the opportunity to meet and interact with the receivers. Each camper will receive an autograph from Thomas and Decker and be included with them in a team photo.
Besides Thomas and Decker, several prep and college coaches from the area will serve as instructors. The camp is open to boys and girls of all skill levels from grades 1 to 8. The cost is $199.
For more information, go to DeckerThomasCamp.com
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Spirits Remain High in Denver despite Super Bowl Blowout
Much Reason for Optimism in Mile High City
We're Just Built That Way!
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| Statistically one of the greatest offenses of all time, Denver scored just eight points in the Super Bowl. Mel Evans/AP |
DENVER -- The suitcase hits me, square on the knee. Thwap. It teeters and falls, hastily abandoned by an older man, maybe 70, who's standing in front of me as we queue up for our Southwest flight.
Luggage be damned, he's got to get up from A52 to A46, because there, in all of his sweatpants, five-o'clock-shadowed glory, is Jake Plummer. The man -- and his extended family -- are dressed head-to-toe in Broncos blue and orange, and they're making their way back to Colorado via Houston on Tuesday. Their team has just lost after a fabled season, but that doesn't seem to affect their wardrobe -- or their enthusiasm. There he is, this elderly man, a veritable cheerleader shuffling as fast as he can shuffle for Plummer to slap an autograph on the bill of his hat.
They're treating Plummer -- a winning quarterback, but one who certainly isn't Canton-bound -- as if he's Peyton Manning or John Elway. That's just how these fans function, even after a loss, because there's always been something to look forward to, and there's always been something to look back on. The lone woman in the group bemoans the fact that she drove "all the way out to that car show to get him," when she could have snared his autograph on her jersey right here on the plane. (She is, of course, wearing said jersey.) Then, she reconsiders. Now she's seen him twice. Jake Plummer! Twice!
It was something approaching bizarre, all that blue and orange, all that pride, not 48 hours after the most disastrous of games. Two nights before, the best offense in NFL history had looked like a middle-school squad against Seattle's defense, scoring just one touchdown and a two-point conversion. Eight points were all it managed, eight points despite being the best ever. It should have been reason to weep, to whine, to wallow. It could have been reason to disparage -- but it wasn't.
That's not Denver. Somehow, my plane back from New York was awash in Broncos everything. Everyone, it seemed, was in good spirits. In fact, before getting their autographs, the Jake Plummer Fan Club spent the flight from New York to Houston sitting next to none other than Earl Thomas's uncle, and they praised the Seahawks safety throughout. There is always next year for the Broncos, it seems, and these fans were still as proud as they'd have been had their team won -- although perhaps a bit more sober.
Even so, it stung. Still stings, really. As the team cleaned out its lockers Tuesday -- the day its victory parade was initially scheduled -- Elway, who's now the Broncos executive vice president, and coach John Fox admitted as much.
"These guys, players and coaches have been working seven days a week for the last seven months," Fox said. "And then you work so hard to reach that game and [don't] perform like you'd expect -- it will [hurt for] a while, there is no doubt."
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Sports Illustrated's Boomer Esiason discusses the offseason ahead for the Denver Broncos, and what they'll have to do to get back to the Super Bowl again next season.
It will hurt, but that pain has one easy remedy: Manning. The Broncos quarterback, though he'll turn 38 in March, has said that he wants to continue playing until he's no longer helpful to his team, and despite poor play in the Super Bowl, he certainly hasn't reached that point. When there is Manning in Denver, there is optimism, and as bitter a taste the 43-8 loss left, it'll be easily washed away come fall.
"I think that any time you're successful, you have to continue to want to get better, [to] continue to be world champions," Elway said. "We got a taste of what it's like this year, and so part of the thing that you have to do is create that expectation level and develop that. It was nice, but it wasn't good enough."
That's why there should be little cause to worry, even if the Broncos' path to Glendale seems a bit shakier than the Seahawks' route to a repeat. This week, Elway admitted that he's still not over his three Super Bowl losses as a player, and he'll add Sunday's into the mix, he said, laughing. That hunger is what fuels him, and thus what fuels the organization. Coming up on two years ago, he hooked the big fish, and the next January, that wasn't enough. In the ensuing months, Elway reeled in more free agents, from the big names to the overlooked surprises. That looked like it might be enough -- it got them to a Super Bowl despite myriad injuries, after all -- but again, it wasn't. Now Elway will build yet again, and there's no reason to think things won't get just a little bit better, a little bit tougher, a little bit more equipped to snarl back at defenses like Seattle's.
Denver knows this. Even after those three Super Bowl losses, it trusted Elway, and that paid off. It still trusts him, still trusts Manning, still trusts Fox, to the extent that a city can ever trust a coach. The fact that the game unfolded so bizarrely -- no one could have predicted such a blowout -- may even have made the result the tiniest bit easier to swallow. It wasn't a bad call, a bad kick, a bad throw. It was a bad everything, which allows one to wonder about luck, about flukiness, about jitters.
Somehow, that might make it better. Somehow, and it's time to move on.
After a full day of traveling Tuesday, the airport train in Denver was a welcome sight. As it pulled toward the baggage claim, the customary jingle blared through the speakers. Out of habit, I prepared myself for Peyton Manning's drawl to extend its recorded greeting. It was no more. Instead, skier Lindsey Vonn said hello.
Welcome to Denver. Only five months until training camp.
Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl/news/20140206/denver-broncos-peyton-manning-super-bowl/#ixzz2shqmcCkP
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Just a small reminder of what this team set a record at doing while sustaining as much losses as any club in the league and what there is to build on a really look forward to. This guy's prime but all of his teammates and this franchise's work will be competing for the Lombardi Trophy as much as any unless something unforesseable occurs, which is a gamble every team has every season. Much of the reason the Lombardi is so treasure, the difficulty of getting one is second to none in our opinion. But at least we have a lot of plays like these ahead and that was the worst they've played in 2 seasons. #GoBroncos #BroncosCR3W #BroncosUp #MileHighMagic
** Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning 14-yard touchdown and two-point conversion - NFL Videos **
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Manning, Broncos Advance to AFC Title Game After Beating Chargers
Manning, Broncos advance to AFC title game after beating Chargers
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| The Broncos avoided a playoff letdown against the Chargers. |
UPDATED JAN 12, 2014 10:33 PM ET
DENVER (AP)
Peyton Manning took a knee again, just as he had at the end of regulation exactly a year earlier..
Only this time, he trotted off to cheers, high-fives and smiles.
Manning welcomed Wes Welker back into the lineup with a touchdown toss Sunday and the Denver Broncosnarrowly avoided a repeat of their playoff slip from last year, advancing to the AFC championship game with a 24-17 win over the San Diego Chargers.
The Broncos (14-3) took a 17-0 lead into the fourth quarter before Chargers quarterback Philip Riverscapitalized on an injury to cornerback Chris Harris Jr. to stage a comeback reminiscent of Baltimore's shocking win 38-35 win in double overtime at Denver.
On that night, Jacoby Jones hauled in a 70-yard pass from Joe Flacco to tie it and Denver coach John Fox had Manning take a knee so the Broncos could regroup in overtime.
This time, Manning rescued the Broncos from the brink of another crushing collapse and sent them into the title game for the first time in eight seasons.
They'll host the New England Patriots (13-4) on Sunday.
Get ready for Brady vs. Manning once more.
In the most recent matchup of QBs with Hall of Fame credentials, Tom Brady and the Patriots rallied past Manning and the visiting Broncos 34-31 in overtime on Nov. 24.
"That's two of the greats," Eric Decker said. "It's going to be talked about a lot throughout the week."
"It's the Broncos versus the Patriots and certainly Tom and I have played against each other a lot," Manning said. "But when you get to the AFC championship, it's about two good teams that have been through a lot to get there."
The Chargers regretted not trying another onside kick after Manning converted a 20-yard pass to Julius Thomas on third-and-17 from his 20-yard line, the first of three third-down conversions on Denver's final possession.
In their playoff loss last year, they couldn't salt away a fourth-quarter lead, in no small part because of curious calls and inexact execution.
"I felt like that game last year forced us to address those types of situations all season long," Manning said. "We've worked on it in training camp, we've worked on it in the season. ... It was nice that all that hard work paid off for us."
Manning also hit Thomas on third-and-6 from his 45, then the Broncos iced it on Knowshon Moreno's 5-yard burst on third-and-1 with 1:12 left.
"When they got that first down I was jumping up and down," Broncos defensive lineman Malik Jackson said. "It was delightful."
San Diego coach Mike McCoy, who was Denver's offensive coordinator a year ago, was downcast in Denver once again, and so was Rivers, who had led his team to five straight do-or-die wins.
"If we got it one more time, I believe deep down we would've tied that thing up," Rivers said. "But we didn't. Those are all a bunch of what-ifs."
Manning ended a personal three-game postseason skid in winning for the first time since leading Indianapolis over the Jets 30-17 in the AFC championship game on Jan. 24, 2010.
Manning completed 25 of 36 passes for 230 yards and two TDs, numbers that weren't quite up to the standards he set during a record-breaking regular season when he established new benchmarks with 55 TD passes and 5,447 yards.
But it was windy and the Broncos were intent on establishing the run and controlling the clock, and they converted 9 of 13 third downs while holding the ball for 35 minutes.
After gaining just 18 yards on the ground against San Diego last month, the Broncos ran for 133 yards, including 82 by Moreno, whose 3-yard TD run put them ahead 24-7 with 8:12 left.
After that, things got interesting.
Keenan Allen hauled in a 49-yard catch with Quentin Jammer in coverage on fourth-and-5 from the San Diego 25 with seven minutes left. That led to his second TD -- both from 16 yards -- that pulled the Chargers to 24-14 with 5:43 left.
"We got those two touchdowns in the second half, but it's unfortunate we didn't get started earlier," said Allen, who finished with 142 yards on six catches.
Decker then made his third big blunder of the day, flubbing the onside kick, which San Diego recovered, leading to Nick Novak's 30-yard field goal with 3:53 remaining that pulled the Chargers (10-8) to within a touchdown.
Novak followed with a pooch kick, and Trindon Holliday secured the ball at the Denver 27 with 3:51 left.
Manning's third-down brilliance kept the Chargers' offense on the sideline.
"Third-and-17, I was thinking we were definitely going to get the ball back," Allen said. "And we were feeling good on the offensive side, having the momentum. It was just unfortunate we didn't get it."
Notes: In the first half, Decker tripped at the San Diego 30-yard line after a 47-yard punt return. "I guess it was that invisible fence that got me." said Decker, who then let Manning's pass in the end zone bounce off his chest and into the arms of linebacker Donald Butler -- Manning's first red zone interception of the season. ... Welker wore an oversized safety helmet. ... Manti Te'o and Marcus Gilchrist sustained concussions. ... Denver did not punt for the first time in its playoff history and just the eighth time in NFL postseason history -- three of those came with Manning under center.
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Who's Rolling in Style in Houston?
Baybay and/or Hammer?
Who is the better dressed Bronco? RT for @DemaryiusT, favorite for @WoodDro52. #BroncosRoadTrip pic.twitter.com/wV0AcG72kJ
— Denver Broncos (@Broncos) December 20, 2013
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Peyton's Arm Strength Looked Good Against KC
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| Peyton Manning in Week 13 at Arrowhead, dropping back at the +Kansas City Chiefs |
A week after a loss at New England, when there were plenty of critics questioning Peyton Manning's arm strength, the Broncos' quarterback showed that his arm is just fine. Manning drove the ball down the field against the Chiefs last …
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Saturday, December 7, 2013
Peyton is Chill with the Chill: Believe It or Not
Despite What the Mainstream Says, Peyton & Broncos
Show no Concern 'Bout Cold
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| Adam Gase with QB Peyton Manning Photo Courtesy (ESPN - AP) |
Peyton Manning and +Denver Broncos teammates are not making the cold weather topic that has churned the mass media into a frenzy about the 'forever' knock on Manning and his so-called kryptonite, the cold weather. Watching the sport over the years has brought us to one conclusion about the media. Especially the sports media founder and central focus of its news, messages, and sources, +ESPN, loves to make a specific aspect if it can be used as a topic of discussion to stir the pot over reporting it in the middle. Doing the middle is not exciting, does not get people riled up to agree or disagree. Much as to why most segments have a pair or duo that disagrees on all subjects. Manning in the cold, in this case, as the "common denominator," such sports media corporations will beat the subject as long as they can dangle it in front of the audience.
The fact of it is, the media never touches on the subject of many of those games took place at New England, during their "SpyGate" dynasty run and put a lot of losses on teams playing in cold. Despite having inferior defenses in Indy his whole career as well. Most that smart would realize, the cold will affect the game, but it affects the offense in almost every football team and helps the defense. Has nothing to do with Peyton Manning. Kickers will attest to what the cold does to kicking. Take into account that Peyton has not had a home stadium until the last two years where he has won in cold weather and lost a heartbreaking double OT playoff game to the eventual Super Bowl champs and then lost in OT when it could have gone their way easily, and it was not at home. Also need to mention that Peyton is 2-1 in cold weather games at home. That further supports the winning % of a home team to a road team. Cold affects football entirely, but we feel exactly the same about the weather as Broncos Offensive Coordinator, Adam Gase does:
"It can be as cold as you want it, but the wind has always been the biggest factor any time there are cold conditions." Gase continues about the cold, Peyton Manning, and calling plays, "I’ve never really asked him about it. It’s something we don’t really get into. I know if it’s a windy condition game, I might in my head think we should run the ball more just so I’m not putting the fact that we’re throwing the ball—and then an element of the game can affect our passing game. But for the most part the cold is not an issue for us in the passing game. It’s anytime you get a condition of wind, that’s when I see that it’s hard for the passing because you don’t know what’s going to happen.”
Manning: I'm not a different player in the cold
Watch the video Manning: I'm not a different player in the cold on Yahoo Sports . Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning responds to the notion that he struggles in the cold, claiming that the weather is not a factor for him or his team.
BRONCOS WR ERIC DECKER NAMED AFC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
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| Eric Decker, Broncos WR, leaving after the game. Photo Rights: USA Today |
ENGLEWOOD,
Colo. —
Denver Broncos wide receiver Eric Decker was named AFC
Offensive Player of the Week for the first time in his career, the NFL informed
the Broncos on Wednesday.
Decker caught eight passes for 174 yards (21.8 avg.) and a franchise-record four touchdowns in Denver’s 35-28 win against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. His three second-half scores helped the Broncos overcome an early 14-point deficit to capture their 10th consecutive win in divisional play.
His four receiving touchdowns equaled the most by a player in the NFL this season (Bengals wide receiver Marvin Jones vs. NYJ, 10/27/13) and represented the highest total in a road game in more than six years (Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss at Buf., 11/18/07). Decker’s performance also marked just the 12 time in NFL history a player has totaled at least 170 receiving yards and four touchdowns in a single game.
Decker’s accomplishment represents the fourth Offensive Player of the Week recognition for a Bronco this season (Peyton Manning, Weeks 1 & 3; Demaryius Thomas, Week 10) and the 52nd in team history since the award was initiated in 1984.
Decker caught eight passes for 174 yards (21.8 avg.) and a franchise-record four touchdowns in Denver’s 35-28 win against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. His three second-half scores helped the Broncos overcome an early 14-point deficit to capture their 10th consecutive win in divisional play.
His four receiving touchdowns equaled the most by a player in the NFL this season (Bengals wide receiver Marvin Jones vs. NYJ, 10/27/13) and represented the highest total in a road game in more than six years (Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss at Buf., 11/18/07). Decker’s performance also marked just the 12 time in NFL history a player has totaled at least 170 receiving yards and four touchdowns in a single game.
Decker’s accomplishment represents the fourth Offensive Player of the Week recognition for a Bronco this season (Peyton Manning, Weeks 1 & 3; Demaryius Thomas, Week 10) and the 52nd in team history since the award was initiated in 1984.
PLAYERS WITH 170 RECEIVING
YARDS AND FOUR TOUCHDOWNS, SINGLE GAME, NFL HISTORY
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Player
|
Opp.
(Date)
|
Rec.
|
Yds.
|
Avg.
|
TD
|
|
Art
Powell, Oak.
|
vs.
Hou. (12/22/63)
|
10
|
247
|
24.7
|
4
|
|
Roy
Jefferson, Pit.
|
vs.
Atl. (11/3/68)
|
11
|
199
|
18.1
|
4
|
|
Lance
Alworth, S.D.
|
vs.
Den. (12/1/68)
|
9
|
171
|
19.0
|
4
|
|
Bob
Hayes, Dal.
|
vs.
Hou. (12/20/70)
|
6
|
187
|
31.2
|
4
|
|
Harold
Jackson, LAN
|
vs.
Dal. (10/14/73)
|
7
|
238
|
34.0
|
4
|
|
Jerry
Butler, Buf.
|
vs.
NYJ (9/23/79)
|
10
|
255
|
25.5
|
4
|
|
Earnest
Gray, NYG
|
vs.
Stl. (9/7/80)
|
9
|
174
|
19.3
|
4
|
|
Wesley
Walker, NYJ
|
vs.
Mia. (9/21/86)
|
6
|
194
|
32.3
|
4
|
|
Jerry
Rice, S.F.
|
vs.
Atl. (10/14/90)
|
13
|
225
|
17.3
|
5
|
|
Jerry
Rice, S.F.
|
vs.
T.B. (11/14/93)
|
8
|
172
|
21.5
|
4
|
|
Terrell
Owens, Dal.
|
vs.
Was. (11/18/07)
|
8
|
173
|
21.6
|
4
|
|
Eric
Decker, Den.
|
vs.
K.C. (12/1/13)
|
8
|
174
|
21.8
|
4
|
Friday, November 15, 2013
Broncos Del Rio Going With his own Coaching Philosophy
Denver Broncos Interim Head Coach, Jack Del Rio, not Channeling Conservative Philosophy
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| Broncos Interim Head Coach, Jack Del Rio coaching against the Chargers in week 10 of this season |
The game before when the +Denver Broncos were down 14 to the +Washington Redskins in week 8, Coach John Fox, went for two 4th down conversions when it would have been anything, but conservative. We find that labeling Fox as conservative as the article linked insinuates, a bit of an off-statement - headline. The label stems mainly on Fox for last years divisional round playoff loss against the +Baltimore Ravens and we concur. In that context, it is most likely the correct call to deem it as conservative. Have yet to find him go conservative otherwise.
However, Broncos fans and +BRONCOS CR3W do like the call last week, whether it was the Offensive Coordinator, Adam Gase, Del Rio, or Peyton Manning, It could have been all three. Specifically, when they went for a 1st down with a 12 yard pass completion to Beybey (Demaryius) Thomas with under 3 minutes left remaining. Broncos even got another 1st down with a powerful statement run by Knowshon Moreno. There is definitely some proof in the pudding from the last game for being aggressive looking back at the late game situation in the 28-20 win at the +Chargers.
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Link posted on +Yahoo Sports via the +AssociatedPress about Del Rio not "...going conservative (like Fox)."
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Broncos WR, Demaryius Thomas, AFC Offensive Player of the Week
After Stellar Play in Week 10, "Beybey" Honored
Thomas had 7 receptions for 108 yards to go with 3 TD's of 11 yards, 7 yards, and 34 yards. Thomas joined WR +Wes Welker and TE Julius Thomas with 9 TD's on the season. The third trio in NFL history (and only played just over half of their season) to have 9 receiving TD's or more, apiece. The 3 TD's scored by Beybey tied a franchise record for receiving TD's in a game that has been done 12 times by 9 different players.
Article from Broncos about the award.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Pro Football Focus Ranking Numbers Reveal No Insight
Peyton nor Demaryius not listed as top performers for Week 10
Had to post some remarks about this article write up and these pointless rankings/numbers that they attach to players that reveal nothing about how a team played in a team game and the caliber of competition they played, let alone a solid win or loss from the week. Look at some of the teams these players are on and their results from week 10. They have some great aspects to how they get to these numbers and analyze and player by every single play they have, but on the flipside, they are not insightful when it relates to the broad spectrum of how the league's teams, and its players are executing as a whole. Particularly, in relation, to wins and losses for a team game.
We are not really saying that we or anyone should not be a big fan of +Pro Football Focus (PFF) articles that are based on these ratings. In fact, PFF has some very insightful stuff on their site that we love to read. Their ratings system though, we are not buying. For one, how do they come to give a rating and in reality, we feel it is just to put a number on each position just for the sake of it. Instead of doing the old school way of describing a player's caliber of play as extremely great, good, so-so, not so good, and/or pretty bad.
Plenty aware that a lot of work goes behind reaching these numbers and that they are probably pretty solid. The performance of others in football relies on the 10 other guys next to you. We prefer to look at the teams wins & losses and regular stats with a bit of modernization of some of the stats. Like yards per play, for example. With the up-tempo teams that are featured nowadays, coaches often look at how much yards per play they are giving up in comparison to total yards allowed. One week, for example the +Denver Broncos face the +Chargers, who average these amount of plays per game. The next week, just for arguments sake, they face the Patriots who average plays/game. Based on getting off that many more plays per game, the Patriots should obviously average more yards of offense per game and more than likely more yards given up on defense since they are more plays overall in their games.
It is very similar to +ESPN constant attempt to change the QB ratings/stats to TotalQBR, but that is flawed right off the bat when looking into it because they give a higher rating to QBs that are able to come back from a deficit. The Broncos, don't often have a deficit, so Peyton Manning most likely would not get a higher Total QBR then he really should over other QB's. In the event a QB leads the whole game despite stellar performance and maintaining that lead to a win, it counts as a negative in comparison to a QB that comes back from behind and gets a win. That is significantly flawed. A QB that jumps out to a big lead each and every week is not rated as high because they are that good that a deficit is not common place. Factoring in numbers of opponents players is contingent on them, etc. All in all, its just for computer rankings sake, instead of just looking at the original statistics and above all, point differential, takeaway margin, field position, 3rd down efficiency on both sides, and redzone efficiency on both sides means more to us than a number that some algorithm crunched insides of multiple other algorithms is not as significant to Broncos CR3W. In interviews that we have listened to several +Pac-12 Conference coaches agree, the +University of Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham looks at avg./yards per play that his consistently solid defenses give up, and if it is 5 yards or less then they did their job. Many of these coaches have had NFL experience as well. PFF needs to look at numbers like this and above all, factor in wins and losses, and ding teams that have to come from behind and got a deficit to begin with. As well as teams they maintain and hold leads consistently. That said, we don't really plan on using PFF's numbers as a point of reference very often.
Aside from that, these ratings appear to be much more based on how badly the guy on one side plays against another or in layman terms, how bad the opponent is. RGIII is Honorable Mention? He lost at Minnesota, Peyton Manning through for over 300 yards and 4 TDs with a better completion percentage. What is beyond understanding as well, is how is Julius Thomas not above either listed and Demaryius Thomas above any WR from week 10? Brandon Marshall had a great game, but he lost to +Detroit Lions at home and did not have a Demaryius caliber game and many would concur. Beybey Thomas is only an honorable mention?! Our point is, maybe in future don't take PFF's ratings into a discussion as the only piece of evidence or pudding. Their numbers, in the human brain, do not add up sensibly. The Denver Broncos linebackers were really good against San Diego Chargers. We really felt Chris Harris Jr. and Rahim Moore (especially Moore) were exceptional as well as key situations. 3rd & 16 with just around 4 minutes remaining in the game with a pass deflected and forcing the +Chargers to punt the ball away. Look at the clip below. Example after example. A +Oakland Raiders center against the +New York Giants. Raiders lost the game by the way. +Buffalo Bills got trounced at +Pittsburgh Steelers. We find it odd that many so-called pundits and experts use PFF for references in regards to quality of play. The +Carolina Panthers defensive line against the +San Francisco 49ers are not acknowledged or 'honorable mention(ed).' Very skewed numbers overall. Great to see Von Miller in there. Still, we find another example, Terrance Knighton is playing light out, where is he? Offensive lineman can't get a good score on pass protection? So a run oriented team is likely to get acclaim by PFF over a pass oriented team for offensive line play.
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| Screenshot of PFF Week 10 NFL Team based on their (PFF) Analysis Numbers |
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