WEEK 1 @ OAK TOWN

[DiehardBronxFan]

1 minute ago, BayRaider said:

At worse, penalties would of off set and the down redone. 

Although that certainly looked like a fumble as his fingers came off the ball before the elbow touched. Should of challenged. 

They did challenge - and lost

[Broncofan]

Well that was a huge break to stop them.   I think the spot was VERY generous to us.  A 3 and out was exactly what we needed.   With Gruden having lost a TO and down to his last challenge, couldn't challenge the spot, either.  Those were big breaks on our part, since a FM penalty can't be challenged.  Could have easily been 14-0, and no momentum, now we get the ball back with our first 3 and out.

One major break is that the OAK D is tired.  22 of last 25 plays have been on our O.  But we need to march and score a TD.   No ways around it.    

The OAK DL is tired.   We HAVE to dominate on the OL this time.

Edited September 10, 2019 by Broncofan

[DiehardBronxFan]

Ok. Time to pull an Arizona Cardinals and transform into a totally different team lol

[DiehardBronxFan]

Just now, Broncofan said:

Well that was a huge break to stop them.   I think the spot was VERY generous to us.  A 3 and out was exactly what we needed.

One major break is that the OAK D is tired.  22 of last 25 plays have been on our O.  But we need to march and score a TD.   No ways around it.    

The OAK DL is tired.   We HAVE to dominate on the OL this time.

Agreed.  And if Scangarello is smart he just POUNDS IT DOWN THEIR THROATS.

[DiehardBronxFan]

Lindsay Right. Lindsay Left.  Freeman up the middle!

[DiehardBronxFan]

Ugh

[Broncofan]

We cannot have a 3 and out.   This is one of those moments in the game where our W probability goes to 1-2 percent if we don't convert.

[DiehardBronxFan]

Maybe these guys should have tried to work the kinks out during the PRESEASONS!!

[Broncofan]

Just now, DiehardBronxFan said:

Ugh

I get we want to have OAK bite on play action.   But if you do that you CANNOT have no outlet.  That's the problem.  It was all or nothing and Flacco CANNOT extend plays.   Destined to fail if the 1st read isn't there. 

[DiehardBronxFan]

POUND THE ROCK!

[Broncofan]

Wow that was an AWFUL throw by Flacco.  Lindsay saves it.   We get 3 downs.

We need to hit something vertical when we throw on 1st/2nd otherwise OAK is going to stack the box and take away our run game.  We cannot be dink and dunk when we throw.    But to do that we need 3+ secs of protection.  With them on the field 25 of the last 28 plays there's ZERO excuse not to be able to pass protect for 3+ secs now.

Edited September 10, 2019 by Broncofan

[AnAngryAmerican]

Wow who would have guessed that establishing the run when you’re on the road is a good idea. Took Scangarello 3 quarters to figure that out. 

[Broncofan]

Man this is the Royce Freeman ppl were hoping to see when we drafted him.  That was a punishing blow.  And he gets the 15 from S Abram's helmet hit.

The worrisome part for OAK is that CB has a history of concussions - S Abram might have just taken out Conley from the game.

[paul-mac]

Freeman running hard. Sutton and the 2 RB's have been our best offensive players tonight.

[Broncofan]

1 minute ago, AnAngryAmerican said:

Wow who would have guessed that establishing the run when you’re on the road is a good idea. Took Scangarello 3 quarters to figure that out. 

To be fair, we tried running and we got our teeth smashed in the 1H.   The film will show that.

What's different is that we have literally been on O for 27 of the last 30 plays.  The OAK D is plain exhausted, on fumes.   We can run, we can pass deeper now with CB Conley out.   We HAVE to score 7 here.   We will never get a better gamescript matchup than  right now.

Edited September 10, 2019 by Broncofan