lomaxgrUK Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Brutal. Sorry, but the Coaches (including Vic) have a fair bit to answer for here. Why is one of your most important defenders playing Punt Coverage vs a poor opponent? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosfan_101 Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Ugh. Justin Strnad better be what his optimists suggest he is. I really like AJ, but if this injury causes him to see more 3rd down reps, that’s trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cutler06 Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Didn't we acquire/sign a couple of ST aces at the end of TC to improve our ST coverage ?? McMahon needs to be fired IMO, he's given assets to work with and still disappoints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKRNA Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 1 hour ago, lomaxgrUK said: Brutal. Sorry, but the Coaches (including Vic) have a fair bit to answer for here. Why is one of your most important defenders playing Punt Coverage vs a poor opponent? I can't imagine he's played or practiced any ST's all year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-mac Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 This is brutal 🤦♂️ I wonder if we could try and trade for a LB at the deadline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomaxgrUK Posted September 20, 2021 Author Share Posted September 20, 2021 8 minutes ago, paul-mac said: This is brutal 🤦♂️ I wonder if we could try and trade for a LB at the deadline We just drafted one in the 3rd round. Highly doubt we are going to invest anymore. Browning missing all that time in camp is frustrating now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosfan_101 Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 6 hours ago, lomaxgrUK said: Sorry, but the Coaches (including Vic) have a fair bit to answer for here. Why is one of your most important defenders playing Punt Coverage vs a poor opponent? I forget who tweeted it, but I saw something that said Darius Leonard, Roquan Smith, and Bobby Wagner all have more ST reps than Jewell this season. It’s not ideal for your important guys to play ST, but it’s hardly unheard of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncos_fan _from _uk Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Well damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroncoBruin Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 It was a hell of a play, but I did cringe when I saw our defensive signal caller was the one making it. And of course the outcome ends up being worse case scenario. Chris Gould has been the STs assistant for five years and on the staff for seven years, so he pre-dates McMahon. Would another kick return TD get him fired? It’s that bad right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomaxgrUK Posted September 21, 2021 Author Share Posted September 21, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, broncosfan_101 said: I forget who tweeted it, but I saw something that said Darius Leonard, Roquan Smith, and Bobby Wagner all have more ST reps than Jewell this season. It’s not ideal for your important guys to play ST, but it’s hardly unheard of. Whilst I wasn't aware of that, it doesn't change much in my opinion. If Leonard, Smith or Wagner went down on ST I would say the same thing. We've got guys on our roster who are literally only seeing snaps on ST; they have to have the capability of coping on those units without having to use guys who play over 85% of our snaps on Defense. Edited September 21, 2021 by lomaxgrUK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomaxgrUK Posted September 21, 2021 Author Share Posted September 21, 2021 By the way - having watched the play back on all 22, it's actually a bit of a cheap shot by a Jags player that causes the injury. It's a shove in the back that propels Josey into the Punt Returner, and ultimately Josey just doesn't brace his body properly for impact as a result. Pretty incredible he was able to make the tackle at all, really. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosfan_101 Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 6 hours ago, lomaxgrUK said: Whilst I wasn't aware of that, it doesn't change much in my opinion. If Leonard, Smith or Wagner went down on ST I would say the same thing. We've got guys on our roster who are literally only seeing snaps on ST; they have to have the capability of coping on those units without having to use guys who play over 85% of our snaps on Defense. Don’t disagree. As someone who has never followed ST snap counts, is it normal for our most used ST’er (PJ Locke) to only be on 77% of all kicking game plays? I guess now that I think of it, he won’t be on the field for our FG/XP attempts. Going through the totals now, I think I might be more upset with Dre’Mont getting regular ST reps as he’s our most used DL. (Justin Simmons has had 5 reps there, as well. Seems unwise.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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