No Bull Questions: Focusing on the line play Last week I was really focused on the passing game on both sides of the ball Denver Broncos T-Shirt , but this week, I want to get back to watching the trenches and seeing what is good in the core areas of both the offense and defense.As we head into week 2, here are the questions I’ll be focusing on as I watch the game:What is making the offensive line look so good early in the season?We’ve been pretty focused on the offensive line quality in the past few years and last season was no exception. We had major issues at left guard which led to problems at left tackle at times and serious issues at right tackle no matter who the Broncos put in.How are the interior linemen on the front seven doing as far as stopping the run?We’ve got Domata Peko, Derek Wolfe, Shelby Harris, and Adam Gotsis as big time run stoppers up front. What is working for them that is freeing up the ILBs to attack the ball?Who stands out as really making the run defense work or not work in week 2?Who is generating interior pass rush either by collapsing the pocket or straight up getting hits on the QB?Most who watch the Joe Woods defense closely know about the NASCAR package he employs in 3rd and long situations with Von Miller, Shaquil Barrett, Bradley Chubb, and Shane Ray all on the field at the same line up front. How much do we use that? Who else is effective as a pass rusher on some of the shorter downs where teams run PA?Is Marquette King going to step up his game?I was pretty stoked to sign King this off season, but he’s been pretty underwhelming so far. Where’s his big leg? How much of a weapon is going to be in a game with great motivation for him as a former Raider?Your turnWhat are you focusing on this week? Want to see if Case Keenum can play more mistake-free football? Interested in how the young RBs look? Add your questions to the comments and we’ll follow up next week and see what we learned about the team. Andrew Mason tagged the mood in the Broncos locker room after the 30-23 loss to the Chiefs as somewhere between “frustration” and “exasperation.”Frustrated by losing, exasperated by losing a game they could have won.Because if you out-gain the opponent 411 yards to 340, including nearly 200 on the ground, win the time of possession, have more first downs and hold the opponents to under 50 yards rushing Denver Broncos Hats , it would be fair to think you win that game.But if you can’t keep yourself from giving up 83 yards in penalties, 40 yards in sacks and two turnovers while allowing the opposing quarterback to spread 300 yards passing around six offensive weapons, you’re not winning the game.And that sentiment was obvious.“Critical moments in the game, we let them score touchdowns - and so many penalties, penalties all over the place,” said Von Miller, who finally got a sack on Mahomes this season. “You can’t beat a good football team like that with those types of penalties. Unfortunate situation 鈥?extremely tough loss.”Case Keenum, who was 23 of 34 for 262 yards on the day plus one fumble lost and one interception, noted that when playing a team like the Chiefs, the Broncos offense needed to take advantage of every scoring opportunity to win - and it couldn’t do it.“There were sometimes where we had some good momentum and good starts to drives and (we had) self-inflicted wounds,” said “That is near impossible to beat a team like the Chiefs when you are hurting yourself like that.”Chris Harris Jr. called the loss one of the toughest regular season losses in his career.“You fight so hard and do whatever you can to win and it’s really upsetting,” he said, adding he’s really tired of the self-inflicted wounds. “I’m getting fed up with it, really.We’re beating ourselves every week. I can’t count how many penalties we had on ourselves. You can’t do that if you’re going to come in here and beat the Chiefs.”The cornerback was equally critical of his team’s offense and defense for inflicting those wounds.“Man Denver Broncos Hoodie , that just kills us. We get a good defensive stop, and then a penalty. We get them in a good situation, and then a penalty. We just kill ourselves,” he said. “Offense, they got a nice drive going, a 20-yard play, then a penalty. Every time. We got to figure it out.”Several Broncos voiced the same frustration Broncos Country did online over the ticky-tackness of several penalties - including Shaquil Barrett’s “roughing the passer” call and Connor McGovern’s block in the back penalty.But at the end of the day, it can’t be about the refs.“I don’t know what it is, but we knew coming into this game that [this group of refs] call the most penalties in the league,” Harris Jr. said. “I understood coming into the game that I can’t hold. So everybody else got to understand that. Especially, when we got these types of refs that will call everything.”Phillip Lindsay, who was the victim of several penalties, having 62 rushing yards and good field position negated because of them, said “it is what it is.”“It’s football. This is the problem with the game. You can’t dictate what happens. At the end of the day Customized Denver Broncos Jerseys , sometimes it’s put in the refs hands,” he said, noting that with a lot going on, anything wrong could draw the flag. “It’s on us. We’re doing things that’s hurting us.”Brandon Marshall said the Broncos can get away with mistakes against teams like Arizona but not against teams like Kansas City.“We’ve got to clean that up. I know it’s tough. We keep saying the same thing week in and week out,” said Marshall, who had one tackle all game. He added that the breakdown in play technique is really the same thing as a mental error.“If you’ve got a technique breakdown, it’s really mental and you didn’t do what you needed to do,” he said. “But that’s one thing we have to stop. ...You know, we really match up well with this team – two close games. Unfortunately, we didn’t come out on the right side of either one.”Barrett added that being close doesn’t count.“We’re close every week, but we’re not getting closer. We’ve just got to work on our fundamentals and get back to clean football,” Barrett said, asking reporters what the team W-L record was. “What’s our record, 3-5? We’ve been close a lot. But it don’t mean anything.”Miller felt the same.“That’s the frustrating part about it. Kansas City has a great team www.authenticsdenverbroncos.com , a great team. But I feel like we have a great team, too,” he said. “Whenever we don’t play up to our potential, it’s frustrating, especially in moments like this.”As usual, Derek Wolfe really summed it up the most succinctly for everyone.“If you lose it doesn’t count for shit. All that matters is wins in this league,” he said. It’s a production league. If you’re not winning, shit, it doesn’t matter what you did.”
