Originally posted by arniegaliffa:
Originally posted by jonesadrian:
He did not prepare for this game period.
He let manning sit in the pocket did not press the wr's and let them run their routes like it was a 7 on 7 drill.
no excuse for the crap he pulled tonight. he should not earn a game check.
Angry words from an angry fan....lacking perspective and a thorough understanding of the game. Let's just review some of the pertinent facts:
We are going into a crazed SAF at Mile High on a night when Peyton Manning is probably going to break Brett Favre's all-time passing touchdown record. We ar horribly undermanned: No Aldon Smith, no Navarro Bowman, no Patrick Willis, no Ken Dorsey, no Chris Culliver, no Jimmy Ward. Playing hurt: Tramaine Brock, Justin Smith, Ian Williams, Perrish Cox, Tony Jerod-Eddie and Chris Cook. WOW! That's a lot of talent. Surely you must realize that there is only so much you can do with second and third teamers. What was evident to me was the foot-speed disparity between the Bronco's starters and our make-shift defense, particularly in the secondary. Sure, it's easy to say they should have had a bigger pass rush but you have to have talented pass rushers to accomplish that. When it became clear to Fangio that he would not be able to generate a pass rush, ( after about 3 Manning TD tosses) he abandoned that strategy and tried other things some of which were effective and some not so much. At least he tried to find something that would work, To suggest that he did not prepare for this game and that was the reason we lost just does not jive with reality.
Players are always dinged up and the players you noted were the same players that had us ranked #2 coming in. The only differences in personnel was one that was going to be made anyway...Brock for Culliver. Ward? I'll give you that as that was unexpected but what did we do last week when Ward got hurt? We just slid Cox from LCB inside to the slot and brought in Johnson/Cook off the bench to play LCB. Done. So to me, personnel is a bit of a Fangioexcuse and still, has nothing to do with the scheme he chose to run last night. And as to the adjustments, you may want to highlight those facts from last night (the ones that worked and the ones that didn't after being down 21 early).