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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.As soon as teams figure out that Manning has trouble exploiting the deep part of the field, they will start to flood the underneath zones and make it much more difficult for them offensively. I saw a QB who lost the zip on his fastball. Same thing the Ravens saw the second half of last years divisional game. The only deep shot I saw him take last night was an underthrown ball to Decker that drew an offensive PI. Only time will tell.
For me, the great thing about watching the Denver Mannings is that they could have the greatest of all time at every single position surrounding the 5-head, and I'd still be thinking "If the Patriots face them in the playoffs, Manning will choke enough to give NE a chance to win".
Jeff phoned that one in, and he pretty much acknowledged it right off the bat:
Denver looked as good as most people thought they would on Offense. The more pressing concern should be the Defense giving up nearly 400 yards to Joe Flacco. I wasn't particularly impressed with any of Moreno, Hillman or Ball in their running game. Ball looks shifty but he was dancing behind the line.True, he acknowledged that this is only 1 game/the opening game yet he then completely disregarded it. It strikes me as odd to point out such a salient fact only to disregard it. I guess you could call that phoning it in, however, I would be even less kind in the descriptive phrase I would use.
Overreaction is pretty much a reality of sports fandom. It is what it is. Yet game 1 of the season is so unrepresentative of what a season will result in, I can't believe someone who is a professional writer would make that connection in widely distributed print unless their job is to be un-serious.
Believe it or not, I wasn't overly impressed by the Broncos. You all saw how close the first half was. So what changed? I truly believe the injury to Jacoby Jones and Micahel Ore completely took away the Raven's offense and then they became mentally weak afterward. Along with some bad tackling by the birds, the game was quickly out of reach.
Despite all of the points scored, their offense didn't flow like a well oiled machine, not yet anyway. Maybe I will view them as truly elite later in the season but not after beating a team clearly in transistion.
Brady is going to destroy that Denver D as per usual. The question for the Patriots will be whether or not the Patriots D can contain Denver's O.