MizzouHawkGal
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So I watched Denver all year against weak competition of which can't tackle after a 5 yard pass. Why does everyone think we completely forgot how to defend the middle and tackle?
marko358":130mpi8u said:Because Peyton Manning....BOSS!
Nice.... Boss.Evil_Shenanigans":8xbtiymd said:marko358":8xbtiymd said:Because Peyton Manning....BOSS!
Fixed it for you. :mrgreen:
Correct. Serious now, have you seen any game this year where we allowed massive YAC? Unlike Denver? Or that we didn't dominate special teams, unlike Denver...CurryStopstheRuns":37b8k3ja said:I beleive that I read a statistical analysis that showed the broncos lead the league in yards after catch and opposed to that were the Seahawks and their defense that led the league in limiting yards after the catch.
MizzouHawkGal":ls6o5baq said:Nice.... Boss.Evil_Shenanigans":ls6o5baq said:marko358":ls6o5baq said:Because Peyton Manning....BOSS!
Fixed it for you. :mrgreen:
MizzouHawkGal":1f0gz8c8 said:Correct. Serious now, have you seen any game this year where we allowed massive YAC? Unlike Denver? Or that we didn't dominate special teams, unlike Denver...CurryStopstheRuns":1f0gz8c8 said:I beleive that I read a statistical analysis that showed the broncos lead the league in yards after catch and opposed to that were the Seahawks and their defense that led the league in limiting yards after the catch.
E.C. Laloosh":1f0p6cc7 said:Don't be too quick to jump to conclusions about how reliant they are on YAC. Denver got 49% (18th) of it's yardage on YAC. That puts them in the middle of the pack. They throw the ball more (1st) and complete passes at a higher rate (3rd). They are tied for 4th in average air yards per attempt at 4.2.
I agree that they were able to put up the crazy numbers that they have in part due to playing kraeptastic defenses but make no mistake, they're really good. In watching some of their games it was clear that they got a lot of yards on bad tackling but even if Manning can complete passes for 4.2 Y/A at a 68% clip, they're going to score. They averaged something like 8.3 Y/A this season (on 659 attempts)!
That said, we're still going to kick their teeth in.
Grahamhawker":1o8chw44 said:E.C. Laloosh":1o8chw44 said:Don't be too quick to jump to conclusions about how reliant they are on YAC. Denver got 49% (18th) of it's yardage on YAC. That puts them in the middle of the pack. They throw the ball more (1st) and complete passes at a higher rate (3rd). They are tied for 4th in average air yards per attempt at 4.2.
I agree that they were able to put up the crazy numbers that they have in part due to playing kraeptastic defenses but make no mistake, they're really good. In watching some of their games it was clear that they got a lot of yards on bad tackling but even if Manning can complete passes for 4.2 Y/A at a 68% clip, they're going to score. They averaged something like 8.3 Y/A this season (on 659 attempts)!
That said, we're still going to kick their teeth in.
I could swear I saw a stat in the last few days that Denver was #1 in YAC by an easy margin. I'll see if I can turn it up.
MizzouHawkGal":2miph1k4 said:So I watched Denver all year against weak competition of which can't tackle after a 5 yard pass. Why does everyone think we completely forgot how to defend the middle and tackle?