NFL. What have we learned week 4

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Im not really buying the broncos. yes, they are pretty good, but again they played bad defenses (raiders/ravens/giants/eagles)
and the offenses they have faced have problems aside maybe from the inconsistent 'innovative' eagles, and to lesser extent, ravens)

they still yet to play a team that has a positive record at this point or would have a positive record without counting the broncos game

also, do understand that good defensive teams will approach the game against broncos differently. they will run the ball, dominate time of possession and try to keep peyton off the field. today eagles kept handing the ball back to broncos.
a team like chiefs will be stingy on D and will use all kinds of runs/screens/short passes to grind the clock and keep peyton out of his rhythm

finally, a soft schedule for second year in a row doesnt help them imo, Id argue it hurts them long-term because in playoffs they wont be able to just cruise to W's. facing adversity is a different breed of animal than routinely outclassing weaker teams in regular season. and with a soft schedule you dont get much time to practice against good defenses and better offenses

why do yall people keep ignoring the fact that the Broncos actually have a great defense playing really good football right now
 

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On Manning’s final four touchdown drives of the day against Philadelphia, Denver never ran a third-down play.

Denver had 12 second downs on the four drives. Manning converted all of them into first downs.

Eleven plays, 80 yards. Ten plays, 80 yards. Eight plays, 80 yards. Seven plays, 65 yards.

:whew:
 

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In my opinion that'll be their downfall. Will they be battle tested enough come playoff time? They have one of the easiest schedules in the league this year and we all know how sawft Manning-led offenses are. :sitdown: Once they face real defenses in the 'offs, they'll probably fold, specifically Manning.

This is true for the most part, but the difference is Knowshon. This aint the Edge or Addai running game aka Peyton called a run cause he thought he could sneak it in. Same thing with Ball. They're gonna start working him in and be able to bruise down the field. It's looking like Peyton and Tom meeting in the AFC game again though.
 

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why do yall people keep ignoring the fact that the Broncos actually have a great defense playing really good football right now
they havent played good offenses, and they're allowing 20+ ppg and are in a bottom half so far. sure, no von miller or champ yet but they havent exactly played offensive juggernauts either
 

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I can't defend Schaub anymore. I'm still a fan but that's where it stops.
Yeah I have to agree. Dude had Andre Johnson in his fukking prime and couldnt get it done. Enough said
-Matt Flynn might be the worst QB to ever play for the Raiders. :mindblown: How is he even in the league still?
I guess Joe Philbin was right in not willing to overpay for him like Seattle did :ehh:
-:ehh: Philip Rivers on the low has been a top 5 QB so far.
I always said he was better than Manning (Eli). Alwas liked homie. He's just on a bad team and had bad OLs
-Peyton Manning might just break the TD record. :whoo:
Peyton is pissed and wants to fukk the league in the ass with no vaseline for even hinting he was done

I'd love to see them play the Colts in Indy and see how he goes about it
 

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This is true for the most part, but the difference is Knowshon. This aint the Edge or Addai running game aka Peyton called a run cause he thought he could sneak it in. Same thing with Ball. They're gonna start working him in and be able to bruise down the field. It's looking like Peyton and Tom meeting in the AFC game again though.
You talking about the same Knowshon that couldn't start over a 32 year old, one knee running back in McGahee last year? That same Moreno that many consider a bust? :ld:

C'mon son. :camby:
 

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