OT: Other Sports: Broncos, Nuggets, Rockies, etc...Part VI

[famicommander]

Let's just punt on 3rd down and try for another safety. Holy crap.

 

[sethro109]

Am I seeing this correctly? Two safety and two FGs for the Donkeys

That is correct.

 

[famicommander]

He completed one downfield!

 

[famicommander]

That one should've been picked too

 

[Bonzai12]

Am I seeing this correctly? Two safety and two FGs for the Donkeys

Yup. This is the only way we win games

 

[MonsterMack]

Rookie qbs rarely have a good first game. Maybe he sucks, but we won't really learn anything from this game.

That said, I would like to see something, one play to give me hope.

 

[famicommander]

Horrible sack to take, throw it away

 

[willy702]

Well at least the D looks good so far

 

[CharlesPuck]

This is one terribly played first half. lol such bad football

 

[willy702]

This is one terribly played first half. lol such bad football

Yeah feels like week 4 of the preseason

 

[Avs_19]

Bo Nix looks awful lol. Obviously needs time to be evaluated but so many throws look behind or way above receivers.

Some of it I'm sure is just normal rookie stuff with this being his first game. However, those deep passes look awful and he's repeatedly late. Is he late because he's not used to the speed of the game or is it his arm, which was one of the biggest question marks coming out?

 

[MonsterMack]

Couple drops for first downs aren't helping either

 

[willy702]

Some of it I'm sure is just normal rookie stuff with this being his first game. However, those deep passes look awful and he's repeatedly late. Is he late because he's not used to the speed of the game or is it his arm, which was one of the biggest question marks coming out?

Lots of drops too, really making it worse.

 

[famicommander]

Lots of drops too, really making it worse.

The passes are being dropped because they're wobbly and late. A receiver should catch what gets to his hands, but it's way harder when the pass is coming in wobbling or the receiver has to try to stop and reach backwards mid-route.

 

[sethro109]

So many drops and wild passes. Not just by the Broncos, all of the NFL so far. Preseason becoming a joke has hurt week one for sure.

 

[ANewHope]

Some of it I'm sure is just normal rookie stuff with this being his first game. However, those deep passes look awful and he's repeatedly late. Is he late because he's not used to the speed of the game or is it his arm, which was one of the biggest question marks coming out?

His arm strength has been fine this game. It's the accuracy that's been the issue.

Seems like he's struggling with zone coverage. Not seeing the defender. To me that's be the bigger concern over his arm. Coaches gushed over his processing ability and he should have 2-3 picks because what he's missed.

 

[The Abusement Park]

I mean I get it’s Nix’s first game but the dudes also 25 as a rookie.

 

[famicommander]

His arm strength has been fine this game. It's the accuracy that's been the issue.

Seems like he's struggling with zone coverage. Not seeing the defender. To me that's be the bigger concern over his arm. Coaches gushed over his processing ability and he should have 2-3 picks because what he's missed.

He's missing short and he's missing late. The arm strength is the issue with his accuracy. He's missing on the throws that go downfield.

 

[ANewHope]

I mean I get it’s Nix’s first game but the dudes also 25 as a rookie.

Doesn't really matter at QB. It's arguably the hardest position to play in sports. Even some of the greatest prospects have struggled early on and Nix is certainly not that. You get worried if he still looks this bad by game 5 or hasn't flashed at all.

He's missing short and he's missing late. The arm strength is the issue with his accuracy. He's missing on the throws that go downfield.

I'd have to see the replay's but the INT was the only throw where it looked like he really didn't have enough velocity on it. Even than I think the bigger concern is he stared Sutton down the entire time and passed it into double coverage.

 

[famicommander]

Doesn't really matter at QB. It's arguably the hardest position to play in sports. Even some of the greatest prospects have struggled early on and Nix is certainly that. You get worried if he still looks this bad by game 5 or hasn't flashed at all.


I'd have to see the replay's but the INT was the only throw where it looked like he really didn't have enough velocity on it. Even than I think the bigger concern is he stared Sutton down the entire time and passed it into double coverage.

The Sutton third down "drop" was way behind him. If he hits Sutton in stride it's a TD; instead Sutton had to stop and change direction because the pass was too late. It wasn't off target, it was too slow.

And the lack of zip on the passes are why he's throwing these wobblers that are getting dropped or deflected.

 

[sethro109]

Now the defense is sucking balls.

Edit. And why the f*** is all of our guys sliding around? Did they not bring that right cleats?

 

[ANewHope]

The Sutton third down "drop" was way behind him. If he hits Sutton in stride it's a TD; instead Sutton had to stop and change direction because the pass was too late. It wasn't off target, it was too slow.

And the lack of zip on the passes are why he's throwing these wobblers that are getting dropped or deflected.

That pass was just way off the mark. The velocity was fine. He couldn't hit him in stride because he wasn't even close to hitting him. He's had 2 drops that were perfectly fine and hit the WR right in the hands. Lil Jordan and Reynolds.

It's been the coverages. That's the difference between the preseason. His arm looked fine in the preseason against vanilla coverages but now that he's playing against a team mixing up the looks he looks lost. He can't just play pitch and catch.

 

[famicommander]

That pass was just way off the mark. The velocity was fine. He couldn't hit him in stride because he wasn't even close to hitting him. He's had 2 drops that were perfectly fine and hit the WR right in the hands. Lil Jordan and Reynolds.

It's been the coverages. That's the difference between the preseason. His arm looked fine in the preseason against vanilla coverages but now that he's playing against a team mixing up the looks he looks lost. He can't just play pitch and catch.

He's like 2/8 on passes more than 5 yards downfield, man. He didn't play a single first team defense in the preseason, forget the coverages. He wasn't playing against NFL dudes.

 

[ANewHope]

Hard to blame the D after how they've played all day Seattle made that drive look easy.

 

[sethro109]

The Seattle pressure is starting to get to Nix. And apparently no one remembers that ball security is job security...