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31	Januar 2019

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Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen wasn�t feeling in a very gracious mood.Of course Demarcus Walker Jersey , losing 23-22 to the Broncos on a last-second field goal will dampen the spirits, but Allen wasn�t prepared to give the Broncos very much credit.�No, I don�t think they played well at all,� Allen said, via Eric Williams of ESPN.com. �We dominated the game. Turnovers, we gave them some points and that�s what happened. They suck.�Oh.It was certainly not expected, but the result of the game suggests the Broncos did something right.But it was a day of trash-talk, apparently, as Broncos cornerback Chris Harris said he and Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers had quite a dialogue all day.�It was crazy,� Harris said of Rivers. �I guess he got that first third down [of the game] on me, he just started screaming at me, talking so much s� to me.�I was like, �OK, you want to wake up the dog today? OK, you woke up a sleeping giant, now I�ve got to get you� 鈥?and that�s what happened. He came out there talking s� to me, and now I�ve got to make him pay.�The Broncos did that the best way possible, by picking off Rivers twice, and getting in position to win the game late. Whether they suck or not. Good defenses limit the big plays that they allow. Sure, even elite defenses will give up an occasional big play, but they general are the result of a great play (or play design) by the opposing offense and NOT the result of missed assignments or missed tackles. Why? Because elite defenses communicate well, know their assignments and don�t miss tackles. During the bye week, Jeff and I were looking at the big plays that the Broncos� defense has allowed this year as well as the TD plays that they have allowed. We�ve allowed 16 passing TDs and eight rushing TDs this season. This piece will focus on the passing TDs allowed. Jeff Essary and I did an analysis of all 16 passing TDs and to see who was to blame - if there was blame (sometimes the offense just makes a great play). Here is the resultant analysis. I will elaborate on some of the more recent ones with screenshots. Play #1NFL.comJoe: This is a screenshot from Travis Kelce�s TD reception in the second KC game. The announcers have highlighted the open area. Patrick Mahomes does a good job of looking to his right to hold Will Parks long enough so that he can�t get to the spot before Kelce does. Notice in the shot below that it appears Parks is closer to the spot where the ball will be than Kelce is, but that is a trick of the camera. Parks is three yards deep in the endzone and the ball is moving laterally away from him giving him no chance to make a play on the ball. The most worrisome thing to me on this play is that we have seven defenders in coverage in the redzone and there is still a gaping hole in the defense. NFL.comJeff: This is a great design by KC (we�ll say that a lot in this post). The RB flares out to the flat causing Todd Davis to follow him https://www.broncosfanstore.com/Chris-Harris-Jr-Jersey , which opens up a massive throwing lane for Mahomes.Roby bites on the outside step by Kelce and gives up the inside. Which is potentially understandable as he maybe assumes he has help inside with the safety up top, but Will Parks is cheating to the strong side and is way too far away to give any help.I absolutely hate a single high safety in the red zone. Time and time again they are useless in that position as they are too easily moved without enough room to recover and give adequate help. Parks was covering no one on this play. Wasted coverage.Before we go away from this play, I actually want to call out something I really like on the other side of the play.Take a look at Chris Harris and Justin Simmons. They do a great job communicating before the snap and just playing inside/out on the drag/corner combo. This is man coverage and has opportunity to get Chris Harris in trouble trying to run through the traffic to stick with the drag route, so he signals to Simmons and they each just stay put and match the receivers once they declare their patterns.Obviously there was leaky coverage on the other side, but this was a positive that stuck out and a great way to play this by Denver.Play #2Joe: This next TD catch was just a horrible matchup. Todd Davis should never be covering an elite (or close to elite) WR like Sammy Watkins. This type of double move is usually good to defeat decent CBs, LBs have no chance against this. With two timeouts still in the first half, we should have just burned a timeout here to avoid having Davis cover Watkins. Observant QBs are going to exploit LBs covering WRs every time that they can. I also want to note the play design here. KC is able to effectively block our four pass rushers with there five offensive linemen so they have five receivers running routes, yet two of them are literally standing at the line of scrimmage, essentially forcing defenders to stay relatively close to avoid the �de facto� WR-screen. What this does is creates the big vacant area for Watkins to run through after he makes his second move and catches the ball. NFL.comNote that there is literally no Bronco defender between him and the goal-line, 10 yards away, when he catches the ball. NFL.comJeff: This one is a really tough play. I agree with Joe that a timeout here is probably what should have happened, but this is something KC does all the time, you can�t call a timeout every time it happens. This is something the Chiefs have done all the time, so Denver should have been prepared for this from film, but look unprepared for it. The problem this presents is you don�t want Todd Davis splitting out wide in man coverage following the back, because he�s shown he can�t handle that. So, they leave him in a short zone where he ends up covering the slot WR, but that�s a massive mismatch as well. Denver checks out of man when they see Kansas City goes empty, but it still isolates Davis over the middle, but if you leave him in man on the outside it�s likely a big play, too. Just a tough play as Davis has been improving some in coverage this year, but KC picked on him here.Play #3Joe: This next TD catch is Watkins second TD of the day. This is another well-designed play by Andy Reid (or Eric Bienemy, if you think he is actually calling the plays instead of Reid). The TE coming from the offense� right may or may not be running a �pick� route, but the effect is the same. Josey Jewell stays with him and we end up with two LBs covering the TE and then Will Parks Shaquil Barrett Color Rush Jersey , who had Watkins in his zone initially, covering no one. This route concept floods the right third of the field with three receivers and stresses match-up zone-man concepts that the Broncos defense employed so successfully during the first meeting with the Chiefs.NFL.comJeff: This is just a busted coverage. Roby is all alone on the left side covering no one, and no one follows Watkins across the formation. Half of the players are playing this like it�s man, while some are playing like it�s zone. Harris and Brock on the right side both carry their receivers and don�t come off to crash to the flat like they are in man, but Roby releases Watkins across the field as if he expects someone to pick him up.Perhaps, it should have been a similar situation as the first play where Simmons and Harris switched responsibilities, but Roby and Simmons don�t do that so Simmons jumps out to cover the RB.Just an ugly play by Denver.Play #4Joe: This last play was just a matter of the offensive player making plays and two of our defenders not making the play. In the first shot you can see that Todd Davis is being double teamed by offensive lineman. Shelby Harris is not quite quick enough to grab Kareem Hunt and Bradley Roby, who is in perfect position to stop this play for a three or four yard gain, whiffs on the tackle. NFL.comIn this next still Parks is position to stop this play for a gain of roughly 10 yards, but he gets hurdled and is he unable to lay a finger on Hunt. Two big missed tackles on this play lead to the TD. NFL.com Jeff: Speaking of ugly plays. This one should have never gone for a touchdown. Good design by KC once again, but even worse execution by Denver.Wrap UpJeff: I expected to go into these touchdown breakdowns seeing more blown coverages or miscommunication on the backend of the secondary, but mainly it was lack of execution by the players and guys guessing and getting out of position. I know people have been down on the coaching staff as a whole, but I am still confident in Joe Woods, I just don�t think the players have executed well this year and the talent drop off is very noticeable. Simmons has stalled after his upward trajectory last year and is out of position too often, Stewart has been hurt and wasn�t great when he was healthy, Parks is sub-par as a replacement, and the corner situation outside of Chris Harris has been a disaster. I think Woods shoulders some of the blame, but I would put the majority of the secondary issues on lack of talent/execution by the players right now.Joe: Like Jeff I expected to see more blown coverages in leading to touchdowns than there ended up being. Our defense has been in position on many of the big plays, but players have failed to make plays. If the season continues to trend downward, I�ll probably reprise this with a view of big plays that our defense has allowed (but that did not lead to TDs). Here are a few stats to keep in perspective. Out 2016 pass defense (when we still had the No Fly Zone) only allowed 13 passing TDs in 16 regular season games (and had 14 INTs). We�ve already allowed 16 in 9 games. We are on pace to allow 29 passing TDs this season. That would match what our secondary allowed in 2013, 2014 and 2017. The key difference is that in 2013 we allowed 399 points and in 2017 we allowed 382 points (we allowed significantly less in 2014-2016). We are on pace to 379 this season, so the defensive results are not that different from what we saw last year with Joe Woods and Vance Joseph running the show.