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Lost amid the wreckage of another disappointing loss to a serious Super Bowl Contender are some really encouraging signs. It’s easy to see the 20-23 final and think the Broncos are hopeless https://www.broncosfanstore.com/Derek-Wolfe-Jersey , but you’d be wrong.What went right? The pass D showed signs of life. Goff was sacked 5 times and every one of them was a total group effort.Once the Rams crossed the 50 yard line Jared Goff hit the turf more often than he passed for a first down. Reports surfaced that Vance Joseph has taken more control over the defensive calls and it showed, the Broncos defense mixed things up enough to hold the 2016 first overall pick to 50% completion percentage. While doing so let Gurley gash them time and again, the scarier part of the Rams offense has been their passing attack so far and slowing it down did enough for the Broncos offense to have a chance. Big kudos to Von Miller and company. What went right? The Broncos receivers came up bigEvery QB misses a throw here and there, but Keenum needs speed up his reads. For all the problems that have been present week after week with the passing game, Broncos Country needs to admire the effort the pass catchers showed against the Rams. You can’t blame Jeff Heuerman that Case Keenum never saw him. He was right in front of him and a completion to him would have meant a 1st down. The more I’ve watched this play, the more impressed I am by all 3 receiver’s play. They did all they could to carry the offense. Demaryius Thomas is another Bronco that showed a ton of fight. Emmanuel Sanders “taunt” got a lot of the media narrative about the game and deservedly so, but his effort shows up every single week. Courtland Sutton’s playing on a bum wheel and still showing all the promise you could dare hope for from a rookie. What went right? Lindsay showed up. Not sure why you’d isolate Matt Paradis on Suh by choice Bill, but you do you. The Broncos running game was mostly stifled by the Rams’ D, but much like Keenum’s 322-2-1 statline, the number’s do a poor job of telling the full story. Los Angeles routinely stacked the box and dared Case Keenum to beat them. Musgrave did his part in helping them. When the Broncos ran it was routinely out of 12 and 21 personnel. While Andy Janovich has been a stud, it hardly made sense to telegraph your intent like that. Then there were plays like the one above, with the Broncos running Duo-concept.If you’ve read my preseason look at the Musgrave offense you already know that Duo is a play designed to get vertical push off the line of scrimmage in order to create gaps. In a week where the opponent doesn’t feature two All-Pro defensive tackles, it’d be a great call. Even with the two studs a double team may mean positive yardage.Instead the call left Matt Paradis isolated on Ndamukong Suh, who shucked the Broncos center like corn to force Philip Lindsay to bounce away from the hole. Credit has to go to the rookie because he found positive yardage. He and Royce Freeman both found themselves trying to outrun the questionable game plan and Max Garcia’s limitations versus Los Angeles. It’s going to be crucial for all 3 aspects I mentioned above to come through this week. While the Cardinals are 1-5 and coming off a painful 17-27 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, they have the pieces necessary to beat the Broncos if they come out flat or unprepared. How can Denver insure they finish the week with a win?Key #1 Manage the Down and DistanceThe Cardinals D has forced multiple QBs into their worst games of the year so far. If you watched the Broncos games against the New York Jets or Baltimore Ravens you know that Case Keenum has struggled against pressure packages this season. He’s had a bad habit of locking on to one receiver, rolling out too early, or eating a bad sack. While it was expected that he’d decline from his 2017 career year in this regard, he’s fallen far short of expectations in this department so far. With that in mind, it’s absolutely critical to the Broncos fortunes that Musgrave and Joseph keep the Broncos out of predictable passing situations. This Cardinals defense did their part to beat the Vikings. They held Kirk Cousins to a season low 233 yards, sacking him four times and forcing two turnovers Todd Davis Color Rush Jersey , both of which came on third downs.Most of the time the Cardinals will run a 4 man line with Chandler Jones serving as an amoeba of sorts. He’s their best edge rusher but has the versatility to drop in coverage at times. On passing downs however, they utilize all sorts of looks. Arizona won’t hesitate to send corners, safeties, or the entire kitchen sink. With Ron Leary’s injury, Max Garcia steps into the starting lineup full time. He has experience at right guard but has spent most of his career on the left. That matters. It also means the Broncos will have two backups playing key roles as it looks like Jared Veldheer will miss another game. Key #2 Make the Rookie Running Backs AstronautsMusgrave would do well to call a few outside zone plays this week. If the Cardinals defense has one big weakness, it’s that they’re second and third level defenders have been poor run defenders. That may sound familiar, but to accomplish Key #1 Musgrave has to go to the running well early and often.The Duo concept should also find success. The Cardinals defense is notably susceptible to runs off the right end, where they finished among the worst 3 teams in the league through 6 weeks by Football Outsiders Adjusted Line Yards. What’s more, Arizona is also bad at defending passes to running backs so Lindsay should find work there as well.Utilizing outside zone to the right in order to both push that advantage and potentially launch Freeman and Lindsay past the first level of the defense would serve 3 purposes. It’d protect Keenum from Arizona’s blitz scheme, it would play to the Broncos strengths while attacking the Cardinal’s weaknesses and it would limit Mike McCoy’s opportunities to settle his rookie QB into a groove. Key #3 Hold up Against the Run, but Respect Play Action Even with a weak running attack, Rosen is dangerous on play action passes. Through 6 games David Johnson is averaging 3.2 yards a carry. Denver running backs are averaging 3.4 yards per carry BEFORE contact this year. That doesn’t mean Johnson isn’t dangerous, of course. With the way the secondary has played against the run this year every opposing running back presents a challenge, but Arizona’s offensive line may be the least talented group in the league west of New York. They’ll also be a M.A.S.H unit Thursday. Injury Aftermath: Week 6 | Football OutsidersThe Broncos still need to respect play action, however. While McCoy called run fakes on less than 20% of plays in 2018, the Cardinals average a 1st down on those plays. Two of Rosen’s best plays this year came after play action and the Denver defense was pitiful at stopping it until the Rams game. The Fly Zone can’t afford to fall asleep on Christian Kirk. If Woods and Joseph can make Arizona one dimensional it will force Rosen to beat them himself. He’s shown enough promise on tape that it’s fair to wonder if Elway should have picked him over Bradley Chubb, but he’s still a rookie passer with questionable weapons to exploit the Fly Zone. X-Factor: Case KeenumThe Cardinals defense is one of the very best in the league against preventing big plays through the air and harassing quarterbacks into mistakes. They’re built to force passes to tight ends and running backs in order to tempt opposing offenses to patiently march the field with the idea that eventually a mishap will occur. Keenum is the only quarterback in the NFL this season who has thrown an interception in all 6 games. Time is running out for him to convince fans he can turn back the clock to 2017, if it hasn’t already.Even if he never rediscovers the magic that made him a legitimate MVP candidate with the Vikings, his previous tape showed a game manager that could pilot a playoff-worthy offense. So far he’s failed to meet even that hope with Denver, despite a talented supporting cast. Thursday represents his last best chance to flip the narrative that Elway erred in handing him a 2-year $36 million deal. After Arizona Brendan Langley Jersey , four of the Broncos’ next five opponents have legitimate playoff aspirations. Lose to the Cardinals and Kelly time becomes a real possibility with 10 days before the trip to Kansas City. You heard that right - the coaches." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteMile High Reporta Denver Broncos communityLog In or Sign UpLog InSign UpFanpostsFanshotsSectionsBroncosOddsShopAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 322 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Broncos NewsBroncos 2019 Draft ClassBroncos PodcastsBroncos 2019 ScheduleKey Offseason DatesCommunity RulesFull ArchiveBroncos StoriesScheduleRosterStatsOdds Shop About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕New draftees excited to get to work with Broncos’ coachesNew,60commentsYou heard that right - the coaches. New draftees excited to get to work with Broncos’ coachesdenverbroncos.comIt is now well-documented how much Dalton Risner, a native Coloradoan, wanted to be a Bronco - and his dream came true Friday when he got the call as Denver’s 41st pick.But it turns out all of the new draft picks headed to the Broncos had some serious love for their new team.And not just because of current stars like Von Miller as teammates or legends like John Elway as the GM, but because of the new coaches.You heard that right - the coaches. It’s been a couple of years since the coaching staff was a true selling point for this team, after all.But since almost all of the new Broncos spent some time in interviews with GM John Elway and the coaching staff, they are coming in excited about their new teachers.And it wasn’t just from nice-but-useless meet-and-greet interviews. With Justin Hollins, for example, the Oregon linebacker sat down with OLB coach Brandon Staley and went over specific plays he could be used in.“He [and I] really clicked. I loved the system that he was showing me and the plays. We sat down and we talked. We really hit it off,” Hollins said. “I feel that underneath him, he is going to develop me. He’s going to show me exactly what it takes to be one of the best. He has coached the best, and I feel like he is one of the best position coaches out there.”For defensive end Dre’mont Jones, the experience with the coaching staff was “really chill.”“I talked to like literally everyone on defense and met with Coach Fangio. He seems like a great guy to talk to,” said Jones, who also spoke with former Bronco Kenny Anunike, a grad assistant at Ohio State. “I can tell [Fangio] is confident in what he’s doing and everything. ...I’m very excited because I know how much of a genius he is defensively.”On the other side of the ball, Risner can’t wait to get started with Hall-of-Famer Mike Munchak as his offensive line coach as well as former Bronco Chris Kuper as the assistant.“I watched Chris growing up and play for years here at right guard. I think I shook his hand a couple more times up there in the offensive line room,” Risner said. “To be able to get the opportunity to get coached by him, and not only by him but by Coach Munchak, those are two coaches who going into this process I wanted to get coached by. I’m sure there are going to be days that they are on me https://www.broncosfanstore.com/Justin-Simmons-Jersey , but that is what I want. That’s why they are great coaches. I can’t wait for Coach Kuper to get on to me and get me going in the direction I need to go.”When Drew Lock came to town, his interview with the Broncos was more film session with Rich Scangarello than interview (though, of course, THAT was the interview).Lock noted that the new offensive coordinator talked at length with him about fixing his rollout to the left.“All quarterbacks can roll out right and throw. I do a little unorthodox thing sometimes when I go to the left, and we’re going to focus on that and getting it down right. You’ve got to get out of the pocket. You’ve got to make plays out of the pocket, and that was one of the main things we talked about,” Lock said. “For him to be able to go ahead and say something to me in that early meeting, allowing me to work on it now before I ended up being a Bronco, I think that was huge. That was one of the reasons why I felt good coming out of the meeting.” For Lock, who was the Broncos’ third pick of the draft, second in the second round, the young quarterback knows his place on this team is to come in and learn.But learn big and learn immediately. He felt that commitment to teaching him from the Broncos early on in the draft process.“A lot of these teams, they’ll talk to you about your film and go over a play, and not necessarily critique you and tell you what you need to get better on. You’ve got to ask them for that,” Lock noted. “That was just the different vibe I got here. Everything was played out, and he had those tips for me, which made me feel like this could be a home in the future. Now, I’m standing here a Denver Bronco.”