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Denver Post Broncos writer Ryan O’Halloran posts his Broncos Mailbag periodically during the season. Submit questions to Ryan here.
Why did we not spot Vic Fangio successful the receptor of the officials concerning hits to the caput against Diontae Spencer and Teddy Bridgewater?
— Peter Ladanyi, Fort Collins
Oh, Vic was surely yelling astatine the officials aft some hits. The Spencer play, which should person been a punishment connected Ravens information Chuck Clark, happened close successful beforehand of the Broncos’ sideline. Receiver manager Zach Azzanni was truly letting the authoritative person it until Fangio took over. The aforesaid happening with the Bridgewater hit. But until determination is simply a workable strategy to situation punishment calls (or non-calls), each the coaches tin bash is get the yelling retired of their strategy and determination to the adjacent play.
When are the Broncos going to occurrence their peculiar teams coordinator?
— Pedro Nespolo Neto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Tom McMahon has resided successful Embattled City for astir of his tenure with the Broncos, which started successful 2018. As Fangio said Monday, it seems similar determination is 1 large peculiar teams gaffe per game. A penalty. A touchdown allowed. A punt deflected. A agelong punt instrumentality to acceptable up a tract goal. And that’s conscionable successful the archetypal 4 weeks. The lone existent defence I person for McMahon is that helium has developed a coagulated returner successful Diontae Spencer, the Broncos person a decent kicker (Brandon McManus) and punter (Sam Martin) and the injuries person forced a near-weekly churn connected the coverage/return units.
So far, peculiar teams haven’t outgo the Broncos a crippled … truthful far.
Javonte Williams consecutive up looked similar Marshawn Lynch connected that beastly 31-yard run. So wherefore did the Broncos lone springiness him 7 carries? That’s fundamentally fractional of what he’s had successful each of the different 3 games.
— Miles, Parker
Through 4 games, Melvin Gordon is astatine 51 carries and Williams 40 carries. I don’t similar that ratio. Like you said, Williams has had a mates of thunder-bolt tally plays truthful far, including the 31-yard summation against Ravens successful which helium carried cornerback Marlon Humphrey down the field.
As for the deficiency of Williams’ enactment connected Sunday, it did look the Broncos got distant from the tally crippled a small excessively quickly, but connected the different hand, determination wasn’t excessively overmuch cooking aft Williams’ large play.
Fans should privation Williams to instrumentality implicit the workhorse role.
Other than a large antiaircraft effort successful the 2nd half, that was an disfigured loss. Teddy Bridgewater and Drew Lock couldn’t get thing going and the Broncos were a idiosyncratic foul and an astonishing tally by Javonte Williams distant from being unopen retired astatine home. Do you spot this crippled arsenic a origin for semipermanent interest oregon conscionable an undermanned discourtesy struggling against a Super Bowl favorite?
— Steve, Forks, Wash.
Fans person a crushed to beryllium bummed due to the fact that the archetypal 3 games, albeit against sub-par opponents (although Jacksonville should person bushed Cincinnati and the Giants/Jets some won successful Week 4), provided truthful galore reasons for optimism.
But Sunday was a stinker. The semipermanent interest is the aforesaid arsenic the short-term concern: Injuries. That plays into the adjacent interest — this discourtesy isn’t built to travel from behind. They don’t marque capable explosive plays.
If the Broncos find a mode to proceed Pittsburgh’s misery, yes, the Baltimore crippled could beryllium conscionable a speed-bump.
Ryan, our depleted receiving corps decidedly showed connected Sunday. It didn’t look similar Teddy Bridgewater could find anyone. With Jerry Jeudy, KJ Hamler and present Diontae Spencer out, the Broncos request to bring successful immoderate relief. I cognize you talked a spot astir Golden Tate past week, but are determination immoderate different seasoned escaped agents you would footwear the wheels on?
— Harris, Denver
It was pugnacious sledding for everybody connected the offense. Run game. Pass game. Pass protection. Run blocking. But the deficiency of occurrence downfield was noticeable and that’s wherever the Broncos request help.
Jeudy volition beryllium back, the Broncos believe, successful the adjacent period from his precocious ankle sprain sustained successful Week 1, but Hamler is done with his torn ACL. Hamler’s lack volition beryllium felt, not truthful overmuch by his catches, but by his presence. His velocity had to beryllium accounted for by defenses, which gave much country for Courtland Sutton, Tim Patrick and Noah Fant.
The Broncos should proceed to canvas the league and free-agent marketplace for receiver options to instrumentality immoderate of the unit disconnected Sutton/Patrick. Shoot, David Moore conscionable arrived past Wednesday and helium played 19 snaps connected Sunday.
How did the replacement starters fare against the Ravens?
— Greg, Estes Park
Fangio said close defender Netane Muti and near defender Quinn Meinerz were “up and down.”
Meinerz had a punishment and Muti allowed a sack and a backmost pressure.
The Broncos could get Risner (ankle) backmost for Pittsburgh, but determination is much uncertainty astir Glasgow (back). That would mean Muti stays successful the lineup.
Ryan, wherefore has nary NFL squad developed a 7-foot receiver specifically for red-zone walk plays? Run into the extremity zone, crook around, drawback the shot floated high. Pass is either incomplete out-of-bounds, walk interference oregon a touchdown. Am I missing thing oregon could that carnal benignant beryllium unstoppable?
— David Brown, Silverthorne
According to our friends astatine Pro Football Reference, the tallest receiver to drawback passes successful the NFL is 6-foot-10 Morris Stroud, who played for Kansas City successful the aboriginal 1970s.
The astir notable gangly receiver is Pro Football Hall of Famer Harold Carmichael, who is 6-foot-8 and had 5 seasons of astatine slightest 50 catches for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Are you missing anything? Not really, but if you’re 7-foot, you’ll people gravitate toward basketball.
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