Official Game Day Thread: 2019: Week 1 Broncos vs Raiders

[broncolee]

I don’t want to hear any excuses for Fangio.

People wanted VJ fired five games in when he was 3-2. At least he won his first game as a head coach.

This team looked ill prepared to play.

[Rastic]

Horrible game. Even in a loss you expect to field a better team. I really don't know what that was tonight.

Next week will really be telling what kind of team this is.

All the same is was great to watch some Broncos football with you all - too bad it didn't end with a win.

[BeelzeBob]

Gruden outcoached Fangio. Quick passes negated the rush. I like Fangio but something tells me that he can't run the same defense on the sideline as opposed to up on the booth.

Something tells me that he can't run his defense with the garbage we have at ILB and CB. In particular he needs great ILB play for his scheme to work. I'm sure he's trying to make adjustments, but in the end his best defenses have all had great ILB play. Our ILB play is laughable in comparison.

[nickmeyer]

Next year they are in Vegas....so no more baseball field....

[Fantaztic7]

Flacco was not the problem tonight

Flacco’s a pro. Not the problem. Preseason intensity against our traditional rival on MNF is the culprit. Befuddling.

Adios to the Black Hole at least...

Flacco isn't even on the list of this team's problems.

Correct. Flacco was a bright spot. Can’t blame him for the play calls in the red zone and Hamilton’s dropped pass in the end zone. Not to mention the lack of pass protection in the first half.

[Chronoless]

We all know this was a rebuild year, the sooner Lock plays, the sooner we can have hope in 2020.

[RC_Bronco4Life]

did von miller or bradley chubb play in this game...cause i sure is hell din't notice

They took them away with three step drop and ball out. Unlike Flacco, holding on to the ball for ever

[Southern Bronco]

Anyone that blames Flacco didn't watch the game. I actually thought he played well. Oak just played better. Flacco can control Hamilton not catching an easy td or our D looking pathetic.

Yep. Flacco’s an obvious upgrade on the Siemien/Osweiler/Lynch/Keenum gong show of the last few seasons. Guy was dangerous right to the end...

[JW7]

did von miller or bradley chubb play in this game...cause i sure is hell din't notice

Gruden outcoached Fangio. Quick passes negated the rush. I like Fangio but something tells me that he can't run the same defense on the sideline as opposed to up on the booth.

[Spice 1]

No more of that crap field

Unfortunately we have to play that crap team twice a year.

[since 1972]

Lethargic performance, no emotion, very little effort, just going through the motions, not much else to say, special teams still stink, dropped passes, not generating a pass rush, red zone futility, just disappointing.🤮

[Taos_Broncomaniac]

did von miller or bradley chubb play in this game...cause i sure is hell din't notice

Our Pass rushing duo cashed a paycheck, nothing more...

[Hadez]

Feels like a 4-12 kind of year.

Maybe

We are who I though we were.

a team that has not made the playoffs in 3 years drafting top 10 and top 5 last two years.

New coaching staff and it will take time to get the new staff their players...honestly they did not have much to work with

[BeelzeBob]

Did we even blitz once?

Fangio doesn't blitz. The base four rushers are supposed to be able to get there.

[Chronoless]

Did we even blitz once?

I know we did once, it the one where the TE killed us on a 25+ yard catch..... but then again that happen the whole game.