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[Fantaztic7]

These bad interceptions!...

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Oh that Bridgewater fumble turnover that led to a Raiders a TD…...

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Quarterbacks are paid to do what it takes win games. Leadership is critical for quarterbacks and not just what they say off the field - it’s what they do in critical situations. That was a critical moment in the game and he should have made an effort.

Receivers aren’t “paid” to...

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Teddy was outplayed by Keenum of all quarterbacks.

The media played highlights of Surtain after the Chargers game, not Teddy. If not for Surtain’s INTs, missed Chargers FG and 150 yards rushing by Gordon/Williams, Teddy did very little - 129 yards passing - credit for his TD.
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Bridgewater’s INTs were literally the reason for losing to the Steelers, Raiders and Browns. His lack of effort to tackle Slay allowed a TD which led to another loss. Nobody was showing highlights of Teddy last Sunday - they showed PS2....

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He didn’t break a rib - he pulled cartilage extending for a first down. Ankle injuries happen all the time. People said that about Matt Stafford when he got dinged up early in his career....

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The Broncos were 4-7 at this point last season however strength of schedule was more difficult. Opponents through 11 games in 2020:

Titans, Steelers, Buccaneers, Jets, Patriots, Chiefs, Chargers, Falcons, Raiders, Dolphins and Saints. Hinton was the QB vs Saints.

Defense improved...

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2020 per game scoring was 20.2 vs 20.7 this year. Bridgewater is a mediocre to below average quarterback. Some of the stats can make him look above average however we haven’t seen any tangible improvement in scoring. One area Lock was clearly worse was turnovers. Bridgewater depends on the defense...

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With such ‘impressive’ DYAR and DVOA with Bridgewater the offense is 21st in scoring and right where it was with Lock last season. Bridgewater has been sacked 27 times, near worst among quarterbacks.

His INTs despite being low were directly attributed to 3 losses. What we’ll hear...

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Bolding sentences in an attempt to remove context doesn’t actually remove context, which was clear with respect to defenses in relation to wins/losses. If anything, you jumped into the conversation too quickly to make a point without considering the context.

As for INTs some are worse...

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Probably the only “good” INT would be 3rd (or 4th down) and long are when the odds were low of completion and ultimately be a punt - going deep to draw a penalty. The difference with some QBs is the ability to overcome an INT with scoring. In Teddy’s case it’s difficult for him to makeup for...

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1 of those 5 INTs was a bad throw in the end zone to end a game with a loss. 3 of those cost the Broncos a loss against a division opponent (oh and he also turned the ball over on a fumble giving that opponent good field position in that game). Another INT cost the offense a TD in a game lost by 3 points....

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No, not with respect to the flow of a game and the impact of every play. Those stats throw everything into a blender smoothing out the impact on a game. For example, take the play when Bridgewater took a ridiculously bad sack when Williams put the offense 1st and goal inside the 5 - following a penalty...

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I was referring to defenses as the relationship to the wins/losses, not averages. Also, those averages are skewed with better performances against defenses like the Jets.

Those stats are nice to look at but they don’t account for the impact of every play based on the situation in the...

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This doesn’t account for the defenses he played. Look at the wins/losses and the defenses of those teams. For example he had one of his best games against the Jets with the 32nd ranked defense in PA/G.

Also your analysis doesn’t account for late game garbage stats where he accumulates...

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Lost me as soon as you brought Elway into a discussion about Bridgewater....

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Wut?

Tried to give the game away on Gordon’s fumble but the Broncos beat the WFT....

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KC will load the box to stop Gordon/Williams which should open some 1:1 matchups with our receivers. It would only take 1-2 completions of 20+ yards to get their defense to not load the box - at that point Gordon/Williams can pound the ball. I think it goes back to what you’ve pointed out with the...

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I had the Broncos at 9-8 with a 2 game swing on the down side. Beating KC puts the Broncos in that range, so let this game be the one to make it happen.

This team has a tendency to let down following a good win, like the let down after the win against the Cowboys. I’m keeping expectations...

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Great observation.

I can’t recall which year but post-Manning, even in a losing season the games with 100+ rush yards were the wins.

With Shurmur it seemed like any time we went down by a touchdown he abandoned the run....