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AFC West's Denver Broncos.
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Denver is 12:1 to win the
Super Bowl, 13:2 to win the AFC Championship,
and 6:5 to win the AFC West.
Schedule
Denver’s 2006 opponents
had a record of 132-124 in 2005. That is tied
for the 7th hardest schedule in the AFC. The
Broncos get their bye-week early on after Week
3.
The Broncos were
a perfect 8-0 at home last year and 5-3 on the
road. That is why it was surprising that they
lost to the Steelers in the AFC championship
game in Denver. Denver tries to get revenge
at Pittsburgh in early November. An even tougher
test may be at New England in the third week
of the season. Overall though, the schedule
is not that daunting.
Sports Edge Analysis
Quarterback, Jake Plummer
had another solid season last year, but he imploded
in the AFC championship game. There are questions
as to whether Plummer is good enough to lead
a team to a Super Bowl win, and that was one
of the reasons Denver drafted Jay Cutler in
the first round of this year’s draft.
Cutler will sit this year, but could conceivably
start in 2007.
Plummer’s receivers
are in flux right now with Ashley Lelie still
sitting out and wanting to be traded. The big
addition is Javon Walker, who is hoping to be
ready to start the season after having a knee
injury with Green Bay last year. Fortunately,
36 year-old Rod Smith is still solid on the
other side.
The running game was scheduled
to have a two-headed attack of Ron Dayne and
Tatum Bell. However, rookie Mike Bell was just
named the starter for their first pre-season
game, and it is anyone’s guess right now
how the carries will be distributed in the regular
season.
The Denver offensive line
has been the backbone of this offense, allowing
the team to virtually plug in any running back
and still be successful. That should continue
as the line looks very solid again this season.
Denver’s defense
was 7th in the AFC in yards allowed last year
and tied for 2nd in points allowed.
Before last season, the
Broncos had a very interesting method to building
their defensive line. Namely, it was to assemble
as many former Cleveland Browns as possible.
This year, the team lost veteran Trevor Pryce,
and needs to get a better pass rush from the
front four. Denver hopes another former Brown,
Kenard Lang, can add some help in that area.
One group that does not
cause too much concern is the linebackers. D.J.
Williams, Al Wilson and Ian Gold are all agile,
mobile and hostile. The secondary should also
be very good with Champ Bailey shutting down
one side of the field and the maturation of
young cornerback, Darrent Williams on the other.
The team also has
another good young cornerback in Domonique Foxworth.
Safety, John Lynch can still play, but he is
a bit overrated.
Predictions
By all accounts, Denver
has a very good team on paper this year. The
question marks rely more on the mental make-up
of the team. For example, what lingering effect
will there be from blowing an AFC championship
game at home? Is Jake Plummer going to slip
now that the team has drafted his eventual replacement?
Finally, the questions
of Javon Walker’s health and the uncertainty
at running back also cast a doubt on this team.
The Broncos are still good enough to go 10-6
this year, but it is too risky to predict anything
better than that right now.
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Posted by miker at August
7, 2006 08:10 AM
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