*** Official 2009 Denver Broncos Offseason Thread *** (1 Viewer)

[Ghost Rider]

Talent on the offensive side of the ball isn't as fungible as Josh thinks it is. He prizes it too little, and as a consequence, the young, interesting offense of '08, which ranked second in YPG has been almost totally dismantled. The new offense emphasizes the screen pass and getting the ball away quickly, but went from a team that gave up 11 sacks in 08 to a team that gave up 34 sacks in 09 with no real change in its o-line.This all seems to be one big power-play for the young man, and it's too bad.

And yet Denver won just as many games this year as last year with Shanny and Cutler. That "interesting" offense was way, way overrated.

Because the defense went from one of the worst in the league to statistically one of the best, which should be obvious. The offense, which was supposed to be McDaniels' area of expertise, took a major step backwards this season.

 

[jonessed]

Talent on the offensive side of the ball isn't as fungible as Josh thinks it is. He prizes it too little, and as a consequence, the young, interesting offense of '08, which ranked second in YPG has been almost totally dismantled. The new offense emphasizes the screen pass and getting the ball away quickly, but went from a team that gave up 11 sacks in 08 to a team that gave up 34 sacks in 09 with no real change in its o-line.This all seems to be one big power-play for the young man, and it's too bad.

And yet Denver won just as many games this year as last year with Shanny and Cutler. That "interesting" offense was way, way overrated.

Because the defense went from one of the worst in the league to statistically one of the best, which should be obvious. The offense, which was supposed to be McDaniels' area of expertise, took a major step backwards this season.

The Broncos defense struggled the second half of the season, giving up 20+ points in all of the losses. The offense didn't step back as much as the team simply devolved into what people expected at the start of the season. I imagine if you asked most Broncos fans in pre-season if they would be happy with 8 and 8 they would have said, "yes".It was really a team-wide collapse down the stretch. Same as last year. You would think that would be a coaching issue, but apparently not.McDaniels didn't do too bad considering he walked into what was largely considered a trainwreck. It's hard to see now after just missing the playoffs, but I think he'll be a good coach with a few more years of experience.