The Denver Broncos are ready to take over the league in 2022, armed with Russell Wilson as a quarterback and energetic, innovative head coach Nathaniel Hackett. Wilson may be an eleven-year veteran, but the Broncos are actually a fairly young team around the world.
However, thanks to the expert staff of GM George Patton, the Broncos have a well-positioned veteran at every level of the team to balance what relative youth and inexperience can prevail.
This team has several initial tasks to catch on both sides of the ball. NFL.com Gregg Rosenthal recently projected Denver’s starting lineup in both attack and defense and there were one or two significant differences.
Let’s dive.
Violation
- KB: Russell Wilson
- RB: Javonte Williams
- VR: Courtland Sutton
- VR: Jerri Jeudi
- VR: Tim Patrick
- TE: Albert Okvuegbunam
- LT: Gareth Bolles
- LG: Dalton Risner
- C: Graham Glasgov
- RG: Quinn Meinerz
- RT: Billy Turner
Defense
- OF: Dre’Mont Jones
- OF: DJ Jones
- OLB: Randi Gregori
- OLB: Bradley Chab
- OLB: Malik Reed (a?)
- ILB: Josei Jevell
- CB: Patrick Surtain II
- CB: Ronald Darby
- CB: K’Vaun Williams
- S: Justin Simons
- S: Kareem Jackson
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Analysis
You will notice that Rosenthal has Broncos that work with three-wide receivers on most. It will probably fail that way, and hence the third start-up, but it is expected that Hackett will apply a lot of two-tie sets, and even two defenders with a defender in the leading block.
In addition, the only things I need to write about offensively in Rosenthal’s screenings are that Williams retains his starting job in relation to veterans Melvin Gordon and Graham Glasgow, who replaced two-year-old current Loid Cushenberry III from the center.
The fact that Glasgow is the center is more a reflection of the fact that Meinerz was wanted by this professional staff than the skills of the first one. Cushenberry is amenable to taking over the job, although his first two years in the league, despite his availability as an ironman, were weak.
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This is the first five in advance that I predict the Broncos will also open the season. Cushenberry simply didn’t cut the mustard, Minerz is too good to sit on the bench, and Glasgow is a smart vet with experience starting at the center during the day in Detroit.
As for the defense, I’m not sure what Rosenthal thinks when he puts Chab, Gregory and Reed in the starting lineup, considering that they are all in a hurry line backs. New defense coordinator Ejiro Evero will not launch NASCAR packages to go down, down.
This is basically a humble lineup of NASCAR, and although I expect the Broncos to throw opponents like this from time to time, this package will not surpass the Nickel team’s unit, which will include two down linemen, two quick defenders, and or two off-ball linebackers. or one inside and one coin.
Here’s a better sting on what a real Broncos starting lineup in defense of 3-4 bases might look like in September.
- D-Line: Dre’Mont Jones (DE), DJ Jones (NT), Eiioma Uvazurike (DE)
- OLB: Bradley Chab, Randy Gregory
- ILB: Josei Jevell, Baron Browning
- CB: Patrick Surtain II, Ronald Darby
- FS: Justin Simons
- SS: Kareem Jackson
No matter how the math of the staff / package played out, one thing is for sure. Looking at Denver’s planned starting lineups, this team is well balanced with talent.
The Broncos will even go to Wilson’s quarterback, and Hackett’s relatively inexperienced coaching staff will take them. However, this team has the potential for the truly worst until the first final in the accumulated AFC West this year.
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