I watched the Bronco Game.
No Patriot run game + No PAtriot passing game + No Patriot coverage = easy win
The Hawks are NOT the PATS. The Patriot secondary was ABSOLUTELY horrible yesterday. Hell, even Matt Schaub could have shredded them.
NOW for a dose of reality. even with the shitty play by the Pats secondary the broncs only scored 26 points.
I know you watched the Seahawks game bro.
The Seahawks made Kap pay for every mistep. They blanketed the 49er recievers, who BTW are as good as the Broncos recievers.
Game planning for the Broncos compared to the 49ers.
With Kaps run abilities and the Option the hawks corners had to stay home and seal the edge as well as TRY to keep the middle lanes sealed. That is one hell of a task and Kap made them pay several times up the middle.
This type of game plan drastically reduces the ability to Blitz the edges..Something the HAWKS do better than anybody else.
There will be NO SUCH scenario in Jersey!!
Peyton is NO run threat, this will enable the Hawks to play Man coverage, which we all know is their forte.
They will blitz the edges, they will blitz between the tackles.
The Hawks LB, secondary corps is CONSIDERABLY Faster, better and more aggressive than New England's.
The recievers, TE's will not come off the line unmolested like they did in the Pats game.
Seattle will play tight, physical, press all day long and make Welker etc fight/pay for every reception.
The Broncos will be challenged by SEATTLE on EVERY PLAY, EVERY PASS, EVERY RUN
On the other side of the ball Denver's mediocre D has to seal the edges and middle to contain Wilson and beastly Marshawn Lynch.
This greatly reduces their man coverage abilities...GOOD LUCK covering Seattle's receiver corps in ZONE..
Again this reduces the ability to blitz the edges and keeps the CB's/OLB outside of the tackles opening the middle to Beast Lynch.
The broncs have shown they have trouble containing Mobile QB's. Suffering 2 of their 3 losses to Luck, Rivers.
Neither Indy or the diego had a viable run threat like Lynch to contend with.
With 2 outside men to seal edges and 1 to shadow Lynch and Wilson in option mode opens a lot of opportunity in the passing game.
In the end I believe this game will come down to Time of possession with Seattle dominating it by virtue of their run game.