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Dude, Broncos D was no where near the top 10 last year. We've been pretty weak on that side of the ball for a few years now, ever since losing Big Al Wilson. Lynch, although he was great, was losing a step. Ian Gold was slipping each year since he came back from Tampa.

I think we finally have a pretty good LB corps. Webster has played suprisingly well. QB pressure is still lacking and we're basically going through another scheme change on D. Moving to a 3-4 instead of our traditional 4-3.

I hear that they're thinking about moving Jarvis Moss to OLB and plug him in the 3-4. That could be interesting.

Anyway, keep the faith brother we'll pick it up!

first of all champ bailey is not a chump is the best cornerback in the nfl the major issue with this defense so far is the pass rush the front 4 not gettin to the qb which is allowing the qb more time in the pocket to throw the ball and another question i have is why did we let go of ian gold he helped out that rush defense in john lynch if we kept them had boss bailey on the other side dj in the middle we have bailey bly in the secondary with lynch it would be much better but hey they found a way to win this week and it was there defense that saved the day

if denver can play decent defense and if jay cutler doesnt turn the ball over we wont lose to anyone

Im a bronco fan since 1985 when I was born. Our defense wasnt good last year. We had the worst run defense last year and it looks like we are headed that way this year. Our defense is bad because of one reason only our defensive line is hoerendous. We dont have a solid defensive linemen. Offensive linemen have the ability to get to our linebackers. We tried taking Jarvis Moss and Simeon Rice last year but both turned out to be busts. we really need to make a big transaction this year for a big defensive linemen. Our corners cant cover for 5 or 6 seconds. I am happy we got rid John Lynch and Ian Gold. I think they brought great passion to the game but they were slow and could not really help us much. Our defense got better from last year but we have to do what ever it takes to get a big defensive linemen. I am kinda pissed off we didnt get Marcus stroud or Charles Rogers in the off season that woulda made our defense 10x better.

The Broncos defense has been bad for a number of years now. The pass defense has been trying to play a bend but don't break style and it has been burning them with poor results. The run defense has been even worse. The common denominator on run and pass defense has been weak play on the defensive line. It also seems like the first half and second half defensive strategies seem to have changed. The first half they bring the rushes and seem to play to win, and then the second half they change strategies and play not to lose. This has been the strategy for a few years now and the only common denominator there is Mike Shannahan. I don't know if it is a lack of confidence in his D-coordinator or what but that mentality has to change for us to make it back to the super bowl.

There was an interview in the Denver Post this last weekend with Karl Mecklenberg. He hit the nail on the head in that interview when he said the team has a lot of talent, but it seems like everybody is looking for the ESPN highlight hit and they are not tackling. He said that there has been nobody on the defense that just likes to hit people like in the past.

Letting DC Larry Coyer go in 2006, Losing 5 time Pro-bowler Al Wilson hurt, he was Denver's defensive leader. Like Urlacher and Ray Lewis. Also losing Trevor Pryce hurt, although I doubt he would have much of an impact now, his is much older. Last year the D sucked cause they are out of position ala Jim Bates.

because of CHUMP bailey