DeShawn Williams one-man wrecking crew in win over Seattle
Ten notes and observations from the Broncos’ 30-three acquire above Seattle on Saturday night time:
one. Ten Broncos did not enjoy in contrast to 27 for the Seahawks … and it showed. The Broncos made 3 takeaways, minimal Seattle quarterbacks to a fifty four.one passer score, went three of four on fourth down and held the Seahawks to three.one yards for each speeding try. Not taking part in for the Broncos were being cornerback Mac McCain III (hamstring), safety Trey Marshall (ankle), inside linebacker Josey Jewell (groin), restricted end Albert Okwuegbunam (knee), outside linebackers Von Miller (ankle) and Andre Mintze (concussion), receivers Courtland Sutton (knee) and Tim Patrick (leg/groin) and operating backs Melvin Gordon (groin) and Mike Boone (quad). Coach Vic Fangio explained Gordon, Sutton and Miller will see time Saturday versus the Rams.
2. Noteworthy offensive taking part in time leaders: Quarterbacks Drew Lock (27) and Teddy Bridgewater (23), operating back again Javonte Williams (15), proper/still left deal with Calvin Anderson (35), restricted end Eric Saubert (twenty five) and receivers Kendall Hinton (23) and Trinity Benson (twenty).
three. Noteworthy defensive taking part in time leaders: The starters who were being available performed from four-10 snaps (two belongings). On the 3rd snap, inside linebacker Justin Strnad was picked by receiver Penny Hart, allowing for operating back again Rashaad Penny to gain 6 yards on a capture to the proper flat. The very first travel ended with safety Justin Simmons’ interception when quarterback Alex McGough tried using to loft a move above Simmons. The next travel was a 3-and-out — outside linebacker Bradley Chubb received the protection sack in four.forty four seconds.
four. Javonte Williams commenced the Broncos’ next travel with gains of eight and 6 (skipped deal with at the rear of the line of scrimmage) yards. On the following enjoy, operating back again Royce Freeman designed a Seahawks defender miss to gain seventeen yards on a move to the proper flat.
5. On Bridgewater’s next series, the Broncos wished to choose a shot on very first down from the 45. They termed enjoy motion and experienced a seven-man protection, but Bridgewater was underneath pressure following linebacker Kerry Hyder break up the blocking makes an attempt of restricted finishes Noah Fant and Andrew Beck. Bridgewater held the soccer for four.88 seconds prior to flipping it outside to Freeman for 11 yards.
6. Defensive lineman DeShawn Williams was a one particular-man wrecking crew for the duration of his 13 snaps of get the job done. All through a span of 3 consecutive plays on Seattle’s 3rd series, he conquer proper guard Phil Haynes for a run “stuff,” dodged proper deal with Tommy Winner for a run “stuff,” and recovered the fumble triggered by outside linebacker Jonathon Cooper’s strip-sack. On the following possession, Williams identified the display move, received in the way of Penny and designed the interception as he was slipping to the turf.
seven. Lock’s very first series was a 3-and-out. Defensive deal with Jared Hewitt rushed unblocked for the sack in 2.forty seven seconds on next down and defensive end Rasheem Eco-friendly conquer still left guard Netane Muti for the sack in three.14 seconds on 3rd down. Much more beneficial was Lock operating the two-moment offense to end the very first 50 percent. Starting off at his 33 with one:02 still left, Lock was 5-of-eight passing for 41 yards to set up a area aim. Lock’s most effective toss was a 19-yard dart to receiver Diontae Spencer on 3rd-and-6. Lock’s ultimate toss of the recreation was 34 yards to receiver Seth Williams (four.38 seconds) when he was flushed from the pocket and flipped it to Williams. A few plays later on, on 3rd-and-2 from the 6, proper guard Austin Schlottmann stepped on Lock’s foot as he still left from underneath centre. Lock explained it was the very first time that is occurred to him.
eight. Offensive line combos: Initial team — still left deal with Garett Bolles, still left guard Dalton Risner, centre Lloyd Cushenberry, proper guard Graham Glasgow and proper deal with Calvin Anderson. Second team — Anderson (still left deal with), Muti (still left guard), Cushenberry (centre), proper guard Quinn Meinerz and proper deal with Bobby Massie. 3rd team — still left deal with Cam Fleming, Muti (still left guard), Schlottmann (centre), Meinerz (proper guard) and Quinn Bailey (proper deal with). Meinerz and Schlottmann later on swapped positions.
9. Punter Sam Martin’s 3rd-quarter try was partly blocked by the Seahawks’ DeeJay Dallas, who made use of a rapid inside transfer to conquer Beck. It was a woeful night time for the Broncos’ distinctive teams, which authorized kick returns of 45 and 30 yards. “The protection models in distinct (is a problem),” Fangio explained. “(Seattle) experienced a nice kick return on us and one more one particular that didn’t go pretty as significantly and a deflected punt. As good as we were being taking part in, individuals matters can spoil a recreation for us.”
10. Cooper went proper around Winner on Seattle’s ultimate offensive enjoy, finding the sack in 2.37 seconds.
