The NFL Thread 2013: Seattle Seahawks win Super Bowl XLVIII

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chocoloco said:

I wrote this for GAF and myself. But, since the content of your posts concerns turnovers I will repost it here.

"Been thinking about the Broncos turnover problem. To start the season, the major contributors to them were Ronnie Hillman and Monte Ball. Broncos staff quickly remedied this by making Knowshawn Moreno the primary running back and it payed off fumbles are down. Still Peyton has fumbled more than ever partially due to an inexperienced Center Manny Ramirez that has done some early sloppy hikes. This seems like it could go down as Ramirez practices and plays more with the team. The final culprit on turnovers is Trindon Holliday on returning the ball. He seems like the least solvable piece of the puzzle. His great return average and touchdown returns make him a lethal weapon, but the constant dropping of punts and kickoffs also make him poison. He seems like the one gamble you have to keep hoping he stops dropping the ball after work and determination. 

Finally, to paint a picture of all turnovers the main reason turnovers remained a problem after fumbles were partially shutdown was due to Manning having a lot more interceptions in the latter half of the season played so far. One type of turnover goes up and the other goes down. The increase in Manning's interceptions has also correlated with the Broncos beating teams with less efficiency in the latter half of the season so far. I cannot make a prediction on this but I can say it has definitely made a difference. Ball is in Manning's court most of the time and I believe it can be fixed. Thus far, turnovers really only cost the Broncos one game and that was against the Colts, as they came late at the worst time."

I think that turnovers do not matter as much with the Broncos because tthey score so much more with their offense than any ofther team. If the chiefs even get three turnovers I doubt they get 21 points out of it. I just cannot see them scoring more than 27 points and I do not even think they can do that. The Broncos always score into the 30s and I do not see that changing even against this defense. They are really good at stopping Jamal Lewis, especially at home. Alex Smith is barely average. The Chiefs have a horseshoe up their ass as the saying goes.

My concern is that the Chiefs are pretty good at capitalizing on mistakes that opposing offenses make. If they do that against the Broncos, then they'll keep the Broncos from scoring, and maybe put some defensive points on the board (whoever they played during the Broncos bye week, I'm pretty sure they scored more on D than on O). On the flip side, if the Broncos D steps up and forces some turnovers, then it would be down to the offenses, where Denver has a clear advantage.

Also, Decker needs to not look for penalty flags after every play. Maybe if he finished running his route, he'd get a few in his favor.

I do want to see the Broncos put up more than 60 points in each game and destroy the morale of KC's team. And their average points given up per game.