{"id":290624,"date":"2023-09-11T19:30:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T19:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=290624"},"modified":"2023-09-11T19:30:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T19:30:48","slug":"did-broncos-dc-vance-joseph-or-k-wil-lutz-have-a-worse-week-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/nfl\/did-broncos-dc-vance-joseph-or-k-wil-lutz-have-a-worse-week-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Broncos DC Vance Joseph or K Wil Lutz have a worse Week 1?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kiz:<\/strong> Have the bungling Broncos become to autumn what the wretched Rockies are to summer around here? The difference: Nobody goes to Coors Field to see the home team win, but the collective mood of our dusty old cow town is tied to whether the Broncos win or lose. After that bummer of a loss to the hated Raiders in the coaching debut of Sean Payton, who has more to prove to Broncos Country going forward: defensive coordinator Vance Joseph or placekicker Wil Lutz?<\/p>\n

Gabriel:<\/strong> I\u2019m saying Lutz, the fourth kicker on the roster since Payton got hired. Lutz might have arrived via trade \u2014 Denver swapped a draft pick for him last month \u2014 with Payton\u2019s trust owing to their days together in New Orleans, but he had a rough 2022 while Payton worked at Fox. The good news for him is that his performance, largely, is in his own hands. If he gets it together quickly, it\u2019ll all be fine. But if he doesn\u2019t and Payton sticks with him after jettisoning a trio of others, it\u2019ll look like he\u2019s playing favorites with guys that used to play for him.<\/p>\n

Kiz:<\/strong> OK, I confess: I had no real problem with dumping Brandon McManus, whose salary had become outsized in relation to his recent mediocrity in Denver. What bugged me was the Broncos didn’t part ways with McManus until late spring, and then Payton nonchalantly acted as if finding a trustworthy kicker for field goals and PATs was as easy as walking into Dairy Queen on a summer afternoon to order a chocolate-dipped cone. Well, Payton looked as sad Sunday as a kid that dropped his cone on the sidewalk.<\/p>\n

Gabriel:<\/strong> Had Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo been the kid who dropped the cone, he\u2019d have been able to clean it up, tie his shoes, head back to DQ and order another without worrying too much about getting sacked by the Broncos. And he\u2019d have picked up a few first downs and just enough points along the way. The explanation \u2014 Garoppolo gets the ball out quickly and Josh McDaniels schemed quick route concepts \u2014 makes sense, but the Broncos\u2019 defense wasn’t very inventive in trying to combat that approach from the Raiders.<\/p>\n

Kiz:<\/strong> I don’t think Joseph is a bad defensive coordinator. But his name is way too closely associated with seven years of bad Broncos football, and maybe the great and powerful Payton failed to fully understand the level of angst around here when he hired VJ as his DC What alarmed me most about this loss to Las Vegas was the utter lack of pressure on the quarterback generated by Denver’s pass rush. I’m not sure how much Frank Clark or Randy Gregory have left in the tank. But if Joseph can’t get something out of them, Broncos Country will be on his case all season long.<\/p>\n

Gabriel:<\/strong> Yeah, Kiz, remember when we debated \u201cCan Randy Gregory and Frank Clark combine for 20 sacks?\u201d Well, they were both on the field for a full complement of snaps Sunday \u2014 history says that won\u2019t be the case all season \u2014 and they combined for no sacks and no pressures. Pro Football Focus is just one measure, but its grading of 13 Broncos pass-rushers put Clark at No. 9, Gregory last and Nik Bonitto right between at No. 11. Even still, it wasn\u2019t all bad for VJ\u2019s group. They held Davante Adams (66 receiving yards) and Josh Jacobs (48 rushing) to 114 combined yards and no touchdowns. And they forced a turnover after Lutz missed a 54-yard field goal attempt wide right \u2014 same spot he missed an earlier extra point.<\/p>\n

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