Was anybody else as impressed with Vernon Butler as I was last night?

[PantherWake]

Guy looked like a beast out there! Especially in his first real game.

 

[Peppers90 NC]

He was pancaked a few times. He will have some growing pains.

[juliosantos]

Looked good rushing the passer but struggled vs the run

[Bartin]

That was a great play. The rest was pretty bad. Story of the whole DL really though. A few of them had one good play and the rest was a bunch of garbage.

[Craig Pruitt]

1 minute ago, Bartin said:

That was a great play. The rest was pretty bad. Story of the whole DL really though. A few of them had one good play and the rest was a bunch of garbage.

I hate to sound overly negative after just one game into the season, but I think our entire D-Line is overrated.  Last year we struggled getting pressure off of the edges and it looks like we're gonna have the same problem this year.  I love Charles Johnson, but he isn't the same player he use to be.  I think Ealy is more suited to play LDE.  He doesn't seem to be as effective going up against the LT as he does when playing against the RT's.

KK is the only proven pass rusher from the interior. I think Butler is going to be good, but he just starting his career so we can expect struggles this season. Starr is good against the run but I think he has like 5 career sacks. I'm not impressed with any of our backups as pass rushers (I sincerely hope I'm proven wrong). If we didn't have Luke and Thomas D. I think we'd be an average defense at best.

[Bartin]

6 minutes ago, Craig Pruitt said:

I hate to sound overly negative after just one game into the season, but I think our entire D-Line is overrated.  Last year we struggled getting pressure off of the edges and it looks like we're gonna have the same problem this year.  I love Charles Johnson, but he isn't the same player he use to be.  I think Ealy is more suited to play LDE.  He doesn't seem to be as effective going up against the LT as he does when playing against the RT's.

KK is the only proven pass rusher from the interior. I think Butler is going to be good, but he just starting his career so we can expect struggles this season. Starr is good against the run but I think he has like 5 career sacks. I'm not impressed with any of our backups as pass rushers (I sincerely hope I'm proven wrong). If we didn't have Luke and Thomas D. I think we'd be an average defense at best.

Last night was definitely concerning. That was not a good OL we went against. Average at best and they were destroying us all night with the exception of a couple plays. I think people really underestimated how much our secondary helped out the DL last year, particularly Josh. Bradberry having to play off coverage gave Siemian a quick outlet on every play. Norman never played off so a WR would have to work to get open and at least an extra half second for the DL to rush. Everyone was way too quick to jump on the Norman and the secondary are only good because of the DL when the secondary probably played just as big a role in the DL being good as the reverse.

[Snake]

1 hour ago, Peppers90 NC said:

He was pancaked a few times. He will have some growing pains.

So was KK though. 

[Craig Pruitt]

Last night the only statistic Kony Ealy had in the box score was a tipped pass. It's early in the season, but he's going to have to start making a consistent impact in the passing game this year if the defense is going to be in the top 10.  Charles Johnson is only signed for a year and he's on the backside of his career. With no true edge threat KK will be double teamed on every passing play and QB's are going to have all day to throw. And, like someone brought out earlier, We don't have Norman anymore to practically take away one side of the field. It's going to take time for Bradbury and Worley to mature at their CB positions. Our most reliable DB is Bene.

I'm hoping big Vern will get one on one matchups and mature as a pass rusher. If does it could make things easier for the whole D-Line. If he doesn't we could be in for a long season on the defensive side of the ball.

[Darth Biscuit]

Our Run D was horrid... we got gashed so much, the D line was getting man handled.  It wasn't pretty.

 

That, the terrible clock management and not being able to block their DEs in the 4th quarter killed us.

[gmonjimbo]

To be fair, the team did not have any tape on the Broncos Defense with a new quarterback. If the Dline struggles again against the 49ers with 10 days of preparation then I would be considered 

[Cpt slay a ho]

I like his hustle he has a ways to go but he'll get there by mid season i think 

[Hogmolliesmaht]

Butler will be a beast once he starts figuring out how to play at this level.