If Denver throws the ball 57 times in any game this season as was the case in the second preseason game, it will be because they have fallen behind by three or four TDs in the opening quarter. The Rams begin their first season in Los Angeles in two decades after relocating from St. Louis. I’ll take my time here and do it the right way. I’ve had a chance to see a couple of defenses now so I’m not surprised by what’s going on…
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Maybe something will change in the two weeks before the start of the regular season. There’d be no need for a “but” there if Goff was already in line to start.
Kubiak’s system will feature the running game more this season. Rookie reciever Pharoh Cooper caught one pass for 19 yards.
Denver Broncos quarterback Trevor Siemian throws a pass to wide receiver Demaryius Thomas during the … Goff also took a number of hard hits from Denver defenders, including a sack.
So the bar is low for improvement, but there’s reason to believe Goff could be ready to take a step forward Saturday, even though he’s facing the defending Super Bowl champion Broncos and one of the NFL’s stoutest defenses. He had seen enough from the former Northwestern gunslinger to not call a “prove to me that you should be the starter” gameplan. I’ve said that all along. Keenum was asked if he had accomplished what he had hoped in order to win the starting job. “I wish we could have scored more touchdowns, but overall, we won the game and we played good as a team”. I think all phases we rushed the quarterback pretty well. “First, I just feel more comfortable”. What we have seen on both sides of the ball, however, is not what we are going to get. “I just have to keep doing what I’ve been doing, and that’s try to win every day and compete my tail off”.
The Broncos answered the turnover with a seven-play, 67-yard touchdown drive.
That boom-or-bust aggressiveness was on display Saturday night in Talib’s first game action of the preseason (and since suffering a gunshot wound to the leg in June), when the veteran cornerback drew a 15-yard personal foul penalty for unnecessary roughness.
In 70 total plays in the first two preseason games, Lynch has completed 21-of-33 passes for 187 yards, two touchdowns and one interception, while taking six sacks. This week he was running our offense and the Rams’ (on scout team). That series was capped by a one-yard toss to tight end Virgil Green, and Siemian led Denver to a field goal on its subsequent drive.
The teams traded field goals late in the second quarter, as Zuerlein connected from 48 yards and Brandon McManus connected from 50 to give the Broncos a 10-9 halftime lead.
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Trevor Siemian, the second-year quarterback who has been one of the biggest National Football League stories of the summer, on Saturday night appeared to solidify his victory in the race to be the Broncos’ next starting quarterback.
