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Just be reading through the OTA quotes over at HT.com and had some thoughts on them to share with the group.
We better be prepared to give up some big plays this year. One thing with the aggressive defense its high risk, high reward, high cost. Hope I don't see people complaining about giving up big plays after everyone complained about being too conservative.
I love this, when Caldwell first came in it was all "strictly depth, happy with our starters blah blah, now it is he is pushing very quickly, I wouldn't be surprised if by the end of the TC process it will be "couldn't keep him out of the lineup".
I'm drinking the Orlovsky kool-aid. The one thing that intrigues me is that Kubiak says they are going to work on the intangibles... I always thought they were intangible because you couldn't teach them/coach them, I always thought they were innate. I find this fascinating.
WooHoo! The first Okam mention of the off-season. I still really want to see Okam emerge this offseason.. hope this is only the first of many comments about him.
How much do you believe this sort of thing? Do players get into a practice situation with a player e.g. Diles and say wow this guy is good, teams are going to have to account for him, or is Diles just repeating the hype that coaches and media have been saying? Surely they would know once they have played along someone if they are for real or not.......
Gary Kubiak said:(on what hell have to get from the cornerbacks to allow the defense to be more aggressive) Well, I think we have to allow them to be aggressive go ahead and let them take some chances, take some opportunities to jump some routes and those type of things. To coach that way and to get those things done, as a coach, youve got to let them know if the other happens, youre going to take the credit for that; youre not going to put it all on them. So were going to try to get them to be more aggressive. Were really limited in what were doing coverage-wise, and hopefully technique-wise, we just make more plays.
We better be prepared to give up some big plays this year. One thing with the aggressive defense its high risk, high reward, high cost. Hope I don't see people complaining about giving up big plays after everyone complained about being too conservative.
Gary Kubiak said:(on the flexibility C Antoine Caldwell offers up front) Were working him at center right now, but in drill work hes doing both guards and the center position. Its been a concern for us the last year, as I said all five of our guys played every game, every snap. Thats unheard of in this league. Weve been lucky with our game day as far as suiting guys up. If we suit seven, weve got to have a versatile player. To me, hes going to give us that opportunity. But I also think hes going to push our guys to be on the field very quickly, so thats going to make us better.
I love this, when Caldwell first came in it was all "strictly depth, happy with our starters blah blah, now it is he is pushing very quickly, I wouldn't be surprised if by the end of the TC process it will be "couldn't keep him out of the lineup".
Gary Kubiak said:(on QB Dan Orlovsky) Well, hes obviously got all the ability to do things with the size of the arm and those things. What Dan is doing is, in the last five practices, first off hes learned what our expectations are for that position and theyre very high. I make a commitment to our team that our quarterback is going to play good. I want him to practice that way, and our expectations will be if something happens to (QB) Matt (Schaub) that he will go in there and play like a big time quarterback. Weve got the ability to work with - now we go to work on all the other stuff, the intangibles, which gives him the chance to be a great player.
I'm drinking the Orlovsky kool-aid. The one thing that intrigues me is that Kubiak says they are going to work on the intangibles... I always thought they were intangible because you couldn't teach them/coach them, I always thought they were innate. I find this fascinating.
Gary Kubiak said:(on how DT Travis Johnsons being out affects him and the team) Its not going to hold the team back; weve got to go. Weve got to get better and move on, so its opportunity for (DTs) DelJuan (Robinson) and Frank (Okam).
WooHoo! The first Okam mention of the off-season. I still really want to see Okam emerge this offseason.. hope this is only the first of many comments about him.
Gary Kubiak said:(on what LB Brian Cushings attacking style will bring to the defense) I love it, because hes going to make it that much more fun out there. All the competing, were going to come out and say, Im going to get there before you do! Its going to be a lot of fun out there, and like I said, hes going to add another dimension to our defense. Theyre going to have to know where 56 (Cushing) is along with 59 (LB DeMeco Ryans) and 90 (DE Mario Williams), all them guys, theyre going to have to know where everybodys at. Its going to be fun moving around out there.
How much do you believe this sort of thing? Do players get into a practice situation with a player e.g. Diles and say wow this guy is good, teams are going to have to account for him, or is Diles just repeating the hype that coaches and media have been saying? Surely they would know once they have played along someone if they are for real or not.......