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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
It's not all of them. His worst rep came later and should've been included (as the Broncos still had most of their starting DL in by then).
But it's enough of them to dispose of the whole 'he was a turnstile' myth. He just wasn't.
He was solid. Not spectacular and not a disaster.
Best I can figure is some recency bias - the drive where he gave up the sack came late and that's what people remember. But literally the play right before that he stood Bonitto up.
If the bar was 'adequate' I think he cleared that.
It really is a question of game conditioning. Did he get worse because he got tired or because the game was a shit show and nobody was focused at that point?
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And my concern about the conditioning issue is
we only ran 33 offensive plays yesterday - 3rd fewest of all time. If he's wearing down under a light load, he's gonna be a mess if we have 3-4 10+ play drives in a game.
It's not the interesting answer for any of these kinds of discussions, but in the end, I trust that the coaches know what he's capable of based on this game and his performance in practice. I'm glad we at least had this game to evaluate him in a "real" situation.
If they decide he gives us the best shot, I'm in. If they decide that sacrificing LG play for Thuney at LT is the way to go, so be it. I really HOPE that Humpries can step up, though.