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Morning Coffee Sorts Through The Irby-Less Passing Game
Meet Greg Smith. Tight End Blaine Irby's knee injury not only ends prematurely what was shaping up to be a very solid breakthrough sophomore season, but it comes at a position on the roster without the depth to absorb the loss in stride. While through 2.5 games Irby had already caught 10 passes for...
MHR University - Roster Part 2; Now it Gets Hard!
POP QUIZ! The last time we got together, I tried to show how difficult making the final cuts can be. Coaches look at talent, behavior, attitude, injuries, finances and potential to make the difficult cuts. We used a defensive depth chart as a model, and looked at some of the decisions to...
MHR University - Creating a Roster / Depth Chart
Few things are harder for a coach than coming up with the final roster. On an emotional level, it's hard to cut a player who has worked his butt off. On a strategic level, it's not always cut and dried who the better player is. Player one may be a better player than player two, but player one...
The Quest: Offensive Comparison '07 vs '08
This post is an historic one for me as it is my 100th since joining Mile High Report almost a year ago. I am currently working on several different upcoming posts and I was wondering if I should make a certain one my historic post, but then I thought I should just stick to what my original...
The Quest: Defensive Comparison '07 vs '08
“The Quest” for me must begin with the defense. 2007 was the worst defense statistically the Broncos have fielded in a long time. At least when it comes to the most important stat, Points Allowed. The Broncos gave up 409 points last season, only the 1-15 Miami Dolphins gave up more...
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