Originally Posted by Mother****erJones:
@PFF: Top 5 Edge Defenders by PFF Pass Rush Rating:
1.Cameron Wake 90
2.Robert Quinn 90 3.Justin Houston 89
4.Von Miller 88
5.Pernell McPhee 87
Originally Posted by MotherfuckerJones:
@MikeGarafolo: Broncos S TJ Ward has been suspended one game for violating the league's personal-conduct policy, sources say.
Lolz. He's one former brown I was glad to see gone.
Ward earned a Pro Bowl nod last season, but we chalk that up to name recognition. He struggled at times, finishing as the league's 131st-ranked safety out of 170 eligible players, per Pro Football Focus. Ward tallied two picks, a pair of sacks and 74 combined tackles after signing a four-year, $22.5 million deal.
Denver's quest for a Super Bowl title will open without the services of safety T.J. Ward.
The Broncos announced Thursday that Ward has been suspended for the first game of the 2015 regular season for violating the league's personal conduct policy.
Per the team, Ward's suspension stems from misdemeanor charges dating back to an incident from May 2014. Those charges were later dropped.
The hard-hitting Broncos backstop will miss the opener against the Baltimore Ravens, but is eligible to return for Denver's Week 2 tilt against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Ward earned a Pro Bowl nod last season, but we chalk that up to name recognition. He struggled at times, finishing as the league's 131st-ranked safety out of 170 eligible players, per Pro Football Focus. Ward tallied two picks, a pair of sacks and 74 combined tackles after signing a four-year, $22.5 million deal.
Seventh-year safety David Bruton figures to take Ward's spot in the lineup for a defense still filled with talent. [Reply]
Buried down the depth chart, the third-year Broncos running back is scheduled to see major time in the team's fourth-and-final preseason game on Thursday night against the Arizona Cardinals.
"Montee and Kapri (Bibbs) are going to get the bulk of the work in the game," said coach Gary Kubiak, per ESPN.com's Jeff Legwold. "They both deserve plenty of touches and they should get them coming out of this game, and they will both play special teams a great deal, too."
Kubiak vowed to get Ball "a bunch of carries" in what boils down to an acid test for the former second-round pick who was selected ahead of Eddie Lacy, Joseph Randle, Latavius Murray and Andre Ellington. Once seen as Denver's workhorse in waiting, Ball has fallen behind C.J. Anderson, Ronnie Hillman and Juwan Thompson in the pecking order.
Ball pumped out 559 yards at 4.7 yards per carry as a rookie in 2013, but fell off the map last year with just 172 yards at a disappointing 3.1 yards per pop. A preseason appendectomy sapped him early in the season before Ball was sidelined with a string of groin injuries.
Set to count $944,816 against the cap, Ball promised this offseason that he'd be "ready to win the job" after watching Anderson tear it up down the stretch in 2014. He was visibly frustrated after failing to see a carry until very late against the 49ers last week, saying, per The Denver Post: "I was really surprised by that. I barely got any touches. I guess that's the way they wanted to do it."
Ball's shot to make the team likely boils down to whether he or Bibbs shows more on special teams. Plugged in beat writer Mike Klis doesn't expect Ball to make the cut, but either way, his tumble is another reminder that draft stock alone means very little three years into one's NFL career. [Reply]
Denver's quest for a Super Bowl title will open without the services of safety T.J. Ward.
The Broncos announced Thursday that Ward has been suspended for the first game of the 2015 regular season for violating the league's personal conduct policy.
Per the team, Ward's suspension stems from misdemeanor charges dating back to an incident from May 2014. Those charges were later dropped.
The hard-hitting Broncos backstop will miss the opener against the Baltimore Ravens, but is eligible to return for Denver's Week 2 tilt against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Ward earned a Pro Bowl nod last season, but we chalk that up to name recognition. He struggled at times, finishing as the league's 131st-ranked safety out of 170 eligible players, per Pro Football Focus. Ward tallied two picks, a pair of sacks and 74 combined tackles after signing a four-year, $22.5 million deal.
Seventh-year safety David Bruton figures to take Ward's spot in the lineup for a defense still filled with talent.
That's a rack of sh*t. Appeal that all the way to Judge Berman to see Goodell get slapped around again... [Reply]
