Broncos first team D

[Bronco Billy]

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- Your first-team base defense throughout Friday’s workout: linemen Ryan McBean, Ronald Fields and Kenny Peterson; OLBs Tim Crowder and Robert Ayers; ILBs D.J. Williams and Andra Davis; DBs Champ Bailey, Andre Goodman, Brian Dawkins and Renaldo Hill.

 

Second team: linemen Matthias Askew, Marcus Thomas and Nic Clemons; OLBs Darrell Reid and Elvis Dumervil; ILBs Mario Haggan and Louis Green; DBs Jack Williams, Alphonso Smith, Vernon Fox and Darcel McBath.

 

Check the bolded underlined portion and tell me how you think this D will perform...

 

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Other D notes:

 

2008 draft picks, corner Jack Williams and safety Josh Barrett, continue to practice with the first-team nickel defense. That package also included Dumervil at linebacker with Ayers, and Reid as a down lineman with Peterson. On one snap, Williams got to Kyle Orton on a corner blitz and swatted the ball out of the quarterback’s hand. 2007 draft picks Jarvis Moss and Crowder each played with the second-team nickel, and Crowder — lined up as a down lineman in that package — snagged an interception off Chris Simms.

 

D.J. Williams must be liking his new position, because he never leaves the field. Williams, playing the Jack linebacker spot — one of two inside linebacker positions — is on the field for the base, nickel and dime packages.

Edited June 15, 2009 by Bronco Billy

[darin3]

D.J. Williams and Brian Dawkins could have big years.

[Bronco Billy]

D.J. Williams and Brian Dawkins could have big years.

 

I agree, but I do see Williams as being targeted by most blocking schemes if this is what DEN plans on putting on the field. Dawkins? He should be off the field in passing situations (which admittedly might be pretty low by NFL standards based upon the current state of the franchise).