Bronco Billy Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 (edited) on KOA 850 AM @ 7:50 AM Mountain time. Highlights: Not taking OAK lightly blah, blah, blah Of the 10 guys on the injury list: LB Gold, DE Chukwurah, & DE Ekuban got special mention about slow recoveries. Re running game: T Bell is the starting RB when he's healthy, "is doing a little better than the week before" but "is still not 100%". Why the offense is more prolific the past 2 weeks: New WRs are stepping up. Rest is all platitudes... -------------------------------------------------------- Thoughts: DEN is going to throw the ball a lot more again. Good news for Plummer/Walker owners. Shanahan was less cryptic than usual about T Bell's injury - he's not 100%, he's recovery slowly. Odd that he said T Bell is the starter when he is 100% - Shanahan has never been one to assure an injured starter his spot back when he's healthy, and he has made that stance well known. If Dumervil is still on your WW in IDP leagues, this would be an awfully good week to pick him up. With the DE injuries, he ought to get a lot of playing time vs a team that gives up sacks by the truckload. Edited November 10, 2006 by Bronco Billy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junebugz Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 He didn't say anything about the offense running as smooth as silk when Mike Bell was on the field? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeohiostate Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Appears Mike gets the nod this week and when Tatum's healthy it'll be a RBBC with Mike getting the goal line carries, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junebugz Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Appears Mike gets the nod this week and when Tatum's healthy it'll be a RBBC with Mike getting the goal line carries, imo. Why would Mike get goal line carries when he wasn't getting them all before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeohiostate Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Why would Mike get goal line carries when he wasn't getting them all before? Shanny made a decision in the Indy game to give the goal line carries to Mike, when Tatum was playing. I'd see that continueing. Tatum can't pound it like Mike, anyone who's seen them run knows this and i'm sure Shanny has too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abishagenaden Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Why would they want to throw the ball on Oak? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junebugz Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Doesn't Shanahan like handing it to OAK every chance he gets since they canned him mid-season years ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grits and Shins Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 I bet Bell starts and gets most of the carries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted November 10, 2006 Author Share Posted November 10, 2006 He didn't say anything about the offense running as smooth as silk when Mike Bell was on the field? He's the Mastermind. It's beneath him to state the obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAUgrad Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Shanny made a decision in the Indy game to give the goal line carries to Mike, when Tatum was playing. I'd see that continueing. Tatum can't pound it like Mike, anyone who's seen them run knows this and i'm sure Shanny has too. Ummm, no. Mike will not become the goal line guy. Cleary the Indy game was more about injuries to T. Bell than M. Bell suddenly getting the goal line carries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Appears Mike gets the nod this week and when Tatum's healthy it'll be a RBBC with Mike getting the goal line carries, imo. Yeah but Javon may beat him out again at the game's end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junebugz Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Yeah but Javon may beat him out again at the game's end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted November 10, 2006 Author Share Posted November 10, 2006 Ummm, no. Mike will not become the goal line guy. Cleary the Indy game was more about injuries to T. Bell than M. Bell suddenly getting the goal line carries. I disagree. I think M Bell is absolutely the goal line RB. It appears Shanahan loves his ability to alternate leaping the LoS & running it in between the tackles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeohiostate Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 I disagree. I think M Bell is absolutely the goal line RB. It appears Shanahan loves his ability to alternate leaping the LoS & running it in between the tackles. yep, i think when he leaped over the line he became the goal line back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAUgrad Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 I disagree. I think M Bell is absolutely the goal line RB. It appears Shanahan loves his ability to alternate leaping the LoS & running it in between the tackles. I don't think so. M. Bell is no Brandon Jacobs. I think Shanny just needs to get a little more creative in his goal line play calling. Just replacing RB's is not the answer. I was fairly unimpressed with M. Bell last Sunday. I know Pitt is and was good against the run, but the few holes that were there he failed to hit. I don't believe he will replace Tater with Mike on most goal line and short yardage plays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted November 10, 2006 Author Share Posted November 10, 2006 I don't think so. M. Bell is no Brandon Jacobs. I think Shanny just needs to get a little more creative in his goal line play calling. Just replacing RB's is not the answer. I was fairly unimpressed with M. Bell last Sunday. I know Pitt is and was good against the run, but the few holes that were there he failed to hit. I don't believe he will replace Tater with Mike on most goal line and short yardage plays. There were no holes that I saw. PIT played hard against the run & dared Plummer to beat them. He did. PIT was obviously committed to completely taking away the run. You may be right, but I'm not seeing it, especially with T Bell not being effective running inside. As far as Shanahan being more creative with his goal line play calling, why would you think he'd change now? Shanahan is easily one of the most conservative coaches in the league when it comes to the red zone offense. He always has been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Oven Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 I bet Bell starts and gets most of the carries. 1.0448 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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