Busters
CB Sam Webb
Webb got his welcome to the NFL game to be certain. He was getting brutalized all game long and had some of the worst missed tackles you’ll ever see.
The Broncos’ only TD drive was their opening drive. Webb was flagged for pass interference, gave up a 16-yard catch, and then gave up a catch and missed the tackle to give up a 32-yard catch and run to the one-yard line. The Broncos scored on the next play.
The next Broncos scoring drive saw Webb whiff on a tackle to give up a nine-yard catch that put them in field goal range.
On the Broncos’ final drive of the first half, Webb gave up the catch and let tight end Greg Dulcich have him diving at air.
With the score tied up at 10-10 in the third quarter, Webb gave up a 23-yard catch on third and three and the Broncos moved into scoring range to re-take the lead at 13-10. Then after the Raiders tied it back up, Webb was flagged for holding on the Broncos drive to re-re-take the lead at 16-13.
C Andre James, RG Alex Bars, RT Thayer Munford
Ironic, really, that it was the stalwart left tackle who was missing and it was the entire right side of the Raiders’ offensive line that was brutal.
The first drive saw Bars give up a tackle for loss that set up third and 21 and the drive ended on the next play. The next drive Munford gave up the sack and James was flagged for holding. Then Munford gave up another sack, followed by James giving up a run stuff for no gain to put them in third and 29.
Down 10-0, the next Raiders drive started with Bars being called for holding. In the third quarter, James missed his block to give up a run stuff for no gain. Later, Bars was late on the stunt and missed his block to give up a tackle for loss. Then James led out the overtime period by giving up a run stuff for no gain.
I can count on one finger how many times any of these three (James) had the key block on a positive run. It’s pretty miraculous Jacobs was able to get the yards he did.
LB Jayon Brown
Brown gave up the nine-yard run that set up the Broncos’ second score of the game to take a 10-0 lead. On the next drive, he was blocked to give up an 11-yard catch.
In the fourth quarter, he let Melvin Gordon run free out in the left flat to go for 21 yards and set up the late field goal to give the Broncos a 16-13 lead. And on the next drive, with the Broncos looking to bleed the clock, Brown was blocked to give up a 12-yard first-down run.
CB Rock Ya-Sin
Gave up a 15-yard catch on the Broncos’ first scoring drive. And just before the half, in third and eight, he gave up a 21-yard catch followed by a missed tackle on a seven-yard catch to put the Broncos at the five-yard line. He would also lead out the Broncos’ final scoring drive with a missed tackle on a nine-yard catch.
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