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The Broncos lost their opener today, suffering an 18-10 defeat to the St. Louis Rams. There are lots of positives to point out though.

The Defense The Broncos held the high powered Rams offense to no touchdowns, stopping them each time and forcing them to settle for six Field Goals (on seven attempts). While the Rams obviously had the ball far too often in Broncos territory for my liking, buckling down and keeping them out of the end zone each time is worth something. They were also good on third downs, allowing the Rams only three conversions in fifteen tries.

The Running Game The Broncos ran for 161 yards, with both Bells having nice games, each tearing off a 30+ yard gain. Mike Bell ran with the same toughness he showed in the preseason. Tatum Bell exhibited the explosiveness he showed last year, and a bit of durability that he hadn't shown until now. Let them share the load this season. It worked last year, and it should work well this year as well.

But, as always, there were negatives in a loss:

Turnovers This is the Jake Plummer I remember in Arizona. He completed a pass with his left arm early in the game. I like the competetiveness, but stuff like that won't fly in this league on a regular basis. Plummer was responisble for 3 interceptions and 1 fumble. Tatum Bell fumbled as well. Give your opponent 5 more chances on offense than you are getting is no way to win ballgames. Plummer only threw 7 INT's last year, he's nearly half way to that total injust one game.

Pass Protection It wasn't all Plummer's fault. Sacked 4 times and hurried numerous others, Jake was forced into some bad decisions. This is a good offensive line that is capable of a better performance than Sunday's. Mike Bell's one really bad play was, when in for pass protection, he was thrown aside by Rams DE Leonard Little. Boy was that ugly.....

Javon Walker's Hands Hopefully this won't continue, but new arrival Javon Walker dropped a number of passes he should have caught. He was open quite a bit on Sunday, but that doesn't do anybody any good until he catches the ball. I'm not worried that this will continue, but it did on Sunday.

Turnovers This was so bad it bears mentioning twice. Please Jake, be the QB you were last year, not the one we remember from Arizona.

BOJ