Denver Broncos – Week 1: The best moments of Wednesday's release

The Denver Broncos are in Week 1 preparation mode to face the Oakland Raiders on Monday night. At the press conference on Wednesday, the media seemed obsessed with what everyone was thinking about Antonio Brown, but that sort of thing is superfluous.

Instead, there were some good quotes on topics that should be of more interest to Broncos fans than Like it's awesome Antonio Brown is / was. Here are the highlights of the presser who has me the most interested.

Vic Fangio defines leadership in a sensible way

• In leadership, Vic Fangio is not an anointed man. It is said that if a guy has won the right to lead, everything will be fine without intervention on his part: "I think everybody has the license to become a leader of the team. You do not have to be named. I think leadership is something that someone takes; this is not granted to them, either by a coaching staff or by a vote. You take it. We do not proclaim this to you. "
• Chris Harris Jr. In a way, he supported that feeling by saying that he would do what he would do, no matter who the patch carrier was. This simply proves Fangio's argument that leaders take leadership – they do not receive it. CHJ: "I'm with everything the coach says. I never really cared about that. I will always talk in the field and do what I do there. I continue to be on the ground myself, continuing to lead these boys with my way of practicing and preparing for and preparing to leave. "

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Elijah Wilkinson could be the most important safeguard

• If you look at the Depth map of broncos, Elijah Wilkinson is everywhere. It is he who will maintain the rotation of the Broncos' offensive line, but this will only last as long as the top five players remain in good health. Fangio, questioned on the LO depth chart, said: "It's tough, but I think most NFL teams dress seven (offensive linemen) per game, and from time to time you can see an eighth." There are guys in every If you say two or three, you usually count both sides – yes, it's valuable for that, but each team must be able to do it. "
• Although the protection of passes may cause some concern, Fangio expects the Broncos blockade to be effective. The only question that remains in his mind is whether they can do it in a real game: "I think they have worked well together over time. Since April, when we met these guys, until now, I think they worked well together. I think [Offensive Line Coach] Mike [Munchak] and the two coaches who work with him have done a great job bringing these guys with them. They have to play in a real game now, and we'll see who can do it. "

The offense still has questions that require an answer

• It was covered in our Preview of the game Early Broncos-Raiders aujourd & # 39; hui. The Broncos attack struggled to score touchdowns, but it moved the ball very well. This leaves us positive points and negative points. Fangio, too, is waiting to see the offensive come into the first week: "I know we had trouble early when the first group offense worked, but it's not like we had a lot of opportunities. I do not think one or two are called epidemics. It's something to take into account. I do not promise that everything will be settled, but what I'm saying is that I do not know yet that it's an epidemic. We will see."

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Could Chris Harris Jr. be ready for a career year?

• Vic Fangio knows how to train a defensive unit in greatness. He has done so year after year over the last decade. He now has an extremely talented defense to start with and hungry veterans like Harris to work with. Although Fangio suggested that the average layperson would probably not see Harris align in a different way, it would seem that the results will be different. Fangio: "That's probably not the case, from where you'll see him standing in line and all that." We play different things from the ones he used to play: different blankets and responsibilities. But if you see him align, it will be very similar. "
• Harris later sued in the bail to say that there were many more "asparagus" involved in this defense: "It's a lot of things that are different. We always play a lot like before, but we scatter a few more areas. This is the best answer I can say. We just sprinkled a little more. "

Expect the defense to be less predictable than last year

• All fans who read this website know how frustrating it was to watch the defense last year. The offense too, but all these players and coaches are gone now. Many of the same players stay in defense and what Fangio does is distribute stress and be less predictable overall. Bradley Chubb explained part of that today: "I feel like he has nothing to do, he just gives us the ploy and we all have that confidence in us and between us. It's one of those guys that will put you in a position to play a game, so I feel that it helps too. I think that last year we often had six matches in a man-to-man coverage. The turns are stressful, but it may not be difficult for me and Von [Miller] because all we have to do is hurry up. I have the impression that now we are spreading this, maybe I'm falling, maybe Von is falling down. You never know, and I feel that it helps us and that it confuses the offense. "
• Another factor must be communication, which Chris Harris said is something that will be much improved this year. You can feel his excitement of having Bryce Callahan and Kareem Jackson in the defensive field to help dominate an offensively explosive AFC West: "Really, I could not play so much with Bryce [Callahan] as I wanted, but I think so. I think with [DB] Kareem [Jackson] and those guys coming in, that will definitely help. Shoot. Welcome to AFC West. It's a totally different world than they were. They will understand when the game starts. It's a totally different world in West Africa from CAF. "