Posted by Knowshon Zone | Posted in Denver Broncos, Game Time | Posted on 29-09-2009
For the first time in his short NFL career, Knowshon Moreno found the endzone in a Broncos 23-3 victory of the Oakland Raiders. Moreno rushed the ball 21 times for 90 yards, but was held without a catch. His touchdown came in the third quarter on a 7 yard run.
For the second game in a row, Moreno has led the Broncos in carries. They are going to do whatever is necessary to get him his touches and develop him into an every down back. The sky is the limit with Knowshon Moreno, especially in the Bronco system. They get to play against some of the worst defenses in the AFC West and will run the ball more then other teams when the weather gets bad in December.
If you have Knowshon Moreno on your fantasy team, then it’s time to insert him into your lineup. He’s no longer just a RB3/Flex type guy. I think he worthy of a RB2 spot. And if you’re in a keeper league hold on to him like he’s your first born child.
from the denver post:
Who thought on draft day that first-round draft pick Knowshon Moreno would become Mr. Inside to Correll Buckhalter’s Mr. Outside?
Although the veteran Buckhalter is 223 pounds and the rookie Moreno is 210 pounds, it’s been Buckhalter who has been the Broncos’ big-play back, while Moreno has run tougher than expected.
In the past two games, Buckhalter has rushed for 184 yards on 23 carries (8.0-yard average) while Moreno has 165 yards on 38 carries (4.3).
“Knowshon might be a little bit more powerful inside running the ball,” said Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton, “but they both ran extremely well, and both of them, if you just give them that little seam, they can turn them into a 40- or 50-yard run.”
great game, knowshon!
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Broncos’ RBs hitting the dark side
McDaniels insists that his ball carriers follow the play instead of freelancing to negative yards.
By Mike Klis
The Denver Post
Posted: 10/04/2009 01:00:00 AM MDT
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Since the days of Vince Lombardi, and maybe a few decades before that, offensive backs have been told to run to daylight.
Broncos coach Josh McDaniels gives his running backs a different set of instructions.
“One of the things we’ve talked to our running backs about is we don’t want to have negative plays,” McDaniels said. “What does that mean? It means sometimes when it’s dark, you want to go into the darkness.”
McDaniels should write his own football book. He can call it “Run to Darkness.” In the past two games, tailbacks Correll Buckhalter and Knowshon Moreno ran to darkness and found 349 combined rushing yards on 61 carries, a 5.7-yard average.
They got there not by freelancing, at least not until they reached the second level.
“I don’t want them bouncing the ball out and getting tackled for a 3-yard loss when they could have got 2,” McDaniels said. “OK, it wasn’t perfect, we didn’t block it perfectly or they made a good call and made a good play but our guys got 2 or 3 yards. Buck and Moreno have done a nice job of accepting that as our style. They take it, they take it, and then they hit one.”
Barry Sanders might not have been a good fit for the Broncos’ offense. The former Detroit Lions great needed just 10 seasons to become the NFL’s third all-time rusher with 15,269 rushing yards. But he also was the all-time leader in lost yardage with 1,114.
McDaniels doesn’t want to be second-and-12, not when his backs could have easily given him second-and-9.
“That’s something that’s been an emphasis since we got here — we don’t want negative plays,” Buckhalter said. “So if something’s not there, you still hit it where you’re supposed to hit it and get as much as you can.”
Mike Klis: 303-954-1055 or mklis@denverpost.com