Raise your hand if you had a good game. Not so fast, James Bradberry...

[electro's horse]

The coaches did him no favors with the way they played him. The broncos perfectly anticipated what the Panthers were going to do, and the beginning of the game was just pitch and catch. They would have been better off just letting him press and blitzing the poo out of Siemian. 

Obviously it's his first game on a huge stage, he's replacing a great player, and few people will understand what was going through his head.

The Broncos are a legit good team that are very well coached and are just as good talent wise as the Panthers. 

Bebe is a great player and a hard mark for anyone.

that said, good, holy poo this kid did not look like a football player at all. played hesitant and scared. had no closing speed to the receiver. 

He was put in a bad position by the coaches and didn't do anything to help himself. But man I was getting a lot of Everette Brown vibes from him last night. Just a guy that didn't look like he belonged out there. 

[ecu88]

First game

Prime Time

No TDs given up if I remember correctly. 

I think he did a pretty decent job against one the top of the line WRs.

 

[Cj72]

I thought he did ok personally. He could have been better but they were throwing those short 10 yard passes last night that always seem to give the panthers problems. I did notice last night that the secondary isn't a quick to shut down a screen pass as last year when a screen was pretty much useless because Luke or Norman would shut it down almost immediately

[pantherfan49]

He had that major miss on a tackle on the edge.  Otherwise, I thought he actually played OK.  He's big, physical, and he will get there.

[Donald LaFell]

Not overly concerned at this point

[CLG]

He's where he is supposed to be (on the field in the right places). He's just playing more reactive than proactive right now. The game on this level is fluent to him yet and I wouldn't expect it to be. Hopefully he gains more confidence through the year. 

[RickyManningJr]

17 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

The coaches did him no favors with the way they played him. The broncos perfectly anticipated what the Panthers were going to do, and the beginning of the game was just pitch and catch. They would have been better off just letting him press and blitzing the poo out of Siemian. 

Obviously it's his first game on a huge stage, he's replacing a great player, and few people will understand what was going through his head.

The Broncos are a legit good team that are very well coached and are just as good talent wise as the Panthers. 

Bebe is a great player and a hard mark for anyone.

that said, good, holy poo this kid did not look like a football player at all. played hesitant and scared. had no closing speed to the receiver. 

He was put in a bad position by the coaches and didn't do anything to help himself. But man I was getting a lot of Everette Brown vibes from him last night. Just a guy that didn't look like he belonged out there. 

Except for the time Demaryius did a deep curl and he was athletic director enough to slam on the breaks and come back to bat the ball down by himself. Dumbass.

[CPF4LIFE]

It's so funny how you can go from being pretty good in PRE season to not belonging  on the field. Anybody  thinking realistically knew he was gonna take his bumps. Just like Worley did, he just got his early and everyone lost confidence in him. Bradberry is gonna be great he just needs more experience.

[Snake]

He played his first game against the defending SB Champs and didn't give up much. That's a win for him. 

[Jon Snow]

You expect a rookie is his first nfl game to play as good as a player that had 4 years in the nfl to become the player he is?  Yeah that sounds reasonable.

[CRA]

Worley had a bad game and only played special teams.  Blocking ball and lack of awareness on another that he almost gave Denver the ball...Ginn almost ripped his head off at midfield 

[AceBoogie]

He isn't doing himself any favors by wearing #24, what a slap to the face. Gettlemagic

[electro's horse]

24 minutes ago, RickyManningJr said:

Except for the time Demaryius did a deep curl and he was athletic director enough to slam on the breaks and come back to bat the ball down by himself. Dumbass.

A bloo bloo bloo baby little child is sad because someone called it like it is. 

Pff saw the same thing. Also huddle favorite tre Boston showing his color. 

Rookie corner James Bradberry was a liability, with multiple penalties and four catches for 46 yards allowed on seven targets. New starting safety Tre Boston also posted a below-average grade, with two catches and 32 yards allowed on two targets

[top dawg]

But for the penalties, I just can't bring myself to be critical. The Denver receivers actually were held in check.  He's physical, and he reacts to the play really well. He did better than I expected to be honest. Experience will sharpen his play.