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Old friends reuniting in Denver?

Mr. Scot

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Ya, but del Rio also had Rucker,Buckner,Jenkins,Peppers, Dan Morgan, Witherspoon and Minter.

Trgovac had the same group and was only able the be a shadow of the 2002 defense, when it should have gotten better every year after the year with Del Rio as the players played together more

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Ya, but del Rio also had Rucker,Buckner,Jenkins,Peppers, Dan Morgan, Witherspoon and Minter.

You left out Mark Fields, probably the best of the linebackers at least from a pass rushing perspective.

But, if you look at Jacksonville's numbers when Del Rio got there, they were bottom half of the league in pass rushing. It took a couple of years, but by 2005 they were one of the best teams in the NFL at pressuring the qb. There is definitely some evidence that Del Rio will make them a more aggressive defense in the passing game.

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Denver's D-line is just as good, if not better than ours was back then. That D is already nasty as Hell. It is a shame that they are losing their coordinator. Not certain that Del Rio can squeeze much more out of them.

The Denver Broncos d-line is not as good Peppers/Jenkins/Buckner/Rucker

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You left out Mark Fields, probably the best of the linebackers at least from a pass rushing perspective.

But, if you look at Jacksonville's numbers when Del Rio got there, they were bottom half of the league in pass rushing. It took a couple of years, but by 2005 they were one of the best teams in the NFL at pressuring the qb. There is definitely some evidence that Del Rio will make them a more aggressive defense in the passing game.

A clue into what our defense will become in time with Rivera.

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