Quote:Coming from someone who's seen plenty of Broncos games over the last couple of years, I don't see it. I just don't. Much like Julius Thomas is and was a product of Peyton Manning, Jackson has benefited greatly from having Derek Wolfe and Sly Williams, two of the best DLs you've never heard of, working the line with him. Not enough? How about DeMarcus Ware right behind him, keeping offensive attention focused up the field? Or Von Miller on the other side?

 

Long story short, Broncos' opponents shifted a lot of protection to the other side of the field to keep Miller and Wolfe tied up. Ware was more of a draw than Jackson. Malik Jackson is just another Julius Thomas--a guy who looks far better than he really is because he has the right players around him. Pass.

But those guys didn't benefit from playing next to him? Why do you think Miller and Ware were able to win so many one on one match ups? Because the QB didn't have room to "step up" due to the pressure generated by Jackson and Wolfe. It's not like we have no players to put around Jackson. All parts of the defense have to work together, you can't say one specific part is more important than the other because if you take Jackson off the Broncos then that's one less player teams have to worry about and are able to scheme more against Miller or Ware. We have to add a bunch of players that can get pressure on the QB to create real disruption, Jackson can be an important piece in that. And I don't understand how you think he can't play 3T when he basically played it all the time on  passing 3rd downs in Denver.

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