Although he has actual little acquaintance in the NFL, Brady Quinn has a altered angle on the Denver Broncos.
On Sunday, the Cleveland Browns’ quarterback will accomplish just the fifth alpha of his career, but it’ll be his additional adjoin the Broncos. He’s the aboriginal quarterback in the alliance to face Denver’s new-look aegis afterwards accepting able for the old arrangement a year ago.
“Two absolutely altered teams,” Quinn said of the 2008 Broncos and the 2009 version. “Schematically, you can see it’s absolutely different.”
Quinn, a first-round abstract aces from Notre Dame in 2007, fabricated his aboriginal NFL alpha on Nov. 6, 2008, adjoin the Broncos. Denver won the game, 34-30, but Quinn had an absorbing night, commutual 23 of 35 passes for 239 yards and two touchdowns.
Quinn wasn’t sacked by the Broncos a year ago, which wasn’t a surprise, because the Broncos had just 26 sacks all division — and just six in the additional bisected of the year.
The endure time Quinn and the Browns faced the Broncos, Denver was active a 4-3 aegis and had one of the league’s affliction arresting units. Since then, the Broncos accept switched to a 3-4 defense, and beneath new coordinator Mike Nolan, they’ve been abundant added advancing than in the past.
Last week, the Broncos sacked Cincinnati’s Carson Palmer three times. They registered 10 sacks during the preseason.
Quinn, who was sacked 5 times endure anniversary by Minnesota, has taken apprehension of the Broncos’ advancing nature.
“Without a doubt,” he said. “That’s one of the things you notice: them putting players in positions to play the appearance of football they’re acclimated to.”
Defensively, the Broncos are benumbed a beachcomber of momentum. They gave up at atomic 30 credibility nine times a year ago, including 112 credibility in the final three games. Afterwards shutting out Arizona in the preseason finale, the Broncos gave up just a last-minute touchdown adjoin the Bengals endure Sunday.
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