Wade Phillips:
Jack Del Rio … what an idiot.
I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a more poorly coordinated game than the one I saw from Del Rio in the playoffs last season. It was as if he looked at the scouting report, saw the Colts’ weaknesses and did everything possible not to exploit them.
Oh, Andrew Luck and his decimated offensive line are having trouble against the pass rush? Well, let’s drop Von Miller and DeMarcus Ware off into coverage and only rush four on every play. Wait, T.Y. Hilton is a small, speedy receiver that can dominate from the outside and from the slot? That sounds like a job for Aqib Talib!
After all this time, I’m still positive we would have won that game with someone else calling the defensive plays. I’m not saying Del Rio wanted the Broncos’ playoff run to end as quickly as possible so that he could sign his contract in Oakland, but …
All that said, I can promise you that Wade Phillips will make none of those mistakes. He’s going to blitz the living bejesus out of Luck, and I’d be surprised if you saw anybody but Chris Harris on Hilton — if he even plays.
According to Pro Football Focus, Luck is their second-lowest graded quarterback when under pressure, sandwiched in between Brian Hoyer and Colin Kaepernick, and let’s be sure of one thing: The Broncos are going to bring the pressure.
