Tag: Special Teams
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Darren Rizzi says improving special teams play ‘starts with me’ | Broncos notebook
ENGLEWOOD — Darren Rizzi is looking in the mirror to improve Broncos special teams. “It starts with me,” Rizzi said after practice Tuesday. “I’m the special teams coordinator.” The Broncos have endured up-and-down special teams play throughout the year. Kicker Wil Lutz kicked the game winner to beat the Texans last week. But another Lutz…
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Broncos riding with Wil Lutz despite FG miss — ‘like Jamal Murray in the fourth quarter’
ENGLEWOOD — The “Collapse at the Colts” was even worse than you thought. The Broncos’ special teams did just about everything wrong in the fourth quarter of a 29-28 loss at Luca Oil Stadium last Sunday — and that’s coming from the coordinator himself. Darren Rizzi confessed their sins Thursday, saying the Broncos were “aligned…
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Marvin Mims vows ‘aggressive’ approach on special teams vs. Colts | Broncos notebook
ENGLEWOOD — All-Pro returner Marvin Mims Jr. said the mission on the Broncos’ special teams is simple. “(Be) very aggressive,’’ the wide receiver told The Denver Gazette after Wednesday’s practice at Broncos Park. A new NFL rule calls for touchbacks on kickoffs to come out to the 35-yard line rather than the 30 last season.…