{"id":93842,"date":"2023-09-28T23:19:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T23:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=93842"},"modified":"2023-09-28T23:19:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T23:19:55","slug":"broncos-defensive-coordinator-vance-joseph-shoulders-blame-for-allowing-70-points-to-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/mlb\/broncos-defensive-coordinator-vance-joseph-shoulders-blame-for-allowing-70-points-to-dolphins\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph shoulders blame for allowing 70 points to Dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"
Defensive coordinator Vance Joseph said blame for the Denver Broncos’ 70-20 loss to the Miami Dolphins in Week 3 starts with him.<\/p>\n
“When those things happen, it’s me first,” Joseph said Thursday. “I’ll fix it quickly. We have to.”<\/p>\n
There’s little sugarcoating Denver’s defensive performance in the loss, which dropped the team to 0-3. The Dolphins amassed 30 first downs and 726 yards from scrimmage \u2013 350 rushing, 376 passing \u2013 which were the second-most yards a defense has ever allowed in the NFL. Miami scored 14-plus points in all four quarters.<\/p>\n
“Well it was, obviously \u2026 it wasn’t good,” Joseph said. “When your unit plays that way, my first thought is, ‘It’s me and (needing to do) better as a coach and getting guys ready for the challenge.'”<\/p>\n
Asked what specifically caused the Broncos so much trouble, Joseph pointed at handling Miami’s elite offensive speed as a big factor.<\/p>\n
“It was a combination of a lot of things. Obviously, I didn’t get them ready for the speeds and angles and those things and have them in the right positions,” he said. “Again, I take it first, and we go back and look at it and make sure next time we game-plan (for) a team like that we do better.”<\/p>\n
Joseph said the loss was not because of Denver’s lack of effort.<\/p>\n
“The players are always giving max effort and trying to do it right to win games,” Joseph said. “But it became a buzzsaw quickly, and it spiraled. It spiraled quickly.”<\/p>\n
Facing heat in Denver isn’t new to Joseph, who was the Broncos’ head coach in 2017 and 2018 before being let go with an 11-21 record. He returned to join Sean Payton’s staff this offseason hoping for better results, but following a very solid defensive performance in Week 1, things have turned south, allowing 105 points over the past eight quarters.<\/p>\n
The Broncos have allowed a league-worst 122 points through three games. Up next on the schedule: a trip to Soldier Field to face the 0-3 Chicago Bears, who have allowed the second-most points (106).<\/p>\n
Joseph said the mission is to put the Miami debacle behind them and turn their focus to the winless Bears, who are just as desperate for a win.<\/p>\n
“Our focus now is Chicago, to be honest,” Joseph said. “I mean, it’s over. (The score last week) could’ve been 7-0. It was a loss, and we didn’t play well. So my focus now is Chicago.”<\/p>\n