Champ Bailey shook off the rust last week when he played for the first time since hurting his left foot in August.
Vasquez has made all 60 of his career starts at guard and never started at tackle at Texas Tech, although he played some on the left edge in college.
"He's going to make a huge difference," cornerback Chris Harris said of Miller. "Teams have just been coming out and saying, 'It's going to be seven on seven; we're just going to throw the ball.' If they come out and do that now, we have our rusher now to where they can't just sit back and pass the ball all day like that."
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"He's a big, physical guy. He's got long arms," coach John Fox said.
Starting Sunday night against the Indianapolis Colts (4-2),Cheap MLB Gear, the Broncos (6-0) figure they'll finally start playing defense like they did last year, when they were ranked near the top of the league in every major defensive category. They have nosedived to 29th overall this season, and they're last in the league against the pass.
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Colts coach Chuck Pagano called Miller a "game-wrecker" and one with fresh legs, no less.
The Broncos gave him some snaps at right tackle last summer.
"I say the more the merrier,Stitched Carolina Panthers Jerseys, the more the better," defensive tackle Kevin Vickerson said. "I'm glad all of them are healthy and ready to contribute."
"Von is Von. He loves rushing. That's what he's been doing, he's been rushing. But the most important thing, he didn't have any mess-ups in coverage," Woodyard said. "That's always great to know that he's on-point with his game plan."
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos finally have their whole gang back together on defense.
On offense, Louis Vasquez will make his first career start at right tackle Sunday night. He slid over from right guard when Orlando Franklin sprained his left ankle last weekend against Jacksonville. Chris Kuper filled in at right guard.
All-Pro linebacker Von Miller returned to practice this week after serving his six-game drug suspension, and he was joined by Wesley Woodyard (stinger), Robert Ayers (shoulder) and Sylvester Williams (neck), who had been sidelined by injuries.
"He's looked good," Bailey said. "He looks fresh and ready to go. He's hungry so I'm anxious to see him play."
Miller is the fulcrum of Del Rio's offense, constantly drawing double teams and freeing up his teammates to make plays when he's not blowing up the plays himself.
Miller's teammates say he hasn't looked at all rusty at practice.
"Obviously when you have your better players out there you expect to play better," Del Rio said. "As far as defense, I feel like we got a good group of guys. We're going to be better as we go through the year. Some of the places where we're not playing so well now right now I feel very confident we'll continue to grow and play good defense as we go down the road here."
So is defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio.
Miller is up 15 pounds from last year to 270, he told The Associated Press this week, but his coaches said he's carrying that extra weight well and hasn't lost any speed or explosiveness.
"Not to give away our game plan, but he does give us many more options to do different things on defense," Bailey "But you know,Adam Oates Jersey, when you have a guy that talented you've got to find ways to make sure he's involved with every play. So he's going to be involved a lot." |
