Broncos Fanzone: Interview with Aric Manthey

The Denver Broncos host the Indianapolis Colts this weekend. The Broncos seem to struggle overall against them. What do you believe needs to be done in order to get the win this week?

Yeah. I don’t know what it is, but we’ve always had trouble playing the Colts. As much as I love Luck and the way he plays, he’s only one man.

He had a fantastic game against Detroit, but let’s keep things in perspective. Detroit’s defense has been suspect (at best) for a few years now and I have a feeling that they will be in a lot of “shoot outs” this year. As for our match up against the Colts, I feel like the game plan should be very simple. Don’t turn the ball over and don’t let their receivers get past.

With the Colts being such a pass happy team, it may be best served to have a “bend, but don’t break” philosophy in our match up with them. I understand that the Broncos are big on using man coverage with their secondary, but in this match up, I think it’s best served to keep ALL of the Colts’ playmakers in front of the defense and not to allow them to make the “game changing” play.

If they can do that and avoid costly turnovers, then I think that the Broncos will walk away with a win.