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Denver Broncos: Critics are wrong to say Defense is Dirty

By Jacob Weindling

Dec 13, 2015; Denver, CO, USA; Denver Broncos fans hold up a defense sign in the second quarter against the Oakland Raiders at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 13, 2015; Denver, CO, USA; Denver Broncos fans hold up a defense sign in the second quarter against the Oakland Raiders at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sep 18, 2016; Denver, CO, USA; Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck (12) is sacked by Denver Broncos outside linebacker Von Miller (58) in the fourth quarter at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. The Broncos won 34-20. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 18, 2016; Denver, CO, USA; Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck (12) is sacked by Denver Broncos outside linebacker Von Miller (58) in the fourth quarter at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. The Broncos won 34-20. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports /

Hitting hard is part of the game plan

Tom Brady might get this call, but that doesn’t mean this is a cheap shot.

That is a bunch of inferior athletes chasing football LeBron James as he’s breaking tackles, leveling him just after releasing the football.

This is not a dirty hit.

That is a 6’3” 250 lb alien bull rushing a 6’5” 300 lb offensive lineman while simultaneously keeping an eye on the greatest athlete to ever play quarterback, and their helmets incidentally collide as a result of him getting there and being about the same height as the QB.

This…yeah…this is pretty ugly.

Darian Stewart definitely used poor form and lead with his helmet as he tried to time up his hit on the aforementioned super hero breaking tackles in the backfield. However, this shot also exposes the inherent conflict at the heart of football.

We want our super heroes for grownups to deliver bone crushing hits to opponents but ONLY within Major League Baseball’s strikezone and they MUST avoid making contact at high speed with each other’s 13.2 x 12 x 10.5-inch battering rams fixed atop their skulls WHILE playing the game “the right way” without all that dancin and hip hoppin and celebratin that Cam and all the kids love.

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