Denver Broncos: New perspective on the secondary

The Denver Broncos experienced trial and error with younger defensive backs this offseason, however, the final 53 man roster provides experience.

The Denver Broncos faced many question marks after they decided to trade Aqib Talib to the Los Angeles Rams this offseason.

The team has demonstrated confidence in Bradley Roby, who is playing in the final year of his rookie deal. Chris Harris Jr. is ready to take the next step to elevate his game even further.

What’s after that?

The Broncos brought in veteran Tramaine Brock during the offseason as a free agent and drafted a young player from Boston College in Isaac Yiadom.

Numerous reports sprung out of the UC Health Training Center that the Broncos’ secondary struggled during training camp against the first team offense.

Contrary to reports, the film from the Broncos’ starters in the secondary during the preseason shows that they are more than capable of maintaining top-level production.

Yiadom has shown a lot of upside despite giving up some plays. His positioning and alignment are always in the right spot, the only issue we see with Yiadom is getting his head around and finishing.

In comparison to Brendan Langley, Yiadom’s tools have him more prepared to play on Sundays right away. This was a major key in Yiadom securing the final cornerback spot on the roster.

The Broncos decided to add some more ‘dog’ and experience to the secondary by bringing in Adam “Pacman” Jones.

It will better serve Yiadom to continue developing with Broncos cornerbacks coach Greg Williams and learn from Chris Harris Jr., Bradley Roby, Tramaine Brock, and Adam Jones.

As for the Broncos depth at safety, they’ll be going with four safeties on the active 53 man roster.

Justin Simmons, Darian Stewart, and Will Parks all return with experience and comfort in the Broncos defensive scheme. There was hope that Su’a Cravens could be the hybrid coverage-run stopping dime backer, but a knee injury has derailed them hopes for now as he heads to IR.

It was a wise move for the Broncos to initially keep five safeties on the roster with the fifth being Dymonte Thomas. Thomas came alive in weeks one and three of the NFL preseason patrolling the secondary and covering tight ends.

He came up big against Vernon Davis in the Broncos’ 29-17 win over the Redskins in week three of the pre-season where he made big plays in pass breakups and tackling Davis short of the first down marker on fourth down.

With Cravens’ injury, the Broncos will be forced to lean heavily on Will Parks and Dymonte Thomas.

Two weeks made a tremendous difference between roster moves and game action that make me feel much more comfortable with the Broncos secondary.

What do you think, Broncos Country?