The Denver Broncos held an open practice at Broncos Stadium on Saturday. Vic Fangio acknowledged the team needs to stop committing penalties.
It was an exciting time for fans of the Denver Broncos on Saturday, as the team held an open practice at their stadium.
As is always the case during practices and games, there were some good and bad things that happened.
One of those bad things was the number of penalties committed by both sides of the ball.
Head coach Vic Fangio mentioned penalties as something the team needs to work on.
Vic Fangio didn't mince his words when talking about the Broncos' penalties: pic.twitter.com/KOHO0xv7Pj
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Not that it matters, but the Broncos were, in fact, 30th in penalties in 2018. They finished the years with 125 penalties, which is 7.8 penalties per game.
Oftentimes, penalties ruined drives for the Denver Broncos. That is going to need to stop, especially when they are in their own end of the field.
Fangio’s Chicago Bears defense was ranked fifth overall in the least number of penalties. It would be such a big help if Fangio is able to guide the Broncos as a team to stop committing penalties—especially dumb penalties; drive killers.
Not only would it help the team have a better chance at winning games, but during the preseason, committing a penalty at a very inopportune time could cost roster bubble players their job with the team.
Fangio has tried some ways to try and reduce penalties throughout practice. He has gotten players to wear game jerseys during practice instead of, well, practice jerseys. His reasoning was that it would help limit grabbing (holding).
It is a very good sign that Fangio acknowledges that he nor the players have been doing a good enough job of getting it through their heads that they need to cut down on penalties. It seems like a very straightforward thing to do but when you are in a live-action game, sometimes you cannot help but commit some sort of penalty.
The only thing the Broncos can do about it is practice, practice, practice. They won’t be perfect but they will try to be as close to perfect as they can.