Denver, CO
Enemy Reaction 2024: Denver Broncos edition!
The Seattle Seahawks took care of business against the Denver Broncos yet again. This was far from a clean game, but the Seahawks overcame their mistakes and prevailed 26-20 win Mike Macdonald’s NFL regular season head coaching debut.
And you know what that means…
It’s Enemy Reaction time! If you’re new to this series, after every Seahawks win (with few exceptions) we revisit the key moments of the game through the lenses of our respective game threads. I must admit that with more people watching on streaming services, the lag between streamed broadcasts and regular TV broadcasts (which is still on a slight delay in itself, mind you!) have made game threads a little bit more difficult to follow. That won’t deter me in the slightest, but if you see some unconnected things to specific plays, you have a valid explanation.
As usual, the Broncos comments are courtesy of Mile High Report.
Geno Smith intercepted by Alex Singleton on second play, leading to field goal (3-0 DEN)
Julian Love picks off Bo Nix at the 1-yard line (3-3)
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Anthony Bradford commits hold in the end zone, Broncos regain lead (5-3 DEN)
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Dee Williams muffs punt, Broncos recover and kick another field goal (8-3 DEN)
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Geno Smith with the wheels, and the Seahawks’ first touchdown! (9-8 SEA)
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Not another safety! (10-9 DEN)
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Kenneth Walker zips down the sideline, dives for the go-ahead score (16-13 SEA)
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K’Von Wallace forces Jaleel McLaughlin fumble, Jerome Baker recovers, Seahawks kick a FG (19-13 SEA)
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Geno Smith finds wide open Zach Charbonnet for a touchdown (26-13 SEA)
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Bo Nix throws into triple coverage, Riq Woolen comes away with the pick (26-13 SEA)
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Bo Nix scrambles for his first NFL touchdown (26-20 SEA)
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Geno Smith and Tyler Lockett call game (26-20 SEA FINAL)
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Bonus Twitter content!
Imagine the feeling if Bo Nix dominates Seattle in week 1, instantly proving he’s the franchise QB we’ve craved since Manning.
Imagine. That. Feeling.
— Denver Broncos 365 (@DailyBroncos) August 14, 2024
He’s a rookie, don’t overreact. We’ll be okay
— Denver Broncos 365 (@DailyBroncos) September 8, 2024
This is the Seahawks Super Bowl lol, beating a rebuilding team, can’t wait for the 49ers to whoop their ass like always
— Michael (@RespectMyCos) September 8, 2024
Post-Game: Sean Payton failed Bo Nix (Troy Renck, Denver Post)
Sunday represented Payton’s 276th game as a head coach. It was the first for Seattle’s Mike Macdonald.
So why were the Seahawks more efficient, more opportunistic and more disciplined? Why were they able to make halftime adjustments, something Payton explained as overrated last season? How did Seattle offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb figure out between bites of fruit and sips of Gatorade to feed the ball to running back Kenneth Walker III?
This is the clarity the Broncos require from Payton. He needed to win the chessboard. He has to be held to a higher standard. On a team speckled with young players and one superstar (cornerback Pat Surtain II), the boss is the most accomplished and highest-paid employee. He cannot have a bad day.
There were plenty of fingerprints on this loss, but Payton deserves the most blame.
Post-Game: Bo Nix’s growing pains on full display (Jon Heath, Broncos Wire)
Bo Nix struggled: Bottom line, Sunday’s poor performance was on Nix. Teammates could have helped him out overall, but the QB only had himself to blame for poor footwork, staring down receivers, throwing passes behind his targets and throwing into triple coverage. Nix’s decision-making has to improve and his passes need to be more accurate. The good news is that the rookie never quit and the scored late (on the ground) to help the Broncos get back in the game. Nix’s rookie growing pains were on full display on Sunday, but fans in Denver will hope for better days ahead.
Post-Game Video: Rookie struggles for Bo Nix (MileHighSports)
Enemy Preaction: New England Patriots
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Broncos fans should be thankful that Ian Rapoport is indicating Russell Wilson might miss Week 2, or else I had the funniest Enemy Reaction idea ever for this weekend.
I said several weeks back that I thought the New England Patriots game would be tougher than it looked on paper because of their defense, and even though Christian Barmore is out and Matt Judon has been traded that still figures to be the case. While the Patriots offense has a better quarterback than Bo Nix, as well as a rushing attack that lit up the Cincinnati Bengals, I think this game will be decided by how much the Seahawks offense can improve upon last week’s performance. Considering the brutal stretch of the Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions, and San Francisco 49ers to come very soon, this feels like a sneaky important game to bank.
Thanks for reading and go ‘Hawks!
Denver, CO
Fire destroys home under construction in northwest Denver
DENVER (KDVR) — An early morning fire on Friday left a home completely ablaze in the Highlands neighborhood, just a week after another house under construction went up in flames in the same area.
The Denver Fire Department shared photos of the incident, as crews were called to 3643 Mariposa, where images show a fully consumed home under construction.
“I think they [firefighters] kicked in the neighbor’s door just to make sure nobody was at home,” neighbors Lucy and Kyle said. “Some of the other houses, their windows got blown out from the heat!”
Just 11 days earlier, on June 8, a home under construction caught fire in the same neighborhood near West 33rd and Navajo. Nobody was hurt in either fire.
And just about two years earlier, in July, another fire in the same area ignited around West 36th and Osage. All of the properties are/were under development by the same group.
“I wasn’t present for any of the fires,” Ryan Yoffe, a member of the developer group, said.
Yoffe does say he thinks he knows how the last two fires had been set, saying it’s the City of Denver that needs to do better with surveillance.
“It’s likely related to the amount of homelessness in the area, looking for properties under construction to live in or burn down,” Yoffe said. “The City and the Police Department need to do a better job patrolling to limit the number of homeless people camping in the neighborhood.”
Denver Fire Department officials say the most recent incidents are under investigation, but that nobody was hurt in either.
Denver, CO
Rockies ride Kyle Freeland’s gem, Braxton Fulford’s double to 4-3 win over Pirates
The night belonged to Kyle Freeland, who joined the 1,000 K Club. The moment belonged to Braxton Fulford. The ninth inning — and a big sigh of relief — belonged to closer Antonio Senzatela.
Fulford hit a two-run, two-out, pinch-hit double in the eighth inning off Mason Montgomery to lead the Rockies to a 4-3 win over the Pirates at Coors Field in front of a Friday night crowd of 33,596.
Fulford drove in Tyler Freeman and Cole Carrigg, who scratched out back-to-back two-out singles off Montgomery.
“I had been warming up in the cage for that at-bat for a couple of innings, so I felt pretty prepared,” Fulford said. “I got an advantage count (3-1) and I knew he was going to come with the heater and I was all over it.”
Fulford caught Montgomery for three seasons at Texas Tech, so he knew the left-hander’s tendencies.
“It’s kind of unfortunate for pitchers that you catch, because you kind of get to see their stuff,” Fulford said. “You kind of understand more of who they are. So I do feel like I had the advantage there.”
In the ninth, the Pirates loaded the bases against Senzatela with no outs on a single by Marcell Ozuna and an error on a groundball by shortstop Ezequiel Tovar. But Senzatela struck out pinch-hitter Tyler Callihan and induced Jared Triolo to ground to Tovar, who started the game-ending double play.
“It was kind of a crazy ending to the game — bases loaded and no outs,” Freeland said. ” ‘Senza’ got a big punchout in that situation, picks up Tovar. Then Tovar gets another opportunity to turn a double play, and he gets it done.”
Before all of the late-game drama, Freeland pitched his best game of the season: 7 1/3 innings, two runs allowed on four hits, no walks, and eight strikeouts. It marked the fourth time in his career that he pitched 7 1/3 or more innings.
“Tonight, I thought he was absolutely exceptional,” manager Warren Schaeffer said. “I thought his body language was impressive. He attacked the strike zone — relentlessly. His heater had good ‘vert’ tonight. The breaker was good. It seemed like he was in control all night.”
“Gritty” is the word often used to describe Freeland. Dominant was a more apt description on Friday night. History-making works, too. Freeland’s eight Ks gave him 1,001 for his career, joining right-hander German Marquez (1,069) as the only two pitchers in franchise history to eclipse 1,000. Freeland struck out Marcell Ozuna in the seventh for No. 1,000, and then promptly fanned Brandon Lowe for 1,001.
The hard-core Rockies fans behind the dugout gave Freeland a standing ovation.
“I’m very grateful for the fans always supporting me, and for making it this long in my career to reach some of these milestones, especially with one ballclub,” said Freeland, who struck out eight and walked none for the second time in his career. “I definitely hear those fans when I pop out of the dugout after every inning.”
The 33-year-old Denver native blanked the Pirates for the first seven innings, giving up just two hits. Pittsburgh finally got to Freeland in the eighth, putting up back-to-back doubles by Esmerlyn Valdez and Triolo to cut Colorado’s lead to 2-1. Up to that point, it looked as if Freeland had the juice to throw a complete game, especially since he threw just 81 pitches.
Freeland was pulled in the eighth for right-hander Jaden Hill, who gave up an RBI single up the middle to pinch-hitter Bryan Reynolds, tying the game, 2-2. Then Hill hit leadoff hitter Spencer Horowitz, and Nick Gonzalez scorched a triple off the right-field wall, scoring Horowitz and giving the Pirates a 3-2 lead.
Colorado staked a 1-0 lead in the third against hard-throwing right-hander Bubba Chandler. Willi Castro’s single scored Ezequiel Tovar, who reached on a bunt single.
The Rockies extended their lead to 2-0 in the fourth on rookie first baseman TJ Rumfield’s leadoff homer. He sent Chandler’s first-pitch slider 427 feet into the right-field seats. It was Rumfield’s 11th homer and his 38th RBI.
Pitching probables
Saturday: Pirates RHP Paul Skenes (6-6, 2.85 ERA) at Rockies RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (7-4, 4.54), 7:10 p.m.
Sunday: Pirates RHP Jared Jones (1-1, 6.23) at Rockies RHP Michael Lorenzen (2-8, 7.13), 1:10 p.m.
TV: Rockies.TV
Radio: KOA 850 AM/94.1 FM
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Denver, CO
Man arrested on suspicion of murder in Denver shooting near South Park Hill, Hale
Denver police arrested a 35-year-old man on suspicion of first-degree murder in a fatal shooting near East Colfax Avenue and North Dahlia Street.
Joseph York was arrested Thursday after detectives identified him as a suspect through interviews and surveillance video, the Denver Police Department said in a news release Friday.
Detectives believe York was arguing with the victim, 25-year-old Elijah Barr, before the shooting in the early hours of June 7, the Denver Police Department said in a news release Friday. The intersection is between the city’s South Park Hill and Hale neighborhoods.
Barr was found with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
York is being held without bail in the Downtown Detention Center and is set to appear in Denver County Court on Saturday, jail records show.
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