Broncos’ Jonathon Cooper not fazed by Giants rookie QB Jaxson Dart: ‘Ain’t nothing we haven’t seen’
The kings of New York are here and they are and years old In the span of three short weeks a rookie quarterback and a rookie running back have revitalized the downtrodden Big Blue with sheer frat-bro strength They exchange vibrational communication by touching heads like baby elephants and the quarterback sports a diamond necklace and the running back does flips in the end zone after touchdowns Their names are Jaxson Dart and Cam Skattebo and this New York Giants duo appears to fear nothing Certainly not head trauma Dart flung himself noggin-first into an Eagles defender in Week and has been evaluated for a concussion three times in four games Skattebo got himself ready for games at Arizona State by pounding his helmet against a brick wall They have infused Jersey with a little Gen-Z flair and their swagger was enough to bury the reigning Super Bowl champion Eagles on Thursday Night Football last week But a stable of Broncos await in Denver on Sunday ready to kick This is confidence on confidence Denver s locker room has our Skattebo as defensive lineman John Franklin-Myers pointed in Jonathon Cooper a muscled-up -year-old former seventh-rounder who came out from the locker room at every training camp practice roaring at nobody in particular And who just won the AFC Defensive Member of the Week And is part of a Broncos pass-rush that fears nothing either Certainly not the Giants -year-old rookie quarterback with his reckless legs and golden flow I mean he s a young guy Cooper noted of Dart his nose curling up in a sneer He s feeling himself a lil bit He s out there running around He s got the chain on He s dancing I feel like everybody requirements something you know But we ve went against QBs who have ran around in the pocket and who ve tried to do stuff with their legs Cooper declared So ain t nothing we haven t seen Skattebo and Dart will bring a heap of earned chutzpah on the plane with them to Denver Sunday But this Broncos defense s own confidence at every level and its play-caller s is as high as it s been all season after sacking Jets quarterback Justin Fields nine times last Sunday The stat-sheet from London is still burning - net passing yards for the Jets a fact that prompted a hat-tip from Giants head coach Brian Daboll on Wednesday They re just really good Daboll commented They play good coverage complement it with the front They disguise well I mean they re as good as it gets right now Since taking over from former Bronco Russell Wilson in Week Dart has played largely excellent football in a - stretch with wins over the Chargers and Eagles The former Ole Miss QB s legs have become a major engine to New York s offense with rushing yards in that span He s escaped pressure with aplomb The Broncos pass-rush however has seen two of the league s best scrambling quarterbacks the past two weeks They turned the Eagles Jalen Hurts into a thrower in Week two carries for three yards and turned Philadelphia s offense one-dimensional because of it Then they turned the Jets Fields into frankly a shell of an NFL quarterback in Week It s one of head coach Sean Payton s favorite sayings Confidence is born from demonstrated ability This Broncos front has it We play one of the best quarterbacks twice a year every single year Cooper mentioned Wednesday likely referring to the Chiefs Patrick Mahomes So once you go against that you kinda get a feel of the battle And you know what you need to do You gotta make em feel uncomfortable in the pocket So you can t let em get that confidence and that ego going Their ego s going plenty And deservedly so The ability of the Broncos core four pass-rushers up front to win one-on-ones Cooper NFL sack leader Nik Bonitto Zach Allen Franklin-Myers and the secondary s ability to win in man coverage on the back-end has given coordinator Vance Joseph the ingredients and the gall of a mad scientist With Denver backed up in their own territory and up two late in the fourth quarter against New York at the short end of the stick relative to the clock Joseph sent the house on three of the Jets last four downs Sack Incompletion Seven-yard completion Sack Ballgame Related Articles Broncos LG Matt Peart played majority of Sunday s win in London with torn left MCL Broncos linebacker Dre Greenlaw returns to practice window opens for return off IR Broncos podcast Taking stock of Sean Payton s group through a - start Broncos OLB Jonathon Cooper named AFC Defensive Participant of the Week Broncos Mailbag What is the biggest concern for Sean Payton s crew entering NFL Week I mean shoot it gets me excited cornerback Pat Surtain II smiled Wednesday Honestly you know back against the wall you re on an island everybody on an island in coverage But the quarterback doesn t have a chance Will Dart have a chance Sunday The stage is set against a Broncos defense and pass-rush that s gelling perfectly just six weeks in It s truly building and becoming a brotherhood Cooper revealed And when you have something like that you don t want to let the other guy down When you playing for each other that s when it gets really special And I feel like that s the values we re building here Want more Broncos news Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis
