Sirius XM's Pat Kirwan: 'This team is loaded'

In a Q&A with longtime NFL insider Pat Kirwan, he discusses how much Broncos fans can take away from the first preseason game.

The Broncos won their first preseason game and in the process recorded seven sacks. With the pressure they had, could you clearly see the mark of Defensive Coordinator Wade Phillips?

Yeah. People like to say it’s a 3-4; what it is, is blitz pressure and man-to-man cover. And there’s so much one-gap going on with the defensive line that I wouldn’t call it a 3-4. It’s Wade’s 3-4, which ultimately is a four-man front. If you just would—when you’re watching TV—stop the camera right on the point where the ball snaps, then what you really see is a 4-3 under defense with an…