Chancellor's a great, physical, hard-hitting safety...one of the most feared tacklers in the league. No question. I do think Julius Thomas would match up well with him in coverage though.
I expect the Broncos to do everything they can to stay out of 3rd & long. Running up the middle will yield little to nothing...agreed. However, Seattle will have to continue to honor it (Chancellor et. al.), and it will (hopefully) set up play-action nicely for Denver.
Out of curiosity, which...
Yeah, he's good. He's strong and crazy fast for a LB. We had him cover the Cheifs' Jamal Charles quite a bit. He's a little undersized, but I think he more/less makes up for it with speed.
I promise you: Ball is far more fumble-prone than Moreno.
We'll probably run it up the middle on 1st & 2nd downs just to keep Chancellor in the box. In 3rd & short type situations, I think we'll try to outflank you from our trips formations.......if we go for that whole running thing on 3rd...
Personally, I wouldn't describe our D as "over-rated." We've gotten plenty of criticism this season for having a pretty porous secondary. Our safeties are pretty poor. Ihenacho struggles in pass coverage and Mike Adams is a backup whose best years are behind him. We've put up solid numbers...