Ready For War: The Broncos Schedule Uncovered (Game Four)

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(This is a continuation of last week's article on game two at the following link:http://bleacherreport.com/articles/195300-ready-for-war-the-broncos-schedule-uncovered-game-two)

Game Four at Denver, Sunday 10/04

The game at Oakland was more of a preseason match up for the Broncos. The Broncos revamped defense handled the Raiders all four quarters, allowing only six points. The Denver offense controlled the majority of the game, with their commanding rush attack.  Any time you beat a rival in their own house, the momentum for your team tends to cross over to the next Sunday.

The Broncos welcome the Dallas Cowboys to Investco Field for game four. At 4-0, the Broncos are on a roll.  The Cowboys come in with new faces on a stout defense. They will also be showing flashes of the wildcat offense.

The Cowboys had some key player losses, which may affect their overall performance.  The following list was gathered from Yahoo sports at the following link:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=Amc7fjhYfQvtWPvYeah.dTSD2bYF?slug=teamreports-2009-nfl-dal&prov=sportsxchange&type=team_report

• OG Joe Berger(notes): UFA Dolphins; 3 yrs, terms unknown.

• LB Kevin Burnett(notes): UFA Chargers; $5.5M/2 yrs, $2M SB.

• DE Chris Canty(notes): UFA Giants; $42M/6 yrs, $8.5M SB/$17.25M guaranteed.

• LB Greg Ellis(notes) (released).

• DT Tank Johnson(notes): UFA Bengals; $620,000/1 yr.

• WR Terrell Owens(notes) (released).

• LB Zach Thomas(notes): UFA Chiefs; $2M/1 yr. 

• S Roy Williams (released).

Gregg Ellis and Zach Thomas were big producers in the defense.  Even though they were not the "super stars"  of the defense, their production will be missed.  Keith Brooking was signed to replace Thomas, but Ellis provided a pass rush presence that the Cowboys will need from someone else in the linebacker corps.

The loss of Roy Williams, may be a good thing for the Cowboys.  He didn't seem to be a good fit for a 3-4 defense.

Chris Canty was a huge loss, but the Cowboys replaced him with Igor Olshanksy, who should be a more than a comparable stand-in.

I'm not a believer in wide receiver Roy Williams and think that he is a hug downgrade from Terrell Owens. 

With a lot of new faces on both sides of the ball, it's hard to say what the Cowboys will be like this year. 

Here are my predictions of how the game will go:

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