D.J. positive part of defense's soft first-half effort

INDIANAPOLIS — For most of the first half, Broncos defenders played as if trudging through mud, not on the hard, fast artificial surface inside Lucas Oil Stadium.

The speedy exception on the Broncos' defense was inside linebacker D.J. Williams.

He made seven unassisted tackles against the Indianapolis Colts in the first half. Tackles? Williams was a series of head-whams, body-bends and shoulder-pops. He covered tight ends and slot receivers 15 yards downfield.
Yet the Broncos fell behind 21-0 before everybody got up to speed.

"I don't know if we were too tense early in the game, but it took us a while to cool down and play the type of defense we're capable of playing," Williams said. "Maybe we were worried about big plays, but they really didn't go deep on us."

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(denverpost.com)