While Jerraud Powers did not have an interception, his play was extremely impressive. At first glance, it is easy to toss blame on Powers for Brandon Lloyd’s long touchdown reception, but that assessment is wrong. Powers had no business covering Lloyd that deep. His help, Melvin Bullitt, bit up and allowed Lloyd to run past him. Powers made an outstanding effort to get back to Lloyd and nearly broke up the pass, but the blame belongs squarely on Bullitt’s shoulders for misreading the play, leaving his responsibility, and leaving Powers out to dry.
Bullitt made other mistakes in coverage, including allowing a long pass to Demaryius Thomas just past the midway point of the second quarter. He did not play the ball well, did not play Thomas as tight as he should have, and if he would have been paying attention to Orton and the ball, could have broken up the pass or had a pick. While Bullitt is a good replacement for Bob Sanders in the run defense, he has rather consistently been disappointing in coverage for the majority of his career (of course there are exceptions).
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