After the Broncos’ 16-14 loss to the Bears on Sunday, left tackle Garett Bolles said he didn’t agree with his reputation of being known for holding. Some of his teammates — and coaches — have seemingly responded to that statement this week.
“He’s just got to be a little bit more technique-sound,” coach Vic Fangio said Monday. “I think he suffers from him thinking he’s in good position sometimes and dumps the guy at the end where he thinks it’s a legal block. We have to do a better job of explaining that to him. He’s got to do a better job of listening to the explaining, but I think he can.”
Bolles was called for holding four times against Chicago (only two of those penalties were accepted). He also held a fifth time but the penalty was incorrectly credited to guard Ron Leary.
During his media availability on Tuesday, Denver wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders took issue with Bolles’ recent remarks.
“At the end of the day, we’re all band of brothers,” Sanders said. “Obviously, I’m going to keep trying to talk to Bolles and see if we can get him right and understanding what he’s doing wrong because obviously to say that he’s been all right is not OK.
“He needs to understand that he is doing something wrong because they keep throwing the flags on him and he keeps holding. I’m going to talk to him and hopefully we keep breaking down the film and just see him make that jump and get that debt off his back because it’s been happening for like two or three years.”
Since Bolles entered the league in 2017, teams have accepted 16 holding penalties called against the left tackle.
