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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- The Denver Broncos still sport the leagues top pass defense just like last year. Their formerly league-leading run defense has slipped to 29th. And Derek Wolfes broken elbow doesnt help matters.Wolfe is the best run-stuffer on a team that lost Malik Jackson to free agency and Vance Walker to injured reserve. But Wolfe is expecting to miss up to a month after getting hurt at Oakland last week.Stepping in for him is rookie defensive end Adam Gotsis, an improving second-round pick from Georgia Tech and the highest-drafted (63rd overall) Australian-born player in NFL history.I think hes gotten better, coach Gary Kubiak said. He may have played his best game last week and we need it.Gotsis said hes been trying to emulate Wolfe in everything he does for the last seven months, so hes going to do his best imitation of him on the field until he gets back, too.You know, he is always watching, Wolfe said. I can feel him watching me all the time. Its kind of creepy. Hes always watching everything I eat. Hes like a little puppy following me around. But thats what I did when I was a rookie. I just found guys, Elvis Dumervil, Justin Bannan, guys who had been around for a while and were doing it the right way. Thats the kind of guys that I just latched onto and just kind of tried to do what they did.Gotsis just passed the one-year anniversary of a torn ACL he suffered against Virginia last season. He said hes finally feeling 100 percent and no longer worries about the knee.He played a season-best 30 snaps last week and is expecting plenty of work when the Broncos (6-3) visit the Saints (4-4) on Sunday.Theyre going to try to come out and run the ball, Gotsis said. Its been our weakness.The Broncos have allowed a combined 341 rushing yards over the last two weeks against the Chargers and Raiders in tumbling from the top of the AFC West.The Saints ground game is experiencing a resurgence and theyll need to keep that going if they want to slow down the Broncos pass rush.Against Seattle two weeks ago, Tim Hightower became the first Saints running back with a 100-yard game. Facing a star-studded defense like Denvers, they exercised patience and pounded the ball against an elite, play-making group in a 25-20 win.Then, they ran for 248 yards and two TDs against San Francisco with Mark Ingram going for 158 and Hightower adding 87, complementing Drew Brees 323 yards and trio of touchdown throws.It certainly gives us confidence, Brees said.And at long last, balance.With the Broncos having surrendered a season-high 218 yards in a 30-20 loss at Oakland last week, I would imagine theyre going to run the football, Denver defensive coordinator Wade Phillips said of the Saints. Although, they throw it better than anybody.Facing offenses that are regularly adding a sixth offensive lineman, the Broncos have been gashed for three runs of 42 or more yards.I think some guys need to play a little bit better. I think that some guys that are playing good maybe need to do a little bit more, Wolfe said. Ive missed a few tackles that I should have made. Get in your gaps and beat your man. Get off the blocks and make the tackle.Thats the elixir linebacker Brandon Marshall says will get the Broncos better.I dont think its anything exotic weve got to do because Wade doesnt believe in doing different stunts to try to stop the run and stuff like that. He wants us to line up and play our technique, everybody know their responsibility, get in their gap and get off the ball with attitude and get off the block and make a play.Von Miller said the Broncos will come through this tough time a better team.I would like to play in a season where we just kill everybody and go undefeated all the way to the championship and then we blow out whoever it is in the Super Bowl, Miller said. But thats just not how it works in the National Football League. For me, were in a tough patch right now. Well be able to get out of it. We have players in place. We have the leadership in place. 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Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley admits hes feeling the pressure that another disappointing AFL season has brought to bear on his position at the club.After making it to a preliminary final in his first season in charge, Buckleys Pies have finished progressively lower on the ladder in each season since.The coach said he was as angry at his players and his coaching panel - including himself - as hed been this season after Friday nights 15-point loss to Richmond that left them 12th with an 8-11 record.Absolutely I feel pressure, but I cant allow it to stress me because if it stresses me it stresses the players and if it stresses the players it stresses the club, Buckley said on Fox Footys AFL 360 on Monday night.If you introduce that to your preparation, let alone your performance, youre not going to optimise it.(But) there are things that were doing well behind the scenes ... that are to starting to come through in our players and our performances.But were still not as consistent as wed like to be.The coach is contracted to the club for next season after signing an eextension earlier this year.ddddddddddddBuckley has been reluctant to use the Pies well-documented injury woes this season as an excuse for their lack of onfield success.But he pointed to wins against finals-bound teams Greater Western Sydney and West Coast in the past six weeks as evidence the Pies are on the right track.Our best footy, even with a decimated list with 22 players that we havent had available ... weve still played a brand of footy thats been able to beat some pretty good sides, he said.But were not consistent enough yet and you cant be a good team until youre consistent.Collingwood play the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium on Friday night, with skipper Scott Pendlebury a chance to play after scans on his injured left foot cleared him of serious damage.Exciting forward Darcy Moore is also a chance to resume from a hamstring injury, while Alex Fasolo and Tim Broomhead underwent season-ending shoulder operations on Monday. 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