Broncos WR Eric Decker has a big fan in Denver coach John Fox

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://www.denverpost.com/">http://www.denverpost.com</a><br /><br /></div><embed base="http://admin.brightcove.com" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=2652521699001&playerId=934052406&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" height="212" name="flashObj" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" seamlesstabbing="false" src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/934052406" swliveconnect="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="286"></embed> <br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="articleBody" id="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.640625px;"><div style="line-height: 22.652px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;">Because his priorities are in the right place for a team mind-set, wide receiver Eric Decker left Sports Authority Field at Mile High on Thursday night in a good mood.</div><div style="line-height: 22.652px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;">Decker's Broncos had won their season opener against the defending Super Bowl champion Ravens 49-27.</div><div style="line-height: 22.652px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;">But of Peyton Manning's 27 completions for 462 yards, Decker caught only two for 32 yards. That led to an apologetic tweet to fans Friday morning.</div><div style="line-height: 22.652px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;">"Much love to Broncos Country for reppin big last night! Big win! Def disappointed in my performance, unacceptable! Watch, learn, flush," Decker wrote on his Twitter account, @EricDecker87.</div><div style="line-height: 22.652px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;">Decker ranked second in the NFL in touchdown catches last season with 13.</div><div style="line-height: 22.652px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;">But in Thursday's game, Decker</div><div class="articlePosition2" style="float: left; margin: 10px 20px 10px 0px;"><div class="nestedFreeform" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 4px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; width: 200px;"><h1 style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgb(229, 235, 243) 0%, rgb(255, 255, 255) 50%); background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: rgb(57, 84, 122) !important; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 7px 0px 7px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase;"><a href="http://www.denverpost.com/broncosmailbagform" style="-webkit-transition: 0.1s ease-out; color: rgb(57, 84, 122) !important; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-out;">SUBMIT A QUESTION</a></h1><span class="nf_content" style="display: block; font-size: 13px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 0px;"><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.652px; margin-bottom: 8px; padding: 0px;">Mike Klis tackles readers' questions about the Denver Broncos and NFL.</div></span></div></div>had a drop in the end zone. Broncos coach John Fox isn't concerned.<div style="line-height: 22.652px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;"></div><div style="line-height: 22.652px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;">"Eric is a heck of a player," Fox said. "As I've said many times, if you haven't been beaten or you haven't dropped a ball, you haven't played.</div><div style="line-height: 22.652px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;">"None of these guys are perfect and we don't expect that, but you strive for that. Eric's that kind of competitor. I know he's disappointed, but it's a team game and people around him made plays. He'll get better. We have extreme, great confidence in Eric. I don't have any doubts he'll bounce back."</div><div style="line-height: 22.652px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;"><b>Some downtime. </b>The Broncos are taking Saturday and Sunday off, and while Fox acknowledged he has talked to them about staying out of trouble, he said he's not worried about what his players will be doing with their weekend off.</div><div style="line-height: 22.652px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;">"We feel confident they'll use (the time off) as rest," Fox said.</div><div style="line-height: 22.652px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;"><b>Footnotes. </b>Fox gave no injury updates Friday. ... He re- iterated that running back Knowshon Moreno made a start Thursday night because of his experience. "He's more seasoned. He's been in that spot more than our other guys," Fox said. "They are all very capable. I'm not slighting the others at all." <i>Christopher Dempsey, The Denver Post</i></div><br style="clear: both;" /><br style="clear: both;" /><br style="clear: both;" /><br style="clear: both;" /><br style="clear: both;" /><span fd-id="default" fd-type="end"></span></div><div class="articlePositionFooter" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.640625px;"><div id="mc-embed-container" style="width: 654px;"><div class="photo-gallery" id="mc-gallery-31685576" style="background-color: #222222; color: #222222; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto; width: 654px;"><div class="carousel slide" id="mc-embed-carousel31685576" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 23px; position: relative;"><div class="carousel-counter" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: absolute; right: 13.078125px; top: 45.765625px; z-index: 1;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 18px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">1</span>/5</div></div><div class="carousel-inner" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 654px;"><div class="item active" id="2747112583" style="-webkit-transition: left 0.6s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; left: 0px; position: relative; transition: left 0.6s ease-in-out;"><div class="image-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 441.4375px; position: relative;"><img alt="Denver Broncos tight end Julius Thomas (80) celebrates a touchdown in the second quarter as the Denver Broncos took on the Baltimore Ravens in the first game of the 2013 NFL season at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver on September 5, 2013. 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Eric Decker Broncos WR Eric Decker has a big fan in Denver coach John Fox

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