#denvsind

After making a sacrifice to the football gods, the Denver Broncos beat the New York Jets 23-0. This was a shock to everyone involved. The offense didn’t turn the ball over and the defense played well.

Watching this game had a weird feel to it. It felt like a Halloween game, played in a spooky fog and where the teams had secretly switched uniforms.

The Game stats

Time of Possession

Den: 37:35 Nyj: 22:25

Play Selection

Den 31 Passing Attempts, 200 yards: 35 Runs for 84 yards Nyj 21 Passing Attempts, 60 yards: 23 Runs for 59 yards

The Running Game

Carries AYPC Long TD Fumble Anderson 22 2 7 0 0 Booker 9 2 6 0 0 Siemian 3 4 9 0 0 Janovich 1 1 1 1 0 *AYPC is average yards per carry

The Passing Attack

Receptions % Avg Long TD Fumble Thomas 8 67% 12 25 1 0 Charles 3 100% 4 7 0 0 Latimer 2 67% 19 27 0 0 Booker 2 100% 6 7 0 0 Anderson 2 100% 13 13 0 0 Heuerman 1 50% 5 5 0 0 Sanders 1 25% 16 16 0 0

The Quarterbacks

Siemian

Passing comp ypa TD INT Long Rating 61% 7 1 0 27 91 Rushing Att Yards Long TD 3 13 9 0 Sacked Times Yards Lost Fumbles 2 11 0

McCown

Passing comp ypa TD INT Long Rating 50% 4 0 1 14 25 Rushing Att Yards Long TD 2 7 8 0 Sacked Times Yards Lost Fumbles 4 19 1

Petty

Passing comp ypa TD INT Long Rating 22% 2 0 0 7 40 Rushing Att Yards Long TD 1 7 7 0 Sacked Times Yards Lost Fumbles 0 0 0

During the week

Not much happens in a short week. Miller said he plays to win and doesn't understand the play to lose mindset. *stands up and claps for Miller* Some fans are really pissed that the Broncos won a game. The Colts had a “suck for Luck” campaign and look at where they are now. If that doesn’t convince you losing is a bad strategy, ask the Cleveland Browns how draft picks make the team better.

The Broncos celebrated the win over the Jets like it was a super bowl victory, which is so embarrassing, but a win feels much better that a loss.

Trapped in the Tower of London

AFC west trends since week 3 Winning % net points Los Angeles 64% +78 Kansas City 46% +18 Oakland 36% -75 Denver 18% -114

If the Broncos played 5 straight shutout games, given the offense averaging 18 points per game as they are now, they’d end the season up +4 net points. There are only 3 games left.

The teams ranked by stats *these are for the season btw

Broncos

Points: 26th

Yards: 22nd

Passing yards: 21st

Rushing yards: 17th

Passing Touchdowns: 15

Rushing Touchdowns: 6

Pick Six: 2

Safeties: 0

Punt Returns for Touchdowns: 0

Fumble Returns for Touchdowns: 1

Takeaways: 13

Giveaways: 27

Colts

Points: 30th

Yards: 31st

Passing Yards: 29th

Rushing Yards: 20th

Passing Touchdowns: 11

Rushing Touchdowns: 9

Pick Six: 1

Safeties: 1

Punt Returns for Touchdowns: 0

Fumble Returns for Touchdowns: 0

Takeaways: 18

Giveaways: 15

The game

It’s an away game and we all know what that means. The Broncos are 0-6 on the road this season.

It’s a conference game and before last week, the Broncos had not won a game in the conference. However they did win last week, so maybe they can win their second conference game of the year. It is the last conference game of the year for the Broncos. They have a winning percentage of 20% in the conference and if they win, that will increase to 33%. Either way, it’s a grade of F for conference play this season.

*side note: This game is competing with the opening of the new Star Wars movie.

The game of the week in the west