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The Denver Broncos beat the Seattle Seahawks Patriots 27-24. The Broncos overcame several mistakes and won by a hair, but the defense was really impressive.

Will the defense be as motivated to play well against every team that didn’t embarrass them in the super bowl? Time to stop stalling, here are the stats for the game. Pay attention to the DEFENSIVE STATS.

The Game stats

Time of Possession

DEN: 35:08 SEA: 24:52

Play Selection

Den 39 Passing Attempts, 329 yards: 32 Runs for 146 yards Sea 33 Passing Attempts, 298 yards: 16 Runs for 64 yards

The Running Game

The Broncos Rushing Attack Carries AYPC Long TD Fumble Freeman 15 5 17 0 0 Lindsay 15 5 14 0 0 Booker 2 2 2 0 0 *AYPC is average yards per carry

The Passing Attack

Receptions % Long TD Fumble Sanders 10 91% 43 1 0 Thomas 6 60% 23 1 0 Booker 2 100% 7 0 0 Lindsay 2 67% 29 1 0 Butt 2 50% 22 0 0 Sutton 2 40% 25 0 0 Heuerman 1 100% 15 0 0 Patrick 0 0% 0 0 0** LaCosse 0 0% 0 0 0* *Targeted once **Targeted twice

The Quarterbacks

Keenum

Passing comp ypa TD INT Long Rating 64% 8 3 3 43 84 Rushing Att Yards Long TD 0 0 0 0 Sacked Times Yards Lost Fumbles 1 5 0

Wilson

Passing comp ypa TD INT Long Rating 58% 9 3 2 66 93 Rushing Att Yards Long TD 2 5 5 0 Sacked Times Yards Lost Fumbles 6 56 2

During the week

Both teams traded jabs about salary which I thought was hilarious.

Today’s teams ranked by stats

Broncos

Points: 11th

Yards: 5th

Passing yards: 4th

Rushing yards: 7th

Passing Touchdowns: 3

Rushing Touchdowns: 0

Pick Six: 0

Safeties: 0

Punt Returns for Touchdowns: 0

Fumble Returns for Touchdowns: 0

Net Turnovers:0

Raiders

Points: 28th

Yards: 8th

Passing Yards: 9th

Rushing Yards: 21st

Passing Touchdowns: 0

Rushing Touchdowns: 1

Pick Six: 0

Safeties: 0

Punt Returns for Touchdowns: 0

Fumble Returns for Touchdowns: 0

Net Turnovers: -3

Outlook

Both of these teams had terrible seasons last year, but after one week, the Broncos look to be the better team.

The game is at home which benefits Denver.

The one issue the Broncos might have going into this game, which sounds strange, is overconfidence.

Prediction

The Denver Broncos lost to the Cincinnati Bengals 17-20. The team played better on offense, but that’s easy to do when your offense ranks dead last in offensive production since week 2. The Broncos only hope was for Andy Dalton to throw one of his “winterceptions”, but he didn’t. The Broncos defense is in off season mode already.

The real sting of this game is that the teams had identical records going in and the Broncos couldn’t win. I wonder if they could beat Cleveland. In a ‘normal year’, I would say the Broncos should win 5 of their 6 remaining games. Among the remaining games, I think the best chance for a Bronco win is against the Colts.

The Game stats

Time of Possession Den: 35:11 Cin: 24:49

Play Selection

Den 42 Passing Attempts, 254 yards: 34 Runs for 112 yards Cin 25 Passing Attempts, 154 yards: 26 Runs for 49 yards

The Running Game

Carries AYPC Long TD Fumble Booker 14 3 8 0 0 Anderson 13 3 7 0 1 Osweiler 4 6 12 0 0 Charles 3 2 3 0 0 *AYPC is average yards per carry

The Passing Attack

Receptions % Avg Long TD Fumble Booker 5 83% 11 21 0 0 Thomas 5 56% 13 17 1 0 Traylor 4 80% 9 13 0 0 Green 2 50% 7 8 0 0 Sanders 2 25% 8 10 0 0 Anderson 2 66% 10 13 0 0 Latimer 1 33% 21 21 0 0 Taylor 1 100% 14 14 0 0 Fowler 1 100% 18 18 0 0

The Quarterbacks

Osweiler

Passing comp ypa TD INT Long Rating 55% 6 1 1 21 71 Rushing Att Yards Long TD 4 24 12 0 Sacked Times Yards Lost Fumbles 3 25 0

Dalton

Passing comp ypa TD INT Long Rating 60% 6 3 0 29 117 Rushing Att Yards Long TD 3 4 6 0 Sacked Times Yards Lost Fumbles 2 13 0

During the week

Despite getting the offense to play better, the Brock experiment is over. Vance Joseph has officially moved on to Paxton Lynch. Brock’s season ends with 0 wins in 3 games.

Vance fired Mike McCoy. The new offensive coordinator gets a new quarterback, but has to deal with this offense.

The Cliff of Despair

AFC west trends since week 3 Winning % net points Los Angeles 50% +30 Kansas City 50% +20 Oakland 25% -78 Denver 12% -104

Today’s game is a division game so lets remind ourselves of the AFC west divisional standings.

Winning% RG PS PA net Kansas City 67% 3 83 60 +23 Los Angeles 50% 2 69 64 +5 Denver 50% 2 59 81 -22 Oakland 33% 3 57 63 -6 *RG = Remaining games **PS= points scored ***PA= points allowed

Today’s teams ranked by stats

Broncos

Points: 24th

Yards: 18th

Passing yards: 18th

Rushing yards: 15th

Passing Touchdowns: 12

Rushing Touchdowns: 5

Pick Six: 1

Safeties: 0

Punt Returns for Touchdowns: 0

Fumble Returns for Touchdowns: 1

Raiders

Points: 20th

Yards: 21st

Passing Yards: 14th

Rushing Yards: 27th

Passing Touchdowns: 15

Rushing Touchdowns: 9

Pick Six: 0

Safeties: 0

Punt Returns for Touchdowns: 0

Fumble Returns for Touchdowns: 0

The game

The Buffalo Bills handed the Broncos their loss of the year. The “no fly zone” looked old and slow. Vance Joseph attempted the first trick play of the year, a fake punt that went nowhere. The number one rushing attack in the NFL abandoned the run early. The Bronco wide receivers had a hard time getting open. If I had been able to screenshot some of Trevor’s completions, you’d see four or five defenders surrounding each wide receiver on almost every completion.

QB stats

Siemian

Passing comp ypa TD INT Long Rating 60% 7 0 2 29 58 Rushing Att Yards Long TD 3 12 7 0 Sacked Times Yards Lost 3 4

AFC West

This year, Kansas City has scored the most points through three weeks with 93. That’s +24 over last year at this time. Denver is in second place with 82 points. That’s actually down 2 points over last year. Oakland is in third place with 81. They’ve improved on last year by one point. Los Angeles is the cellar dweller with 48 points. That’s down 39 points from last year.

AFC West Standings

Victories Defeats Broncos 1 0 Chiefs 1 0 Raiders 0 0 Chargers 0 2

AFC West vs AFC West

Not many divisional games have been played this season, but here’s a snapshot of 2017 vs 2016. This year Kansas City is +14 points in the division. Denver is +3. Los Angeles is -17. Now that you know those numbers lets look back at 2016 and see why Kansas City won the west. Kansas City ended the year +66, Denver ended -18, Los Angeles -22, and Oakland was the worst at -26.

During the week

Vance Joseph was criticized for the fake punt call. Paxton Lynch fans came out of the woodwork to criticize Siemian’s play. There was no talk of extending Trevor during the week.

Teams ranked by stats

Broncos Stats

Points: 8th

Yards: 10th

Passing yards:20th

Rushing yards:3rd

Passing Touchdowns: 6

Rushing Touchdowns: 3

Defensive Touchdowns: 1

Raiders Stats

Points: 9th

Yards: 23rd

Passing Yards: 24th

Rushing Yards: 15th

Passing Touchdowns: 6

Rushing Touchdowns: 3

Defensive Touchdowns: 0

Today’s Game

The Raiders have played a tougher schedule so far this year. Their opponents have earned a winning percentage of 55%. The Broncos opponents have won 44% of their games.

The Raiders only loss was to Washington, who lost to Philly, who lost to Kansas City.

The Broncos defense is still living off their 2015 reputation. In 2016 they gave up 18.6 points per game, the best in the AFC west. In 2017 they’re giving up 21.3, which ranks as the third best defense in the AFC west. The Raiders gave up 24.1 points in 2016, in 2017 they’re yielding only 21.

Both quarterbacks seem to be playing scared this season. This has resulted in ‘fast release’ times and short plays.

Outlook