Denver should survive their road game against Cleveland, but their offense needs to step up against the Browns in Week 6 should the Broncos want to remain undefeated. They are 5-0 and well on their way to winning a fifth-straight AFC West division title. This is expected to continue for the foreseeable future as the Broncos try to get him as much rest as possible. But, as we’ve learned so many times, having a talented roster doesn’t guarantee success in the NFL. As conservative as the Raiders offense played last Sunday, they were still in this game and it will be interesting to see what will happen when the Raiders travel to Denver later in the season. The Broncos gained six yards on back-to-back carries from that alignment, and didn’t go back to it until they were trying to run out the clock in that 16-10 win. Manning hasn’t been wearing it and he’s not talking about it. That was the imperfect stat line for quarterback Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos last Sunday against the Oakland Raiders. Is Manning partially to blame?
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“I don’t think it can be overstated, the mindset in going out and believing that it is your responsibility to win the game is the way they’re playing”, Jackson said, adding that this defense believes it’s in the “starring role” for this team. Against the Ravens, he threw for a franchise-record 457 yards.
Miller, who had spent the previous 17 National Football League seasons serving as a line coach, including a 1963-65 stint with the Broncos, was a first-time National Football League head coach while Kubiak was a season removed from a nine-year stint coaching the Houston Texans. Partially, but they are not the biggest issue. Everyone in the Detroit camp seems to be saying the right things about Stafford, “He’s our guy” kinda stuff but once you pull the chair out from a starting NFL QB like that, Stafford will be looking over his shoulder from now until he finds a change of scenery. This week, Aric chose to talk about David Bruton Jr., who is coming into his own on the Broncos defense and special teams. “Prior to Week 5, Football Outsiders’ efficiency ratings placed Manning 32nd out of 34 qualifying quarterbacks and ranked the Broncos’ offense 30th out of 32”.
Injury news hit the Broncos home front on Monday.
As for the tight end position, Owen Daniels and Virgil Green have not only been virtually non-factors in the passing game, but neither player has been effective as a run blocker.
This year? It’s 88.4 yards per game and the Browns have only found the end zone twice on running plays.
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The offensive struggles are all the more striking given that Manning averaged 44 touchdown throws and 4,954 passing yards a season since joining the Broncos post-neck surgery in 2012. Similarly, it would also be easy to place the blame on Anderson, who has zero rushing touchdowns and is averaging a measly 2.6 yards per carry this season. By the end of the first quarter the game was scoreless and neither team eclipsed over 100-yards of total offense.
