The Denver Broncos offense has finally turned a corner after struggling to start the season.
Over the last three games — wins over Arizona, Kansas City, and Carolina — Denver’s offense is scoring more, running better, and gaining more first downs.
They’re turning into a unit that can truly compete for a Super Bowl.
Denver Broncos offense finally found their footing
It took six games of floundering, but the Broncos offense finally remembered how to play football.
Over their first six games, Denver averaged:
19 points per game 252.2 yards of offense 84.2 rush yards per game 20.7 first downs per gameSince then, the Denver Broncos offense has come alive. They’ve averaged:
28 points per game 327.7 yards 106 rush yards 24.7 first downsSimply, Sean Payton’s unit has improved vastly in basically every category the last three weeks.
“Hopefully, we’re improving,” Payton said following the win over Carolina on Sunday.
Yes, coach. You are.
So, what’s been different?
Bo Nix’s confidence is back
When does a run jump start a player’s passing attack?
Well, it happened three weeks ago in Arizona.
Bo Nix wasn’t just struggling, he was “almost disrespectful to the quarterback position” as Ryan Fitzpatrick put so nicely following beating the Seahawks.
Over his first six games, Nix completed only 61.2 percent of his passes, with 6 touchdowns compared to 3 interceptions and an awful yards per attempt number. He wasn’t playing the same football we’d been accustomed to seeing from him.
He was playing scared and lacked the confidence he once had.
Then it happened.
Nix took off for a brilliant 62-yard run against the Cardinals. He ran and ran and made it all the way to the end zone in the longest run for a quarterback in the NFL since 2022.
The rest of that Cardinals game he made multiple strikes with confidence.
Then he carried it over to the Chiefs game. Nix went off in the fourth quarter of that game, going 6-7 for 84 yards and a touchdown, plus the 2-point conversion on a throw.
Yes, 51 of those yards were of the catch-and-run variety by Jonah Coleman, but Nix’s 22-yard dart between three defenders to Adam Trautman was brilliant. He stepped up to avoid the rush and threw a seed in there. That was the key play on the first touchdown drive of that fourth quarter.
Then again on Sunday in Carolina, Nix carried the confidence over into that game. He played great football outside of the red zone interception he threw in the third quarter. Nix ultimately helped the Broncos win their NFL record 16th straight one-score game.
Consider these stats in terms of how he’s personally turned a corner the last three games:
Nix has 5 touchdowns passing (6 in the first six games) His 94.8 passer rating is a big leap compared to the first six weeks (80.7) He ran for 79 yards and 1 touchdown vs. 37 and 1 TD in the first six weeksIt’s not just Nix that’s improved though.
Jonah Coleman leads a revamped run game
Jonah Coleman deserved to take over as the starter and he has.
Over the last three weeks, he’s rushed 37 times for 152 yards and 2 touchdowns. That’s a strong 4.1 yard per carry average, which is working to help lift the Broncos abysmal fifth-worst 3.7 YPC.
He’s shown good burst around the edge, great patience and vision to find the hole, and a toughness to not just go down without gaining a yard or two at minimum.
He’s also showing his receiving chops. Coleman has 10 receptions for 109 yards (10.9 YPR) over the last three weeks.
The rookie has breathed new life and energy in to Denver’s offense and given them a versatile threat to lean on.
Tight ends are having a moment
The Broncos haven’t used their tight ends enough for most of this season.
But that too is slowly changing.
Evan Engram has shown some flashes, including the 33 yards vs. Carolina this Sunday.
Meanwhile Adam Trautman has four receptions for 45 yards the last two weeks, and Nate Adkins caught a late touchdown in the win over the Chiefs.
One would still like to see the Broncos use their tight ends even more — or trade for one before the deadline today — but their usage is a positive trend.
Play-calling has improved
Folks made fun of Sean Payton after he took over play-calling and they had multiple stinkers of performances in wins over the Chargers and Seahawks.
And yet, here they are, improving all along.
The offense isn’t just executing at a higher level by accident. Payton’s been dialing up smart play-calls and involving more members of the entire group. Like Engram, Trautman, Troy Franklin, and Marvin Mims among others.
He’s squeezing the most out of the offense that he can, and Denver’s performing at a much higher level overall.
It’s a small sample size, but the Broncos 28 points per game over the last three contests would place them at fifth in the NFL this year.
Now, the Broncos get the week off during their bye. Then they’ll face the hapless Raiders before a quick turnaround against a tough Steelers team on Black Friday.
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