Mile High Report
We’re going to do something new each week where we track and share any interesting tidbits about the Denver Broncos from a statistical or data standpoint. To be honest, this is something we used to do a lot more of back during the Peyton Manning years. I suppose the data hasn’t been very fun to review until last year. It’s looking a lot more fun to look at not, though, so let’s dive in!
First up is something that was shared in the feed already, but was too good not to lead with. The Broncos defense pressured Jordan Love on 52.2% of his dropbacks during last week’s win. While Love did amazingly well against that in the first half, he did not fare so well late throwing for just 61 yards, 2 interceptions, and 3 sacks while the Broncos outscored the Green Bay Packers 20-3 late.
It was also good to see that given it felt like the pass rush was hibernating a bit over the last three games or so despite some sacks in both those previous wins.
Next up, I noticed this post about where each team is kicking the ball off. I’m not sure what to do with this data, but I found it fascinating that teams seem to be trying different things to generate the best results.
It will be interesting to compare this data with actual success rates for where opponents average start position was over the course of the season.
We’ve got our own Joe Mahoney posting some interesting data on where the Broncos defense is ranking overall. They were the top ranked defense for a while on these metrics, but have slightly fallen behind the Seattle Seahawks — though that might change again after all of the yards and points the Seahawks gave up last night!
Now some Bo Nix stats.
On the season, he ranks third overall for most 1st down or touchdown passes on third downs this season trailing only Justin Herbert and Josh Allen.
With last week’s 300 yard, 4 touchdown performance, Nix also joined Dan Marino as the only two quarterbacks with 20+ wins, 7000+ yards, and 50+ passing touchdowns in their first two seasons in the NFL. Nix achieved that mark with three games left to play — though will ultimately play two more regular season games than Marino did back in the early 80s.
And for the final Bo Nix stat post of the week, we’ve got Romi Bean laying down the trends showing Nix is getting hot at just the right time. He has been up and down most of the season, but since Week 11 he has been warming up.
This is trend we kind of saw last season too. Nix might be a guy who takes some time to get going during a season. Frankly, I would rather have a franchise quarterback who gets hot from November on than one who flames out down the stretch.
Now we’re going to look at some wide...
