Among the 10 lowest-scoring teams in the NFL. Again. Among the bottom half in yards. Again. Among the seven worst teams on third down. Again.
But at least the Broncos’ young offensive players got experience during the 5-11 season. Five first- or second-year players saw at least 500 snaps of action.
Going young generally equals struggles and poor statistics. The Broncos checked both boxes this past season. Following is a statistical review of the Broncos’ offense via The Denver Post’s game charting and supplemented by Stats, Inc.:
In the rankings
The Broncos’ offensive rankings at the season’s quarter marks:
| Season | Yards (rank) | Points (rank) |
|---|---|---|
| After Game 4 | 289.3 (29th) | 20.5 (28th) |
| Midseason | 336.6 (27th) | 21.8 (27th) |
| After Game 12 | 325.6 (25th) | 18.8 (31st) |
| Final | 335.6 (23rd) | 20.2 (28th) |
High yardage game: 459 in win vs. Miami.
Low yardage game: 112 in loss vs. New Orleans.
High scoring game: 37 in win at New York Jets.
Low scoring game: Three in loss vs. New Orleans.
Playing time: 1,075 snaps
QB: Drew Lock 834, Jeff Driskel 115 and Brett Rypien 83.
RB: Melvin Gordon 627, Phillip Lindsay 270, Royce Freeman 192, Jeremy Cox 19 and LeVante Bellamy 9.
WR: Jerry Jeudy 805, Tim Patrick 750, DaeSean Hamilton 533, KJ Hamler 521, Tyrie Cleveland 72, Diontae Spencer 64, Courtland Sutton 31, Kendall Hinton 24 and Fred Brown 5.
TE: Noah Fant 732, Nick Vannett 361, Troy Fumagalli 135, Jake Butt 114, Albert Okwuegbunam 86 and Andrew Beck 66.
OL: Lloyd Cushenberry 1,075, Garett Bolles 1,014, Dalton Risner 999, Graham Glasgow 764, Elijah Wilkinson 502, Demar Dotson 451, Austin Schlottmann 268, Calvin Anderson 132, Netane Muti 121 and Jake Rodgers 51.
The Broncos’ season-high for offensive snaps was 80 in the loss to Las Vegas (second meeting) and the low was 43 in the loss to New Orleans. … The Broncos used five offensive line combinations, the most common being Bolles-Risner-Cushenberry-Glasgow-Wilkinson and Bolles-Risner-Cushenberry-Wilkinson-Dotson for six games apiece. … Jeudy led the receivers in playing time only once (vs. Kansas City). Patrick led nine times.
Making big plays
Any rush of at least 12 yards and completion of at least 16 yards is considered an “explosive” play.
The Broncos had 113 explosive plays (79 passes/34 rushes) for an average of 7.1 per game. They had 101 in 2018 and 93 in 2019.
The high total this year was 14 at Pittsburgh and the low total was two vs. New Orleans (replacement QB).
Explosive rushes: Melvin Gordon 15, Phillip Lindsay 11, Drew Lock 4, Royce Freeman 3 and KJ Hamler 1.
Explosive receptions: Jerry Jeudy 23, Tim Patrick 17, Noah Fant 13, Hamler 9, DaeSean Hamilton 5, Albert Okwuegbunam 3, Gordon 2, Courtland Sutton 2, Tyrie Cleveland 2, Freeman 1, Nick Vannett 1 and Troy Fumagalli 1.
The longest pass play was Lock’s 92-yard touchdown to Jeudy vs. Las Vegas (Week 17). The longest rush was a 55-yard touchdown by Lindsay vs. the Chargers (Week 8).
Scoring story
The Broncos’ 323 points were up from the 2019 total of 282 points. The Broncos eclipsed 25 points in five games (3-2 record).
The offense scored 21 passing touchdowns and 13 rushing touchdowns.
The average length of the passing touchdowns was 19.3 yards. Four were at least 40 yards — 48 (Jerry Jeudy at the Jets), 40 (DaeSean Hamilton in the first Chargers game), 49 (KJ Hamler at Carolina) and 92 (Jeudy in the second Raiders game).
The average length of the rushing touchdowns was 12.7 yards. They had three of at least 20 yards — 43 (Melvin Gordon at the Jets), 55 (Phillip Lindsay in the first Chargers game) and 20 (Gordon vs. Miami).
Quarterback file
Distance of touchdown passes by the Broncos’ quarterbacks:
Drew Lock (16) — 9, 9, 40, 1, 20, 9, 7, 5, 10, 2, 37, 2, 49, 6, 1 and 92 yards.
Jeff Driskel (three) — 20, 16 and 7 yards.
Brett Rypien (two) — 48 and 7 yards.
Cumulative statistics for the quarterbacks …
Attempts: 556 (19th).
Completions: 317 (27th).
Passing yards: 215.7 per game (26th).
Completion percentage: 57% (31st).
Touchdowns: 21 (25th).
Interceptions: 23 (most).
Passer rating: 72.5 (worst).
Sacked: 32 (tied for 13th-fewest).
Lock was 31-of-87 passing for 842 yards, three touchdowns and eight interceptions on attempts that traveled at least 16 “air” yards.
Dropped passes
The Broncos had 23 dropped passes, up from 17 in 2019. They had no drops in six games and multiple drops in six.
Individual drops: Jerry Jeudy 10, Noah Fant 3, KJ Hamler 3, Melvin Gordon 2, Jake Butt 1, Courtland Sutton 1, Albert Okwuegbunam 1, DaeSean Hamilton 1 and Phillip Lindsay 1.
Under pressure
Against the Broncos’ four quarterbacks (including Kendall Hinton vs. New Orleans), opponents rushed at least five players on 204-of-644 drop-backs (31.7%), an increase from 2018 (27.9%) and ’19 (24.8%).
High percentage: 60% by Tampa Bay (30-of-50).
Low percentage: 6% by the Chargers (second game — 3-of-50).
Against extra rushers, Broncos quarterbacks were sacked 15 times and threw six touchdowns and nine interceptions.
Pass protection
For the third year, The Post charted quarterback sacks, knockdowns and pressures to compile “disruption” totals.
We booked the Broncos with 158 “disruptions” — 32 sacks, 68 knockdowns and 58 pressures — which was up from 137 last year, but they allowed nine fewer sacks.
Most disruptions — 24 at Pittsburgh (seven sacks, 17 knockdowns and nine pressures).
Least disruptions — 5 vs. Buffalo (three sacks and two knockdowns).
The Broncos allowed 13 sacks in the first three games and only 19 in the final 13 games, including shutouts against the Jets, Miami and at Kansas City.
Sacks by down: First (14); second (eight), third (nine) and fourth (one).
Sacks by number of pass rushers: Three (one), four (15), five (11), six (four) and seven (one) rushers.
Fastest sack: 1.64 seconds by Pittsburgh.
Individual leaders
| Player | Sacks-QBH-QBP | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Unblocked | 13-24-14.5 | 51.5 |
| C Lloyd Cushenberry | 5.5-7.5-6 | 19 |
| LT Garett Bolles | 0.5-9-0 | 9.5 |
| LG Dalton Risner | 0-6.5-7 | 13.5 |
| RG Graham Glasgow | 2-3-3.5 | 8.5 |
| RT Demar Dotson | 0-1.5-3 | 4.5 |
| RT Elijah Wilkinson | 3-2-5 | 10 |
| G Austin Schlottmann | 1-6-5 | 12 |
| LT Calvin Anderson | 0-2-3.5 | 5.5 |
| RG Netane Muti | 0.5-2-1 | 3.5 |
Bolles decreased his total from 20 last year. … Risner allowed only one disruption (knockdown) in the final eight games. … Cushenberry allowed only four disruptions in the final eight games (15 in the first eight).
Run-game recap
Reviewing the Broncos’ running game, which was 13th in the NFL (119.9 yards per game). Numbers via Stats, Inc.:
Rushing yards: 1,918 (13th).
Percentage of rushing plays: 42.9% (12th).
Rushing attempts: 442 (13th).
Yards per rush attempt: 4.34 (15th).
Rushing touchdowns: 13 (tied 22nd).
10-yard rushes: 51 (tied 14th).
20-yard rushes: 13 (tied sixth).
First-and-10 rushing yards: 843 (23rd).
The offense moved up from tied for 21st (4.06) to 15th yards per carry. Also improved were 20-yard rushes (eight to 13), 10-yard rushes (41 to 51), touchdowns (11 to 13) and attempts (409 to 442) … The Broncos were 4-9 when they rushed for at least 100 yards. … Their high game was 189 yards against Miami and the low was 42 against Tampa Bay.
We booked the Broncos for 111 “bad” run plays — gain of one or fewer yards not including goal-line and short-yardage conversions, up from 93 last year.
Individual leaders in “bad’ run blocks: Unblocked player 30.5, Lloyd Cushenberry 12 Graham Glasgow 10.5, Dalton Risner 9, Nick Vannett 8,5, Garett Bolles 7.5, Noah Fant 6.5, and Elijah Wilkinson 5.
Protecting the football
No team protected the football worse than the Broncos, who committed a league-high 32 turnovers (up from 16 last year) and finished with a league-worst minus-16 differential (down from plus-1 last year). The Broncos allowed 100 points off their turnovers, fourth-most in the NFL.
The Broncos were 2-1 when they were plus-turnover, 0-3 when they were even and 3-7 when they had a negative differential. The offense had one turnover in every game but the Las Vegas finale.
Turnovers by player: Drew Lock 18, Melvin Gordon 4, Brett Rypien 4, Kendall Hinton 2, Jeff Driskel 2, DaeSean Hamilton 1 and Lloyd Cushenberry 1. Five of Lock’s 15 interceptions came in opponent’s territory.
Third down woes
The Broncos finished 26th in third-down conversion rate — 38.7% (82-of-212), but improved from 2019 (31.7% — 30th).
Best game — 53.9% (7-of-13 at Kansas City).
Worst game — 10% (1-of-10 vs. New Orleans).
Worst game with a true quarterback — 28.6% (4-of-14 at New England).
3 or fewer yards to go — 31-of-49 (63.3%).
4-7 yards to go — 28-of-64 (43.8%).
8 or more yards to go — 22-of-99 (22.2%).
Flags flying
The Broncos’ 81 overall penalties (offense/defense/special teams) were tied for fifth-fewest in the NFL, improved from 2019 (110 penalties). Their 670 yards were eighth-fewest. The season high for overall penalties was eight apiece against the Jets, Chargers (first game) and Miami. Their highest yardage total was 94 at the Jets.
Penalty “leaders” on offense (enforced penalties only): Graham Glasgow 4, Garett Bolles 4, Noah Fant 4, Drew Lock 3 and DaeSean Hamilton 2.
In the red zone
The Broncos were again among the league’s worst red-zone offenses. They scored 24 touchdowns in 53 red zone possessions — 53.3% (27th). Last year, the Broncos were 28th (47.6%).
The offense had four red-zone turnovers and their 113 plays were second-fewest in the NFL according to Stats, Inc.
In the red zone, Broncos quarterbacks were 33-of-60 passing with 14 touchdowns and three interceptions and an 82.8 rating that was 25th in the league.
Drive engineering
The Broncos had 188 offensive possessions (34 touchdowns/28 field goals).
Three-and-outs — 37 (tied eighth-most). The most was four apiece against Tampa Bay, Chargers (first game), New Orleans and Buffalo.
10-play drives — 27 (tied for 26th-most). The most was three (14, 10 and 11 plays) at the Chargers.
Longest drive (plays) — 14 in both of the Chargers’ games. … Longest drive (yards) — 92 vs. Las Vegas in the finale (Jerry Jeudy’s touchdown catch was 92 yards). … Longest drive (time) — 9:07 at New England (field goal).
The Broncos started only 17 drives in the opponent’s territory (up from 14 last year), a product of not producing many takeaways.
Coming Sunday: Broncos defense/special teams review.
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