Denver Broncos: Week 6 Position Grades
It is a underwhelming couple of weeks for the Denver Broncos as they suffer back-to-back losses for the first time this year. Hopefully changes come soon.
The Denver Broncos were latest victim of the San Diego Chargers, breaking a long-standing record of 15 games with a road divisional wins. Last such loss came when Tim Tebow was the starting quarterback against the Oakland Raiders. There is blame to go around after another devastating loss on a short week, but we are a playoff caliber team and I look for us to rebound.
Reinserted back into the lineup, Trevor Siemian is supposed add stable quarterback play after Paxton Lynch’s less than stellar play versus the Atlanta Falcons. That did not happen. Lynch’s performance was pitiful, but Siemian’s play may take the cake; however both quarterbacks failed to give us any sort of momentum the last two games.
Yet, in all the negatives from last night, the running game played better than last week. A multitude of holding penalties forced the team to not sustain any sort of drive. Those holding penalties occurred at the worst possible time. Whether it was 1st and 20, 2nd and 10 or a pass play to CJ Anderson resulting in a TD, the Broncos offensive line were undisciplined in the game’s most critical moments.
Defensively, the Broncos played well considering the beginning part of that game. The defense played slow to begin the game, but picked it up just before the half and continued the momentum in the second half keeping the game close for the offense.
Let’s take a look at another week of positional grades: