Lessons the Denver Broncos Must Learn From First Meeting with Chargers

Lessons the Broncos Must Learn from their Last Meeting with the Chargers

Oct 13, 2016; San Diego, CA, USA; San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers (17) is sacked by Denver Broncos defensive end Jared Crick (93) and Derek Wolfe (95) during the second half at Qualcomm Stadium. San Diego won 21-13. Mandatory Credit: Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports /

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Oct 13, 2016; San Diego, CA, USA; San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers (17) looks across the line before the snap during the first quarter against the Denver Broncos at Qualcomm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports /

Here is another example of a common attack faced by the defense every week.

Rivers spreads the running back to the top of the screen just like Atlanta and New England did, except instead of isolating the back in space, he went up there to bunch the area up and take a player away from their real target: Hunter Henry.

Rivers fired a perfect pass right down the seam for a huge gain. A big part of why the defense struggled had to do with the fact that Rivers was on top of his game all night, even if his final statline didn’t completely look like it (18-29 for 178 yards 1 TD 0 INT).

But as Blake Bortles reminded us this Thursday with his bankrupt 300-yard outing, stats never tell a complete story in this game.

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