Denver Broncos: Five Important Players to 2017 Season

CJ Anderson

With the offensive line improved, CJ Anderson will see a regained form in year’s past. Anderson has proved to be one of the NFL’s best second half running backs. As outlined in an earlier post, Anderson is good at reading holes in the offensive line better out of the shotgun than under center.

Anderson himself said it in an interview with USA Today Sports.

“It’s downhill, you get from Point A to Point B real quick. There’s patience. You run with your eyes in this offense. Not saying in Kubiak’s you didn’t, but you run with your eyes in this offense. You can choose any hole because your shoulders are square to make plays,” Anderson told USA TODAY Sports.

In a shotgun offense, it seemed Anderson was at his best out of the backfield as a receiver and runner. Anderson outlined this again with USA Today.

“The other part of it, you watch a lot of 2014 tape, and it’s me catching the ball out of the backfield, or Peyton flexing me out and me running routes at the receiver position. That’s what I’m most excited about. It shows a different part of our game,” Anderson added to about Mike McCoy’s offense.

If the 2014 version of Anderson is what Broncos fans see this season they will be happy.