Denver Broncos need to rethink trick play calls
The Denver Broncos have tried to be creative in their offensive play calls the last few weeks. Unfortunately, they have failed.
I understand that the Denver Broncos are desperate for wins.
Unfortunately, the way they are going about trying to get those wins have a lot of people scratching their heads.
Specifically, Sunday was the third time this season that the Denver Broncos put rookie tight end Noah Fant in position to take a handoff. That has been one of the most confusing things about the new Denver Broncos offense this season under offensive coordinator Rich Scangarello.
In a 3rd-and-1 in the fourth quarter, at their own 34-yard line, Rich Scangarello called a play that had tight end Noah Fant take a handoff. The end result saw Fant tackled five yards behind the line of scrimmage.
You can find the play at the 7:50 mark of this video:
Fant also was part of a similar play that went for -2 yards.
Okay, I’m all for cool trick plays. Don’t get me wrong. But Fant has rushed the football three times this season for a total of -12 yards. It has not worked at all this year, so why do they continue to do it? It makes zero sense.
On the plus side, Scangarello did call a play that had running back Phillip Lindsay take the snap and toss it to Courtland Sutton, giving Sutton the chance to throw it, which he did. The play ended up being a 38-yard reception to fellow wideout Tim Patrick.
Scangarello has definitely opened up the playbook a little bit more since going to Brandon Allen at quarterback. Scangarello’s offense requires a mobile quarterback to run it, which Joe Flacco obviously is not.
Add the trick plays to the questionable regular plays (passes from the quarterback, runs with the running back), the success rate has not been ideal for the Denver Broncos in 2019. Unfortunately, this season might just be a “see what you have” type of season.
Going forward, I expect to see some better results, and I am excited to see rookie quarterback Drew Lock do his best to execute the Scangarello offense.
Next. Tim Patrick was outstanding in his return. dark
If all goes well, we will get to see Lock during the last three or so games of the 2019 season, and not have to go back to Brandon Allen, or any other quarterback for that matter, for a very long time.