The Denver Broncos finally ended one of the most embarrassing streaks they have had in a long time, scoring a touchdown on the opening drive of the game.
The Denver Broncos have had one of the worst, most embarrassing streaks in the entire NFL dating back to the 2019 season.
The Broncos had gone 24 straight games without an opening-drive touchdown, the longest such streak in the NFL. The key word in that sentence, however, is had.
The streak is now over, thank goodness.
Thanks to some great balance and a key third-down conversion early in the drive, Denver ended its scoreless streak with a touchdown from quarterback Teddy Bridgewater to wide receiver Tim Patrick.
The Broncos just ended an extremely embarrassing streak
All tied up!@Tpstreets | 📺: CBS pic.twitter.com/liNeoxUEFf
— Denver Broncos (@Broncos) October 17, 2021
Tim Patrick has been one of the Denver Broncos‘ best and most consistent offensive weapons throughout this horrendous streak. It’s awesome to see him finally get on the board in the early goings of a game so he has some time to put a career day together.
Unfortunately, since this touchdown tied up the game at seven apiece, the Broncos have struggled a bit.
At the time of this writing, the game is 10-7 in favor of the Raiders, and Teddy Bridgewater has just thrown an interception on fourth down near midfield, setting the Raiders up in a great spot.
While the interception is not what anyone in Broncos Country wanted to see, it was great to see the offense march down the field on their first drive of the game and do some really good work.
Melvin Gordon was finding creases just about every time he ran the ball, and the offense felt like they had the Raiders on their heels the entire drive.
Unfortunately, the Raiders have the Denver defense seemingly on its heels as well. Vegas scored on their opening drive as well with the touchdown coming on a big play allowed by cornerback Ronald Darby and safety Justin Simmons, 48 yards from Henry Ruggs III.
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The defense continues to struggle giving up big plays, and they have barely been able to stop the Raiders and Derek Carr even without Jon Gruden out there calling the plays.