BT’s Outsiders Perspective makes its triumphant return, now that Football Outsiders has had a chance to tally a few weeks’ worth of data. Recall that FO uses smarter stats to analyze the effectiveness of NFL teams and players — negative percentages are good on defense, bad on offense and specials. Offense Offensive VOA: 20.8% (6th) […]

Record: 2-0 Streak: Won 2 Series vs. Denver: 1-2 Last time: Broncos, 24-23, Dec. 2010 The Line: Houston (-2) The Denver Broncos return home to face one of the AFC’s best in Week Three, the undefeated Houston Texans. The Texans have started their season 2-0 for the second year in a row, but they’ve never […]

Denver Broncos power rankings from around the web. How did Monday’s 27-21 loss to the Atlanta Falcons affect the Broncos’ power rankings? Let’s find out. ESPN: 10th (9) It could take a while, but Denver still has an opportunity to be very good despite its turnover-filled debacle against Atlanta. SI/Don Banks: 9th (8) Forgive the non […]

Week Two saw the San Diego Chargers take control of the division, with every other team in the AFC West losing. Let’s break down what went down last Sunday and what to expect this Sunday from the Broncos’ division rivals. AFC West Standings Rank Team Record H2H Division Common Conf 1 San Diego Chargers 2-0 […]

A conglomeration of red and white jerseys wrestled with each other on the Georgia Dome turf, a football somewhere within. Three under-experienced, under-qualified, over-uniformed men sifted through the mass of Atlanta Falcons and Denver Broncos players, trying to determine who had possession of the ball. One replacement ref indicated the football belonged to Atlanta. Moments […]

“Just three bad decisions,” said Peyton Manning. You’re about as likely to see Peyton Manning make three bad decisions in one quarter as you are to see Elvis Dumervil get utterly shut out at the line of scrimmage, but both occurred and played significant factors in the Denver Broncos‘ Week Two Monday Night game against […]

Denver Broncos at Atlanta Falcons: BT GameBlog

Record: 1-0 Streak: Won 1 Series vs. Denver: 4-8-0 Last time: Broncos, 24-20, Nov. 2008 The Line: Atlanta (-3) The Denver Broncos head south to face the Atlanta Falcons in each team’s Monday Night Football debut this year. Kickoff on September 17th is set for 8:30 p.m. EDT. Here’s your first look at the Atlanta […]

Via CBS4 Denver — Peyton Manning’s debut as quarterback of the Broncos was a big winner for NBC – its highest-rated game on a Sunday night. […] The game drew a 16.5 national household rating and 26 share. That topped the 15.7/25 ratings of last year’s Cowboys-Giants Week 17 finale. The ratings also tied the […]

Denver Broncos power rankings from around the web. Already in the top half of nearly all rankings, Sunday’s 31-19 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers sees the Broncos jump into most rankings’ Top 10 — or higher. (Previous week’s ranking in parenthesis). ESPN: 9th (13) Was Peyton Manning really wearing a Broncos jersey? Looked like he […]