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2023 Stats (Rank)
Points per game: 21 (19th)
Total yards per game: 298.4 (26th)
Plays per game: 59.8 (29th)
Pass Attempts + Sacks per game: 33.2 (27th)
Dropback EPA per play: -0.01 (21st)
Rush attempts per game: 26.5 (18th)
Rush EPA per play: -0.11 (17th)
Coaching Staff
Sean Payton enters his second season as head coach of a Broncos team that struggled through the AFC West last season. His adjustments did improve the team from five to eight wins, but the offense ranked in the bottom half of the league in both total yards and points per game under Payton and OC Joe Lombardi. Some of that could be attributed to the ghost of Russell Wilson, who is now swapped out for a fresh Bo Nix for Payton to mold.
Under Payton, the team’s dropback and rush EPA per play metrics improved slightly from 2022, but they averaged less yards per game and plays per game. The main metric of improvement (at least the one that matters the most) was that the Broncos went from averaging 16.9 points per game to 21 last season. Payton has a storied coaching career and undoubtedly made the Broncos offense less queasy to watch. While the team still has a way to go to being competitive, Payton is signed for four more years. More points under a good head coach means more fantasy opportunity, and Payton at the helm makes the Broncos offense more digestible on the fantasy front.
Passing Game
QB: Bo Nix, Jarrett Stidham, Zach Wilson
WR: Courtland Sutton, Troy Franklin
WR: Marvin Mims, Devaughn Vele
WR: Josh Reynolds, Tim Patrick
TE: Adam Trautman, Greg Dulcich
The Broncos managed 191.9 passing yards per game last season, 24th in the NFL with Russell Wilson and Jarrett Stidham taking snaps. While still paying Wilson’s albatross contract, the Broncos now swap him out for pick No. 12, Bo Nix. An older prospect at 24 years old, he spent his last two college seasons at Oregon. In both seasons as a Duck, Nix had at least a 72% completion percentage and at least 8.8…
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Author : NBC Sports
Publish date : 2024-06-28 14:31:36
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