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CAN THE BRONCOS’ DEFENSE KEEP ROLLING?
Over the last two weeks, the Broncos have allowed just 13 total points. The team’s defense hasn’t allowed a touchdown through nine straight quarters, dating back to a Week 4 game against the Jaguars. The team’s rushing defense has improved, giving up just 74 combined rushing yards to the Chargers and Titans. And in a Week 6 game against the Titans, the Broncos posted their first game with three interceptions and seven sacks since 1984.
To put it more simply, the Broncos have played lights out.
“They held up pretty well,” said Fangio of his team’s secondary after the win over Tennessee, “but as you all are very well aware of, we have a different test coming here in a few days.”
Indeed, Mahomes, Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce are a dangerous trio. Mahomes ranks first in passing yardage and second in touchdowns; Tyreek Hill scored two touchdowns last week in his return from injury; and Kelce has been named a first-team All-Pro in two of the last three seasons.
Mahomes, though, remains the biggest challenge — especially when he gets out of the pocket.
“You want to play tight coverage and you just want to get him on the ground,” Von Miller said Tuesday. “You can’t sit here and say, ‘Keep him in the pocket,’ because he’s going to get outside the pocket. He’s able to make throws inside the pocket, outside the pocket, all over. He’s not like some of the other quarterbacks in the league, if you keep him in the pocket and make him play quarterback he can’t beat you. He can beat you in all types of ways, we’ve just got to be solid. We’ve got to be solid with the run game for sure because if they get started running the ball and they run it all over the place, it’s going to be impossible to win that game.”
The Broncos haven’t held the Chiefs below 27 points during any of the games in their current seven-game skid, and Kansas City has averaged 29.3 points per game.
The good news for the Broncos? Each of the last three games in Denver have been close. The Broncos have lost to the Chiefs by three points, three points and four points, consecutively. Could Thursday be the day the Broncos snap the streak of losses?