Every unbeaten team had their bye week already. They all are top 8 defenses with the less points allowed per game. Three of the five have faced only one team with a winning record so far this season, the Pats have faced two, Panthers none.
Now, to the Denver Broncos…
This team is one of those that have their strength in the defensive side and without letting their offense succumb, this squad will go as far as their defensive will take it, taking into account the team doesn’t devolve back into the Broncos we want to forget.
Victims: Ravens (1-4), Chiefs (2-4) in Kansas City, Lions (1-5) in Detroit, Vikings (4-1), Raiders (3-2) in Oakland and Browns (2-4) in Cleveland .
Keys to success:
Emmanuel Sanders has become Peyton Manning’s best friend. Beyond Demaryius Thomas, he is the catalyst of Denver’s attack constantly making the moves and putting points on the scoreboard.
The three levels of defensive is working wonders; pressuring the QB in an enviable way (26 sacks, the best in the league), they have an excellent tackling technique to not allow those extra yards and the secondary defense has stolen so far nine balls by interception (third best in the league) Probably the most important of the good performance of its defense is that the timing they have to make big plays is perfect, because it kills the momentum of his rivals to close out the games.
They have won by: 6.2 points avg.
Total offense (yards): 29
Total defense (yards): 1
Next strong opponents in order of appearance:
Packers, Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers and Bengals. This is the team that has the most complicated scenario from the list as they face three strong teams listed above, plus some Steelers that by December will be in the search of a Playoffs ticket and probably with his QB back fully recovered.
Biggest challenge:
Surviving Peyton Manning. It sounds bad but it is true. Currently with the most interceptions in the league (10) and has only thrown seven TDs. The need to control the approaching games is one that we never thought would apply to Manning: To limit him in delivering the ball. At the time that the ratio of TD-Int balances out, or even be reversed, even just a little, things would look extremely well for Denver.
