Broncos Mailbag: Did offensive debut against Giants suggest Denver can keep up with Kansas City?

Denver Post Broncos writer Ryan O’Halloran posts his Broncos Mailbag periodically during the season. Submit questions to Ryan here.

A triumph is simply a triumph but if this discourtesy wasn’t acrophobic astir making large plays downfield oregon utilizing the weapons they person astir them wouldn’t Kendall Hilton person been a cheaper enactment than Teddy Bridgewater? This looks similar 2009 Kyle Orton each implicit again.

— Steve, Forks, Wash.

My educated conjecture is that Steve is being sarcastic, but what benignant of cognition is that to person aft the Broncos steam-rolled the Giants successful Sunday’s opener?

The Broncos’ large plays: Melvin Gordon’s 70-yard touchdown run, Bridgewater’s eight-yard scramble that turned successful a 23-yard summation post-penalty and Bridgewater completions of 25 (Noah Fant), 22 (KJ Hamler), 20 (Jerry Jeudy), 18 (Gordon), 17 (Jeudy) and 16 (Tim Patrick) yards.

(For the record, Kendall Hinton completed 1 of his 9 attempts for 13 yards past November against New Orleans; I would alternatively you accidental Tim Tebow.)

Ryan, I person to accidental I was impressed by Teddy Bridgewater connected Sunday. I can’t retrieve the past clip I saw a Broncos discourtesy determination truthful smoothly. It’s early, but I spot this squad decidedly going to the playoffs this year. What bash you think?

— Will, Denver

Everybody should person been impressed by Bridgewater successful his Broncos regular play debut. He completed 28 of 36 passes for 264 yards, 2 touchdowns and nary interceptions.

Bridgewater’s completion percent of 77.8% was 2nd successful Week 1 (not including Monday’s game) down lone Seattle’s Russell Wilson (78.3%), who had 13 less attempts.

We already knew Bridgewater had bully pouch awareness, but helium showed an quality to marque plays vertically (scrambling for yards) and horizontally (buying clip portion evading pressure).

Let’s pump the brakes a spot connected the playoffs, but the docket sets up nicely the adjacent 3 weeks: At Jacksonville and location to the New York Jets and past the injury-riddled Baltimore Ravens. Start 3-0 and we tin person that playoff conversation.

Von Miller looked unthinkable against the Giants. It was similar missing past play rejuvenated his body. Given what you’ve seen from him truthful far, bash you judge helium tin instrumentality to 2015 Von, particularly erstwhile Bradley Chubb comes back?

— Harrison S., Aurora

Sunday was a large commencement for Miller. Without the payment of playing other Chubb, helium had some of the Broncos’ sacks, but 1 of his astir awesome plays was aboriginal successful the crippled erstwhile helium acceptable the borderline successful the tally game, allowing his assistance to marque the tackle. That showed his ankle is perfectly fine.

Miller’s cognition has been sunny passim grooming campy and present helium has crushed to beryllium optimistic. Remember, the Broncos had struggled to get sacks aboriginal successful the past 2 years truthful the anticipation for Miller is helium tin instrumentality vantage of facing 2 rookie quarterbacks (Trevor Lawrence and Zach Wilson) to person a large start.

The 2015 mentation of Miller (11 sacks) is surely possible.

After seeing the archetypal crippled against the Giants, does this look similar an discourtesy that tin bent with the Chiefs?

— Dan, Westminster

The ankle wounded to receiver Jerry Jeudy volition wounded the Broncos’ discourtesy and cipher successful the satellite of pro shot is presently challenging the Chiefs offense.

The Broncos’ champion accidental against Kansas City aboriginal this play is a) marque definite each of the apical players are healthy, b) the secondary tin instrumentality to choky extremity Travis Kelce and receiver Tyreek Hill and c) the antiaircraft enactment and linebackers tin unit Patrick Mahomes into mistakes.

No substance however bully the Broncos’ discourtesy looked Sunday, they inactive aren’t astatine the level of being capable to triumph a way conscionable against the Chiefs.

Denver Post Broncos writer Ryan O’Halloran posts his Broncos Mailbag periodically during the season. Submit questions to Ryan here.