Broncos quarterback Teddy Bridgewater emphasizes better early-game efficiency: “We’re going to be greedy in starting fast”

Broncos backmost Teddy Bridgewater’s connection pursuing past week’s season-opening triumph implicit the New York Giants and up of this week’s travel to Jacksonville was succinct.

“We can’t blink,” helium said earlier Wednesday’s practice.

Blink and the Jaguars could sneak up connected the Broncos and the bully feelings astir being 1-0 volition beryllium erased.

“We speech astir getting disconnected to a bully start; that has to beryllium our mindset,” Bridgewater said.

Before scoring 24 consecutive points connected their mode a 27-13 triumph implicit the Giants, the Broncos semi-scuffled retired of the gate.

First drive: The archetypal drawback betwixt Bridgewater and halfway Lloyd Cushenberry was clunky and moving backmost Melvin Gordon mislaid a yard.

Second drive: The Broncos reached the Giants’ 11, but Bridgewater had a walk batted down and moving backmost Javonte Williams mislaid 2 yards erstwhile near defender Dalton Risner missed his block, mounting up a tract goal.

Third drive: The Broncos drove to the Giants’ 10, but choky extremity Albert Okwuegbunam fumbled aft a six-yard completion.

From past on, the Broncos went touchdown, touchdown, tract extremity and touchdown connected their adjacent 4 possessions.

“We’re going to beryllium greedy successful starting accelerated — commencement accelerated truthful the defence tin person that vigor and instrumentality the tract with confidence,” Bridgewater said.

Another accent for the Broncos’ discourtesy is much early-down ratio truthful manager Vic Fangio doesn’t person to spell for it connected 3 4th downs (all conversions).

“You travel distant with a triumph but determination is inactive truthful overmuch country for improvement,” Bridgewater said.

According to Stats, Inc., the Broncos’ 7.41-yard mean connected archetypal down was fourth-best successful the NFL past week, but that fig is skewed by Gordon’s 70-yard touchdown run.

The Broncos had 16 first-down plays that gained 3 oregon less yards, tied for seventh-most successful the league.

It is overmuch easier to nitpick aft a win, but the Broncos consciousness plays were near connected the field.

“Last week was truly bully for america to acquisition conscionable knocking disconnected each of the jitters,” Bridgewater said. “(This week) is different accidental for america to proceed to grow.”