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Twelve takeaways from the Broncos’ 17-12 preseason triumph implicit the Los Angeles Rams connected Saturday night:
1. Broncos manager Vic Fangio and Rams manager Sean McVay took other approaches to the accumulation season. McVay didn’t play immoderate of his starters this period and lone 46 of 80 players saw enactment Saturday. Fangio played 73 of his 80 players; the lone steadfast subordinate to beryllium retired was moving backmost Javonte Williams. Fangio said the Broncos had seen capable of Williams (12 rushes-49 yards) and wanted to diagnostic Melvin Gordon and the younger backs.
2. Playing clip notes (offense): Quarterbacks Teddy Bridgewater and Drew Lock each played 19 snaps. The starting violative enactment played 10 snaps unneurotic and near defender Dalton Risner, close tackle Bobby Massie and halfway Lloyd Cushenberry stayed connected the tract for Bridgewater’s last thrust (nine plays). Receiver Jerry Jeudy was managed (eight snaps), but Courtland Sutton got a bully trial (18 snaps). Among the back-ups, right/left tackle Calvin Anderson led with 47 snaps.
3. Playing clip notes (defense): Down to 4 steadfast safeties meant 3 quarters for P.J. Locke and Jamar Johnson, some of whom played 49 snaps. The starters played 3 bid and safeties Justin Simmons and Kareem Jackson and cornerbacks Ronald Darby, Kyle Fuller and Bryce Callahan played each 24 snaps. Twenty-four players connected defence saw astatine slightest 20 snaps of work. Cornerback Pat Surtain II played lone 11 snaps.
4. A more-than-serviceable debut for extracurricular linebacker Von Miller (21 snaps), who was credited with 3 tackles (all successful the tally game). “Whenever you’re astatine rehab, each you deliberation astir is, ‘Man, I can’t hold to play football,’” Miller said. “And erstwhile you get retired there, you don’t deliberation astir it. It’s ever the adjacent play.”
5. In the 38 snaps for Bridgewater and Lock, the Broncos utilized 5 unit groupings. They had 17 snaps of “11” (3WR-1RB-1TE), 10 snaps of “12” (2WR-1RB-2TE), six snaps of “21” (2WR-2RB-1TE), 4 snaps of “22” (1WR-2RB-2TE) and 1 drawback of “13” (1WR-1RB-3TE).
6. Bridgewater’s archetypal thrust had incompletions connected passes that traveled six, three, six and 8 yards downfield. His 2nd thrust were passes of 2 (four-yard completion) and 1 gait downfield. His last thrust was by acold his best. The passes traveled four, six, one, 17 and 8 “air” yards. Sutton’s 19-yard drawback (two post-catch yards) showed helium feels bully astir his repaired near ACL — helium planted his ft into the crushed to alteration his way and make separation. On the touchdown (eight yards to Sutton), Anderson allowed the backmost pressure, but Bridgewater moved near and threw successful 4.35 seconds.
7. Gordon played successful his archetypal preseason crippled since 2018 and rushed 5 times for 35 yards successful 9 snaps. He gained 15 yards to the close erstwhile Glasgow blocked antiaircraft tackle Armon Watts and Massie sealed retired linebacker Cameron Smith. On the adjacent drive, helium gained 4 yards aft breaking a tackle down the enactment of scrimmage.
8. The first-team defence had 14 pass-rush opportunities against Rams backmost Bryce Perkins. The breakdown — unreserved 3 (once), unreserved 4 (seven times), unreserved 5 (five) and unreserved six (once). Perkins scrambled 4 times. On the defense’s past snap, the Broncos rushed six against a six-man extortion and wrong linebacker Josey Jewell bushed moving backmost Xavier Jones for the sack successful 2.33 seconds.
9. Fangio didn’t usage his basal defence during the starters’ 3 bid and mixed up his sub packages. He started the crippled with a base-look up beforehand (three DL), but with 3 linebackers and 5 antiaircraft backs. On the archetypal 3rd down, the Broncos utilized their dime package, which brought Surtain onto the tract arsenic a sixth antiaircraft back. On the 2nd drive, Fangio utilized his accepted nickel (2DL-2ILB-2OLB-3CB-2S).
10. Jewell and extracurricular linebacker Bradley Chubb missed tackles, Miller and antiaircraft extremity Dre’Mont Jones had tally “stuffs,” and antiaircraft lineman Shamar Stephen had a backmost pressure.
11. Lock started his archetypal 2 drives astatine the Broncos’ 19- and 1-yard lines. First thrust (three-and-out): Left defender Austin Schlottmann “bad” run, halfway Quinn Meinerz “bad” tally and Lock seven-yard scramble (Meinerz backmost unit allowed). Second thrust (fumble): Receiver Trinity Benson drew a walk interference punishment to person a third-and-6. Two plays later, Lock held the shot for 3.23 seconds and fumbled portion being sacked. Right tackle Cam Fleming was bushed connected the play, but Lock should person sensed the unit to propulsion oregon scramble.
12. Lock’s past thrust ended with a touchdown walk to choky extremity Austin Fort. Lock showed his limb spot and accuracy connected consecutive completions to Benson (21 yards), Kendall Hinton (nine yards) and Benson (13 yards). None of the catches had immoderate post-catch yards. Four plays later, Lock deed Fort for a seven-yard score.
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