Broncos up-down drill: Highs and lows for Denver against the Jaguars

Up: Picking connected Kyle. Established NFL contented says spell aft the rookie. But aboriginal on, Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence spent much clip picking connected seasoned Kyle Fuller than first-year cornerback Pat Surtain II. Given what we saw successful New York, it was a astute play.

Down: Yellow throw. There’s ne'er been a amended clip for NFL offenses than now. Case successful point: The amerciable interaction emblem connected Fuller connected the game’s opening thrust for … getting tally implicit by a receiver? Later successful the half, DJ Chark hugged Surtain connected an underthrown shot to elicit a 36-yard walk interference penalty. Go figure.

Up: Profit manager. The pejorative is “dink and doink,” but we respect the artful ratio of Broncos QB Teddy Bridgewater methodically moving the shot down the tract (see: Denver’s 8 minute, 55 2nd opening thrust of the archetypal half). As Peyton Manning says, “you can’t spell broke taking a profit.”

Down: Bolles folds. The Broncos went 11 consecutive plays with either nary summation oregon affirmative yardage connected that opening thrust earlier Broncos near tackle Garett Bolles’ meek artifact effort each but gave Josh Allen a wide way to a sack of Bridgewater and 16-yard loss. A tract extremity followed.

Up: Hinton haul. The 53rd spot connected the Broncos roster should beryllium to Kendall Hinton successful perpetuity. He was a leader for however helium handled the No QB Game past fall. And arsenic helium showed connected his archetypal NFL reception successful the archetypal fractional — a coagulated back-shoulder timing way — he’s not a atrocious receiver, either.

Down: Save Sutton. Two years ago, cipher successful the NFL was amended astatine drafting flags than Courtland Sutton. The Broncos receiver astir apt should’ve added 2 much to his tally successful the archetypal half, including 1 heavy walk play wherever his jersey was tugged not once, not twice, but thrice.

Up: Teddy’s touch. Forget astir his shuffling astir successful the pouch to bargain 4.50 seconds of time. Instead, absorption connected the interaction Bridgwater showed successful lofting a cleanable walk to Sutton streaking down the tract for a 33-yard summation that acceptable up Denver’s archetypal touchdown drive.

Down: Chubb out. Will we ever get a afloat crippled with extracurricular linebackers Bradley Chubb and Von Miller connected the tract astatine the aforesaid time? In the past 3 seasons, they’ve present appeared successful 21 games unneurotic retired of a imaginable 50, with Chubb exiting 2 of those with an wounded (including Sunday’s ankle injury).

Up: Kareem comes up. Before Von Miller’s sack creation aboriginal successful the 3rd quarter, information Kareem Jackson acceptable the array by mounting connected the borderline and dropping moving backmost James Robinson connected a expanse that could’ve easy gone for 20 yards. One possession later, Jackson nabbed his 20th vocation interception.

Down: Muti miss. Starting successful spot of Graham Glasgow, second-year close defender Netane Muti was comparatively coagulated Sunday — with the objection of 1 sacked allowed to our aged person Adam Gotsis successful the 3rd quarter. All things considered, not atrocious for a archetypal NFL start.

Up: Lam-Doh! The main crushed the Broncos entered halftime with a 10-7 lead? Jacksonville kicker Josh Lambo, whose streak of 46 consecutive tract goals came to an extremity with back-to-back misses successful the archetypal half, archetypal from 52 yards, past from 48. Always amended to beryllium fortunate than good.

Down: Pantomime villain. We basal by our archetypal appraisal of Jaguars backmost Trevor Lawrence: He looks similar the villain successful a Disney princess movie (e.g. Gaston successful “Beauty and the Beast”).

Up: Traveling Broncos fans. Fans clad successful Broncos cogwheel started arriving successful Jacksonville connected Friday nighttime and during the game, they had a immense beingness down the Broncos bench.

Down: The humidity. Is it imaginable to person 898% humidity? The aerial successful Florida Sunday was, well, soupy. It rained successful the greeting and during the 2nd quarter.

Up: Fourth-down moderation. Riverboat Vic Fangio made his sanction going for it 3 times connected 4th down past week. But we applaud the moderation helium showed risking it connected conscionable 1 of 3 fourth-and-short situations successful the 2nd half. The mode Vic’s D was playing — not to notation his peculiar teams — each telephone made sense.

Down: Special teamer Mike Ford. Make it 2 unnecessary roughness/personal foul penalties this play for the recently-acquired Ford. More plays similar that and helium volition beryllium recently-waived.

Up: Surtain-ly special. The Justin Fields shouts mightiness dice down to a susurration this week. After Pat Surtain II’s unthinkable over-the-shoulder interception successful one-on-one sum against Tyron Johnson — coming successful his archetypal NFL start, and connected the aforesaid time Fields scuffled successful Chicago — it’s beauteous wide this kid is special.

Down: Special teams. Once again, Tom McMahon’s portion submitted a stink weaponry — this clip successful the signifier of Jamal Agnew’s grounds 102-yard footwear instrumentality touchdown. At immoderate points, this volition travel backmost to haunt Denver.

Down: Viska’s day. The stat enactment for CU Buffs merchandise Laviska Shenault Jr.: Seven targets, 2 receptions, minus-three yards. Yikes.