Penalty problems through two games not limited to Broncos

Thirteen things astir the Broncos entering Sunday’s location opener against the New York Jets:

1. Broncos manager Vic Fangio spent the week lamenting his team’s punishment problem. Through 2 games, the Broncos are tied for 10th successful enforced penalties (15) and tied for 4th successful yards (152). But Vic’s squad isn’t alone. The flags are flying astir the NFL.

2. Average penalties/yards per squad implicit the past 5 years: 2017 — 13.6/116.8. … 2018 — 14.5/124.3. … 2019 — 15.8/130.6. … 2020 — 11.8/108.2. And this twelvemonth — 13.6/119.1. So, up compared to past year, but beauteous dependable compared to caller seasons.

3. The Broncos’ punishment breakdown is 2 connected offense, 9 connected defence and 4 connected peculiar teams. Defensive extremity Dre’Mont Jones and cornerback Mike Ford person 2 15-yard penalties apiece and cornerback Pat Surtain II’s 36-yard walk interference punishment skews the yardage total. They person the fewest violative penalties and tied for third-most antiaircraft penalties.

4. Fangio said helium shows a “good bit,” of the penalties during squad meetings. “We accent it,” helium said. “Trust me, if anything, I accent it excessively much. I showed the full squad aboriginal connected successful campy wherever we ranked successful penalties past twelvemonth and we were ranked to-the-good connected defence (27, third-fewest) and benignant of in-the-middle connected discourtesy (39, 14th) and present it’s flipped. Our discourtesy has done a large job; they’ve hardly been penalized, and we’ve had a mates of unsmooth outings connected defense.”

5. Fangio disagreed with cornerback Kyle Fuller’s amerciable interaction punishment connected Jacksonville’s archetypal thrust erstwhile receiver Marvin Jones fundamentally tried to tally Fuller over. “Really atrocious call,” Fangio said.

6. Speaking of truly bad, that’s been the Broncos’ first-down offense. They fertile 21st successful yards per first-down drawback (5.09) and person 32 plays that person gained little than 4 yards (tied for eighth-most). The deficiency of ratio is mounting up 2nd and third-and-long plays.

7. “We privation to beryllium much businesslike connected archetypal and 2nd down, for sure, to marque definite that we’re successful those third-and-manageable (plays),” backmost Teddy Bridgewater said.

8. Despite going 2 of 11 connected 3rd down, the Broncos inactive held possession for a whopping 38 minutes, 52 seconds against the Jaguars and participate Week 3 archetypal successful the league with a 37-minute average. Last week’s possession clip was their 10th-highest since 2000 and the astir since 39:22 successful 2016. Out of their apical 20 games successful possession clip since 2000, the Broncos are 18-2.

9. An unintentional younker question volition beryllium contiguous defensively against the Jets. Starting oregon playing rotational roles volition beryllium six first- oregon second-year players: Inside linebacker Justin Strnad (second year, but archetypal playing) and rookies Surtain, information Caden Sterns and extracurricular linebackers Jonathon Cooper and Andre Mintze.

10. Strnad has a terrific accidental to amusement helium tin clasp up arsenic a tally defender and therefore, seldom permission the field. The Broncos signed wrong linebacker Micah Kiser disconnected the Los Angeles Rams’ signifier squad connected Wednesday and his estimation is arsenic a run-stuffer. In theory, Fangio could usage Kiser connected aboriginal downs and past Strnad successful sub-package situations.

11. If Fangio follows his publication from past week, he’ll thin connected a four-man unreserved against Jets backmost Zach Wilson. The Broncos rushed 5 players connected lone 9 of Trevor Lawrence’s 40 drop-backs (22.5%). In 2 games, Lawrence and the Giants’ Daniel Jones person a 0.0 passer standing against other rushers (3 of 14 for 25 yards and 2 interceptions).

12. Just astir a twelvemonth ago, the 0-3 Broncos traveled to play the Jets connected a Thursday night. Brett Rypien made his archetypal (and only) NFL commencement and was 19-of-31 passing for 242 yards, 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions successful the Broncos’ 37-28 win. Rypien had been promoted from the signifier squad the week earlier aft Drew Lock’s enarthrosis injury. He finished the Tampa Bay crippled aft Fangio had seen capable of Jeff Driskel.

13. I asked quarterbacks manager Mike Shula what helium remembered astir that week. “No. 1, (Rypien) conscionable coming successful connected a abbreviated week without overmuch carnal mentation with the different starters,” helium said. “And past No. 2, his command, close erstwhile helium took the archetypal drawback of the archetypal walk-through, of the different players astir him and the assurance that was manifested astatine the enactment of scrimmage and successful the huddle and his affirmative vigor and calmness.”