The Denver Broncos inactives for the game against the Los Angeles Chargers were: QB Sam Ehlinger, DL Jordan Jackson, CB Pat Surtain II, CB Riley Moss, TE Dallen Bentley, OL Kage Casey, and DL Tyler Onyedim.
With Surtain and Moss on the inactive list, we got a couple of new actives this week - Lil’Jordan Humphrey and Sean Fresch.
Ben Powers
G
62
100%
0
0%
6
20%
Garett Bolles
T
62
100%
0
0%
6
20%
Quinn Meinerz
G
62
100%
0
0%
6
20%
Mike McGlinchey
T
62
100%
0
0%
6
20%
Luke Wattenberg
C
62
100%
0
0%
0
0%
Bo Nix
QB
62
100%
0
0%
0
0%
Courtland Sutton
WR
50
81%
0
0%
0
0%
Jaylen Waddle
WR
40
65%
0
0%
0
0%
Troy Franklin
WR
39
63%
0
0%
0
0%
J.K. Dobbins
RB
32
52%
0
0%
0
0%
Adam Trautman
TE
30
48%
0
0%
6
20%
Evan Engram
TE
30
48%
0
0%
0
0%
RJ Harvey
RB
23
37%
0
0%
0
0%
Nate Adkins
TE
19
31%
0
0%
9
30%
Lil’Jordan Humphrey
WR
14
23%
0
0%
4
13%
Marvin Mims
WR
12
19%
0
0%
6
20%
Alex Palczewski
T
8
13%
0
0%
6
20%
Tyler Badie
RB
7
11%
0
0%
18
60%
Adam Prentice
FB
6
10%
0
0%
20
67%
Jahdae Barron
CB
0
0%
67
100%
4
13%
Alex Singleton
LB
0
0%
67
100%
1
3%
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB
0
0%
67
100%
1
3%
Brandon Jones
S
0
0%
67
100%
0
0%
Justin Strnad
LB
0
0%
60
90%
0
0%
Zach Allen
DL
0
0%
46
69%
3
10%
Talanoa Hufanga
S
0
0%
44
66%
2
7%
Malcolm Roach
DT
0
0%
41
61%
4
13%
Nik Bonitto
LB
0
0%
38
57%
0
0%
Jonah Elliss
LB
0
0%
37
55%
6
20%
Ja’Quan McMillian
CB
0
0%
37
55%
1
3%
Quandarrius Robinson
LB
0
0%
32
48%
18
60%
Eyioma Uwazurike
DL
0
0%
30
45%
3
10%
D.J. Jones
DT
0
0%
29
43%
0
0%
Dondrea Tillman
LB
0
0%
27
40%
24
80%
Devon Key
DB
0
0%
26
39%
23
77%
Sai’vion Jones
DE
0
0%
20
30%
4
13%
Tycen Anderson
S
0
0%
1
1%
24
80%
JL Skinner
S
0
0%
1
1%
19
63%
Jordan Turner
LB
0
0%
0
0%
21
70%
Sean Fresch
DB
0
0%
0
0%
18
60%
Karene Reid
LB
0
0%
0
0%
15
50%
Wil Lutz
K
0
0%
0
0%
12
40%
Jeremy Crawshaw
P
0
0%
0
0%
11
37%
Mitchell Fraboni
LS
0
0%
0
0%
11
37%
Matt Peart
T
0
0%
0
0%
6
20%
Alex Forsyth
C
0
0%
0
0%
6
20%
Like most of the games so far, the five starting offensive linemen and Bo Nix played all of the offensive snaps. In a departure from previous games, Alex Palczewski played eight snaps as the sixth offensive lineman. That is almost as many as he had in the first four games. It didn’t seem to help the run game much.
JK Dobbins, RJ Harvey, and Tyler Badie played 32, 23, and 7 snaps. Adam Prentice played 6 at fullback. So the offense used a 6th offensive lineman more than they used the FB this game. Dobbins got 18 carries. Harvery got 3 and Badie got 1. The Bronco offense did pick up 106 yards on the ground, but that was on 29 carries (3.65 YPC). That average was looking really bad until the 4th quarter when the run game began to look competent. Dobbins picked up 68 yards on the ground, but 27 of that came on two carries near end of the game. His other 14 carries gained 41 yards (2.93 YPC).
Courtland Sutton, Jaylen Waddle, Troy Franklin, LJH, and Marvin Mims played 50, 40, 39, 14, and 12 snaps. They accounted for 9 catches, but almost all were short. The longest was Sutton’s 13 yard catch.
Evan Engram, Adam Trautman, and Nate Adkins played 30, 30, and 19 snaps. Only Engram was targetted catching all four of his targets for a team-high 55 yards. His 34 yard catch was Denver’s biggest play offensive play of the game.
Three offensive players did not play on offense, Matt Peart, Alex Forsyth, and Jarett Stidham. Peart and Forsyth played on FG/XP team.
Four players played every defensive snap: Jahdae Barron, Kris Abrams-Draine, Alex Singleton, and Brandon Jones. For Barron and KAD, it was the first time either played every snap on D. They both did well against a depleted receiver group from the Chargers.
Talanoa Hufanga only played 44 of the defensive snaps after leaving in the second half with an injury. Devon Key replaced him in the lineup and played decently. Tycen Anderson and JL Skinner got one defensive snap each.
Justin Strnad played 60 of the 67 defensive snaps. No other ILBs played defensive snaps.
Ja’Quan McMillian played 37 snaps on defense and made the most of them with 5 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 pressure, and 1 game-ending sack. No other CBs played defensive snaps.
At OLB Nik Bonitto, Jonah Elliss, Que Robinson and Dondrea Tillman played 38, 37, 32, and 27 snaps. They combined for 14 tackles, 5 TFL, 3 QBhits, and 2 sacks. This was Nik Bonitto’s best game of the season with 2 sacks, 2 QBhits, and 3 TFL.
On the DL Zach Allen, Malcolm Roach, Eyioma Uwazurike, and the Jones’s (DJ and Sai’vion) played 46, 41, 30, 29, and 20 snaps.
Five players played 2/3 of the special teams snaps or more: Tillman, Anderson, Keu, Devon Turner, and Adam Prentice. Two players who multiple tackles in coverage - Sean Fresch, and JL Skinner. Devon Key had two tackles but one was on defense in the final drive of the games. Skinner and Robinson were also involved heavily on special teams.
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