Each week, DenverBroncos.com will go inside the boxscore from the team’s most recent game to give you interesting stats and notes that may have gone unnoticed.
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Opponents have yet to score on the Broncos in the first quarter this season. Denver has scored 17 points in the opening period and has led after the first quarter in each of its three games thus far.
.8
The Broncos defense held Tennessee running backs Chris Johnson and Javon Ringer to a total of 15 yards on 19 carries on Sunday. That 0.8 yards-per-carry mark ranks as the third-best in club history.
2
Cornerback Jonathan Wilhite registered a sack for the second consecutive week. His two sacks in 2011 lead all NFL cornerbacks.
2
Rookie linebacker Von Miller is tied for the NFL lead with two forced fumbles. Against the Titans, Miller stripped quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and defensive end Derrick Harvey pounced on the loose ball. During the season opener vs. Oakland, he stripped wide receiver Jacoby Ford on the Raiders’ first offensive snap and fellow rookie Rahim Moore recovered for the Broncos.
3
For the third straight week, the Broncos have played a game that was decided by a field goal or less. It is the first time in club history that Denver has opened the season with three games decided by three or fewer points and only the 19th time in NFL history a team has opened that way.
55:3
With two red-zone touchdown passes against the Titans, Kyle Orton improved his career red-zone touchdown-to-interception ratio to 55:3, which is third-best among active quarterbacks behind Tom Brady and Aaron Rogers.
100%
Kicker Matt Prater is the only player in the league to post a perfect touchback percentage on kickoffs through three games. All 13 of Prater’s kickoffs have resulted in touchbacks, including three at Tennessee on Sunday. Chicago kicker Robbie Gould ranks second with 11-of-14 kickoffs resulting in touchbacks (78.6 pct.).
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guys please stop talking about tebow, im sick and tired of hearing about him! Orton is our best qb that actually has a chance. i know hes frustrating at times but do you really think tebow would do a better job????
yes I do bdub. Over all I just want to find out. Orton is gone next year, they are going to draft who they think is their franchise QB. I want to know, is Tebow the QB I believe he can be.
This may have been mentioned already bt i havent read the whole blog yet, I just got on. First off, Im a beleiver that Orton is our best chance. That said I do think Tebow DOES need to be utilized some throughout the game. Obviously for the most part in short yardage and inside the 5-10 yardline. If Tebow was used when they had 3 chances inside the 3 yard line to go up 21-10, I can almost garantee we get a TD. Tebow poses such a wide variety of threats inside the 5 that Orton and many other QBs just dont pose. He could hand off the Mcgahee, he could pound it in himself, he could do a play action bootleg/option/pass etc etc. ……. This would give the defense way to much to cover, should score a TD 95% or better everytime! Just my 2 cents …
GO BRONCOS!!!!! PS. I sure hope Doom and Champ are back for Green Bay!
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