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Inside The Numbers – Divisional Round

January 14th, 2013 - 7:29am by Stuart ZaasOther posts by

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Wide receiver Trindon Holliday scored on a 90-yard punt return touchdown and a 104-yard kick return touchdown to mark the longest respective plays in each category in NFL postseason history. He also became the first player in league postseason history to record a punt return touchdown and kick return touchdown in the same playoff game.

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Quarterback Peyton Manning tied the Broncos’ postseason record with three touchdown passes. He tied John Elway, who did so three times, for that mark.

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Wide receiver Brandon Stokley’s 15-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter against Baltimore marked the fourth NFL team (Baltimore, Indianapolis, Seattle and Denver) that he has caught a postseason touchdown pass for. He joins Keenan McCardell as the only players in NFL history to accomplish that feat.

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The kickoff temperature of 13 degrees marked the second-coldest home game in Broncos history. The temperature was the coldest – home or away – in Broncos postseason history.

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Inside the Numbers: Week 17

January 2nd, 2013 - 10:37am by Stuart ZaasOther posts by

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The Broncos were the only team in the NFL in 2012 that did not allow a single 300-yard passer.

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Denver’s 38-3 win against Kansas City coupled with Indianapolis’ 28-16 win against Houston meant the Broncos finished with the AFC’s No. 1 playoff seed and tied for the NFL’s best regular-season record in 2012, finishing 13-3.

Quarterback Peyton Manning finished the season with Broncos records in completions (400), passing yards (4,659), completion percentage (68.6 pct.), touchdowns (37), passer rating (105.9) and 300-yard games (9).

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The Broncos are one of just three teams in NFL history to win 11 consecutive games by seven or more points. Denver joins the 1942 Chicago Bears (11) and the 2005 Indianapolis Colts (13) as the only teams to accomplish that feat. Manning was the signal caller for two of those three teams.

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Inside the Numbers: Week 16

December 24th, 2012 - 1:28pm by Stuart ZaasOther posts by

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Wide receiver Demaryius Thomas tied a career high with nine catches and topped the 100-yard mark for the sixth game of the season on Sunday.

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The Broncos won their 10th straight game to match the second-longest win streak in franchise history with their 34-12 win against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.

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Linebacker Von Miller finished Sunday’s win with 1.5 sacks to increase his season total to a Broncos-record 17.5.

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During the Broncos’ last nine games, opponents have converted just 21-of-112 third-down attempts (18.8 pct.). That figure is best in the NFL with the next closest team, the New York Jets, nearly 10 percentage points behind (31-of-113, 27.4 pct.).

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Wide receiver Eric Decker caught a pair of touchdowns against Cleveland to give him 11 on the season and 19 over the past two years. That total ties the Broncos’ record for receiving scores in a two-year span. Decker’s 11 touchdowns are tied for third-most in the league this year.

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Tight end Jacob Tamme’s 36-yard catch in the second quarter and 33-yard catch in the third represent the two longest plays of his career.

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Inside the Numbers: Week 15

December 18th, 2012 - 10:06am by Stuart ZaasOther posts by

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For the first game in the 2012 season, the Broncos did not turn the ball over in Sunday’s win against Baltimore.

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Returner Trindon Holliday leads the NFL with a 35.2 kick return average and is tops in the league with an 11.4 punt return average since joining the Broncos in Week 6. He is also the only player in the league to have a 14-0 record through the first 15 weeks of the 2012 season.

Quarterback Peyton Manning became the first quarterback in the Super Bowl era to achieve nine 11-win seasons. He extended his NFL record for 4,00-yard passing seasons with his 12th this year.

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With the Broncos win and Patriots loss in Week 15, Denver can clinch the AFC’s No. 2 seed and a first-round bye if it wins the final two games of the regular season against Cleveland (12/23) and Kansas City (12/3).

LB Wesley Woodyard and CB Chris Harris are two of just three players in the NFL to register more than two sacks and more than two interceptions through Week 15 of the 2012 season.

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Inside the Numbers: Week 14

December 9th, 2012 - 10:48am by Stuart ZaasOther posts by

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The Broncos are 6-0 on the road against the AFC West over the past two years.

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Kicker Matt Prater converted all four of his field goal attempts against the Raiders to tie a career high. Thursday marked the fifth game in which Prater has converted four field goals.

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Linebacker Von Miller has forced five fumbles in the past five games and is tied with defensive end Elvis Dumervil (2012) and S Dennis Smith (1989) for the most in team history for a single season. Miller and Dumervil are tied for second in the NFL this season in that category.

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Miller recorded a sack in his sixth consecutive game to set a new career long streak.

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Inside the Numbers: Week 13

December 3rd, 2012 - 1:32pm by Stuart ZaasOther posts by

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Defensive Tackle Mitch Unrein’s 1-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter against Tampa Bay was the first offensive touchdown by a defensive lineman in Broncos history. The play represented the first receiving score by an NFL defensive lineman since Ryan Denney (Buf.) on Sept. 27, 2009.

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Head Coach John Fox became just the third coach to win division titles in each of his first two years with a club after inheriting a team with a losing record. He is just the second coach to take a last-place team and lead it to consecutive division championships in his first two years.

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Linebacker Von Miller recorded his first career interception and returned it 26 yards for a score, to mark another career first. The play marked the fifth defensive touchdown of the season for the Broncos, and was the 11th non-offensive touchdown by the team under Fox.

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The Broncos won their seventh straight game on Sunday against Tampa Bay to mark the franchise’s fourth-longest win streak, and the longest since the 1998 season when the team won 13 in a row.

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Inside the Numbers: Week 12

November 27th, 2012 - 7:24am by Stuart ZaasOther posts by

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The Broncos 1.000 winning percentage for the month of November marked the eighth time in franchise history that the team has gone undefeated during November.

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Von Miller’s 14 sacks this season represent the third-most in a single season in franchise history.

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Five different Broncos tied for the team lead with four receptions at Kansas City: wide receivers Demaryius Thomas, Eric Decker and Brandon Stokley, tight ends Jacob Tamme and running back Knowshon Moreno.

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The Broncos earned their sixth consecutive win with a 17-9 victory over the Chiefs on Sunday. The current stretch, which ties for the fourth-longest single-season winning streak in team history, makes Denver the only NFL team with six straight wins in each of the last two years.

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Inside the Numbers: Week 11

November 20th, 2012 - 7:38am by Stuart ZaasOther posts by

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Quarterback Peyton Manning passed Dan Marino for the second-most touchdowns (423) in NFL history and second-most wins by a starting quarterback (148) on Sunday. Manning is now tied with Elway for career wins by a starting quarterback.

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Linebacker Wesley Woodyard, who tied for the team lead with eight tackles (5 solo) against San Diego, recorded his third interception of the season in the second quarter and returned it 25 yards to the San Diego 8-yard line. Woodyard is the only NFL player this year and just the fifth player in Broncos history (since 1982) to record at least three interceptions and three sacks in a single season.

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The number of strip-sacks recorded by the Broncos in the team’s two games against San Diego this season. Defensive end Elvis Dumervil registered three, including one on the Chargers’ last snap of each game. Linebacker Von Miller added a pair, both on Sunday.

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Linebacker Von Miller tied a career high with three sacks against San Diego, bringing his 2012 total to 13, which ranks second in the NFL. He leads the league in tackles for a loss with 23 on the season after tallying two more on Sunday. Miller became the first player in Broncos history since sacks became an official statistic to register three sacks and two forced fumbles in a game.

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Miller’s three sacks vs. San Diego give him 24.5 career through 25 career games. The only player in NFL history to record more sacks in their first 25 games is Hall-of-Famer Derrick Thomas, who had 25.

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Inside the Numbers: Week 10

November 12th, 2012 - 10:47am by Stuart ZaasOther posts by

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Denver’s defense held Carolina without a third-down conversion as the Panthers finished 0-12 on the day. Over the past three games, opponents have converted just 6-of-38 third downs (.158 pct.) against the Broncos. Sunday was the fourth time in franchise history that the opponent has failed to convert a third down.

Wide receiver Trindon Holliday is the only undefeated player (min. 9 games) in the NFL this season. He spent the first five weeks of the year with Houston, before coming to Denver before the team’s Week 6 game at San Diego.

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Safety Mike Adams sacked Panthers quarterback Cam Newton in the end zone on Sunday to mark the Broncos’ second safety of the season. Denver is the only team in the league to record multiple safeties this year.

Tony Carter’s 40-yard interception return for a touchdown was his second defensive score of the season (65-yard FR TD at S.D.) and his second interception of the season. He is the only player in the NFL to return both an interception and fumble recovery for a touchdown this season.

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Holliday’s 76-yard punt return made him one of just three Broncos to score on a punt return and kick return in the same season. He is one of six players in Broncos annals to record multiple special-teams touchdowns in the same season and just the second to do so in back-to-back games.

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Inside the Numbers: Week 9

November 5th, 2012 - 11:11am by Stuart ZaasOther posts by

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Over the past two games, Broncos opponents have returned four punts for a total of -2 yards. Punter Britton Colquitt ranks third in the NFL with a 43.1 net-punting average this season, and is one of five players to post 15-or-more punts inside the 20 with three-or-fewer touchbacks. Colquitt leads the league with opponents averaging just 3.6 yards per punt return in 2012.

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The Broncos offensive line didn’t allow a sack for the third consecutive game, marking just the fourth time in team history that the line has kept the quarterback clean for three straight games. It is the first such streak since the 2008 season.

Linebacker Von Miller set a career high with three sacks against fellow second-year player Andy Dalton. Miller is now tied with Texans defensive end J.J. Watt for the NFL lead with 17 tackles for a loss through Week 9 of the 2012 season.

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Wide receiver Eric Decker is tied for first in the NFL with seven receiving touchdowns since Week 4 of the 2012 season. He caught eight passes for 99 yards with two touchdowns at Cincinnati, tying for the most receptions and touchdowns among AFC players in Week 9. Sunday marked the fifth consecutive contest with at least one receiving touchdown for Decker, which is one shy of the Broncos’ all-time record. He now has 16 career receiving touchdowns, which ties him for the most receiving scores by a Bronco during his first three professional seasons (Lionel Taylor, 1960-61).

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Wesley Woodyard finished with a game-high 14 tackles in Denver’s win at Cincinnati. Woodyard now has 72 tackles on the season according to press box totals, which ranks eighth in the NFL through Week 9.

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