Welcome to another year of 3rd and long!
For those who have been following my regular season weekly I will be doing what I have been doing for six years now. For those who are new to the column, I will be tracking two defensive stats that are fairly critical:
- How are defense does at stopping the run on first down. Keeping the opposing team’s offense off-schedule is critical.
- How are defense does when we get the opposing offense in 3rd and long (7 or more needed to gain). Our defense is built to be deadly in obvious passing situations
If the Denver Broncos defense does well in both they generally win, assuming their offense does not crap the bed.