This is going to come as a shocking revelation, but the Broncos’ passing offense dragged the whole team to the dregs of the league in 2020. The situation may be so shaky that better health luck isn’t enough to creep back towards average. Earlier this month, Football Outsiders shared their first ever “Way Too Early” DVOA projections. You may want to avert your gaze, as the Broncos finished among the three worst teams in football.
It seems hard to imagine a worse finish than the 5-11 disaster Broncos Country had to endure in 2020. Four quarterbacks played, Courtland Sutton and Von Miller barely did, and the defense became so tattered that 10 different cornerbacks saw playing time.