LOS ANGELES — A bounce-back performance from the Denver defense in Sunday’s 20-13 win over the Los Angeles Chargers was underscored by a bunch of names that didn’t appear atop the depth chart at the start of the season.
A season-ending ACL injury to Bradley Chubb last week, plus cornerback De’Vante Bausby being carted off the field with a neck injury in the first half and veteran Bryce Callahan (foot) still unable to play, left an already-thin Broncos defense even thinner in Los Angeles.
But Denver’s defense, spurred by players an average Broncos fan probably couldn’t name, responded with a house-money mentality that produced the team’s first three turnovers of 2019 and kept Philip Rivers and the Chargers offense from settling in.