Despite the authoritative 38-24 Broncos win over Houston on Sunday, in which they built a 35-point third-quarter lead, one fan fired off an email lamenting the offense’s “dink-and-dunk” passing game.
Um, not quite.
The Broncos’ throw-it-around (Vic Fangio’s term) approach in slicing apart the Texans included seven passes by quarterback Drew Lock that traveled at least 11 yards in the air. He was 5 of 7 on those attempts for 155 yards (one interception).
On the first such play, tight end Noah Fant turned Lock’s 11-yard throw into a 48-yard gain.