The Denver Broncos are now definitively in the hunt for the playoffs. We are in the 2nd place in our division, where the Raiders are leading. The fact is that our schedule is a bit 'easier' and that's why we are a real contender to take it. We can't discard the Chargers, but they are not showing a great football. And the Chiefs have just lost their starting QB.
So, after 11 weeks (10 games) and a real post-season possibilty, I think we have an enough sample to evaluate our players' perfomances. It's fair enough to compare them with the other AFC West players. So, after the jump, here we go with the offense.
| P A S S I N G | ||||||||||
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COMP | % | YDS | YDS/A | TD | INT | RATING | YDS/G |
| OAK | Jason Campbell | 165 | 100 | 60.6 | 1,170 | 7.09 | 6 | 4 | 84.2 | 195 |
| SD | Philip Rivers | 383 | 237 | 61.9 | 3,023 | 7.89 | 15 | 17 | 81.1 | 302 |
| OAK | Carson Palmer | 99 | 58 | 58.6 | 911 | 9.20 | 6 | 7 | 80.0 | 228 |
| DEN | Tim Tebow | 125 | 56 | 44.8 | 709 | 5.67 | 7 | 1 | 78.4 | 89 |
| KC | Matt Cassel | 269 | 160 | 59.5 | 1,713 | 6.37 | 10 | 9 | 76.6 | 190 |
| DEN | Kyle Orton | 155 | 91 | 58.7 | 979 | 6.32 | 8 | 7 | 75.7 | 196 |
| KC | Tyler Palko | 45 | 30 | 66.7 | 283 | 6.29 | 0 | 3 | 56.1 | 94 |
| R U S H I N G (at least 20 att) | |||||||||
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | YDS/A | LONG | +20 | TD | YDS/G | FUM |
| DEN | Willis McGahee | 139 | 658 | 4.7 | 60 | 5 | 3 | 73.1 | 2 |
| OAK | Darren McFadden | 113 | 614 | 5.4 | 70 | 8 | 4 | 87.7 | 1 |
| OAK | Michael Bush | 139 | 599 | 4.3 | 44 | 5 | 5 | 59.9 | 1 |
| SD | Ryan Mathews | 130 | 580 | 4.5 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 64.4 | 4 |
| KC | Jackie Battle | 95 | 436 | 4.6 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 43.6 | 0 |
| DEN | Tim Tebow | 56 | 388 | 6.9 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 48.5 | 2 |
| KC | Dexter McCluster | 71 | 330 | 4.6 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 33.0 | 1 |
| SD | Mike Tolbert | 76 | 296 | 3.9 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 32.9 | 1 |
| KC | Thomas Jones | 78 | 252 | 3.2 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 25.2 | 0 |
| DEN | Lance Ball | 60 | 245 | 4.1 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 24.5 | 0 |
| DEN | Knowshon Moreno | 37 | 179 | 4.8 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 25.6 | 1 |
| KC | Matt Cassel | 25 | 99 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 1 |
| R E C E I V I N G (at least 140 yds) | |||||||||||
| TEAM | PLAYER | REC | TAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | +20 | YDS/G | FUM | YAC |
| SD | Vincent Jackson | 42 | 49 | 800 | 19.0 | 7 | 55 | 17 | 80.0 | 0 | 120 |
| KC | Dwayne Bowe | 48 | 89 | 750 | 15.6 | 4 | 52 | 13 | 75.0 | 0 | 194 |
| KC | Steve Breaston | 39 | 59 | 556 | 14.3 | 2 | 43 | 9 | 55.6 | 0 | 182 |
| OAK | Darrius Heyward-Bey | 31 | 55 | 477 | 15.4 | 1 | 58 | 7 | 53.0 | 0 | 103 |
| DEN | Eric Decker | 34 | 70 | 462 | 13.6 | 7 | 56 | 6 | 46.2 | 1 | 161 |
| SD | Antonio Gates | 34 | 51 | 414 | 12.2 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 59.1 | 0 | 108 |
| OAK | Denarius Moore | 24 | 56 | 410 | 17.1 | 4 | 50 | 9 | 41.0 | 0 | 73 |
| SD | Malcom Floyd | 19 | 36 | 401 | 21.1 | 1 | 42 | 9 | 57.3 | 0 | 108 |
| SD | Ryan Mathews | 35 | 43 | 379 | 10.8 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 42.1 | 0 | 354 |
| SD | Mike Tolbert | 42 | 60 | 351 | 8.4 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 39.0 | 1 | 325 |
| OAK | Jacoby Ford | 17 | 30 | 260 | 15.3 | 1 | 41 | 5 | 37.1 | 2 | 137 |
| OAK | Michael Bush | 16 | 20 | 249 | 15.6 | 1 | 55 | 5 | 24.9 | 0 | 190 |
| OAK | Kevin Boss | 15 | 17 | 229 | 15.3 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 28.6 | 0 | 77 |
| SD | Vincent Brown | 12 | 23 | 210 | 17.5 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 26.3 | 0 | 54 |
| DEN | Daniel Fells | 15 | 26 | 201 | 13.4 | 2 | 32 | 4 | 20.1 | 1 | 72 |
| SD | Randy McMichael | 21 | 31 | 190 | 9.0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 19.0 | 0 | 142 |
| OAK | Darren McFadden | 19 | 23 | 154 | 8.1 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 22.0 | 0 | 168 |
| SD | Patrick Crayton | 15 | 23 | 152 | 10.1 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 19.0 | 1 | 64 |
| KC | Dexter McCluster | 31 | 40 | 152 | 4.9 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 15.2 | 1 | 136 |
| DEN | Eddie Royal | 17 | 37 | 146 | 8.6 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 20.9 | 0 | 39 |
| DEN | Matthew Willis | 9 | 19 | 142 | 15.8 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 14.2 | 0 | 68 |
| KC | Leonard Pope | 19 | 29 | 141 | 7.4 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 14.1 | 0 | 78 |
Any thoughts about it? Do these numbers reflect our real offensive perfomance? Do they tell the whole story? Are we a real contender to a post-season appearance?
GO BRONCOS!
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