The AFC West by the numbers: defense. Tackling, sacking and intercepting.

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 defense.

T A C K L E S (at least 35)
TEAM	PLAYER	SOLO	AST	TOTAL
KC	Derrick Johnson, LB	62	21	83
OAK	Tyvon Branch, S	51	25	76
DEN	Wesley Woodyard, LB	50	19	69
SD	Donald Butler, LB	51	13	64
SD	Takeo Spikes, LB	35	27	62
KC	Jovan Belcher, LB	38	22	60
SD	Eric Weddle, S	48	10	58
OAK	Rolando McClain, LB	35	16	51
DEN	Joe Mays, LB	43	7	50
DEN	Von Miller, LB	38	10	48
DEN	D.J. Williams, LB	33	11	44
KC	Tamba Hali, LB	27	15	42
KC	Brandon Flowers, CB	34	8	42
OAK	Kamerion Wimbley, LB	34	7	41
DEN	Chris Harris, CB	33	8	41
SD	Antonio Garay, DT	26	13	39
DEN	Brian Dawkins, S	25	11	36
KC	Jon McGraw, S	25	11	36
OAK	Matt Giordano, S	27	9	36
KC	Kendrick Lewis, S	31	5	36
KC	Glenn Dorsey, DE	15	20	35

S A C K S (at least 1.5)
TEAM	PLAYER	SACKS	FF	REC
DEN	Von Miller, LB	9.5	3	0
KC	Tamba Hali, LB	7.0	1	0
OAK	Kamerion Wimbley, LB	6.0	0	0
SD	Antwan Barnes, LB	6.0	2	0
OAK	Tommy Kelly, DT	5.5	1	1
OAK	Richard Seymour, DT	5.0	0	0
DEN	Elvis Dumervil, DE	3.5	0	0
DEN	D.J. Williams, LB	3.0	2	1
SD	Shaun Phillips, LB	3.0	0	0
DEN	Ryan McBean, DT	3.0	0	0
OAK	Desmond Bryant, DT	3.0	1	0
DEN	Brian Dawkins, S	2.0	0	0
SD	Antonio Garay, DT	2.0	0	0
DEN	Jonathan Wilhite, CB	2.0	0	0
KC	Wallace Gilberry, DE	2.0	2	0
DEN	Robert Ayers, DE	2.0	1	1
SD	Larry English, LB	2.0	0	0
OAK	Jarvis Moss, DE	1.5	0	0

I N T E R C E P T I O N S
TEAM	PLAYER	PASS DEF	INT
SD	Eric Weddle, S	6	5
KC	Brandon Flowers, CB	15	4
OAK	Matt Giordano, S	3	3
KC	Kendrick Lewis, S	6	3
DEN	Champ Bailey, CB	5	2
KC	Jon McGraw, S	4	2
OAK	Stanford Routt, CB	9	2
KC	Brandon Carr, CB	6	2
DEN	Andre' Goodman, CB	4	1
SD	Shaun Phillips, LB	3	1
OAK	Tommy Kelly, DT	3	1
KC	Derrick Johnson, LB	6	1
KC	Travis Daniels, CB	1	1
OAK	Michael Huff, S	3	1
OAK	Chinedum Ndukwe, S	1	1
SD	Paul Oliver, S	2	1
SD	Antoine Cason, CB	8	1
OAK	Tyvon Branch, S	2	1
DEN	Jonathan Wilhite, CB	2	1
SD	Donald Butler, LB	1	1
OAK	Lamarr Houston, DE	3	1
DEN	Cassius Vaughn, CB	4	1
SD	Marcus Gilchrist, CB	3	1
OAK	DeMarcus Van Dyke, CB	4	1
DEN	Rahim Moore, S	1	1
DEN	Chris Harris, CB	4	1

Any thoughts about it? Do these numbers reflect our real defensive perfomance? Do they tell the whole story? Are we a real contender to a post-season appearance?

GO BRONCOS!

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