Denver Bronco 2022 mid-season snap tracker

The Denver Broncos have had a great deal of instability along the offensive line this season with Billy Turner not being ready for the season, Quinn Meinerz getting hurt in the first game, Garett Bolles breaking his leg and now Lloyd Cushenberry injuring his hip. Instability on the OL in never a good thing. We shall see if the offensive line of: LT Calvin Anderson, LG Dalton Risner, C Graham Glasgow, RG Quinn Meinerz, and RT Billy Turner can open holes in the running game and protect Russell Wilson better than the other groupings we have had to employ so far this season.

Greg Dulcich appears to be the receiver threat that we hoped Noah Fant would be when we drafted him in the first round. The most ever receptions for a rookie history is 81 by Keith Jackson in 1988. Jeremy Shockey had 74 in 2002 and Kyle Pitts had 68 in 2021. Jackson had 17 catches in his first three games. Shockey and Pitts both had 11. Dulcich already has 12 in his first three games. He is on pace to finish the season with 48 catches despite missing the first four games of the season. That would tie him with Dustin Keller for 11th most catches in NFL history by a rookie TE. 52 catches would tie him for 10th with Jermaine Gresham.

The Bronco offense needs KJ Hamler on the field. Montrell Washington may have the same speed as Hamler, but he is not a proven vertical threat like Hamler is. Having KJ on the field opens up everything else for the rest of the receiving corps in the same way that Tyreek Hill opened things up for the KC offense when he was still playing for the Chiefs. I would like to see Hamler on the field for 60% or more of the offensive plays going forward.

Nik Bonitto will most likely get a big jump in his snap percentages with the trade of Bradley Chubb. While Chubb’s snap percentages have been hovering around 70% since game 4, the Broncos are going to have to get production from Bonitto and newly acquired Jacob Martin until Baron Browning and Randy Gregory are ready to go.

Damarri Mathis has been tremendously effective in place of the injured Ronald Darby. Three of the four DPIs called on him when he was thrust into the starting lineup in game 6 should not have been penalties.

With little fanfare, K’Waun Williams has been amazingly effective both in coverage and when asked to blitz. According to SISdatahum.com he has only been asked rush the passer 10 times this season, but he has six pressures on those 10 pass rushes.