Through the first 5 weeks, the Broncos were historically awfully. Allowing 30+ points to the Commanders, Justin Fields, and Zack Wilson. Allowing 70 points to Miami.
Yet the last 3 weeks, they held the Chiefs to sub-20 both games and their season low of 9 as well as giving up just 17 to Green Bay.
- They didn’t fire Vance Joseph
- Did they have any big returning names from injury on D?
Green Bay sucks.
The Chiefs offense sucks this year. People giving them way too much leeway because of Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce name recognition, and every week it’s all “they’re just ironing out the kinks”, but the Chiefs offense, objectively, sucks this year. It took a year longer than we thought it would, but having no replacement for Tyreek Hill has finally bitten them hard. Like, seriously. Can anyone, with a straight face, name a worse starting WR room in the NFL right now? Maybe the Patriots?
So, to answer your question, I’m not sure I’d take Denver’s last three games as an indication that their D took a stratospheric leap.