Preview for Denver Broncos @ New York Jets
The Denver Broncos will hope the lengthy journey to London doesn’t finish with a letdown towards the New York Jets following their statement win over the Philadelphia Eagles.
Denver had been largely unconvincing throughout the primary 4 weeks of the season, and gave the impression to be drifting in direction of a meek defeat in Philadelphia final week once they fell behind 17-3.
However the Broncos scored 18 unanswered factors within the fourth quarter to say a powerful 21-17 overcome the defending champions and enhance to 3-2, with a gathering with the Jets providing them the prospect to construct important momentum within the AFC playoff race.
The Jets produced some encouraging performances towards the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, however final week’s depressing defeat to the Dallas Cowboys left New York as the one winless workforce within the league.
But head coach Aaron Glenn is just not hiding from the scrutiny that comes with a winless begin to his tenure within the largest media market in america.
“The factor that we’re not working from is the truth that we’re the place we’re,” Glenn stated. “We’re 0-5.”
Nevertheless, he does really feel that far and a change of environment may very well be useful for his workforce as they try and attempt repair their points and finish their await a victory at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
“If you have a look at it, once you see guys which are working open, once you see missed tackles, once you see angles of pursuit, once you see all these issues, simply the little particulars of understanding learn how to play collectively, learn how to coordinate every part collectively as a unit,” Glenn stated.
“Hear, that’s not one individual. That’s us collectively, as a workforce, ensuring that we get on the identical web page. And that’s why I like this example [being in London] that we’re in proper now — we’re away from every part.”
The one factor that Glenn would possibly ideally like to vary in regards to the scenario is the opponent.
Denver boasts a fearsome protection, one which ranks third within the league by Anticipated Factors Added per play and first in success price. In different phrases, they’re a premier protection at stopping down-to-down success for offenses (success price) and avoiding performs that might considerably improve an offense’s possibilities of scoring factors (EPA).
The Broncos’ offense is distinctly extra common, however their late explosion towards the Eagles ought to present confidence to a bunch that has loads of expertise surrounding quarterback Bo Nix.
And the matchup with the Jets figures to be extraordinarily beneficial to the Broncos. New York’s protection has allowed a mean of 162.2 rush yards over the past 4 video games since holding the Steelers to 53 within the opener.
Until, there’s a important change in fortunes throughout the pond, Denver working backs J.Okay. Dobbins and RJ Harvey ought to be capable to take quite a lot of the stress off Nix and permit the Broncos to regulate a recreation for which they’re understandably heavy favourites.
