2) According to PFF, #Broncos rookie QB Paxton Lynch was the most accurate college QB under pressure last season with a 70.3% accuracy rating in under pressure situations.
3) Two Former #Broncos' LBs made the top 5 list for the best Tackling Efficiency Ranking in 2015: LB Wesley Woodyard at #3 and LB Danny Trevathan at #5.
4) Former #Broncos TE Jacob Tamme was rated the 3rd best TE in the NFL for the least amount of drops last season playing for Atlanta. The #Broncos, specially Peyton Manning, did miss Tamme as a security blanket over the middle last year during the regular season. TE Owen Daniels stepped up huge in the playoffs.
5) Three #Broncos have made the NFL Network's Top 100 list thus far: WR Emmanuel Sanders at #74, S TJ Ward at #68 and WR Demaryius Thomas at #62. More to come from 59 to 1...
6) Six #Broncos players made PFF's Top 101 Players in the NFL list for 2015: Von Miller (6th), Chris Harris JR (36th), Emmanuel Sanders (69th), Malik Jackson (75th), Evan Mathis (76th) and Derek Wolfe (90th). The #Broncos had the 4th most players on the list edged out by Pats and SeaHawks at 7 each and Panthers with the most at 9! With a post-season performance for the ages from Demarcus Ware, he was left off the list due to mid-season injuries. No Aqib Talib? Hmmm.
7) #Broncos QB Peyton Manning had the 5th best selling Jersey in the NFL in 2015. Oddly enough QB Tim Tebow was the next player with any #Broncos connection to appear on the list at #31! The next #Bronco on the list? Demaryius Thomas at #50... #BroncosCountry needs to step up their jersey purchases! Von Miller didn't even crack the top 50 list. The lowly 49ers had 5 players' jerseys on the top 50! Seriously??!!
8) Coming into #SB50, the all-time playoff record for teams who allowed 300+ yards on defense and gained 200 or under yards on offense was 2-52. After #SB50 those odds improved to 3-52!
Continuing the theme of anemic offensive teams:
8A) The #Broncos have amazingly done well with bad offenses over the years, they have a winning 9-7 record in games since 2000 when throwing for under 105 yards passing.
8B) Peyton Manning's 104 yards passing in #SB50 represented the lowest passing yards by a Broncos QB since Tim Tebow's last regular season start in Denver.
8C) The 2015 Denver #Broncos are the ONLY team in NFL history to win the Super Bowl despite being outgained on offense in every playoff game including the SB.
9) As much as we hate the late season drama and losses that give us fans a sour stomach and nightmares, consider the fact that 8 out of the last 11 Super Bowl winners lost multiple games in December leading into the Playoffs! It seems a little late season adversity bodes well for a playoff run. I remember both the 90's #Broncos teams also lost 2 big games each late in the season panicking #BroncosCountry before those awesome SB runs. In contrast, the 2012 and 13' versions of the #Broncos entered the playoffs with long win-streaks and both failed at winning it all.
Let's Go #Broncos!
- Michael Salavati
#MichaelSalavati
