The Denver Broncos are crowing about hitting their .500 target early in a six-game gauntlet, but it’s their dismissal of our Seahawks, calling them “not dominant” and “quite doable” for an upcoming Week 6 matchup, that should have the 12s ready to explode. After taking down the Los Angeles Rams 30-26 on Sunday Night Football this past weekend, the Broncos are feeling mighty confident, but that confidence looks like disrespect when it comes to the Emerald City.
Broncos’ Early Season Vibe Check
Let’s talk about the Broncos first. They kicked off this brutal six-week stretch with a tough Monday Night Football loss to the Chiefs, but they bounced back with wins against the Jaguars and those Rams. That 30-26 win over the Rams on September 27th pushed them to mission accomplished territory: at or above .500 halfway through what their own writers called the “worst stretch of games” in years. Their QB, Bo Nix, is apparently the “comeback king of the NFL,” known for his “penchant for second half comebacks” despite those frustrating “slow starts.” They’re targeting a 4-2 record after this stretch, believing it’ll put them “easily in the mix in the AFC come December.” Sounds like they’re feeling pretty good, huh? They even picked up undrafted OLB Jahfari Harvey for their practice squad, who played two games for the Raiders last year.
And Then They Looked at Us
But here’s where the blood boils a little. Looking at their remaining schedule in this gauntlet, they see the Week 4 matchup against the San Francisco 49ers as their toughest test. Sure, the Niners are ranked #1 in lowest QB pressure allowed, and the Broncos are 18th in QB pressure rate, so that’s a fair challenge. But when they look ahead to Week 5 against the Chargers and our own Seahawks in Week 6? Those games are “quite doable,” they say. And the reason for their confidence against us? Our Hawks “haven’t been dominant to start the season.” Ouch. They even called the Chargers a “dumpster fire presently,” which just goes to show how they’re sizing up their opponents. It’s true we had that tight 31-33 loss to the Washington Commanders, but “not dominant” is a fighting word in our book.
“Quite doable?” “Not dominant?” The Broncos think they’ve got an easy path when our Seahawks come to Denver on Thursday Night Football in Week 6. Our squad, led by Sam Darnold, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Rashid Shaheed, and Cooper Kupp, with Mike Macdonald at the helm, needs to hear this. The 12s know what kind of fight this team has. This isn’t just another game, it’s a chance to show a team that’s getting too comfortable how wrong they are. Get ready, because when we roll into Empower Field at Mile High, those “doable” vibes are gonna disappear real fast.
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Originally reported by Mile High Report.
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