If there’s one thing we know about the Broncos’ season before it starts, it’s this: They aren’t going to get off to the same start as last season.
Oh, they may win five of their first six games, as they did in 2006. But if so, they’re not about to do it in the same fashion.
You remember last season. If not, let me refresh your memory.
The Broncos’ defense allowed 44 points in the team’s first six games. Good thing because the offense struggled to move the chains, accounting for 79 points, less than 14 a game, in those six games.
With all the injuries and new faces Jim Bates is contending with, feel free to assume the Broncos’ defense won’t be as good this season, at least in the early going. That means the offense will have to be better.
Which brings us to Jay Cutler. He isn’t going to play in next week’s preseason finale against Arizona, so he needs to have a good feel for the offense by the end of Saturday’s game against Cleveland.
The Broncos didn’t score 20 points in a game last season until Week 7. That can’t happen again. The offense needs to play better this season. And while we’re on the subject, so does the defense.
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