The season opener for the Broncos went just as many expected it to, with a win and a dominating performance by Denver’s defense. The Broncos defense sacked rookie quarterback Cameron Ward six times and holding the Tennessee Titans to just 1-6 attempts on third down in the first half.
The Broncos led the Titans 10-9 heading into the half with but the score didn’t reflect how much more dominant Denver was. The offense was a different story, with second year quarterback Bo Nix throwing two interceptions and was 25 of 40 for 176 yards and one touchdown to his top receiver Courtland Sutton.
Sutton caught 6 passes for 61 yards and one touchdown, while Troy Franklin had four receptions for 44 yards and tight end Evan Engram caught 3 passes for 21 yards before he went into the locker room with a calve injury.
Denver’s rushing attack was pretty non-existent in the first half however things picked up for both R.J. Harvey and J.K. Dobbins in the second half with both backs seeing more touches and gaining more yardage. Dobbins finished the day with 63 yards and one touchdown while Harvey recorded 70 yards on six attempts averaging 11.7 yards a carry.
Next week the Broncos will be in Indianapolis to face the Colts this Sunday at 2:05 p.m. MST. The Colts beat the Dolphins 33-8 last week with quarterback Daniel Jones throwing for 272 yards with one touchdown, outplaying Tua Tagovailoa who on threw for 114 yards with 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions.
In other sports we’re less than two weeks away from the start of the NHL preseason. The Colorado Avalanche are scheduled to face the Utah Mammoth on Sunday 21st at 6:30 p.m. while the Nuggets are just under a month away from kicking off their preseason when they host the Minnesota Timberwolves on October 4 at Ball Arena at 7 p.m. MST.
After getting swept by the San Francisco Giant, the Rockies won game one of three in a three-game series with the San Diego Padres but lost the following two and on Monday they lost game one of a three-game series with the L.A. Dodgers (the results of Tuesday’s game were not available at the time of this writing).
The Rockies are now 40 games behind the division leading L.A. Dodgers with 104 losses and 40 wins with a .278 winning percentage. The Rockies have won two of their last ten games.
