Denver Broncos: Fearless Prediction—10-6 and Playoffs!

September 9, 2010   ·   Robert Stone   ·   Jump to comments

The Denver Broncos schedule for this season appears to be much easier than last year's, with weaker opponents overall and most of the tougher games at home in Mile High. 
Prior to analyzing each game, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of this year's team will shed some light on which opponents match up favorably against the Broncos and which do not.
 
Bronco Strengths
Passing game: Orton is in tune with the offense and his timing with this group of receivers is promising. The young receiving talent (Thomas, Decker, and Willis) mesh well with established veterans (Gaffney, Lloyd, and not so old Royal) and should allow McDaniel to run the three and four receiver sets he loves to throw at opposing defenses.
Secondary: The defensive backfield is good and deep; that will allow for the customary injury bug to hit, as it always does, without the devastating consequences like last year when Champ and Dawkins went down for a few games.
Defensive Li...

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