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Denver Broncos — 2021
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Denver Broncos
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Team grade · 2021
47.2
Overall
44 pct
51.0
Offense
50
38.9
Defense
28
80.9
S. Teams
84
Position breakdown
Offense
QB
57
OL
36
Starting lineup
4-3 Base
FS
Justin Simmons
›
71.6
SS
Caden Sterns
›
Full roster
all
offense
defense
Special teams
#
Player
▼
Pos
▼
▼
GP / GS
▼
Snaps
▼
Grade
Pct
1
Pat Surtain II
›
CB
16
/ 15
903
81.3
98
2
Sam Martin
›
P
17
/ 0
133
74.9
87
3
Justin Simmons
›
S
17
/ 17
1,149
71.6
93
4
Brandon McManus
›
K
17
/ 4
143
67.6
79
5
Teddy Bridgewater
›
QB
14
/ 14
844
65.4
70
6
Jonas Griffith
›
low volume
LB
13
/ 8
403
64.5
87
7
Albert Okwuegbunam
›
low volume
TE
14
/ 5
421
63.4
79
8
Caden Sterns
›
low volume
S
15
/ 4
432
63.2
78
9
Tim Patrick
›
WR
16
/ 16
851
61.0
75
10
Alexander Johnson
›
low volume
LB
6
/ 6
346
59.8
78
11
Ronald Darby
›
CB
11
/ 11
677
59.7
70
12
Melvin Gordon
›
RB
16
/ 11
514
54.2
62
13
Javonte Williams
›
RB
17
/ 9
555
54.0
57
14
Dre'Mont Jones
›
EDGE
16
/ 14
717
51.7
54
15
Noah Fant
›
TE
16
/ 16
843
51.3
59
16
Shelby Harris
›
EDGE
16
/ 15
624
51.0
53
17
Jerry Jeudy
›
WR
10
/ 9
412
50.5
56
18
Kendall Hinton
›
low volume
WR
16
/ 3
282
48.8
51
19
Bryce Callahan
›
CB
11
/ 10
507
47.8
48
20
Brett Rypien
›
low volume
QB
1
/ 0
3
43.5
42
21
Kenny Young
›
LB
13
/ 12
645
42.8
29
22
Baron Browning
›
low volume
LB
14
/ 8
573
40.6
16
23
DeShawn Williams
›
low volume
iDL
15
/ 3
446
39.3
34
24
Justin Strnad
›
low volume
LB
16
/ 9
520
36.2
9
25
Kareem Jackson
›
S
15
/ 15
897
35.1
16
26
Courtland Sutton
›
WR
17
/ 17
924
34.2
13
27
Drew Lock
›
low volume
QB
6
/ 3
234
25.9
18
28
Justin Hamilton
›
low volume
iDL
9
/ 1
253
24.4
10
29
Mike Purcell
›
low volume
iDL
13
/ 5
457
21.8
7
30
Kyle Fuller
›
CB
16
/ 12
721
19.7
4
31
Shamar Stephen
›
low volume
EDGE
17
/ 0
422
17.5
4
32
Lloyd Cushenberry III
›
OL
16
/ 16
1,059
—
—
33
Garett Bolles
›
OL
14
/ 14
919
—
—
34
Dalton Risner
›
OL
15
/ 13
873
—
—
35
Bobby Massie
›
OL
13
/ 12
800
—
—
36
Malik Reed
›
LB
14
/ 14
786
—
—
37
Jonathon Cooper
›
LB
16
/ 10
693
—
—
38
Quinn Meinerz
›
OL
15
/ 10
672
—
—
39
Eric Saubert
›
TE
17
/ 17
592
—
—
40
Stephen Weatherly
›
LB
15
/ 6
504
—
—
41
Graham Glasgow
›
OL
7
/ 7
408
—
—
42
Nate Hairston
›
CB
16
/ 11
389
—
—
43
Netane Muti
›
OL
15
/ 5
372
—
—
44
P.J. Locke
›
S
16
/ 16
347
—
—
45
Cameron Fleming
›
OL
5
/ 5
289
—
—
46
Bradley Chubb
›
LB
7
/ 5
268
—
—
47
Aaron Patrick
›
LB
12
/ 10
260
—
—
48
Mike Ford
›
CB
13
/ 13
253
—
—
49
Micah Kiser
›
LB
11
/ 7
253
—
—
50
Andrew Beck
›
TE
12
/ 11
244
—
—
51
Calvin Anderson
›
OL
11
/ 2
213
—
—
52
Damarea Crockett
›
RB
12
/ 11
187
—
—
53
Diontae Spencer
›
WR
15
/ 0
164
—
—
54
Jacob Bobenmoyer
›
LS
17
/ 0
133
—
—
55
Andre Mintze
›
LB
6
/ 3
133
—
—
56
Tyrie Cleveland
›
WR
7
/ 3
113
—
—
57
Mike Boone
›
RB
8
/ 2
98
—
—
58
Michael Ojemudia
›
CB
2
/ 1
97
—
—
59
McTelvin Agim
›
EDGE
7
/ 0
93
—
—
60
Austin Schlottmann
›
OL
10
/ 0
89
—
—
61
Josey Jewell
›
LB
2
/ 1
89
—
—
62
KJ Hamler
›
WR
3
/ 1
88
—
—
63
Jonathan Harris
›
EDGE
3
/ 1
87
—
—
64
Seth Williams
›
WR
2
/ 1
63
—
—
65
Quinn Bailey
›
OL
4
/ 1
55
—
—
66
Barrington Wade
›
LB
4
/ 4
52
—
—
67
Jamar Johnson
›
S
3
/ 2
38
—
—
68
Pita Taumoepenu
›
LB
2
/ 1
25
—
—
69
Avery Williamson
›
LB
2
/ 0
22
—
—
70
Marquiss Spencer
›
EDGE
1
/ 0
21
—
—
71
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix
›
S
2
/ 0
13
—
—
72
Akeem Spence
›
iDL
1
/ 0
11
—
—
73
Travis Fulgham
›
WR
1
/ 0
9
—
—
74
Rojesterman Farris
›
CB
1
/ 0
3
—
—
75
Rico Gafford
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
76
DaeSean Hamilton
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
77
De'Mornay Pierson-El
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
78
Shaun Beyer
›
TE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
79
Brett Jones
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
80
Drew Himmelman
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
81
Harry Crider
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
82
Stevie Scott
›
RB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
83
Tristen Hoge
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
84
Zack Johnson
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
85
Adrian Killins Jr.
›
RB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
86
Carlo Kemp
›
EDGE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
87
Anthony Gordon
›
QB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
88
Levante Bellamy
›
RB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
89
Natrez Patrick
›
LB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
90
Deyon Sizer
›
iDL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
91
Cody Conway
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
92
Caleb Wilson
›
TE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
93
Javon Patterson
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
94
Duke Dawson
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
WR
48
RB
54
TE
55
Defense
EDGE
43
CB
54
LB
47
S
56
iDL
29
Special teams
K
68
P
75
Overall grade trend
Snap-weighted aggregate of the player grades on this team, by position, weighted into Offense / Defense / Special-teams (see
methodology
).
63.2
LB
Baron Browning
›
40.6
LB
Justin Strnad
›
36.2
LB
Micah Kiser
›
34.7
*
LCB
Kyle Fuller
›
19.7
EDGE
Malik Reed
›
64.1
*
iDL
Dre'Mont Jones
›
51.7
iDL
Mike Purcell
›
21.8
EDGE
Bradley Chubb
›
63.4
*
RCB
Bryce Callahan
›
47.8
WR1
Jerry Jeudy
›
50.5
OL
36.4
LT
Bolles
LG
Muti
C
III
RG
Meinerz
RT
Fleming
TE
Noah Fant
›
51.3
WR2
Kendall Hinton
›
48.8
QB
Drew Lock
›
25.9
RB
Melvin Gordon
›
54.2
Special teams
K
Brandon McManus
›
67.6
P
Sam Martin
›
74.9
Offense
QB
Drew Lock
›
25.9
RB
Melvin Gordon
›
54.2
WR1
Jerry Jeudy
›
50.5
WR2
Kendall Hinton
›
48.8
TE
Noah Fant
›
51.3
Offensive line
Team grade
36.4
LT
Bolles
LG
Muti
C
III
RG
Meinerz
RT
Fleming
Defense
EDGE
Malik Reed
›
64.1
*
iDL
Dre'Mont Jones
›
51.7
iDL
Mike Purcell
›
21.8
EDGE
Bradley Chubb
›
63.4
*
Special teams
K
Brandon McManus
›
67.6
P
Sam Martin
›
74.9
LB
Baron Browning
›
40.6
LB
Justin Strnad
›
36.2
LB
Micah Kiser
›
34.7
*
LCB
Kyle Fuller
›
19.7
RCB
Bryce Callahan
›
47.8
FS
Justin Simmons
›
71.6
SS
Caden Sterns
›
63.2