@IntenseOperator
I'm starting to hear the same narrative about this Broncos team, ad nauseum. It's that Riley Moss missed the Browns game and this ONE particular player will be responsible for the Broncos inevitable downfall.
Listen, he is a great player I understand that. But he's not even their #1 CB.
From weeks 1 through 12, the Broncos D is #3 in epa per play allowed. #2 in drop back epa.
In week 13, vs Cleveland in a game before their bye(yes players look ahead to these this late in the season), and without Moss:
#9 epa per play, #9 drop back epa. A slight drop, we saw Jeudy go off against his old team, ok understandable.
Did Nick Bonito not have an interception for a td? Did JaQuan McMillian not have an interception for a td? Was it purely "oh that's just Jameis doing Jameis things"? We gotta give some credit to the defense no?
I think that this is lazy handicapping. Folks just want to find a dog, be against the public, find one reason and it's bet time. A sharp is born.
About the total, I see nothing about this game going over the total. So in Denver's last game we saw 73 total points scored. 49 in the Colts last game. People remember best what they just saw. Let's ask those who bet the over in the 49ers and Rams game and see how they feel. Both those teams were part of high scoring affairs in their previous games.
Here, we have 2 teams off a bye. In my world, that type of thing can only give a defense some juice coming back well rested.
In a nutshell, I think that the Broncos D is still one of the best units in the league, despite missing 1 cornerback. You'd think with 2 weeks off they are making adjustments. To think that Anthony Richardson, who is not a good thrower of the football, all of a sudden shines outdoors in thin air is absurd to me. The Colts are a dome team who play in arguably the worst conference in the nfl.