Broncos Receivers and Tight End Grades from Win Over Colts

The Denver Broncos managed to beat the Indianapolis Colts it what turned out to be a not so close game. A big thanks are due to the defense for the win. However on offense, the receivers and tight ends did their job. Just how well did they grade out?

The offense of the Denver Broncos really was carried by the running backs and offensive line. They did get help with some key plays from the quarterback, receivers and the tight ends. Often the receivers took short catches and managed to turn them into bigger gains.

There were few mistakes as a group for the receivers and tight ends. There were some though, including a big dropped catch. All in all, they graded out well as a group, but lets look at them individually.

Broncos top two receivers, Demaryius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders were excellent against the Colts. It helped that they were taking on an extremely beat up secondary. The matchup was in their favor and very much so. Both of them had good games, and could have easily been better if the play from quarterback was better.

Thomas should have had an easy touchdown, but a poorly placed ball limited what he would have been able to do after the catch. Unfortunately, Thomas dropped the pass eliminating the big gain that would have happened. Multiple other instances Thomas was wide open and didn’t even get looked at. This clearly bothered Thomas some.

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It was a similar situation with Sanders. There were plays he was open, and didn’t even get looked at. Understandably, Sanders was upset after the play. On top of that, Sanders had his yards limited by improperly placed passes. Thomas landed a grade of 90.5, with Sanders ever so slightly behind him with 90.2.

Behind those two was Cody Latimer and Jordan Norwood. Latimer caught two passes for 12 yards, but had a chance for more, if the passes were placed correctly. As for Norwood, he made a spectacular catch on a horribly thrown ball that he turned into a good gain. He caught 3 passes for 24 yards, and that catch was his longest of the game and went for nine yards. Norwood netted a 86.8 with Latimer at 86.1.

Jordan Taylor just makes the cut with ten snaps on the game. He looked great against the beat up Colts secondary and was open for a huge gain but was missed by the quarterback. There was one catch he made, which went for a twenty yard gain. Taylor, due to a low snap count, got the highest grade of the receivers with a 93.7.