Thin Air

I thought I’d take a quick look at the stats for each punter through the first two preseason games.  The sample sizes are small, but trends are beginning to emerge.

Player	Punts	Yards	Avg	Net	In20	TB	FC	Ret	Ret yards
Colquitt	6	238	39.7	39.7	5	0	1	2	0
Dixon	5	208	41.6	41.7	3	0	1	3	-1

Dixon has the slight edge in distance, but Colquitt has nailed 5/6 inside the 20.  As we’ll see later, Colquitt has had his average dragged down by several punts on the plus side of the field.  Encourginly, both guys have only given up a combined negative 1 yards in returns, and there have been no touchbacks.  The Broncos coverage team is doing a great job.

To go a step further, I thought I’d list every punt for both players.

Continue reading Checking in on the Punting battle

I wanted to go a little more in depth and provide a position by position break down of the community’s projections.  I’ll give a brief commentary as well.  I think I’m going to do another iteration of this next week. People can either leave their projected roster as is, or they can submit an updated post.  I’ll post another link after the game Saturday.

Continue reading Thin Air’s 2016 Broncos Roster Predictions

Below the fold, this post contains a table of all the players the 11 participants of the 2016 Broncos Predict The Roster disagreed upon.

(Note that I have also indicated practice squad representatives for those of you who mentioned them in your comment. If you did not list a practice squad but would like to, list it in a comment in another thread you see me on (for some reason comments aren’t working here), or email me directly or via the contact form, and I will update the table accordingly.)

Continue reading Table Of 2016 Broncos Roster Predictions

Hello, Bronco fans! Hard to believe that the first game of the season is just two weeks away. Of course, everyone following preseason action is watching some of the battles for roster spots and starting jobs and a few have already made predictions about the final roster.

I’m going to examine some of the most notable battles for starting jobs and roster spots and when I expect head coach Gary Kubiak will make his final decisions.
Continue reading Key Roster Battles And Practice Squad Primer