The Denver Broncos inactives on Thursday Night Football against the Seattle Seahawks were QB Sam Ehlinger, DL Jordan Jackson, CB Pat Surtain II, S Talanoa Hufanga, TE Dallen Bentley, OL Kage Casey, and DL Tyler Onyedim.
| Player | Pos | O Number | O Pct | D Number | D Pct | ST Number | ST Pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Powers | G | 60 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 11% |
| Quinn Meinerz | G | 60 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 11% |
| Mike McGlinchey | T | 60 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 11% |
| Garett Bolles | T | 60 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 11% |
| Luke Wattenberg | C | 60 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Bo Nix | QB | 60 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Courtland Sutton | WR | 46 | 77% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Jaylen Waddle | WR | 39 | 65% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Adam Trautman | TE | 33 | 55% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 11% |
| J.K. Dobbins | RB | 31 | 52% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Evan Engram | TE | 31 | 52% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Troy Franklin | WR | 31 | 52% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| RJ Harvey | RB | 24 | 40% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Nate Adkins | TE | 22 | 37% | 0 | 0% | 12 | 44% |
| Lil’Jordan Humphrey | WR | 17 | 28% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 11% |
| Marvin Mims | WR | 16 | 27% | 0 | 0% | 8 | 30% |
| Adam Prentice | FB | 5 | 8% | 0 | 0% | 20 | 74% |
| Tyler Badie | RB | 4 | 7% | 0 | 0% | 4 | 15% |
| Alex Palczewski | T | 1 | 2% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 11% |
| Jahdae Barron | CB | 0 | 0% | 85 | 100% | 4 | 15% |
| Alex Singleton | LB | 0 | 0% | 85 | 100% | 2 | 7% |
| Brandon Jones | S | 0 | 0% | 85 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Justin Strnad | LB | 0 | 0% | 76 | 89% | 0 | 0% |
| Kris Abrams-Draine | CB | 0 | 0% | 65 | 76% | 4 | 15% |
| Ja’Quan McMillian | CB | 0 | 0% | 65 | 76% | 0 | 0% |
| Taylor Rapp | S | 0 | 0% | 65 | 76% | 0 | 0% |
| Zach Allen | DL | 0 | 0% | 57 | 67% | 3 | 11% |
| Nik Bonitto | LB | 0 | 0% | 48 | 56% | 0 | 0% |
| Eyioma Uwazurike | DL | 0 | 0% | 45 | 53% | 3 | 11% |
| Quandarrius Robinson | LB | 0 | 0% | 43 | 51% | 23 | 85% |
| Malcolm Roach | DT | 0 | 0% | 42 | 49% | 4 | 15% |
| Dondrea Tillman | LB | 0 | 0% | 41 | 48% | 24 | 89% |
| Jonah Elliss | LB | 0 | 0% | 38 | 45% | 9 | 33% |
| Devon Key | DB | 0 | 0% | 29 | 34% | 24 | 89% |
| D.J. Jones | DT | 0 | 0% | 24 | 28% | 0 | 0% |
| Sai’vion Jones | DE | 0 | 0% | 22 | 26% | 4 | 15% |
| Riley Moss | CB | 0 | 0% | 20 | 24% | 0 | 0% |
| Tycen Anderson | S | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 24 | 89% |
| Jordan Turner | LB | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 21 | 78% |
| JL Skinner | S | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 20 | 74% |
| Sean Fresch | DB | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 15 | 56% |
| Karene Reid | LB | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 12 | 44% |
| Mitchell Fraboni | LS | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 11 | 41% |
| Jeremy Crawshaw | P | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 11 | 41% |
| Wil Lutz | K | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 7 | 26% |
| Matt Peart | T | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 11% |
| Alex Forsyth | C | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 11% |
Offense
The five starting offensive linemen and Bo Nix played all 60 offensive snaps. Alex Palczewski played one snap as the 6th offensive lineman.
JK Dobbins, RJ Harvey, Tyler Badie and Adam Prentice played 31, 24, 5, and 4 snaps. Dobbins had 20 touches on his 31 snaps. Harvey had 9 on his 24 snaps. Dobbins getting the ball 65 percent of the time he was in the game, seems like it would be a big tell for the opposing defense. Dobbins 20 touches resulted in 46 yards of total offense (17 runs, 3 catches). That’s 2.3 yards per touch, which is pathetic. For comparison, Harvey’s nine touches resulted in 56 yards, 6.2 yards per touch, which is almost triple what Dobbins got. Dobbins may have hit the age-wall that eventually gets all running backs. He doesn’t appear to have any burst this year.
Even Engram, Adam Trautman, and Nate Adkins played 31, 33, and 22 snaps. Only Engram was targetted getting two catches for 13 yards on his two targets.
Courtland Sutton, Jaylen Waddle, Troy Franklin, Lil’Jordan Humphrey, and Marvin Mims played 46, 41, 39, 17 and 16 snaps on offense. They combined for 15 targets and 9 catches, but the longest of those went for only 10 yards. The Broncos had three plays on the day that gained 10 or more yards, 16 x 2, and 10 x 1.
The only active offensive player who did not get in the game was Jarrett Stidham.
Defense
Three defenders played all 85 snaps, Jahdae Barron, Alex Singleton, and Brandon Jones.
Taylor Rapp played 76% of the defensive snaps at the other safety spot. Devon Key got 34% of the defensive snaps, so the Broncos ran three safeties for eight or nine snaps during the game.
At CB, Riley Moss was only able to play 20 snaps, while Kris Abrams-Draine and Ja’Quan McMillian both played 65 snaps.
Justin Strnad played played 76 snaps at the other ILB spot. We only used two ILBs on defense.
At OLB Nik Bonitto, Jonah Elliss, Que Robinson, and Dondrea Tillman played 48, 38, 43, and 41 snaps. This was big jump for Tillman and Robinson. In the previous six games, Bonitto and Elliss had been getting the majority of the snaps with Robinson and Tillman getting about half as many. Using all four equally (roughly) was a new wrinkle for Vance Joseph. I wonder who will be losing snaps next game when Jonathan Cooper returns.
Zah Allen, Eyioma Uwazurike, Malcolm Roach, DJ and Sai’vion Jones, played 57, 45, 42, 24, and 22 snaps.
Special Teams
The Broncos had six player who were in on 74 percent or more of the special team snaps. Que Robinson, Dondrea Tillman, Devon Key, JL Skinner, and Tycen Anderson.