The Denver Broncos know what’s coming Sunday.
Their defense’s season-long weakness, defending the run, has prevented them from matching the performance of the 2015 championship team. Now the Broncos’ leaky run defense will get one of its biggest tests Sunday at Tennessee, which features a run-heavy offense and a dual-threat quarterback.
In a league full of fantasy football numbers, Tennessee‘s offense is more old-school, with a smash-mouth running game headed by power backs DeMarco Murray and Derrick Henry, plus elusive quarterback Marcus Mariota.
It’s a matchup heavily slanted in favor of the Titans’ third-ranked rushing offense, which is why the Broncos have focused so much on run defense in preparation this week.