The Broncos running game was fairly bad against the Raiders and then quite good against Dolphins.
Denver’s running backs carried the ball 18 times versus Las Vegas and 31 times versus Miami. They gained 61 yards on the ground versus the Raiders (3.39 ypc) and 166 yards on the ground versus the Dolphins (5.35 ypc).
This is part one of a two-part series and will focus on what happened against the Raiders and why. Part two will discuss the Dolphin game with what and why.
On Denver’s 18 RB carries against the Raiders, the backs were hit behind the line of scrimmage on nine of them.