Last year’s offense, led by OC Pat Shurmur and QB Teddy Bridgewater, was stale at times and never managed to hit big plays consistently enough to keep the team in games. Whether it was a combination of poor route concepts downfield, the offensive line failing to hold up for long enough, or Teddy Bridgewater not having/trusting the arm to deliver downfield, oftentimes a 3rd and long was a death knell for the Denver Broncos offense in 2021.
Enter Russell Wilson, one of the most prolific deep-ball throwers of the past decade. Just a few days ago, Next Gen Stats’ dropped their top 10 deep ball throwers in the NFL of 2021.