Offensive MVP
Outside of the Broncos opening drive their were not many fireworks Sunday. Their first drive went 76 yards on eight plays in just 3:45 for a touchdown. Demaryius Thomas had back-to-back catches to score his third touchdown of the season. But the soon-to-be 14-point lead turned the Broncos into a run-heavy offense for the remainder of the day and three players combined for the offensive MVP.
Ronnie Hillman, C.J. Anderson and Juwan Thompson’s tough running made it possible for the Broncos to play it safe on offense and eat up clock time in order to come out of San Diego with a win. Between the three of them they ran the ball 34 times for 125 yards (3.67 yards per carry).
Hillman got the majority of the carries due to Anderson’s ankle injury that kept him out of the second half. Hillman finished with 19 carries for 56 yards.
“We want to be a physical team. That’s the way we want to play, not to ease Brock (Osweiler) in. Just being a physical team, that’s more important than trying to get him comfortable,” Hillman said after the win.
Honorable mention: The offensive line had a decent performance, allowing only one sack and five quarterback hits. Osweiler also played within himself again and only had one big mistake, a second half interception, on his way to a 76.8 passer rating. In his post game comments he noted that he understands the advantage of having such a great defense and why it changed the game plan in the second half.
“As a quarterback and as an offense you want to score points every drive and you want to throw the ball 50 times but with the defense that we have maybe that’s not the best formula to win games as the Denver Broncos of 2015.”
