Honorable Mention Dud No. 1 – Brandon McManus
This is by no means a call for Connor Barth. Denver’s former placekicker is 3-for-6 on attempts of 40-49 yards this season.
But Brandon McManus has now missed a field goal try in each of his last three games and is again starting to show why Denver had to call for reinforcements in 2014.
McManus has the leg. His 49-yard miss in the fourth quarter on Sunday had plenty of distance and kept the upright rattling for some time after the ball clanked squarely off it. But McManus was again off his mark and this time it mattered.
He was bailed out with misses against New England and San Diego. After nailing four in a row in the first half, he needed a make in a high-pressure situation against Oakland. Missing a potential game-tying kick showed that he might not have the mettle everyone hoped he’d developed between last year and now.
