The offensive line is still as inconsistent as ever
If you’re looking for the good news, both Michael Schofield (2.1) and Matt Paradis (3.9) had their best games of the year. Unfortunately, both Louis Vasquez (-4.3) and Ryan Harris (-8), had their worst.
And really, that perfectly exemplifies the way the Broncos offensive line has played these last two weeks; half the time (normally the first half) they look fairly competent, and half the time (the second half) they fall into complete shambles.
We’ve now reached the point, though, where there’s no denying that this is one of the worst units in the entire league, and it’s not going to change. We can hope and pray that they pull it together down the stretch, but it’s been 15 weeks and the only thing they’ve proven is that they don’t know what they’re doing.
In their year-long grades, PFF has Michael Schofield as their 56th best tackle and Ryan Harris as their 65th — remember, there are only 32 starting tackles in the NFL. The interior isn’t much different, either, with Matt Paradis (25th), Louis Vasquez (44th) and Max Garcia (50th) all ranked as bottom-tier starters at their position.
The only player that has a positive grade on the Broncos line is Evan Mathis, who’s 22.6 grade is sixth amongst guards, but that’s almost entirely buoyed by his league-leading 25.7 grade in the run game; his -4.1 grade in the passing game is 45th in the league.
Again, with the performances this group is outputting, it’s hard to put much blame on the quarterback, no matter whom it is; nobody is going to succeed behind a line which is leading their quarterback out to slaughter.
