Here’s who played and who didn’t during the Denver Broncos loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 2.
The Denver Broncos game-day inactives were: QB Zach Wilson, WR DeVaughn Vele, RB Blake Watson, CB Kris Abrams-Draine, T Frank Crum, TE Lucas Krull, and DE Eyioma Uwazurike.
Only one active player did not get in the game at all and that was Jarett Stidham.
Offense
Player | Pos | Num | Pct |
Garett Bolles | T | 61 | 100% |
Ben Powers | G | 61 | 100% |
Quinn Meinerz | G | 61 | 100% |
Luke Wattenberg | C | 61 | 100% |
Bo Nix | QB | 61 | 100% |
Mike McGlinchey | T | 59 | 97% |
Courtland Sutton | WR | 54 | 89% |
Lil’Jordan Humphrey | WR | 47 | 77% |
Josh Reynolds | WR | 41 | 67% |
Javonte Williams | RB | 40 | 66% |
Greg Dulcich | TE | 33 | 54% |
Adam Trautman | TE | 25 | 41% |
Jaleel McLaughlin | RB | 17 | 28% |
Nate Adkins | TE | 12 | 20% |
Troy Franklin | WR | 12 | 20% |
Marvin Mims | WR | 9 | 15% |
Michael Burton | FB | 7 | 11% |
Matt Peart | T | 5 | 8% |
Tyler Badie | RB | 3 | 5% |
Alex Palczewski | T | 2 | 3% |
On the OL we lost Mike McGlinchey late in the game after 59 snaps and Matt Peart took his place at RT. The rest of the starting OL played the whole game along with Bo Nix. Alex Palczewski played two snaps as a 6th offensive lineman.
The running back group saw Javonte Williams, Jaleel McLaughlin and Tyler Badie get 40, 17 and 3 snaps. They were decently effective as receivers but they were largely ineffective as runners combining for 39 yards on 15 carries with 16 of that coming on one. The other 14 runs gained 23 yards. Michael Burton played 7 snaps at fullback.
The TE group saw Greg Dulcich gets the more snaps and the most drops with 33 and 2. Adam Trautman got 25 snaps and Nate Adkins had 12 snaps and one drop on a beautifully thrown ball that an NFL receiver has to catch.
The groups saw Courtland Sutton, LJ Humphrey, Josh Reynolds, Troy Franklin and Marvin Mims play 54, 47, 41, 9 and 7 snaps respectively. Mims only playing 7 snaps is a worrisome trend since he is the only WR who had shown an ability to beat defenders deep in the NFL with his speed. The Broncos desperately need a legit deep threat to keep defenses from jumping the short routes and stacking the box.
The only offensive player who played on ST but not on offense was Alex Forsyth.
Defense
Player | Pos | Num | Pct |
Alex Singleton | LB | 66 | 100% |
Patrick Surtain II | CB | 66 | 100% |
P.J. Locke | FS | 64 | 97% |
Riley Moss | CB | 61 | 92% |
Zach Allen | DE | 61 | 92% |
Brandon Jones | FS | 57 | 86% |
Jonathon Cooper | LB | 55 | 83% |
Cody Barton | LB | 47 | 71% |
Jordan Jackson | DE | 42 | 64% |
Nik Bonitto | LB | 41 | 62% |
Malcolm Roach | DT | 40 | 61% |
Ja’Quan McMillian | CB | 37 | 56% |
D.J. Jones | NT | 30 | 45% |
Jonah Elliss | LB | 24 | 36% |
Baron Browning | LB | 12 | 18% |
Kristian Welch | LB | 11 | 17% |
John Franklin-Myers | DE | 9 | 14% |
Levi Wallace | CB | 3 | 5% |
Only two defensive players played every snap, Patrick Surtain and Alex Singleton.
At free safety PJ Locke played all but two snaps. Brandon Jones played 57. The other three safeties on the active roster did not play on defense.
The other CBs who played on defense were Riley Moss and Ja’Quan McMillian who played 61 and 37 snaps. Levi Wallace played 3 snaps on defense.
Our other ILBs Cody Barton and Kristian Welch played 47 and 11 snaps.
The OLBs had Jonathan Cooper, Nik Bonitto, Jonah Elliss, and Baron Browning playing 55, 41, 24 and 12 snaps. Browning left with a foot injury.
Zach Allen led the DL guys with 61 snaps. Jordan Jackson, Malcom Roach, DJ Jones, and John Franklin-Myers played 42, 40, 30 and 9 snaps. JFM left with a concussion.
Defenders who only played on special teams were Justin Strnad, Tremon Smith, JL Skinner, Devon Key, and Keidron Smith.