Even last year, Denver's defense was nothing special on a per play basis. Middle of the pack.
Also, there were a lot of games that were out of their reach in the 3rd quarter and the opposing offense basically called off the dogs. Bottom line: when opponents needed to score, they usually did.
I think the DBs are pretty good, but the rest are mostly JAGs. And Fangio's schemes definitely masked some of their deficiencies.
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