Broncos Receive Bills QB’s Final Injury Update WR Stefon Diggs and Josh Allen
The Week 10 injury reports for the Buffalo Bills and Denver Broncos are now available.
Resuming their season, the Denver Broncos are getting ready to play the Buffalo Bills on Monday Night Football this coming week. Sean Payton should have been able to further refine a football program that has been improving over the last three weeks thanks to the Broncos’ Week 9 bye.
The Broncos are as healthy as supporters could hope for going into Week 10, despite still having far too many players on injured reserve. One more advantage of the bye.
On the other hand, the Bills are still in the running and have a considerably more injured roster. Both teams released their final injury report for Monday night after finishing up their practices on Saturday.
Analysis: Since joining the team again in Week 7, Browning has been nothing short of amazing. Although he was on the PUP list for the previous six games, his return couldn’t have come at a better time. Despite having a sore wrist, he participated fully in each of this week’s three practices.
Powers has been playing well at left guard since the Broncos signed him to a big-dollar contract in the offseason. He’s a major factor in Denver’s on-field comeback. Powers was unrestricted in all of this week’s practices, just like Browning.
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Von Miller is ready for a big game because this is his first meeting with the Denver Broncos since his trade two years ago.
On Monday Night Football, the Denver Broncos will take on the Buffalo Bills in a difficult game. The Broncos have never fared well in MNF or on the East Coast.
The Broncos, who have a 4-16 record dating back to 1970 and their last victory coming in 1989, will travel to the East Coast for MNF. To make matters worse, Bill Vinovich, who oversees the officiating staff, has a 3-8 record against the Broncos in games he has officiated. For Broncos fans, Vinovich’s most notorious game was his first postseason match, a Divisional Round loss to the Baltimore Ravens in Denver in 2012.
But in the end, it all boils down to the players and their performance. The Bills have dangerous pieces, including a strong pass rush with lots of depth that can attack the Broncos’ offense, even though their defense has been hurt and they haven’t been performing to their usual level.
Von Miller is the greatest threat against this Broncos team, despite not being a starter. The veteran pass rusher is even more dangerous for Denver because this game will be his act of retaliation. After being traded more than two years ago, Miller, a star and Super Bowl MVP in Denver, is playing his first game against the team that drafted him.
In addition to Miller, the Bills’ interior pass rushers include A.J. Epenesa, Greg Rousseau, Shaq Lawson, and Ed Oliver. Buffalo is eighth in terms of sacks per game and fifth in terms of sack percentage. The Bills, who were without Miller for the majority of the season, take pride in their ability to pressure the quarterback.
In the last five games, Miller has played 103 defensive snaps while recovering from an injury. Eighty-two of those snaps have been against the right tackle, which is a concern that every Broncos fan is aware of—we will address that in a moment.
Miller has only been pressured four times in 103 snaps, but in the last few games, he has displayed signs of getting back to his previous level. What better occasion than a home match against his former team to deliver the kind of breakthrough performance that would signal his complete comeback from the injury?
Miller will play against Mike McGlinchey, with the right tackle being his primary opponent. The only previous meeting between these two players occurred in 2018, but it wasn’t a frequent encounter. Miller had seven pressures in the game, compared to McGlinchey’s one.
But McGlinchey has been a liability for the Broncos this season when it comes to pass protection, and Russell Wilson’s poor pocket awareness and excessive ball holding haven’t helped either.
McGlinchey has given up five sacks and 31 total pressures in eight games this season. Six sacks allowed is a career high for him, and 39 pressures is the most he has ever given up in a season. Through eight games, he has nearly reached his career highs in these categories. This season, penalties have been a problem in addition to the pressures.
Miller will emphasize that, and the Broncos’ right tackle will also have trouble against Epenesa, Oliver, and Rousseau off the field. The way they go after the quarterback will make McGlinchey itchy to jump, and that could result in multiple pre-snap penalties, particularly when playing on the road.
Although Miller is the designated threat, the Broncos must exercise caution when facing any of Buffalo’s pass rushers due to McGlinchey’s offensive shortcomings. The Broncos can assist him in a few ways, the simplest of which is to continue having a potent run game.
McGlinchey has performed admirably in the run game despite his difficulties with pass protection. Additionally, it will force the Bills’ pass rushers to slow down. The Broncos need to maintain the momentum of Samaje Perine, Jaleel McLaughlin, and Javonte Williams.
