Broncos Dominate Giants in Week 1 Season Opening Win

 The Broncos got off to a solid start to the 2021 season with a 27-13 road win over the Giants in Metlife Stadium on Sunday. It was the first September win for the Broncos since 2018 and it was the first win in September for Vic Fangio. The Broncos pretty much dominated the game throughout and got a great game from QB Teddy Bridgewater, and the Broncos defense snuffed out the Giants all day long. Here are my thoughts on the win....

1) Perfect start and perfect scenario for Denver in all facets. They won the game going away, Bridgewater played great, the coaching staff did a nice job, the defense played great, and outside of a fumble by Albert O and a drop by KJ Hamler, they didn't make many mistakes.

2) Give Vic Fangio credit for going for it three times on 4th down and converting all three. Those were each huge plays in the game and it was kind of surprising, but the Broncos converted all three and it almost kind of took the wind out of the sails for the Giants.

3) The end of the first half and beginning of the second half were huge. Denver scored two touchdowns on both of those possessions. The Giants were up 7-3 and just recovered a fumble deep in their own territory, but the Broncos defense forced the punt, and Bridgewater hit Tim Patrick on a short TD right before the half to make it 10-7. Denver got the ball to start the second half and went down the field and Bridgewater hit Albert O for a touchdown on a 4th and 1. The game went from 7-3 Giants to 17-7 Broncos in just two possessions

4) It was great to see Von Miller back and playing well.  Von had two sacks and was a dominating force all game long. He got pressure many times and overwhelmed Nate Solder on many snaps.

5) I love how Melvin Gordon took one 70 yards to make it 27-7 and put the game officially away in the 4th quarter. He had the same type of run last year when they beat the Jets in Metlife Stadium.

5) It was huge for the Broncos to get off to a good start. Starting 0-1 would have been a disaster. Now, they are 1-0 and have two straight winnable games at Jacksonville and home to the Jets to get to 3-0.