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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
That 2013 Denver offense was pretty ridiculous.
Damryius Thomas, Eric Decker, Wes Welker and Julian Thomas. That's 4,200 yards and 320 catches for their top 3 WRs and TE.
When your top 4 pass catchers AVERAGE 80 catches for 1,050 yards between them, you're pretty damn versaitle.
Hell, Moreno had 60 catches and 1,000 yards rushing. Their backup had another 600 rushing yards.
That offense was pretty ridiculous. There's a reason those fellas averaged 38 points/gm.
That's the rabbit you're chasing. It's probably the best offense I've ever seen over a regular season. They could beat you in so many different ways.
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I've hated the Broncos my entire life but self-admittedly was always an enormous fan of Peyton Manning. Sitting back and watching that offense was primetime TV.
That being said, pretty remarkable that offense put up such ridiculous numbers. I may be a bit off here but if I remember correctly Demaryius Thomas was their clear #1 target and he was probably a borderline top 5ish receiver in the league. Welker was past his prime but still very good Decker and Julius Thomas were both upper tier WR2 and TE respectively. Manning just had it running like a machine. I think our offense (on paper) has more upside potential, lead by Mahomes in the absolute prime of his career. The combination of elite players (Kelce), combined with breakout potential (Rice), met with elite speed (Worthy, Hollywood) and finally veteran experience which Mahomes can lean on (Juju, Hardman, Watson) that is gonna be tough.