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Originally Posted by ForeverIowan
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.
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Manning designed an offense to cover for his limitations, he had lost arm strength from the neck surgery. So their offense involved a lot more rubbing and pick routes than any defense had ever seen before, no one knew how to deal with it.