Brock Osweiler will make his first home start of the season this week, causing some awkward moments for Broncos fans who jeered him when he brought the Texans to Mile High last season, and now need to root for him to knock off the Patriots. Unless they're already rooting for a higher draft pick; the team is going nowhere this season.
But while Osweiler is one of league's worst starting quarterbacks (and not one of its better backups, either), he's at least done one thing well while starting for the Broncos: get the ball to Demaryius Thomas.
Osweiler started eight games with Thomas two years ago, and one game so far this season. In those nine contests, Thomas has been a viable fantasy starter in almost every game.
| THOMAS WITH OSWEILER, 2015-PRESENT | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Opp. | No | Yds | TD |
| K.C. | 7 | 71 | 0 |
| @Chi. | 3 | 59 | 1 |
| N.E. | 1 | 36 | 0 |
| @S.D. | 6 | 61 | 1 |
| Oak. | 10 | 95 | 0 |
| @Pitt. | 5 | 61 | 2 |
| Cin. | 7 | 59 | 0 |
| S.D. | 5 | 117 | 1 |
| @Phil. | 8 | 70 | 1 |
The Patriots are in town, and they're the one team that did a nice job on Thomas in those Osweiler games. But he's one of the very few Broncos to consider this week.
--Andy Richardson