Fantasy Index

Active Banner
LAST DAY TO PREORDER YOUR BASEBALL MAGAZINE
GET YOURS!

Factoid

Josh Allen

Denver's defenses faces rugged challenge

The Broncos had a league-high 63 sacks in the regular season – 9 more than any other team. But I don’t see how they could be used this week with much hope of anything good happening. Buffalo’s offense just doesn’t make many mistakes.

Josh Allen used to have a tendency to hold the ball, trying to create big plays – with some of those turning into sacks. And he also used to have a tendency to pull the trigger on risky throws. He threw 18 interceptions as recently as a year ago. But more recently, the Bills haven’t tended to give up much.

The allowed a league-low 14 sacks in the regular season, and they turned the ball over a league-low 8 times.

It’s been 15 years since a team allowed fewer sacks. (That would be the 2009 Colts, with Peyton Manning.) Only five teams in the 32-team era have allowed fewer sacks.

FEWEST SACKS (since 2002)
YearTeamGSackSk/G
2003Detroit1611.69
2008Tennessee1612.75
2008Denver1612.75
2009Indianapolis1613.81
2008New Orleans1613.81
2024Buffalo1714.82
2020Pittsburgh1614.88
2008Indianapolis1614.88
2004Indianapolis1614.88
2004Green Bay1614.88
2009Tennessee1615.94
2006Indianapolis1615.94
2004Denver1615.94

More troubling (for Denver’s defense), Buffalo finished the season with only 6 interceptions and 2 lost fumbles. That’s less than half of a turnover per game, the lowest mark in league history.

Two other teams playing this weekend are also on this list – Chargers, Ravens – underscoring the changing nature of the sport. But Buffalo has an offense right now that’s tough to fluster, even for a defense like Denver’s.

FEWEST TURNOVERS PER GAME
YearTeamIntFumTotTO/G
2024Buffalo628.47
2019New Orleans628.50
2024• LA Chargers369.53
2011San Francisco5510.63
2010New England5510.63
2024• Baltimore4711.65
2020Green Bay5611.69
2018Seattle7411.69
2017Kansas City8311.69
2016Atlanta7411.69
2016New England2911.69
2020Tennessee7512.75
2017New England8412.75
2016Buffalo7512.75
2021Minnesota7613.76
2021Green Bay7613.76
2021Seattle7613.76
2019Green Bay4913.81
2014Green Bay6713.81
2014New England9413.81
2008Miami7613.81
2008NY Giants10313.81
2024• Kansas City11314.82
2024• LA Rams9514.82
2023Houston8614.82

—Ian Allan

Older
Newer

Fantasy Index