Broncos receiver Emmanuel Sanders says Denver won’t have the same kind of passing offense it has had the last three seasons. And not because Peyton Manning is getting old.
Last year Sanders caught 101 passes for 1,404 yards as the Broncos’ No. 2 receiver, while No. 1 receiver Demaryius Thomas had 111 catches for 1,619 yards. Sanders says new coach Gary Kubiak will run a slower, ball-control style of offense in 2015, and as a result those numbers will decline.
“Of course obviously it’s not going to be one of those offenses, well I’m praying that it is, but obviously it’s not going to be one of those offenses where you catch it and you’re going to have two receivers catching over 100 passes,” said Sanders. “Hopefully, my goal is really to try to get 1,000 yards to just help this team win ball games.”
While Manning, Sanders and Thomas will see their numbers decline, running backs C.J. Anderson, Montee Ball and Ronnie Hillman will get a lot of carries.
“It’s definitely different,” Sanders said. “You talk about going from a no-huddle offense to an offense that’s huddling up, to an offense that is predicated off running a football and then throwing it. It’s different.”
In the regular season, the Broncos’ offense may look like a disappointment compared to the last three years. But the Broncos are hoping they’re installing an offense that will do something they haven’t done enough of in the last three years: win in the playoffs.
