2023 NFL Power Rankings: Denver Broncos

Throughout the 2023 NFL season, we will compile a consensus NFL Power Rankings that averages the rankings of all 32 NFL teams.

Below you will find a Week 3 roundup for the Denver Broncos in our consensus 2023 NFL Power Rankings.

ESPN -- Rank: 28

Player: LB Josey Jewell
Current contract situation: Under contract through the 2023 season

Jewell has consistently been one of the team's most productive, most prepared and most reliable players in his time with the Broncos. He signed a two-year deal before the 2022 season and is scheduled to be an unrestricted free agent. Jewel is a mainstay in all of the personnel groupings on defense -- he played 56 of 59 defensive snaps in the opener and 65 of 73 defensive snaps in Sunday's loss to the Commanders. The new coaching regime has big plans for rookie Drew Sanders at linebacker at some point, so the Broncos will face a decision down the road if those snaps come at Jewell's expense or not. -- Jeff Legwold

NFL.com -- Rank: 23

Denver is one of two 0-2 teams to have lost both contests at home, along with New England. The Broncos' losses have been by 1 and 2 points. It feels like they were a few plays away from being 2-0, but you can't overlook the fact that the Broncos were up 21-3 Sunday with the ball on the Washington 40-yard line midway through the second quarter. From there, Washington put up 18 straight points (and it should have been more), as Denver's offense froze and the defense allowed scoring chances on six straight possessions. Russell Wilson's second-quarter fumble and third-quarter interception sandwiched a pair of three-and-outs. Sean Payton's postgame comments seemed to center around Wilson and the offense. Where this thing goes is anyone's guess, but the road to the playoffs is longer now.

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2023 NFL Predictions: AFC West

Before the start of the season, we will post NFL division-by-division predictions for the 2023 NFL regular season and postseason.

Instead of projecting an outright winner and loser in all 272 regular-season games, we've assigned a win probability to each team in every game and totaled them up.

The four AFC West teams are projected to win the fourth-most games combined as a division in our 2023 full-season projections.

See where the Broncos stand in our 2023 AFC West Predictions

2023 Fantasy Football Projections: Denver Broncos

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Below you will find our 2023 fantasy football projections for the Denver Broncos.

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QUARTERBACKS

Player	Att.	Comp.	Yards	TD	INT	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Russell Wilson	530.5	334.2	3952.2	23.34	11.94	55	253	1.93	264.45
Jarrett Stidham	33.9	20.8	240.7	1.53	1.19	5.6	19.6	0.17	16.35

Russell Wilson: Wilson's debut season with the Broncos was a flop. He set career lows in completion percentage (60.5%), TDs/TD% (16, 3.3%) and passer rating (84.4). From Weeks 1 to 13, Wilson had only one top-12 weekly performance (Week 4), but he exceeded 24 fantasy points in three of his final four games in 2022. Transitioning to Sean Payton's offense improves optimism about Wilson's 2023 outlook (just ask Payton himself), but he is better drafted as a fantasy QB2.

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Denver Broncos: 2023 NFL Schedule

Below you will find the weekly NFL regular-season schedule for the Denver Broncos in 2023.

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Week	Date	Opponent	Time (ET) / Tickets
Week 1	Sun., Sep. 10	vs. Las Vegas Raiders	L 16-17
Week 2	Sun., Sep. 17	vs. Washington Commanders	L 33-35
Week 3	Sun., Sep. 24	at Miami Dolphins	1:00 PM / Tickets
Week 4	Sun., Oct. 1	at Chicago Bears	1:00 PM / Tickets
Week 5	Sun., Oct. 8	vs. New York Jets	4:25 PM / Tickets
Week 6	Thu., Oct. 12	at Kansas City Chiefs	8:15 PM / Tickets
Week 7	Sun., Oct. 22	vs. Green Bay Packers	4:25 PM / Tickets
Week 8	Sun., Oct. 29	vs. Kansas City Chiefs	4:25 PM / Tickets
Week 9		BYE
Week 10	Mon., Nov. 13	at Buffalo Bills	8:15 PM / Tickets
Week 11	Sun., Nov. 19	vs. Minnesota Vikings	8:20 PM / Tickets
Week 12	Sun., Nov. 26	vs. Cleveland Browns	4:05 PM / Tickets
Week 13	Sun., Dec. 3	at Houston Texans	4:05 PM / Tickets
Week 14	Sun., Dec. 10	at Los Angeles Chargers	4:25 PM / Tickets
Week 15	Sun., Dec. 17	at Detroit Lions	TBD / Tickets
Week 16	Sun., Dec. 24	vs. New England Patriots	8:15 PM / Tickets
Week 17	Sun., Dec. 31	vs. Los Angeles Chargers	4:25 PM / Tickets
Week 18	Sun., Jan. 7	at Las Vegas Raiders	TBD / Tickets

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Fantasy Football Strength of Schedule (SOS)

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Denver Broncos Mock Draft Roundup 1.0

Throughout the year and leading up to the 2024 NFL Draft, we will update our Denver Broncos Mock Draft Roundup showing picks for the Denver Broncos from several prominent sites and draft analysts.

The following are picks in recent mock drafts for the Denver Broncos:

EDSFootball - Kevin Hanson (5/9)

13. Chop Robinson, EDGE, Penn State

After transferring from Maryland, Robinson had 5.5 sacks and 10 TFLs for the Nittany Lions as a true sophomore in 2022. Per PFF, he led all Power Five edge rushers in pass rush grade (92.4).

CBS Sports - Josh Edwards (5/8)

17. Javon Bullard, S, Georgia

Denver adds another safety to pair with Justin Simmons in the secondary.

ESPN - Todd McShay (5/4)

15. Jack Sawyer, EDGE, Ohio State

Sawyer joins Tuimoloau to form arguably the top edge rush tandem in the nation entering the 2023 season, and he's a bit of a hybrid, showing the ability to rush off the edge standing up or with his hand in the dirt. He started only three games over the past two years, and the production is still coming (7.5 total sacks), but Sawyer has a lot of upside. The Broncos could use an influx of edge rush help; Baron Browning and Zach Allen are the top pass-rushers on this team right now by sack count, and both had fewer than six in 2022.

The Athletic - Dane Brugler (5/2)

16. Kalen King, CB, Penn State

With teams staying away from Joey Porter Jr. last season, King saw plenty of action and was one of only three FBS players with 20-plus passes defended. Penn State still has never had a defensive back drafted in the first round, but King might be able to change that.

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Denver Broncos - 2023 Draft Results

The table below are all of the 2023 NFL Draft picks selected by the Denver Broncos.

Round	Overall	Player	Position	School
2	63	Marvin Mims	WR	Oklahoma
3	67	Drew Sanders	LB	Arkansas
3	83	Riley Moss	CB	Iowa
6	183	JL Skinner	S	Boise State
7	257	Alex Forsyth	C	Oregon

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