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2020 NFL Power Rankings: Denver Broncos

Throughout the 2020 NFL season, we will compile a consensus NFL Power Rankings that averages the rankings of all 32 NFL teams.

Here is where the Denver Broncos rank in terms of average, best and worst:

Below you will find a Week 6 roundup for the Broncos in our consensus 2020 NFL Power Rankings.

The Athletic -- Rank: 25

They will go 16 days between their fourth and fifth games. The Broncos beat the Jets on Thursday night in Week 4. Their Week 5 game against the Patriots was pushed back to Week 6. Denver could get quarterback Drew Lock back for that matchup.

CBS Sports -- Rank: 25

They were forced to have their bye last week, and now must travel to play the Patriots this week. Drew Lock should be back.

USA Today -- Rank: 27

If nothing else, unexpected bye week -- no whiners in Denver, per Coach Fangio -- at least accelerates return of QB Drew Lock.

ESPN -- Rank: 28

Biggest weakness: Takeaways

The Broncos' lackluster scoring offense isn't far behind their defense's inability to create takeaways in terms of the team's biggest weakness after four games, but the two go together. The team has lost the turnover battle in three of its games, including a minus-3 effort in their only win over the struggling Jets. They have forced turnovers in just one game -- their Week 2 loss in Pittsburgh. Their two takeaways tie them with Houston for last in the league. As a result, they haven't created many short fields for an offense that has used three quarterbacks already and has lost its best wide receiver -- Courtland Sutton -- for the season with a knee injury. -- Jeff Legwold

NFL.com -- Rank: 27

Some Broncos players expressed unhappiness with the NFL's decision to postpone Sunday's scheduled Week 5 matchup against the Patriots after another positive coronavirus test in New England, thus turning what would have been a game week into their bye for the season. Said safety Justin Simmons: "Injuries at an all-time high and our bye week was burned up with practices." Running back Melvin Gordon shared a similar sentiment, and you can understand their frustration. The league made the right decision to put the safety of the teams first, but players are creatures of habit, and bye weeks are hugely important as physical and mental breaks during an arduous season. There's no avoiding the reality that the 2020 campaign is an imperfect machine.

Previous update: Denver Broncos Week 5 NFL Power Rankings Roundup

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