The Broncos defense in 2024 didn’t just rack up a league-best 265 pressures and set a franchise record with 63 sacks.

They also put forth a top-shelf run defense. Vance Joseph’s group finished second in yards per rush allowed at 3.9 and third in estimated points added per rush at -0.15, and they allowed just three players to top 100 yards in a game.

And yet, one of the more notable blemishes on that record came right out of the gate.

In Week 1, Seattle rushed for 81 yards on 10 carries in the third quarter alone as the Seahawks stampeded to a 26-20 victory — a game chiefly remembered as Bo Nix’s NFL debut.

One week later, Pittsburgh followed Seattle’s 149 rushing yards with 146 of its own in a 13-6 win against the Broncos at Empower Field. Those two games constituted two of the three h

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