The Denver Broncos are ranked No. 15 in Nate Davis’ NFL power rankings for USA TODAY Sports entering Week 1.
“The buzz is palpable,” Davis wrote alongside Denver’s ranking. “But will reconfigured line coalesce in front of QB Drew Lock and Co.? And will OLB Bradley Chubb really be near 100%?”
The Broncos are the seventh-highest ranked AFC team. With an extra Wild Card seed in each conference this season, a seventh-place finish would be good enough for Denver to reach the playoffs.
Since winning the Super Bowl in 2015, the Broncos have failed to return to the playoffs in each of the last four seasons.
Denver is ranked as the second-best team in the AFC West, behind the Kansas City Chiefs (No. 1). The Broncos are ranked above the Los Angeles Chargers (No. 22) and Las Vegas Raiders (No. 24).
The Jacksonville Jaguars are ranked No. 32, dead last. To view the complete NFL power rankings from Davis, visit USATODAY.com.
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