The Broncos opened their season on the road against a team supposedly reeling after the Antonio Brown fiasco. Instead, they faced a Raiders team galvanized by the adversity and armed with an efficient game plan centered around a quick passing game (Derek Carr averaged 2.33 seconds to throw, per SportRadar, tied for third-fastest in the NFL in Week 1.)



The Broncos vaunted pass rush led by outside linebackers Von Miller and Bradley Chubb finished with zero sacks and zero quarterback hits, and the defense was just one of three in the NFL in Week 1 to fail to record a sack.



How was Carr able to get rid of the ball so quickly and see so little pressure?



It started with how efficient Oakland was on early downs, resulting in 11 of their 14 total third downs being 5 yards or fewer, with just one being more than 8 yards.



Without the offense having to face obvious passing situations, it unlocked the Raiders’ ability to dictate terms to the defense and...