In the Broncos’ first six games, wide receiver Courtland Sutton drew only one penalty: a 9-yard pass interference call on Chicago cornerback Prince Amukamara in Week 2.

But entering Sunday’s season finale against Oakland, Sutton has drawn at least one penalty in nine consecutive games (12 enforced penalties total).

“When you have length, speed and power, it’s very difficult for a (defensive back) in a one-on-one position, because Courtland can jump-ball you (and) outrebound you in a sense, and that’s hard on a smaller guy,” Broncos offensive coordinator Rich Scangarello said last week. “If he’s one-on-one, he’s going to draw holding calls, (pass interference) calls and he’s going to put a lot of pressure on defensive backs.”

A rundown of the penalties drawn by Sutton over the last nine games:

• Week 7 vs. Kansas City: Two 5-yard holding penalties (Charvarius Ward and Bashaud Breeland).

• Week 8 at Indianapolis: A 5-yard holding penalty and pass interference penalties of 24 and 22 yards against rookie Rock Ya-Sin. Sutton also drew a penalty that was declined.

• Week 9 vs. Cleveland: A 5-yard penalty on Denzel Ward.

• Week 11 at Minnesota: A 24-yard pass interference penalty on Xavier Rhodes.

• Week 12 at Buffalo: A 5-yard holding penalty on Tre’Davious White.

• Week 13 vs. L.A. Chargers: A 37-yard pass interference penalty on Casey Hayward that led to a game-winning field goal.

• Week 14 at Houston: A 5-yard holding penalty on Lonnie Johnson.

• Week 15 at Kansas City: A 5-yard holding penalty on Ward.

• Week 16 vs. Detroit: A 13-yard pass interference penalty on Darius Slay.

Scangarello compared Sutton’s prowess for drawing penalties to Atlanta receiver Julio Jones. Scangarello was on the Falcons’ coaching staff in 2015.

“We watch a lot of Julio film; I always felt like Julio was the best receiver I’ve ever seen,” Scangarello said. “He’s just a different person. and (Sutton) has a lot of those same qualities.”

Lock’s knee brace. Quarterback Drew Lock has worn a brace on his left knee all season, but it was particularly noticeable against Detroit because it was more visible.

“My junior year (for Missouri, playing) at Vanderbilt, I almost got rolled up on,” he said. “It was enough to scare me into wearing the brace. I’ll run around. I don’t think it’s stopped me very much. I think I move pretty well with it. Just a security blanket in the back of my mind to have.”

Tempo turnaround. With Denver down 10-0 to Detroit, the Broncos’ offense changed gears to get into gear. As coach Vic Fangio pointed out after the game, they didn’t run the hurry-up, but also didn’t huddle. They lined up on the ball to limit the Lions’ substitutions.

Over the next four possessions (all scores), the Broncos snapped the football with the play-clock at 10, 17, three, eight, 11, six, 11, nine, 10, 13 and 15 seconds.

“That was something we worked on all week, to try to see what defensive front they were going to be in and the personnel they would have out there vs. our personnel,” tight end Jeff Heuerman said. “We knew we wanted to do some tempo all week, and once we got it going, it was nice. It gave us some momentum.”

Rodgers’ review. Elijah Wilkinson was in a walking boot in the Broncos’ locker room on Tuesday, meaning Jake Rodgers is on stand-by to play against Oakland.

Rodgers played the final 56 snaps, his first offensive work of the year.

“It was one of the coolest experiences I’ve had in my football career,” he said. “I feel like I can definitely play better. Just watching the tape, there was some stuff I would like to do better, but part of that comes with being more comfortable out there and shaking the rust off.”

Of watching himself on tape earlier this week, Rodgers said: “It’s always more interesting to watch the tape when you’re on it. All in all, pretty clean. I never felt like I got physically dominated. They are good (defensive) players all over the place, so you’re not going to win every rep.”

McManus moves up. Brandon McManus’ two field goals against Detroit gave him 138 regular-season kicks, moving him past Rich Karlis for fourth in Broncos history.

Jason Elam (395) is the runaway leader, but assuming McManus is back in 2020 for the final year of his contract, he will pass Matt Prater (139) and Jim Turner (151) to move into the second spot.

“Just to do it with one team is obviously cool,” McManus said. “A goal of mine when I entered the league was to be here eight years. I think I’ll be able to get there.”

Why eight years? McManus is wrapping up his sixth NFL season.

“It was a number from the beginning,” he said. “Kickers can play until they’re 40, or they’re out after one year. It’s just a number I thought was right.”

McManus’ success rate of 82.9 (148 of 179 in regular season/playoffs) is second in team history, behind Prater (82.9% — 150 of 181).