Unfortunately, this says more about the state of pro football than the Broncos. The simple truth is that more and more teams are finding it very difficult to establish a running game. A year ago, San Francisco led the league for a second straight year at 130.9 yards a contest. Back for seconds at the training table. The decline of running attacks can be traced, in part, to too many Whoppers and Big Macs.
Linemen have trouble pulling, trapping and creating holes because of their girth.
Their extra weight was seen as a plus in squashing blind-side rushers. But now, entire units have become sumo clones, from the centers straight across the board. When the grunts trot up to the line of scrimmage, they immediately become their own subdivision. They have guts the size of Rhode Island and arms thicker than fire logs. Fat is phat.