2026 season · Defensive Blitz Rate

Denver Broncos blitz rate, 2026

39.4%

6th of 32 in the NFL

League median
29.8%
Sample
On 155 dropbacks faced through Week 4

How often do the Broncos blitz?

The Broncos have sent five or more pass rushers on 39.4% of the dropbacks they faced through Week 4, 6th in the NFL.

Week by week

Season to date after each week — the blitz rate and rank as the board stood once that week was filed, not the single week’s own figure.

Denver Broncos blitz rate after each week of 2026
ThroughBlitz%Rank
Week 145.5%3rd
Week 234.4%10th
Week 337.7%6th
Week 439.4%6th

Last season

Up from 32.2% in 2025, which ranked 6th of 32.

From the Broncos weekly

Three to three at halftime in San Francisco, and Denver's defense had the better of the half. Singleton stopped Brock Purdy's fourth-and-one sneak at the Denver thirty-four on the first snap of the second quarter, and Allen blocked a fifty-four-yard field goal as the half ran out. Then, tied with nine fifty-two left in the third, Marvin Mims fielded a sixty-one-yard 49ers punt at the Denver twenty-eight, got one yard, and Neal forced the fumble and recovered it for San Francisco. The 49ers scored nine snaps later, and the Broncos lost twenty-four to fourteen to fall to two and two. Neither offense turned it over, and neither quarterback was sacked.

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Which defenses blitz the most in 2026?

Minnesota Vikings (72.5%), Washington Commanders (47.4%), then Tampa Bay Buccaneers (41.9%) lead the league. All 32 teams on the Defensive Blitz Rate board.

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