The Denver Broncos boast the league's most prolific passing attack and the top quarterback in terms of passing yards through the first four games this season.
They also feature the worst run offense in the NFL and a unit that averages a paltry 2.2 yards per carry, which also ranks last.
That's not usually a recipe for success, which Broncos coach Josh McDaniels acknowledged during his conference call with Baltimore media Wednesday.
"The Colts have certainly shown that you can, but we're certainly not trying to do that," McDaniels said. "We're not going to have great success long term if we stay one-dimensional in terms of our effectiveness. We've run the ball 25, 26 times a game, but certainly nowhere near as effective as we needed to be. We're going to try to continue to work hard to fix those problems. It's a team thing, and we feel like our team is going to be a big part of the solution."
Quarterback Kyle Orton dropped back 50 times in the team's 26-20 victory over the Tennessee Titans, and he leads the league in passing attempts with 175. Orton maintained that there's time to work out the kinks in the running game.
"It would take a lot of pressure off of everybody," he said. "Like I said, we're working hard to get to that. Hasn't happened in the first four games of the season, but that doesn't mean that we're out of time. We can kind of create whatever identity we want on this offense and hopefully, we can get to that point."
