What will Brandon Jones bring to the Denver Broncos?

Blitzing

Brian Flores was Miami’s defensive coordinator when Jones broke out. Flores blitzes more than any other defensive coordinator in the NFL, so Jones had plenty of opportunities to try his hand, and he’s developed into one of the league’s most electric blitzers from the safety position.

But before we get to the highlights, we’re going to hit the downside: when an offensive lineman gets a hand on Jones, he rarely fights past him to make the play.

It isn’t a big deal. Lineman are stronger than safeties. And in the run play above, Jones maintained gap integrity despite not getting into the backfield cleanly.

But it’s important to remember that Jones doesn’t automatically notch a sack or tackle for loss every time he blitzes. He isn’t a cheat code.

However, Jones had five sacks in his second NFL season while leading all of the league’s defensive backs in quarterback pressures. Blitzing is what Jones is known for.

This is edge-rusher-like bend to get by the guard. (Ignore that the quarterback got the ball out quickly so it didn’t matter.)

This time he rushes the other side and gets a hit on Patrick Mahomes.

And another…

These are the plays he’s known for…

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