Denver Broncos for Minnesota Vikings (2026)

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Summary
Game Log
Stats
Projections
Points
Notes

Player Summaries Comparison
	Denver Broncos DST - DEN DEN	Minnesota Vikings DST - MIN MIN
Most Accurate Experts

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Rankings

Rest of Season	# 2	# 6	-
Draft	‐	‐	-

Matchup

Opponent	at KC	vs. GB	-
Matchup Rating	This is a 3 star matchup. DSTs perform close to their average vs KC	This is a 1 star matchup. DSTs perform worse than their average vs GB	-

Fantasy Points

Season Total	143.0	136.0	-
Avg Game	8.4	8.0	-
Avg Projection	118.2	112.4	-

Schedule

SOS Rank	9	30	-

Misc

Injury Alert	‐	‐	-

Expert Ranks
	Denver Broncos	Minnesota Vikings	Add Player

Joel Smyth J. Smyth Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 08/05	#3	#6	-

Rich Piazza R. Piazza Fantasy Shed Fantasy Shed 08/04	#3	#6	-

Aaron St Denis A. St Denis Fantasy Sports Advice Network Fantasy Sports Adv... 08/04	#4	#6	-

Blake Fincher B. Fincher Fantasy Football Cafe Fantasy Football Cafe 08/04	#2	#8	-

Kelly Smelser K. Smelser Punch Drunk Wonderland Punch Drunk Wonder... 08/04	#2	#6	-

Justin Boone J. Boone Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 08/04	#4	#9	-

Mike Bland M. Bland Points Over Expected Points Over Expected 08/04	#3	#6	-

Jonathan Stone J. Stone Stone Cold Fantasy Stone Cold Fantasy 08/04	#2	#6	-

Ryan Weisse R. Weisse Club Fantasy FFL Club Fantasy FFL 08/03	#5	#4	-

Matt Harmon M. Harmon Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 08/03	#1	#9	-

Scott Pianowski S. Pianowski Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 08/03	#2	#6	-

Doug Burrell D. Burrell Draft With Doug Draft With Doug 08/03	#2	#5	-

Bart Wheeler B. Wheeler Hail to Fantasy Football Hail to Fantasy Fo... 08/02	#3	#8	-

Luke Renton L. Renton The Franchise Tag UK The Franchise Tag UK 08/04	#3	#6	-

Francisco (Chato) Romero F. (Chato) ... Estadio Fantasy Estadio Fantasy 08/01	#2	#6	-

Hayden Winks H. Winks Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 08/01	#4	#8	-

Scott Engel S. Engel RotoBaller RotoBaller 08/01	#2	#12	-

Kevin Steele K. Steele The Fantasy Authority The Fantasy Authority 07/31	#3	#6	-

Justin Fuhr J. Fuhr Pro Football Mania Pro Football Mania 08/04	#3	#6	-

Mauricio Gutierrez M. Gutierrez Estadio Fantasy Estadio Fantasy 08/04	#3	#9	-

Pete Nova P. Nova FF Faceoff FF Faceoff 07/31	#1	#4	-

Kyle Senra K. Senra Going For 2 Going For 2 08/04	#2	#12	-

Shaun Evans S. Evans FantasyNow+ FantasyNow+ 08/03	#2	#8	-

Nic Bodiford N. Bodiford NerdBall Fantay Football NerdBall Fantay Fo... 08/03	#4	#7	-

Kyle Krajewski K. Krajewski First Seed Sports First Seed Sports 07/29	#3	#5	-

Brad Beatson B. Beatson Bandit Fantasy Football Bandit Fantasy Foo... 07/29	#5	#8	-

Dalton Del Don D. Del Don The Deep Shot The Deep Shot 08/04	#3	#13	-

Justin Bauerle J. Bauerle FantasyNow+ FantasyNow+ 07/28	#2	#7	-

Gary Davenport G. Davenport Footballguys Footballguys 07/28	#1	#8	-

Dr. Roto D. Roto FullTime Fantasy FullTime Fantasy 08/03	#3	#9	-

Josh Norris J. Norris Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 07/26	#2	#6	-

Huseyin Aksu H. Aksu Fantasy Couch Fantasy Couch 07/29	#4	#9	-

Jeremy Shulman J. Shulman Fantasy Football Universe Fantasy Football U... 07/24	#3	#14	-

Rudy Gamble R. Gamble Razzball Razzball 07/23	#1	#23	-

Jacob Piccolo J. Piccolo TrueRGM TrueRGM 08/04	#2	#6	-

David Heilman D. Heilman Dynasty Trade Calculator Dynasty Trade Calc... 07/17	#2	#7	-

Matt Donnelly M. Donnelly Dynasty Vipers Dynasty Vipers 07/17	#1	#7	-

Dennis Sosic D. Sosic Fantasy Six Pack Fantasy Six Pack 07/17	#4	#10	-

Jorge B. Edwards J. B. Edwards Fantasy In Frames Fantasy In Frames 07/26	#2	#6	-

Kev Wheeler K. Wheeler Wheel Route FF Wheel Route FF 07/14	#2	#6	-

Kev Mahserejian K. Mahserejian Razzball Razzball 07/13	#4	#7	-

Jason Willan J. Willan Gridiron Experts Gridiron Experts 07/30	#2	#7	-

David Biggs D. Biggs Drink Five Drink Five 07/12	#5	#11	-

The Tecmo Weave T. Tecmo Weave Lab 52 Lab 52 07/12	#1	#10	-

Brian Hartman B. Hartman QB List QB List 07/27	#2	#7	-

Lee Wehry L. Wehry FantasyPros FantasyPros 07/10	#2	#7	-

Daniel Mader D. Mader Fantasy Football Advice Fantasy Football A... 08/01	#3	#4	-

Nick Raducanu N. Raducanu Dr. Roto Dr. Roto 07/07	#1	#8	-

Kyle Yates K. Yates Yates Fantasy Football Yates Fantasy Foot... 08/02	#2	#6	-

Mike MacGregor M. MacGregor Draft Buddy Draft Buddy 08/03	#2	#6	-

Edward Gorelik E. Gorelik End of Football End of Football 07/25	#2	#7	-

Derek Brown D. Brown FantasyPros FantasyPros 07/31	#3	#16	-

Brandon Murchison B. Murchison RotoBaller RotoBaller 07/24	#2	#7	-

Ken Zalis K. Zalis Pressbox Pressbox 08/05	#2	#7	-

Judy Adabie J. Adabie Fan Girl Football Fan Girl Football 07/07	#2	#7	-

Alfredo Brown A. Brown Footballguys Footballguys 08/01	#4	#9	-

Mick Ciallela M. Ciallela Fantrax Fantrax 06/28	#1	#11	-

Ben Wasley B. Wasley Hashtag Football Hashtag Football 07/21	#1	#4	-

Drew DeLuca D. DeLuca Going For 2 Going For 2 08/01	#2	#7	-

Matt De Lima M. De Lima Dr. Roto Dr. Roto 06/12	#2	#6	-

Pat Fitzmaurice P. Fitzmaurice FantasyPros FantasyPros 08/04	#3	#6	-

Andrew Erickson A. Erickson FantasyPros FantasyPros 08/05	#6	#9	-

Seth Woolcock S. Woolcock FantasyPros FantasyPros 08/03	#1	#9	-

Ed Birdsall E. Birdsall Talking Points Sports Talking Points Sports 07/29	#1	#6	-

Tom Strachan T. Strachan NFL Best Ball NFL Best Ball 07/25	#2	#7	-

Andy Behrens A. Behrens The Deep Shot The Deep Shot 08/05	#2	#8	-

Richard Savill R. Savill Fantasy Six Pack Fantasy Six Pack 07/27	#3	#6	-

Brandon Funston B. Funston The Athletic The Athletic 08/04	#2	#8	-

Site Rankings S. Rankings Gridiron Experts Gridiron Experts 07/30	#2	#6	-

Elisha Twerski E. Twerski USA Today USA Today 04/28	#3	#7	-

Fantasy BR F. BR Fantasy BR Fantasy BR 04/27	#6	#17	-

Kyle Soppe K. Soppe Pro Football Network Pro Football Network 05/20	#2	#6	-

Justin Sablich J. Sablich 5th Down Fantasy 5th Down Fantasy 04/20	#4	#8	-

Tera Roberts T. Roberts OddsChecker OddsChecker 07/09	#2	#7	-

Marc Shannep M. Shannep Fantasy Knockout Fantasy Knockout 07/15	#2	#6	-

Player Game Logs Comparison
	Denver Broncos DST - DEN DEN	Minnesota Vikings DST - MIN MIN
2026 Schedule
Week 1	at KC	vs. GB
Week 2	vs. JAC	at CHI
Week 3	vs. LAR	at TB
Week 4	at SF	vs. MIA
Week 5	at LAC	at NO
Week 6	vs. SEA	BYE WEEK
Week 7	at ARI	vs. IND
Week 8	vs. KC	at DET
Week 9	at CAR	vs. BUF
Week 10	BYE WEEK	at GB
Week 11	vs. LV	at SF
Week 12	at PIT	vs. ATL
Week 13	vs. MIA	vs. CAR
Week 14	at NYJ	at NE
Week 15	at LV	vs. DET
Week 16	vs. BUF	vs. WAS
Week 17	at NE	at NYJ
Week 18	vs. LAC	vs. CHI

Player Projections Comparison
	Denver Broncos DST - DEN DEN	Minnesota Vikings DST - MIN MIN
Defense

Sacks	59.7	49.1
Ints	13.3	12.6
Fumble Rec	8.3	12.1
Forced Fumble	12.3	18.1
Def TD	2.4	2.3
Ast Tackles	0.0	0.0
Safety	0.5	0.0
Points Allowed	318.6	361.4
Yards Allowed	4,842.2	5,298.5

Player Fantasy Points Comparison
	Denver Broncos DST - DEN DEN	Minnesota Vikings DST - MIN MIN
2025 Points
Week 1	14.0	5.0
Week 2	0.0	5.0
Week 3	9.0	30.0
Week 4	10.0	4.0
Week 5	7.0	3.0
Week 6	13.0	‐
Week 7	5.0	3.0
Week 8	6.0	0.0
Week 9	5.0	9.0
Week 10	14.0	1.0
Week 11	8.0	3.0
Week 12	‐	1.0
Week 13	4.0	9.0
Week 14	11.0	18.0
Week 15	7.0	2.0
Week 16	4.0	11.0
Week 17	5.0	21.0
Week 18	21.0	11.0
Total	143.0	136.0
Average	8.4	8.0

Notes for Player Combination
	Denver Broncos DST - DEN DEN	Minnesota Vikings DST - MIN MIN
Expert
Andrew Erickson FantasyPros	The Broncos had one of the softest schedules to start the 2025 season. 2026 is drastically different. In the first six weeks, it's tough, according to Warren Sharp (although drawing the Chiefs twice early on could be an advantage if Patrick Mahomes is less than 100%). First 8 games: Chiefs, Jaguars, Rams, 49ers, Chargers, Seahawks, Cardinals, and Chiefs. Third-toughest schedule over that stretch. If the Broncos don't have the same injury luck on defense two years in a row, it's possible they don't return elite DST status.	2025's fifth-highest scoring DST opens the schedule at home against the Packers at home, followed by two road matchups versus the Bears/Buccaneers. However, the defense projects to suffer more injuries after being the 4th-healthiest unit last season. They also had the fourth-fewest passes defensed despite ranking in the top 5 in pressure rate/sacks. Brian Flores' blitz-happy defense lends itself to boom-or-bust DST performances (25th in turnover margin in 2025).