Tyquan Thornton Week 1 Preview vs. the Broncos

Tyquan Thornton has a difficult matchup when his Kansas City Chiefs play the Denver Broncos in Week 1 (Monday, 8:15 p.m. ET). The Broncos gave up 187.2 passing yards per game last year, seventh-best in the NFL.

Thornton hauled in 19 passes for 438 yards last season and three touchdowns. He averaged 36.5 receiving yards per game on 37 targets.

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Thornton vs. the Broncos

• Thornton vs the Broncos (since 2021): 1 GP / 61 REC YPG / 0 REC TD
• Denver let just three players rack up over 100 receiving yards in a game last season.
• The Broncos allowed 18 players to haul in a TD pass against them last season.
• Last season, no player reeled in more than one TD pass versus Denver.
• The 187.2 passing yards the Broncos yielded on average per game a year ago made them the NFL's seventh-ranked defense against the pass.
• The Broncos gave up 18 TDs in the passing game last year (1.1 per game) to rank fourth among NFL defenses.

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Thornton Receiving Insights

• Thornton hit the over on his prop bets for receiving yards in five of six games last season (83.3%).
• He averaged 11.8 yards per target last season (37 targets, 438 yards).
• In three of 11 games last season, Thornton had a receiving touchdown. But he did not have a game with multiple receiving TDs.

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Thornton's Last Season Performance