Broncos analysis: RJ Harvey, rookie class shine in blowout win over Dallas. ‘Maybe they read someone’s article.’

Rookie seasons in the NFL are almost perpetually full of bumps bruises mistakes and welcome-to-the-league moments RJ Harvey s had his share The Broncos second-round running back made a mistake on a kick return last week He s whiffed in pass protection a couple of times He s been tasked with finding rhythm in games despite seeing limited reps behind Denver starter J K Dobbins The key is how fleetly young guys can learn The No overall pick out of Central Florida made one adjustment in particular Sunday that had All-Pro right guard Quinn Meinerz cracking a wide smile I d say his biggest progress is he really celebrated in the current era Meinerz mentioned I gave him a little bit of a hard time his first career touchdown he just kind of stood there I was like Dude we ve got to get a little celebration or something Harvey got plenty of practice Sunday bookending a dominant - Broncos win over Dallas with a -yard run and a -yard catch He added a -yard direct-snap plunge in the middle to become the first Denver rookie to count three touchdowns in a tournament since running back Clinton Portis in December Quinn Meinerz of the Denver Broncos lays a big block on Alijah Clark of the Dallas Cowboys as RJ Harvey breaks free for a touchdown run during the first quarter at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver on Sunday Oct Photo by AAron Ontiveroz The Denver Post On the final touchdown Harvey easily ran past man coverage from linebacker Shemar James secured the number and then beelined for the retro-striped wall where he leapt into the first row to celebrate with the Empower Field crowd Related Articles Renck With this version of Bo Nix the extraordinary seems viable for Broncos Keeler Broncos Riley Moss is getting it worse from NFL referees than NFL QBs Broncos put WR Marvin Mims Jr in concussion protocol after fourth-quarter kickoff return Broncos assessment card Sean Payton Bo Nix throw kitchen sink at Cowboys in blowout win Broncos four downs Sean Payton ain t wearing your throwbacks but his Broncos are doing just fine I m consistently confident in myself Harvey revealed Just trying to have a great week of preparation every week stacking days getting better Continuing to develop and learn behind guys like J K It s just one match Hopefully I can continue to do that each and every meeting I m proud of myself but there s a lot more work to do Quarterback Bo Nix threw an interception on Denver s first series but it promptly turned into a feel-good outing across the board after that Nix played marvelous head coach Sean Payton reported after the second-year quarterback finished with four touchdown passes The defense largely kept Dallas high-flying offense in check even while playing majority of the challenge without star cornerback Pat Surtain II who sustained a lower right leg injury returned and then was knocked out by a shoulder issue I thought the contest was pretty lopsided Payton explained flatly Defensively I loved the fact that we took one of the top defenses in football against one of the best offenses and we won on that side of it Payton announced Jonah Elliss of the Denver Broncos stops Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys on a short run at the goal line during the second quarter at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver on Sunday Oct Photo by AAron Ontiveroz The Denver Post And offensively Payton puffed It wasn t close Central to the win both without delay and as it pertains to the Broncos long-range fortunes this fall however is the rookie class Harvey rolled to three touchdowns on eight touches Third-round receiver Pat Bryant caught his first touchdown and did his normal terrific work in the run battle including a crack block on edge Sam Williams to help spring Harvey s -yard burst in the first quarter Keeler Broncos Riley Moss is getting it worse from NFL referees than NFL QBs This file is auto-generated function d l use strict l querySelector d addEventListener undefined typeof URL d wp d wp d wp receiveEmbedMessage d wp receiveEmbedMessage function e var t e content if t t secret t message t value a-zA-Z - test t secret for var s r n a l querySelectorAll 'iframe data-secret ' t secret ' ' o l querySelectorAll 'blockquote data-secret ' t secret ' ' c new RegExp https i i i