For the disgruntled fans that havent checked out on the 2022 season, its hard to find a silver lining from a boring3-6football team. After losing to the last week, the Broncos host the 2-7 in Jeff Mathis Jersey Denver on Sunday in what is being billed as a termination game for the losing head coach.If it feels like you've been here before, Broncos Country, it's because you have, literally. The failed head-coaching regimes of Vance Joseph and Vic Fangio both started 3-6. Joseph received his walking papers after his second year as head coach, while Fangio got three seasons, leaving many fans restle s about the future of Nathaniel Hackett.But for as bad as the Broncos are offensively, cornerback Patrick Surtain II has led a Denver defense that is ranked first in fewest points allowed. The second-year defensive back from Alabama has been all that he was Clay Buchholz Jersey advertised to be when GM George Paton selected him with the ninth overall pick in 2021.According to , since Week 6, Surtain has surrendered just four receptions for just 18 yards in coverage. The 6-foot-2, 202-pound corner has started all nine games for coordinator Ejiro Everos elite defense, logging 33 tackles (24 solo), one tackle for a lo s, one forced fumble, and six pa s breakups. Surtain has yet to surrender a touchdown in coverage all season. Last week, named Surtain as a top-three candidate for Defensive Player of the Year. The other two candidates include linebacker Micah Parsons Surtain's 2021 draft cla smate and edge rusher Steven Souza Jersey Nick Bosa.With apologies to Gardner and Jalen Ramsey, no cornerback is playing better right now than the second-year superstar in Denver, Barnwell wrote. Teams don't like targeting Surtain, and when they do, they don't get much.Scroll to ContinueDetractors will quickly point to Surtains lack of takeaways, as he is yet to log an interception and has one forced fumble. However, opposing quarterbacks arent throwing at No. 2, let alone his side of the field. PS2 is currently allowing seven yards per reception and has only been targeted 44 times this season, playing 94% of the Broncos' defensive snaps.For the second time this season, Surtain will matchup with Madison Bumgarner Jersey Raiders wideout Davante Adams, who is tied with tight end Travis Kelce for the NFLs most receiving scores (eight). Las Vegas is on a three-game losing streak following an embarra sing 25-20 lo s at the hands of the Jeff Saturday-led , although Adams caught nine receptions for 126 yards and a touchdown. In the Week 4 meeting between the Broncos and Raiders in Las Vegas, Surtain covered Adams on 71% of his routes, limiting the first-team All-Pro to four catches for 46 yards, despite losing the game 32-23. The Raiders are in last place in the AFC West but have won nine out of the last 10 games against the Broncos and are currently on a six-game winning streak against Denver.As a rookie in 2021, Surtain landed on the 2021 NFL All-Rookie Team and wasnamedthe Jake Lamb Jersey Week 12 AFC Defensive Player of the Week. It'll be interesting to see how Year 2 ultimately plays out for Denver's shutdown corner.