ENGLEWOOD – Are the Broncos thinking about breaking the NFL’s all-time sack record? 

Well, defensive lineman Eyioma Uwazurike sure is. 

“We’ve got high expectations and that expectation is the record,’’ Uwazurike said this week after a practice at Broncos Park. 

Entering Sunday’s game against the New York Giants at Empower Field at Mile High, the Broncos (4-2) have 30 sacks in six outings, putting them on pace for an astounding 85 in a 17-game season. That would shatter the record set by the Chicago Bears, who had 72 sacks in a 16-game season in 1984. 

“I think it’s just in everybody’s head,’’ Uwazurike said of the record. “The sky’s the limit. Why not get the most out of what we can get? Why not do it?” 

Uwazurike has two sacks and is one of an amazing 12 Broncos players to have a sack stat so far this season. Outside linebacker Nik Bonitto leads the way with an NFL-high eight, putting him on pace to shatter the team record for sacks in a season by Von Miller with 18.5 in 2012 and perhaps challenge the league record of 22.5. 

Bonitto has said it’s “very reasonable” he could break Miller’s mark. But what about the team NFL record held by the legendary Bears defense, which actually did it the season before Chicago went 15-1 in 1985 and cruised to a win in Super Bowl XX? 

“It’d definitely be an honor to do that, but we still have a long way to go,’’ Bonitto said. “But we’re definitely happy we’re at that pace.” 

The Broncos are averaging five sacks per game. The 1984 Bears, who featured Hall of Fame defensive linemen Richard Dent, Dan Hampton and Steve McMichael combining for 39 sacks, averaged 4.5 per outing. 

“Obviously, that’d be really cool to do,’’ Broncos defensive end Zach Allen said about breaking the record. “But there’s still a lot of ball left, still a lot of work to do. We’ve got to earn the right to rush the passer every game by stopping the run. We’re excited for the challenge, but we’re just taking it one day at a time.” 

Allen called it “pretty crazy” that a dozen Denver players already have sack stats through six games. Bonitto is followed on the team by 4.5 for outside linebacker Jonathon Cooper, 3.5 for inside linebacker Justin Strnad, three for defensive end John Franklin-Myers, 2.5 for Allen, two for Uwazurike and cornerback Ja’Quan McMillian, one for nose tackle D.J. Jones, safety Talanoa Hufanga, inside linebacker Alex Singleton and outside linebacker Jonah Elliss and half a sack by safety Brandon Jones. 

“It’s just a credit to everybody buying into the system, knowing what we got to do and just how unselfish a lot of us are,’’ Bonitto said. “We always try to make a race to the quarterback all the time. And we’re helping each other get sacks. One (linebacker) might be rushing high, and it might lead to a D-tackle getting a sack or vice versa.” 

The Broncos led the NFL last season with 63 sacks, an average of 3.7 per game. Cornerback Pat Surtain II said defensive coordinator Vance Joseph has been even “more creative” this season in “throwing different looks’’ at teams, which is why so many different players have sacks. 

Broncos coach Sean Payton said having so many players able to effectively rush the quarterback “challenges your protections” and then getting sacks becomes “kind of contagious.” 

The Broncos had nine sacks in last Sunday’s 13-11 win over the New York Jets in London. Eight different players got into the action. 

“We showed against the Jets that everybody can eat,’’ said Franklin-Myers, who had a sack in the game. 

Then again, the Broncos have been showing that all season. 

“I think it’s a testament to the depth of the team and how hard guys have been willing to play for one another,’’ Franklin-Myers said. “This is a special defense.” 

The Broncos will find out if it’s also a record-setting defense.