Rivers was blitzed on only 17.9 percent of his dropbacks, but the Broncos were able to get pressure on Rivers 48.7 percent of the time.
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Broncos quarterback Brock Osweiler will make his fourth start of the season Sunday against the Oakland Raiders, but Kubiak reiterated that Osweiler’s status as a starter is on a week-to-week basis.
That’s a pretty good formula for the Broncos to follow moving forward, although Kubiak also said that Manning may do some on-field work this week after starting to throw on the side as he recovers from the foot injury that accompanied his exit from the starting lineup. They’ve lost seven of their last nine AFC West games. The Chargers quarterback was under duress for most of the game, and Miller was the primary player making Rivers uncomfortable.
The Chargers walked away from stadium talks in mid-June.
Head coach Gary Kubiak said Manning is “feeling better” and has done some light throwing indoors already but will begin throwing outside Wednesday and maybe start some light running if he can.
Safety T.J. Ward remained back in Denver to receive treatment on the ankle that he sprained against the New England Patriots.
Osweiler led the offense on an 8-play, 76-yard to open the game that ended with a 3-yard TD pass to Demaryius Thomas. This unit has been the best in the league all season, and they proved why again on Sunday, holding the NFL’s second-leading passer to 202 yards, zero touchdowns and an interception. “We slowed down a little bit throughout the game”. “And when you decide to put on the bolt, with these colors and play together, what we do as a team is much more important than what we put on that film”.
“It was not a great throw”, Rivers said.
Thomas finished with a game-high 61 yards on six receptions. Unfortunately, the Denver Broncos running back had to leave the game this weekend with an ankle injury, which is not promising for week 14 action.
Brandon McManus added a 23-yard field goal.
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It was left to Coach Mike McCoy to be the official spokesman after the game, while stewing over another loss. The team didn’t say why it tried to keep the news quiet….
