Yes, veteran quarterback Peyton Manning has thrown a very inconvenient seven touchdown passes to 11 interceptions. Demaryius Thomas was his favorite target, with eight receptions for 168 yards, his team-record-tying 31st game with at least 100 yards receiving. “It proves when we do execute we are capable of making a few big plays but you’ve got to do it every week”. Both these teams came in at 6-0, but the Broncos were a home underdog for good reasons, and the first of those reasons was that nobody really believed Manning could hold it together against a team as good as the Packers. Click the delicious looking blue button below to get started. Denver would have a 10-point lead over Green Bay at halftime. They’ve begun to establish a running game, and they can limit their opponents in ways that many of Manning’s Colts teams never could; what they need, amid this formula, is a quarterback who doesn’t make costly mistakes, and there is perhaps no quarterback who has done that more effectively over the course of a long career than Manning. Manning was also able to effectively use the bootleg and play-action pass behind the terrific efforts of running backs C.J. He commanded their offense tonight. “I haven’t had my ass kicked like that in a long time”. Meanwhile, Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning efficiently carved up the Packers defense and Denver’s run game found room to run – not to mention the end zone three times.
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Antonio Smith recorded the first sack of the nimble Rodgers late in the third quarter to force a Packer punt, and the ageless Demarcus Ware stripped the quarterback on Green Bay’s first drive of the fourth quarter, leading to a safety and a raucous celebration. Bitonio played a penalty-free game.
Elsewhere, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Atlanta Falcons 23-20, the St Louis Rams recorded a 27-6 triumph over the San Francisco 49ers and the New Orleans Saints edged a 101-point thriller against the New York Giants 52-49.
It looked like the Packers defense bought into all that hot garbage too, daring Manning to throw the ball deep. Anderson ran for a 28-yard touchdown, which essentially put the game out of reach. Their task won’t get any easier, as Broncos cornerbacks Aqib Talib, Chris Harris Jr. and Bradley Roby have formed arguably the league’s best grouping at their position. I think we’re becoming more in sync.
“That’s right. We basically had to cover twice”.
In the second, Hillman bagged another TD run, this time from 15 yards out. The offensive line was stellar protecting Manning from a Green Bay pass rush led by Clay Matthews that ranked second in the league. Rodgers was sacked three times, but knocked down and hurried a bunch more. The Packers defense had not given up more than 13 first-half points this season before being tagged for 17 against Denver….
The mantra by the sports pundits for two weeks (both teams came off of their byes) had buried old No. 18 under a pile of press clippings about his age, his weak arm, an offense that was stagnant and on and on.
Terrell Davis, the hero of the 1997 Super Bowl team that was honored before the game, said Bowlen “may not be here in body but he’s definitely here in spirit”.
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After a week of rest and relaxation to prepare for phase two of their regular season and with all hands on deck, the game was a perfectly timed test of the Packers’ qualifications as a Super Bowl contender.
