And Brock Osweiler is holding the lead. On the sideline, after a stalled drive, he tracked down Demaryius Thomas, whom he had overthrown. The Ravens also lost running back Justin Forsett, who broke both bones in his right forearm. “I have not wasted a single day behind Peyton”, he said.
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Then the Bears go and lose 17-15 in dramatic fashion, and fans wish they would have spent the afternoon flipping through pretty photos of icicles instead. Nothing too flashy. Nothing to poke the Bears, or the Patriots.
Preach, kid, because on Sunday, his 25th birthday, Osweiler made his first regular-season start for the Broncos.
Manning will be closely monitored by FOX News, because they’re always on the lookout for more irrelevant reporting. He clearly knew he didn’t have to be Superman for his team to escape with a victory.
Osweiler continued, “I thought the coaching staff called a great game today. He had to take his lumps in a couple of situations”, Kubiak said.
Expect a firm answer Monday.
“(Osweiler) was efficient”, added Broncos running back C.J. But they need to prevent the sacks.
But sometimes, the timing will be amiss – as it was on fourth-and-1 from the Chicago 2-yard-line, when the feet of Hillman and Osweiler became entangled.
The downsides we saw started with fairly predictable play calling as Kubiak really seemed to keep plays simple in structure for his QB which is a smart thing to do in my opinion. Osweiler was several notches above dependable, going 20-of-27 for 250 yards and two scores.
Chicago had trouble reaching the end zone against the league’s No. 1 defense, even though the Broncos were missing outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware (back). Can the Defense return to form with a more balanced offense?
“What we needed to do was go play clean football as a team”, Kubiak said. This team is now in complete survival mode and they’ve been that way ever since Manning’s play declined precipitously. But it shouldn’t be next week. A solid sports rule: Do what the opponent doesn’t want you to do.
“I was comfortable from the very first snap”, Osweiler said. Without Manning-Brady, what will all the pregame shows discuss for hours? There’s nothing wrong with this at all with a well balanced team like ours, but as he gets more and more practice, he’s going to have to learn how to challenge defenders with back-shoulder throws or jump balls where his large targets have the advantage.
The next quarterback era was delayed, the Broncos were delayed, Brock’s parents were delayed.
The Broncos offense gained a few traction in the fourth with a nice 71-yard drive, capped off by an Osweiler TD pass to Cody Lattimer for 10 yards.
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“They are a good team but we let it get away from us”, quarterback Jay Cutler said. His parents drove to Chicago. If your chief concern is giving Manning the best opportunity to ride off into the sunset with a second Super Bowl title, you don’t pick a coach that would automatically jettison offensive coordinator Adam Gase, who led a 37-year-old Manning to his greatest season in 2013, and install his own bizarro-Manning system that is predicated with the quarterback being under center and not changing plays at the line of scrimmage. “I kind of came out here and expected it. What he did is what I expected him to do”. Don’t worry about me. “We just have to correct it. It’s that simple”. It’s more realistic to see the larger point Anderson was making – that Osweiler has strengths that we couldn’t see before. It’s looking the part, sounding the part, playing the part. Osweiler can even make throws that Manning can’t so it might be about that time now.
