Asked why he went for it rather than kick a field goal, Fox said: “I think we hadn’t made many trips down there, and when we had, we hadn’t scored touchdowns”.
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“[Manning is] doing everything he can possibly do to get himself healthy and get himself back on the field”, Kubiak said, per the Broncos, adding that “rumors or anything said that [Manning’s] mindset is anywhere else other than helping the team” are incorrect. “You know, he was probably a little nervous”. When you do that, you give your team a great chance to win.
Brock Osweiler has been tabbed to start again for the Denver Broncos, meaning Peyton Manning will miss the opportunity to face Tom Brady one last time.
Latimer, a 6-foot-2, 215-pound wide receiver, caught a 10-yard TD pass from Brock Osweiler early in the fourth quarter.
The Bears certainly opened their defensive bag of tricks to try to rattle Osweiler, and he took his share of punishment on five sacks.
He drove the Broncos 74 yards in four plays for a touchdown on their first possession, finding a wide-open Demaryius Thomas for 48 yards and the score on his second pass. It was the longest completion of Osweiler’s four-year career, previously all spent as Manning’s backup. “So I feel really good about my decision”. “If anything I was more anxious [Saturday] night than anything. I was just excited and ready to play football”. “It was a good team, but we let it get away from us”.
Osweiler earned another turn as starter after his 250-yard, two-touchdown, zero-interception performance Sunday against the Bears. And it also enabled him to live up to the words he had spoken to his teammates Saturday.
Osweiler played sensationally in his first career start and Denver’s defense came up with a game-ending stop on a two-point conversion to seal a 17-15 victory over the Bears in Chicago.
Osweiler made it look easy, particularly at the start.
Remember the Gatorade commercial with Peyton Manning, Yao Ming and Derek Jeter in it. They all went to a kid named Jimmy’s house to get him so they can play their respective sports with him.
Rewind back to a year ago and we’ve seen this same narrative before.
“He did what he was supposed to do”.
While the blogosphere is already on its way to Crazytown with the quarterback controversy rumors, Brock Osweiler proved he has been paying attention the last four years and can lead this team.
As for Osweiler’s starting debut, Kubiak said, “it’s encouraging”.
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On the last drive of the half, the Broncos got a couple of big plays over the middle of the field to Owen Daniels, and they drove deep into the red zone.
