Coming into their Monday Night Football game against the Bengals, the Broncos were facing a reality where they could fall all the way to the sixth seed, or miss the postseason entirely, with a series of calamitous outcomes.
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Losers of two straight and on the brink of an epic collapse, Denver turned it around in the second-to-last regular season game.
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“The second half is going to be different this week”, the Broncos tight end said.
This time around, the offense was stuck in neutral in the first half instead.
The Broncos’ defense allowed just 294 total yards and held the Bengals to a field goal after Cincinnati built a 14-0 lead.
McCarron completed five passes for 47 yards on the Bengals’ opening possession, including a five-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver A.J. Green, who outjumped cornerback Aqib Talib to make the catch in the corner of the end zone.
And then, after the half, Denver got things together on both sides of the ball. The Bengals are this decade’s version of Susan Lucci, except no one really likes watching or rooting for them.
Denver Broncos running back C.J. Anderson (22) on his way to a 39 yard touchdown run against the Cincinnati Bengals during the fourth quarter December 28, 2015 at Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium. Anderson touchdown run with 11:17 left in regulation. “We have a lot of guys banged up, so we could have really used that bye”. “We’ve started fast and finished slow, and we thought we’d do the opposite this week. But we’ll leave that out there on the field”.
I’m not blaming Cincinnati or McCarron for the Chiefs issues. He threw for 4,265 yards with a completion percentage of 64.1-percent with 19 touchdowns vs 20 interceptions.
But when Mike Nugent banged out a 52-yard field goal with 6:51 left in regulation, that tied the score at 17, and McManus’s terrible shank miss from 45 yards out with four seconds left in regulation sent the game into overtime. That is problematic for the Bengals after a 20-17 overtime loss to the Broncos on Monday night left them needing a win and some help if they are to get a first round bye and avoid Wild Card game. He burst through the line and Bengals defensive end Michael Johnson crashed into his left shoulder, dislodging the ball. “We had been through a tough patch here, and we just needed it emotionally”. And the Broncos recovered an AJ McCarron fumble on the Bengals’ second offensive play of overtime to seal the victory. “I am proud of this team”. But if they win and the Patriots lose, they’ll wind up as the No. 1 seed.
Cincinnati blew a chance to earn a bye in the playoffs. He said he wasn’t sure how bad it’s hurt, but “I’ll get it checked out tomorrow and we’ll see”.
The Broncos got the ball first in overtime.
Denver stood in the middle ring, took a shot to the chin, and Osweiler responded with just enough haymakers.
“It means everything”, he said. They’re ready to go to work next week.
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Forget Tom Brady for a moment, and here are the current starting quarterbacks among the AFC teams qualified for the playoffs as of now: Alex Smith, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Osweiler, McCarron and Brandon Weeden.
