The Denver Broncos will face the Pittsburgh Steelers next Sunday in the AFC Divisional round playoff game.
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“There were a lot of firsts, a lot of firsts for me this year”. If he’s suddenly healthy and plays like he did in 2013 or early in 2014, this is a team that can run the table. However, the same game proved to be a glorious day for the Denver Broncos.
Peyton Manning watched that game in street clothes.
And the normally reserved Manning made a somewhat startling revelation on the eve of the playoffs – the Broncos don’t play until next week – about what could lie ahead in his football future.
Later in the season, they did enough to notch wins over both the Patriots and Bengals, the two teams they competed with for the No. 1 seed and they wound up going 5-2 against eventual playoff teams overall. So, he’ll be under center for the Denver Broncos (12-4) in the playoffs. I’m excited for him to get going.
And that’s when the 2015 Broncos can author their own story and truly start to differentiate themselves from recent editions past. If the Broncos fall short and Manning does not win his second Super Bowl, he could opt to return for the 2017 season. From there, Cousins went on to light up the competition, throwing for 2,429 yards and 20 touchdowns against only three picks over the next nine games.
Stewart aggravated a hamstring strain in the Broncos’ final regular season game last week against San Diego. Outside of the NFC East, Washington squared off against only two other playoff-worthy opponents all year.
Steelers receiver Antonio Brown is in the concussion protocol after absorbing a hard hit to the head in Saturday’s 18-16 wild card victory over the Bengals.
Washington will host Green Bay to kick off wild-card weekend.
Instead of giving them a long weekend off, Kubiak gave his players a three-day furlough at the start of the week, then held three days of workouts that concluded Saturday. Expect the battle-tested Rodgers to keep the pressure on the Washington Redskins early and often, until this young team folds up and quits, before shopping around the mercurial Robert Griffin III to the highest bidder.
He said this week he believes his bad performance against Brown cost him first-team All-Pro status.
While he is a year older and went through a serious injury, Manning is actually well rested after only appearing in ten games. They raced to an 8-0 record to open the regular season, with a more aggressive Andy Dalton taking his shots downfield. Manning is 11-13 in the playoffs over his 18-year career. Roethlisberger was instrumental in leading the Steelers on the last drive as he returned from injury. Pittsburgh is the team that nobody wants to play.
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“Woulda, coulda, shoulda. Who knows?” said Osweiler, who threw for 1,967 yards this season with 10 TDs and six interceptions. Defensively, the Broncos yield 199.6 yards in passing and 83.6 yards in rushing.
