“They’re one of the best teams in the AFC”, Broncos linebacker Von Miller said.
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Apparently, the oddsmakers aren’t impressed with Manning’s 2-0 home record against Brady in AFC championship games.
But this is the way it should be: Tom Brady and Peyton Manning squaring off in what could be the final game of Manning’s career.
BUTTERFINGER BRONCOS: Denver’s biggest bugaboo this season has been dropped passes, and that trend continued, with Demaryius Thomas, C.J. Anderson and Ronnie Hillman all letting passes bounce off their hands. Although Denver managed just 324 yards of offense and went an atrocious 3-15 on third down in the game, their 13-play, almost seven-minute go-ahead drive was yet another exhibition of the team’s focus in the face of pressure.
“I think it’s fantastic that we got to where we were”, one woman said.
“I can assure you he’s fine”, Kubiak said.
“I could have protected the ball a little bit more”, said Toussaint, who scored his first career TD in the first half.
The Steelers led for much of the game, but the Broncos took the lead after recovering a Fitzgerald Toussaint fumble in the fourth quarter. The 34 wins is tied for the most in postseason history, but the 23 losses is not far behind the most in that category either. It was the first time it really felt like, wow, this is a big deal.
It’s the 17th time the two quarterbacks will square off, with Brady owning an 11-5 edge of Manning and his Colts/Broncos. They’re playing with some injuries and you knew you were going to get a great effort by them. We still had 160 yards of ball movement, but there was 100 yards of plays out there that we left.
And Manning was forced to go on the defensive in December, vehemently denying a claim in an Al Jazeera documentary alleging that he was among a number of professional athletes who may have been provided human growth hormone, or HGH, by an in doctor.
Manning was 21 of 37 for 222 yards.
Talib is with the Broncos now and a big reason for the success of the defense.
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The 68-year-old coach was taken out by Bryant after the Steelers receiver got pushed out of bounds on the Denver sideline. I tell you what, I don’t know if you guys could tell, it was quite windy down there … Let’s make that clear… but you have to be a good team to win these playoff games. “But Wade [lays it out] all the time and makes us stand up, and we do it. The difference between this year and past years is [Wade]”.
