It wouldn’t be long before Brady and Manning met once again in the playoffs… “We never really got frustrated, and it served us well tonight and it served me well this season”. Now that Manning is playing the worst football of his career, it’s his defense that is the main reason why he has a chance to get back to the Super Bowl. Despite playing without three of their best players on their offense and their best playing gutting it out with a bad shoulder, they gave the Denver Broncos everything they could handle and more in the divisional playoff. With all of the injuries to the Steelers, the Broncos were expected to easily win the game, but instead had to make a late comeback to win.
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“We could care less how they go”, he said. We could have won that game. Anderson had 72 yards on 15 carries.
Manning is just 5-11 against Brady all time, but the two National Football League icons are tied, 2-2, in the postseason.
Manning was 21 of 37 for 222 yards.
In the earlier meeting between the two teams, the Broncos pulled out a 30-24 overtime win in the regular season, but Brock Osweiler quarterbacked Denver in that one.
Graham Gano, Panthers, kicked a 48-yard field goal and made four extra points in Carolina’s 31-24 win over Seattle. On paper it seemed as though the Broncos would take care of the Steelers easily because of the absence of Antonio Brown and the injured Ben Roethlisberger. “It’s emotional for everybody because everybody appreciates everybody else’s effort”.
Despite the disappointing end to the season, Tomlin did not appear to want to dwell on the fumble. A win in the AFC Championship game and then Super Bowl 50 would finally get him above the.
Toussaint, who scored his first career TD in the first half, took it hard and blamed himself.
Brandon McManus’ fourth field goal of the day inched them to a 13-12 deficit with 2:45 left in the third quarter. A large part of the poor performance was the dropped passes by the Bronco receivers. He kicked a 51-yarder through swirling winds as time expired in the second quarter, and Denver trailed 10-9 at halftime.
“At some point, you’ve just got to line up and play what you’re going to play”.
It was the second straight week that a Steelers player was accused of faking an injury. With most of the team’s best players under contract and only a few starters entering the free agent market, Roethlisberger said he’s already looking forward to next season.
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In the fourth quarter, he revived, completing 4 of 6 passes for 76 yards.
