The NFL 2016 Indianapolis Colts vs Denver Broncos CBS game starts on Sun, Sep 18, 4:25 PM ET and can be watched online through live HD stream via NFL Sunday Ticket. The Colts offense looked in sync last week and has the ability to challenge the Broncos defense.
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What we heard, over and over again, from Jim Irsay, was in essence this: In the only game with the combination of Rob Chudzinski as offensive coordinator and Luck at quarterback last season, the Colts played their best game of the year and beat the Denver team that would go on to win the Super Bowl. “They are focused on that one goal of doing my job for 60 minutes and seeing where that takes us”. In case Andrew Luck truly does have Denver’s number, Broncos quarterback Trevor Siemian must answer. Siemian threw 26 times in the season-opening win over the Carolina Panthers in what was an efficient night in his first National Football League start.
The banged-up Indianapolis defense is also missing cornerbacks Vontae Davis (ankle) and Patrick Robinson (concussion). Green have all been ruled out for the Colts.
Likewise, the Broncos would like nothing more than to control tempo and game flow with their running game.
Luck played through the pain and led the Colts to a 27-24 win. He gets the chance to catch him on Sunday. Indianapolis lost its own season opener by a four point margin to the Detroit Lions. Hilton, Donte Moncrief and Phillip Dorsett, that creates the most significant matchup problems.
And the other Colts receivers.
And the Broncos defense, well, there simply isn’t a more dominating, intimidating bunch than the group headlined by Von Miller, DeMarcus Ware, Brandon Marshall, Aqib Talib and T.J. Ward. He got tangled up after missing a sack on Andrew Luck.
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The Broncos are 1-0 after beating Carolina 21-20 last week. That said, the Colts blew a 17-point lead in that game against an inept Manning, who couldn’t do anything with the ball until the second half. The defense actually gave up less touchdowns than the offense did (the defense allowed one touchdown to the Broncos; the offense allowed two touchdowns to the Broncos) and the defense held the Broncos when they needed to, which was about all they could have reasonably expected the unit to do. As coach Gary Kubiak put it: “He’s there all the time”. “You have to be able to win those games and play those different types of games”.
