Much of the Broncos forward offensive march was a product of running backs C.J. Anderson and Devontae Booker pinballing their way downfield. Oakland’s supposedly vaunted pass rush was again invisible, and unlike last week, Del Rio failed to push all the right buttons. “It’s all of us working together; I couldn’t have done it without them”. “Now with the added reps on top of what I’ve been getting, I think I’m ready”.
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Denver visits the Cincinnati Bengals at noon CDT Sunday.
Ware had split a sack with Von Miller earlier in the game, thrusting him into sole possession of ninth place in National Football League history with 136.5 career sacks.
Week 1 the Broncos patchwork offensive line came up against a scary defensive line with the likes of Charles Johnson and Kony Ealy and only allowed one sack on debutant quarterback Trevor Siemian. He finished with three sacks Sunday, including the game-sealing strip sack of Colts quarterback Andrew Luck that led to a touchdown after fellow linebacker Shane Ray scooped up the loose ball and took it home for six points. The Colts defensive starters in 2002 included only two players who would be significant to Manning’s peak years: Freeney and Morris.
Denver has jumped out to a division-leading, 2-0 start, but will have to play roughly a month without one of its best defensive threats. The key is having D-Ware in the end. “It’s finding the right call for them, making the right play and converting short yardage”. Dekoda (Watson), he played great in the preseason. Because we’ve seen it so many times before. “We want D-Ware in the playoffs, coming 100 miles per hour off the edge and rolling at the end of the season”. Ray scored the touchdown that sealed Denver’ 34-20 win over Indianapolis on Sunday with a 15-yard fumble return in the final two minutes.
To some extent, Luck will nearly always get his over the course of any game, but the Broncos tightened up at the right times and put up their best performance against any Indy team in years.
“It’s not bad at all”, Stephenson said, noting a similar injury in training camp only sidelined him a week. “You can have 400 yards but the turnovers come back to haunt you”.
Earlier this year, Luck and coach Chuck Pagano said there was a plan to help Luck stay healthy this season, and that it could lead to Luck appearing on injury reports periodically.
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When Donaldson went out, the Broncos slid Michael Schofield from right guard to right tackle and inserted Darrion Weems into the lineup.
