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After the game, Wolfe said Sunday’s injury was similar but more painful. Sadly, that’s 40 yards more than they had on the ground last week in a loss to the Tennessee Titans.
From here on. The Patriots, 12-2, finish up at home against the Jets and on the road against the Dolphins.
If you were sitting around debating whether or not to fire up that free one-week trial of CBS All Access, the Patriots-Broncos game should put an end to the discussion.
Michael Floyd: Newly acquired wide receiver Michael Floyd is traveling with the team to Denver and may even see some time on the field.
“They played great”, Brady said of his O-line that allowed only two sacks and five QB hits.
It was just another division-clinching Sunday for Bill Belichick, whose Patriots won their 14th AFC East crown under his leadership with Tom Brady as quarterback.
Here’s an interesting stat – Tom Brady is just 2-7 lifetime against Denver.
According to reporters at the game in Denver, receivers Chris Hogan and Martellus Bennett, rookie guard Joe Thuney and defensive end Chris Long were among those in the Patriots postgame locker room elated to be sporting their new division title hats and t-shirts.
The Broncos are the more desperate team and are better equipped to slow down Tom Brady than perhaps any team in the National Football League right now.
There are plenty of holes on defense, but the presence of Khalil Mack means they have a player who can simply take over and dominate. In addition, the drops come at such crucial times. He’s a phenomenal quarterback. That will be tricky against a New England defense actually surrendering fewer points (17.7) per outing than the Denver D (18.6).
This year is not a repeat of last season, when the Broncos (8-6) rode the defense all the way to a Super Bowl win.
Denver’s offense is better than it was a year ago, and Trevor Siemian could play well against a New England defense that can be vulnerable against the pass.
Miller channeled his inner Aaron Rodgers, imploring restless Broncos fans to relax.
After recovering the lost ball, Brady then handed off to Blount, who scored his 15th rushing touchdown of the season – a franchise record.
Moving the chains, putting up points – Over their last two games, the Broncos have managed a measly 23 offensive points, and keeping drives alive on third down – the aptly described money down – has been a major issue with the team converting only 4-of-24 opportunities. Miller must resist. They need him to rush the passer and create a turnover.
But if the Broncos lose this game, they would fall to 8-6 and don’t play again until Christmas night at Kansas City.
“Frustrating, no doubt, especially early”, Siemian said. Get them the ball. “When a guy’s like that, you want to keep pushing him”. I thought it was pretty good complimentary football. Mental errors, those get me frustrated. “We’ve been in some tough games and come out on top and we’ve been on the bottom of some tough games. He’s done a great job for us”.
Despite the promising start, these Broncos didn’t have the offensive firepower to take advantage of their defensive prowess. The defense stifled the Broncos’ last sign of life with Flowers’ second-down sack and Devin McCourty’s hard shot to Thomas’ back to dislodge a fourth-down pass.
MISSING MARSHALL: With Brandon Marshall (hamstring) missing his second straight game, inside linebackers Corey Nelson and Todd Davis each collected 13 tackles.
“Sad to say, we went out and competed as a group (Sunday) but I don’t think the whole squad was ready to go”.
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Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
