The offense, under the direction of Rob Chudzinski and a more decisive Luck, was aggressive, productive and, most important, error-free against a Denver defense compared with the 2000 Baltimore Ravens.
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The combination led to a perfectly miserable finish.
Peyton Manning: The Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning entered Sunday’s game against the Indianapolis Colts needing 284 yards to pass Brett Favre’s career total of 71,838 and one more win to break his tie at 186 with Favre for all-time wins. “Everybody did a great job blocking out all the situations we had going this week”. You took a lot of chances down the field throughout the game, what did you see from them that helped you do that? .
“Hearing all the B.S. about we can’t do this, we can’t do that, and today, we stood up to a top team in the National Football League”, said Gore to Tom Pelissero of USA Today Sports.
Both will have to wait until next week, when the Broncos (7-1) host Kansas City.
Indianapolis led 17-0 in the second quarter, but Denver rallied to tie the game 17-17 in the third quarter and 24-24 in the middle of the fourth quarter. “The defense and special teams were great complementary pieces today”.
“We just didn’t play well enough”. So we fix those things, the sky is the limit for this team.
The Pro Bowler received the one-match ban for an incident late in Sunday’s loss to Indianapolis, when he poked Colts tight end Dwayne Allen in the eye with two fingers, an act that was penalized for unnecessary roughness and may have cost the Broncos the game.
And, most important, they looked much better on offense and defense.
“Finally, we didn’t shoot ourselves in the foot”, said Luck, who struggled with turnovers and sacks during the first eight games of the season. Obviously a good play by him, and had to throw it probably a little earlier than I wanted to.
-They started fast and finished strong.
Brady threw two touchdown passes while running back LeGarrette Blount ran for 129 yards and a touchdown as the reigning Super Bowl champions took command of the contest early on to leave the Redskins at 3-5 for the year.
That’s exactly what Indianapolis needed, and precisely what coach Chuck Pagano had spent weeks preaching. When you don’t play as well as you would like on the road it’s hard to win against good football teams.
Rodgers threw for 369 yards and four TDs, but couldn’t take advantage of one of Newton’s few mistakes: an interception with 3:38 left in the game that gave the Packers the ball at the Carolina 22. On Sunday: 21/36, 281 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT 78.6 rating (which is about average for Peyton this year) in a 27-24 defeat.
In the somewhat-charmed life the Denver Broncos have led this season, the script was in place.
The Broncos found themselves trailing 17-0, in the first half, but with 15 seconds left in the second quarter, safety Omar Bolden ignited the Broncos by returning Pat McAfee’s punt 83 yards up the right sideline for a touchdown.
In the final quarter, a touchdown from Manning to tight end Owen Daniels and a field goal from the Colts put Indianapolis up, 27-24. “I went over there and tried to poke his head”.
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“I sat with Aqib on the plane coming home last night, had a long talk with him”, coach Gary Kubiak said Monday. “Just weren’t able to close the deal after battling our way back”.
