The Broncos have ruled Manning out for the next two games as the aging quarterback deals with a partially torn plantar fascia in his left foot.
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Osweiler is the kind of quarterback the Patriots typically handle easily.
Nothing will come easy in this game for the Patriots offense.
DeMarcus Ware’s lower back injury will keep him out of Sunday night’s showdown with the Denver Broncos.
At the end of the day, Osweiler will be tested and will need to answer a Patriots touchdown drive with one of his own. “That has nothing to do with what’s going to take place this Sunday, but you’re right, I have played one play against the Patriots”. The Patriots get a boost in the second quarter of away games, where they average nine points this year. The Patriots offense has scored at least 20 points in every game despite several key injuries and the Broncos defense has been absolutely suffocating with just 284 yards per game allowed and 18.3 points per game given up. With Marshawn Lynch out last weekend, Rawls rushed for 209 yards against the San Francisco 49ers, the second-best game in franchise history. This Sunday, it’s going to be more about the defense. Danny Amendola-being counted upon to fill in for the already injured Julian Edelman-tweaked his knee and missed much of the second half last week.
“I mean, Denver’s got a very solid defence, their front line all the way to their secondary”, said Rob Gronkowski, Brady’s favourite target.
Added safety T.J. Ward: “I don’t think anything works week-to-week”.
Same goes for the Patriots. Having Tom Brady at quarterback is a clear advantage, but against the best pass defense in the league and a depleted receiving group, all focus will be on LaGarrette Blount to have a big game. Where the Bills did a great job of disguising their intentions before the snap, and thus had heat on Brady all night, Belichick isn’t anticipating many tricks from the Broncos. The combo of Cannon-Shaq Mason-Bryan Stork- Josh Kline-Vollmer got the most run, and will likely be the line that is tasked with stopping a Denver pass rush that has accumulated 34 sacks this season. He’s had some tough couple years, yeah, but like I tell everyone: Colin is such a strong-minded individual that I genuinely believe in my heart that he’s going to come back and he’s going to play better, he’s going to be a better person – everything is just going (to be) good.
Brady was equally impressed by Denver’s pass rushers, led by Von Miller, and coverage men paced by Aqib Talib and Chris Harris Jr.
The Patriots face a challenge at Denver, even with Manning sidelined. The bootleg did in fact start freezing the defense and make them play honest.
The former Minnesota first-rounder will serve as the third QB behind starter Brock Osweiler and Trevor Siemian. One thing he didn’t do was turn over the football, which Peyton was doing at an alarming pace until he went down with that pesky “foot injury”.
Osweiler was aided by a running game that churned out 170 yards, 102 from Ronnie Hillman.
Even if Manning were healthy for this game, I’m not sure he’s at a point in his career where he could go head-to-head against Brady.
Broncos’ No. 2 receiver Emmanuel Sanders will return to help quarterback Brock Osweiler in the passing game.
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Osweiler proved capable in his first career start, throwing two touchdowns and engineering the offense’s first turnover-free performance of the season in last week’s 17-15 win at Chicago.
