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Broncos’ scenario: From No. 1 seed to missing playoffs

Delanie Walker caught two passes, both for touchdowns, for 64 yards for Tennessee.

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Moats figures it may have been a little bit of all three as the Broncos and Brock Osweiler carved up the Steelers for 27 points in the opening half to take a two-touchdown lead.


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PITTSBURGH (AP) – There was no explosion necessary, really. The Steelers could also benefit greatly from a Chiefs loss in one of their last two games. “We all just needed to focus on our job and I think that’s what we did in the second half”.


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The Steelers continued to substitute safety Robert Golden for Timmons in the second half on passing downs, but corner Brandon Boykin also saw increased playing time at the expense of Antwon Blake.

I stated last week how I gave the coaching staff the second most blame, which after further review and comments from fellow fans, I have to agree that the coaching should have been at the top of the list.

After allowing an offense that hadn’t scored a touchdown in 24 straight possessions to reach paydirt on four straight drives in the first half, the Steelers blanked the Broncos in the second half and racked up 21 unanswered points to become the first team to score 30 points on the NFL’s best defense. Not only does Kansas City own the tiebreaker over Denver in the AFC West, but the Steelers and Jets will get in over the Broncos if all three teams are competing for a wild-card spot at 11-5. Head coach Mike Tomlin said after the game that the fundamental adjustment was that the team “stopped kicking (their) own butt”. Just not this time.

The Steelers made an epic comeback look easy, even though Roethlisberger was sacked thrice and intercepted twice. The Broncos didn’t even get back in Pittsburgh territory in the second half until there was about three minutes left in the game.

For the second consecutive week, the Broncos blew a double-digit halftime lead and lost their second game in a row. He connected with Brown with 7:16 left in the third quarter and wide receiver Markus Wheaton with 12:34 remaining in the fourth period. Osweiler will have X-rays on Monday to determine if there’s any more damage.

OSWEILER HURTING: Osweiler completed 14 of 18 passes in the first half but was just 7 of 26 after the break.

Kubiak said Osweiler was “sore today… and all indications are that he’ll be OK”. “That is something we will work on and we will fix”.

Who gets to fix it, however, remains uncertain. The NFL’s all-time passing leader traveled with the team and signed dozens of autographs in the pregame, save for any of Pittsburgh’s yellow Terrible Towels, which Manning shunned when thrust his way. Shazier’s injury struggles have been a hot topic over the course of his two seasons, but that play gives you a glimpse of what Shazier can be; a dynamic playmaker who could make a significant impact down the stretch. He had 17 catches for 284 yards against Oakland last month.

In a way, the Broncos playoff season starts now.

Out of nowhere, the Carolina Panthers had turned a 35-7 lead over the New York Giants late in the third quarter into the kind of Sunday that could permanently destroy a serious contender, never mind put an end to an undefeated season. A couple of Denver linemen – all the way on the other side of the field – thought the play was dead. Sunday against the No. 1 defense in the NFL, Brown did something unprecedented in the modern era of the NFL. “All of them are not going to be pretty, but the good teams win the ugly games”. As long as the Steelers have Brown and a QB in Ben Roethlisberger throwing to him, they will continue to be unsafe.

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“He’s a great player, a great playmaker for us”, veteran linebacker Lawrence Timmons said. “There’s no stopping me”.

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