On offense, we have to execute at a high level.
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The Denver Broncos were missing their big time vertical threat against the Chicago Bears last Sunday afternoon in Brock Osweiler’s debut, but they will have him back this week and he is chomping at the bit to get on the field. Broncos fans want to believe it. And because Denver is at home – where the place will be bonkers – it’s not a insane thought.
The Patriots (10-0) beat the Buffalo Bills 20-13 on Monday Night Football.
“This defense that we’re playing is the best defense in the NFL”, Brady said. Can they seize it? Osweiler’s ability to run coach Gary Kubiak’s trademark bootlegs and rollouts, the addition of bruising blocker Richard Gordon, and the increasingly bigger role played by the tight ends, have given the Broncos a more diversified offense than just two weeks ago. I know they get a lot of criticism and so forth, but that crew is a good crew.
At the end of the day, Osweiler will be tested and will need to answer a Patriots touchdown drive with one of his own. But no matter how screwed up the Browns are right now, I’m not picking the Matt Schaub-Javorius Allen-Kamar Aiken triplets on the road. “I’m going to put in the time and the effort to do it as quick as possible”. “It’s hard to run two-tight end (sets) all game when you only have two tight ends”. I haven’t seen that smile in a long long time. Maybe Brock Osweiler is the answer for what ails Vernon. New England has had a free pass through wild card weekend nine times since Brady took the reigns in 2001. But that’s not why I’m predicting the outcome that I’m predicting. “You can really see that on tape”.
But if you’re a backup quarterback, which is what Osweiler was and may soon be again, Brady is your knight in shining armor. The Broncos are the only team Tom Brady does not have a winning record against. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, five teams have clinched their division titles by their 11th game since the National Football League went to a 16-game schedule in 1978 – the 2009 Colts, 2007 Patriots, 2004 Eagles, 1997 49ers and 1985 Bears.
If a young or inexperienced quarterback wins against New England, he must manage the game, take few risks and rely on the defense. But while he said he feels fine and is experiencing no discomfort at all, a recent MRI on his neck had the Giants’ medical staff concerned enough to hold him out of practice on Wednesday and likely sit him against Washington on Sunday. “Nearly got them. Do we have a chance?” the ever-smiling auto salesman/football executive asks. The Great Belichick is starting preparations for the Broncos. He said he’s ready to go up against the Pats tough defense who are good at putting pressure on the quarterbacks.
“They’re sending my alma mater, Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., some Old Spice products for the guys, and Secret products for the girls”, Davis said. To bring them down, the Broncos must play close to a flawless game. The Broncos have the No. 1 defense in the NFL. He thought he was getting punked when told he’d been chosen AFC offensive player of the week. New England’s offense generated just 41 total points over the two games.
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You can say the Brady and Osweiler stories are entirely different, given that one of them was a sixth-round project and that the other came to the league with a better pedigree. Before the season started, this game looked like it would be yet another battle in the Tom Brady-Peyton Manning rivalry, but since then Manning has been essentially benched indefinitely for his lack of production, making QB Brock Osweiler the starter for Denver.
