After the Bengals took the lead, Roethlisberger and the Steelers had one more scoring chance with four seconds left but his pass went out of the end zone to finish it. Sure they don’t give up points, they bend don’t break.
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Aaron Rodgers and the Packers didn’t show up in the most hyped game of the season. When the Patriots visit Denver on Sunday night, November 29, there’s no doubt the Broncos will get in Brady’s grill. He’s posted a 105.2 passer rating by completing 59.6 percent of his attempts for 363 yards and three touchdowns in the fourth quarter, and Newton’s rating jumps even higher to 117.2 when the score’s within a touchdown in the final stanza. The Green Bay Packers marched into Sports Authority Stadium looking for a win.
Denver’s defence frustrated the Packers’ high-powered offence, limiting Rodgers to 77 yards on 14-of-22 passing.
After plodding along for much of the season and having a stout defense carry the team, the Denver Broncos offense found its footing and roared to life. The depleted secondary has been at the center of a couple of tough outings in a row that has seen the opposition throw for more than 800 yards. Which is extra hard against a defense that doesn’t miss tackles, doesn’t allow the deep pass down the field and a defensive line that would have sacked Rodgers an additional two or three times if he didn’t have the mobility he does. The Broncos’ defensive coordinator took a jab – an innocuous but well-played one – at Packers fans by tweeting, “Chicken Parm tastes so good-I like it especially with Cheese” Monday morning, a reference to Peyton Manning’s Nationwide commercials. Along with the ferocious pass rush, the Packers were in red alert mode the entire game. Not to say that the AFC is superior to the NFC, but they are the only conference with any undefeated teams remaining. “We didn’t execute in the pass game and we didn’t convert on third down and that’s why we got beat”. Anthony Smith scored one sack bull rushing right up the gut and Miller and Ware each got one from the outside. For with this victory, this 186th of his career, Manning moved into a tie for the No. 1 spot on the all-time wins list for starting quarterbacks in National Football League history. Brady is the best when all is said and done.
Thomas lit up the Packers for 168 yards on eight receptions.
“That’s a humbling loss”, coach Mike McCarthy said via PackersNews.com. “With his play and my play, we’re becoming more in sync with the offensive line and that’s a good feeling”.
-CBs Sam Shields and Quinten Rollins both were knocked out of the game in the first half with shoulder injuries. CJ Anderson ran the ball 14 times for 101 yards including a 28 yard touchdown.
Matthews did return, but the damage was done.
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Entering this game, Green Bay’s defense had only allowed 16.8 points per game – tops in the league. However, a second straight big passing game by an opposing quarterback – and often on crossing routes – is a bad trend which needs to be cleaned up. The Broncos got a touchdown from Ronnie Hillman roughly 11 minutes into the game. “(Manning) had a few turnovers in the previous games but he was still Manning. He commanded their offense tonight. “They were coming off a bye just like we were and they were prepared”.
