Osweiler had a 127.1 rating in the game, completing 20 of 27 passes for 250 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. He wouldn’t go into specifics, although he did admit that he stressed the importance of having “a mentality that I wanted us to play with today”. “Today is 100 percent about this team and coaching staff. We played great defense, we didn’t turn the ball over, and we ran the heck out of the football”. Rawls has three starts this season and is second on the team with 395 yards rushing. He also kept his poise despite being sacked five times by an aggressive defense.
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Osweiler’s mother and father were in the crowd at Soldier Field and he said: “My parents are the two most supportive parents in the world, my brother was here as well, my wife was here – it’s a very special family day”.
Demaryius Thomas gave the Broncos a 7-0 lead in the first quarter, following a 48-yard touchdown pass.
Tony Romo returned from injury to lead the Dallas Cowboys over the Miami Dolphins, 24-14, throwing touchdowns to Terrance Williams and Dez Bryant and at one stage completing a pass left-handed.
Osweiler called his opportunity to speak to his teammates “a special moment”, and called his first start “a great team win”. The Broncos defense revived itself to hold Jay Cutler without a touchdown pass and did enough to get Osweiler his first career win. However, Langford would be stopped on a two-point conversion run that would have tied the game, sealing the victory for the Broncos.
12-time NFL Pro-Bowler and former Denver Bronco Champ Bailey talked about how the quarterback play of Brock Osweiler could affect Peyton Manning’s future.
With 10:10 remaining in the game and the Bears trailing 17-9, coach John Fox felt this was the time to roll the dice. With 10:10 left in the 4th quarter and the Bears down 17-9, the offense got the ball down to the Broncos’ goal line.
“We didn’t know which way they were running it, booting it. We just didn’t make them one dimensional, and that’s what hurt us the most”. “We hadn’t scored touchdowns. We had a few really big drives out of the hole that maybe weren’t points for us, but really changes the field position of the game”. In his 300th game, he came through with his 26th winning kick in either the final minute of regulation or overtime.
As it turned out, of course, the Bears had two more opportunities.
The Bears reached the Denver 33 on their next possession before Von Miller sacked Cutler, forcing a fumble that defensive end Malik Jackson caught in the air.
The Bears put together a 6-play, 65-yard drive that ended in a Jeremy Langford touchdown, but the 2-point conversion failed.
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“We’ve got to do better”, said Cutler. “You look back at those games and think what you could have done differently”. Ronnie Hillman had 21 runs for 102 yards as he and C.J Anderson both broke off game-high runs of 15 yards. If the run game continues to work and he gets time – and if Emmanuel Sanders can get back in the saddle – the Broncos should be able to be competitive against the Patriots next week. The Broncos missed linebacker DeMarcus Ware (back), out for the second consecutive game.
