With Manning’s sore right foot preventing him from stepping into his passes properly and getting zip on his throws, Kubiak finally turned to Osweiler with Denver down 22-0.
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Ex-Ute cornerback Sean Smith produced one of the Chiefs’ four interceptions of Manning and tipped a Brock Osweiler pass that teammate Eric Berry intercepted, after Manning was benched due to a few combination of injuries and ineffectiveness. “We’ve got our own goals”, he said.
X-rays on Bradford’s shoulder were negative, but he was also diagnosed with a concussion and sat out the rest of the game and was replaced by Mark Sanchez. “If you look back on it now, I have a hard time saying that’s why I played badly. By doing that, Peyton was pulled”.
Cairo Santos hit five of six field goal attempts and quarterback Alex Smith found West in the fourth quarter for an 80-yard touchdown pass that put KC up 29-0 in front of a morbidly silent Denver crowd.
The challenge led to an overturn and the fourth of five interceptions by the Chiefs in their 29-13 victory over the Broncos on Sunday.
But if there’s one thing we all need to keep in mind, it’s that the team is still 7-2. After the game, Kubiak said that perhaps he shouldn’t have played Manning after the QB missed the entire week of practice, which might qualify as one of the bigger “No duh!” statements ever by a coach.
Newton ran for a touchdown and passed for another score as the Panthers (9-0) extended their league-best winning streak to 13 games.
The 39-year-old Manning was so bad – 5 for 20, 35 yards, zero touchdowns, and one underthrow after another – that he managed to get benched on the same day that he broke Brett Favre’s career record for passing yards. “Whether it was because of my injuries or poor decision-making, I tend to lean on the poor decision-making and a few bad throws”. “I gave him mad respect”. It had to help that Manning was playing with injuries to his ribs and foot, but this was the same player who had won 14 of his 15 previous starts against the Chiefs, with the Colts and Broncos.
Other Manning accomplishments include most seasons with at least 4,000 passing yards, five MVP awards and 14 Pro Bowl appearances.
But today’s Manning isn’t the same player he was just two years ago.
On what seemed as if it would be a celebratory day for Manning, the Broncos, the league, Canton, Ohio, and Denver fathers and sons, only the Kansas City Chiefs were in a festive mood. But Ronnie Hillman saved that embarrassment with a 1-yard TD.
“We weren’t thinking about it”, Johnson said of the shutout.
We all know what happened here. So if a team is considering giving Payton total control, they might want to think about it. He’s a great coach, who should stick to coaching and not focus on personnel moves. If not for a breakdown in Week 2 at Arrowhead, Kansas City could be 2-0 against Denver. Charcandrick West capped the drive with a four-yard run for a touchdown, ending the Broncos defense’s season-long streak of not allowing an opponent any points on their first possession.
This time, it wasn’t even close.
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I say it every week, but why is Rob Ryan still the coordinator of the Saints defense?
