Denver’s defensive unit was on full display when they dominated the previously unbeaten Packers, with swarming lineman and linebackers harassing Rodgers.
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The Cincinnati Bengals and the Denver Broncos both maintained their winning starts to the National Football League season on Sunday. Peyton Manning looked great during the game minus the garbage time interception. He was rightfully sarcastic with reporters, per USA Today. “It was like the ref was coming after me for no reason”, Harris said. Two weeks ago, after the Broncos barely held on to win in Cleveland, Phillips said, “Had a few brownies yesterday”.
“Anyone that gets in our way, we’re going to run through them”.
Next up for the Broncos quarterback: His former team, the Colts, and Brett Favre’s records for career yards and victories.
It was an emotionally charged night that honored Broncos owner Pat Bowlen and his induction into the Ring of Fame which brought the return of the key players on the 1997 Super Bowl champion team as well as the return of the Broncos’ blue jerseys. They were on a hunt for Aaron Rodgers and found him.
On Sunday, Davis said that a trade sending him out of San Francisco was a possibility. The next 3 plays were all passes.
Brees became the eighth quarterback to throw for seven touchdowns in a single game in the scoring extravaganza – which ironically was decided by the 50-yard field goal as time expired by Saints kicker Kai Forbath.
Denver’s defence frustrated the Packers’ high-powered offence, limiting Rodgers to 77 yards on 14-of-22 passing. That ranked as his lowest total in a game he started and did not leave because of injury. Anderson looked completely healthy for the first time this season, displaying the one-cut burst that sparked his late-season heroics in 2014. That’s still quite an accomplishment, for the league’s stingiest defense.
Rodgers was sacked three times by the swarming Broncos defense and hurried all night. The Broncos rushed for 160 yards, including 101 by C.J. Along with the ferocious pass rush, the Packers were in red alert mode the entire game. This is alarming because when you get into the playoffs, you’re going to play nothing but good offenses and defenses. The defense is so good they seem to try to challenge themselves by consistently committing drive-extending penalties on third downs.
Mike McCarthy had a different way to describe the beat down.
However, the Denver Broncos absolutely shut down the big play, or even medium-capability, of arguably the best passer in football to be able to make any sort of a meaningful pass play in the Packers’ 29-10 loss to the Denver Broncos. Compare that to the Patriots who targeted their tight ends Rob Gronkowski and Scott Chandler 78 times in 7 games.
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Von Miller, DeMarcus Ware and Antonio Smith all had a sack of Rodgers. The Broncos mauled the Packers. Though Ronnie Hillman has moved into the top tailback spot, Anderson’s renewed effectiveness reinforced the Broncos’ two-back approach in the running game.
