8:52 P.M. MDT: The 77,160 tickets distributed tonight are a Broncos record. The in-house attendance was 76,645.
8:52 P.M. MDT: Packers nearing midfield; they now sit at their 49 … Second-and-6 … Crowd trying to get noisy again … A slew of flags fly as the Packers take a delay-of-game penalty.
8:54 P.M. MDT: Swing pass picks up eight … third-and-3 at the Denver 48 … empty backfield … Favre loses the football out of his hand … He recovers it, but the Pack will have to punt as they face fourth-and-9 from their 46.
8:55 P.M. MDT: Touchback on the punt; Broncos at their 20 to begin this drive with 12:37 left.
8:58 P.M. MDT: Vince Vaughn in the house. “What a great stadium this is,” he said. I should have worn my Speaker City T-shirt.
8:59 P.M. MDT: First Brandon Stokley plays pass defense to prevent an interception, then he slides for a 16-yard reception to move the Broncos to their 48.
9:00 P.M. MDT: Penalties shredding the Broncos tonight … this one, a holding penalty on Brandon Marshall, scuttles a potential game-breaking run by Selvin Young … not sure about the call, but it stands. Andre Hall runs three yards for a first down on the next play (the downfield holding put the Broncos in first-and-2) and Denver now sits at the Green Bay 42.
9:02 P.M. MDT: Well, that was the wackiest three-yard loss I’ve ever seen … if NFL Films still made the “Football Follies,” that Brandon Marshall aborted-throw-run-cutback-fadeback-run would have earned an instant place. Tremendous effort by Marshall to salvage a two-yard loss out of a play that could have set the Broncos back 10 or even 12 yards.
9:05 P.M. MDT: Matt Lepsis called for a false start.
9:07 P.M. MDT: Broncos punting on fourth-and-6 … Teams have combined for 21 penalties tonight … Todd Sauerbrun places it perfectly; it bounces at the 5 and is downed at the 3 by Curome Cox. 8:15 remains in the game.
9:10 P.M. MDT: And just like that, the Packers are out of the goalpost’s shadow; an 18-yard pass to Greg Jennings moves the Pack to its 21.
9:12 P.M. MDT: Third-and-9 for the Packers coming up here at the Green Bay 22 … Biggest defensive play of the game? We’ll see … Favre in the shotgun … and he finds Donald Driver for 17 yards … Favre has this habit of being like Mola Ram, the antagonist in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom — he rips your heart out of your chest and then holds it up and shows it to you before you die.
9:17 P.M. MDT: Denver’s defense finally gets the stop, but with a field goal required, it’ll be a tall order; Glenn Martinez fielded the Jon Ryan punt at the Denver 7-yard-line. The Broncos have two timeouts and 2:27 with which to work.
9:19 P.M. MDT: First-and-10 … Cutler lobs one for Scheffler … incomplete, but Atari Bigby takes the pass-interference penalty. That’s 17 yards. 2:21 left.
9:20 P.M. MDT: Selvin Young goes nowhere. Second-and-10 coming up after the two-minute warning.
9:22 P.M. MDT: Cutler short for Martinez … incomplete. Third-and-10 looms.
9:23 P.M. MDT: Fourth-and-2 now arrives after an 8-yard-pass to Brandon Stokley. Denver calls timeout with 1:37 left.
9:25 P.M. MDT: Here’s the ballgame … Cutler and the Broncos break the huddle … he is in the shotgun … Stokley in motion … high snap … he gets it … finds Stokley near the left sideline for the first down and seven yards, and he gets out of bounds. Broncos can reset at their 39 with 1:32 left.
9:26 P.M. MDT: Shotgun … Cutler witth the pocket collapsing … overthrows Stokley, who wants interference but won’t get it.
9:27 P.M. MDT: Cutler finds Brandon Marshall … and like the Seattle game last year, he bounces off defenders and goes for a ride up the rigth sideline … defensive holding on Charles Woodson is irrelevant, and the Broncos are in field-goal range with 1:16 left.
9:28 P.M. MDT: Cutler and the Broncos at the Packers 26 … shotgun … he gets it to Marshall again, who dances his way down to the Green Bay 14.
9:28 P.M. MDT: Clock ticking … down to 44 seconds … Cutler marshals the team … under center … snap at 37 seconds … hand it to Selvin Young who dances through Green Bay’s defense for an absolutely improbable 9-yard run, turning a 3-yard loss into a gain that now has the Broncos at the Green Bay 5. Twenty-five seconds left. Denver takes its final timeout.
9:30 P.M. MDT: Too much going on to adequately process right now … but the Marshall catch-and-run and Young’s little run … well … let me just say this: WOW.
9:31 P.M. MDT: Cutler looks for Marshall in the left corner, incomplete. It’s the kind of pass you have to call, because while you want a touchdown, you can’t risk a turnover here.
9:32 P.M. MDT: Oh boy … rushing the field goal team on the field after a run … tied … Elam drills the kick. Overtime in Denver. Can’t take many more of these games.
9:33 P.M. MDT: Coin toss … Packers call heads … and they win it.
9:35 P.M. MDT: A low line-drive kickoff … very returnable, but Andre Hall blows the return up at the Packers 18. Crowd going bananas.
9:36 P.M. MDT: Favre to Jennings past Dre’ Bly up the left sideline … 82 yards, ballgame.
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Don’t anyone say “12th Man” or Bates will send his penalty unit onto the field again.
Thank you! Elvis!
We have to gt a TO if we are going to win this game. We really dont have any big plays tonight. We are due.
there was NO HOLDING there!!!!
What??
are the zebras getting paid by the flag tonight?
That holding call cost us big time!
DAMN REF!! WOW, that’s 2 weeks in a row that they’ve made bogus calls against us!
The Refs cost us that drive. They are to flag happy tonight. That was a BS call. There should be instant replay for stupid calls made by refs. That was the difference between tying the game or taking the lead. What a bunch of BS. Oh excu
Bad Refs!
The Refs cost us that drive. They are to flag happy tonight. That was a BS call. There should be instant replay for stupid calls made by refs. That was the difference between tying the game or taking the lead. What a bunch of BS. Oh excuse me, it’s Brett Favre night.
Broncos really need to score!
ANOTHER 3rd down and long, easily converted
We need a turnover here
We can’t let them score right now.
Please scoooooooooore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
here’s where the offense earns their money.
can Cutler do it again?
This last drive needs to be productive.
I call it. Cutler will deliver.
I’m feeling like having a baby right now
who is calling the plays? moe or curly?
someone PLEASE explain to the coaching staff, the purpose of the first down marker!
BRANDON MARSHALL!!
I just figured it out! Jason Elam is calling the plays. Way to GOOOOOO!!!
BS WHY CALL THAT PLAY?? THEY SHOULD HAVE PLAY ACTION PASSED
Wow..
that was entirely demoralizing
and the defense flushes all that hard work by the young guys straight down the toilet… favreee says thanks, “Santa!”
So much for bly and bailey hu..? We had the game and we didn’t want it, the packers just wanted it more.
Broncos D is horrible!!!!!!!
Season over, officially now, I said they needed those last two wins to come back, they only got one, good try, I’m satisfied calling this a rebuilding season, lets get them rookies experience. Here’s to next year! Last post for this year as I’m openly saying their season is over now, take care everyone, too bad the season had to go the way its been, see you all back near draft time.
If Shanahan showed as much confidence in Cutler as he does Elam Broncos could have won the game in regulation. Can’t believe with 29+ second left and 2nd down had Cutler rush up the middle for no gain. What a joke a college play at best. Shanahan this is the NFL. We’ve reached another low in Broncos football history.
All on Shanahan. The QB sneak was the worst playcall ever.
BAR NONE.
WORST PLAYCALL EVER.
QB Sneak for a 1st down with 24 secs and no timeouts?
Unbelievable.
Was the fix in, because that is how stupid that playcall was. It was so stupid, I am questioning the sanity of Shanahan, and why I love this team so much, to watch them make IDIOTIC playcalls and cost the PLAYERS the chance to win the game.
Let Cutler throw for the win, if not , we kick the FG no problem.
This is so humiliating.
Why did we change everything again? Last week we had a really good pass rush, this week Favre could smoke a cigar before every throw. And why all the soft zone coverage? Our CB-s were 10 yards from the WR-s all the time!
I feel really sorry for the offense, because they had a good game again, but due to the awful defensive playcalling, we can go home and cry ourselves to sleep again!!!
Coming out of the timeout, they call a QB sneak hoping what, we get the first down, spike it, and maybe get one more shot at winning the game.
That was our shot to win it, throw it right there on 3nd down.
Just pathetic play calling.
It was the worst playcall I have ever.
And this season the playcalling inside the 10 has been EMBARRASSING.
I am EMBARRASSED by our coaching staff.
You know you have to question the integrity of the Ref’s tonight. All year last year Winters crew didnt call one flag on the Broncos. Then all of a sudden when the Broncos start getting downfield these phantom holds start getting called. My favorite was the one on Brandon Marshall where he supposively held Al Harris. Selvin Young set us up nicely inside the five then 10 seconds later a flag. Tonights officiating was a joke and so was our deffense. I say we start Foxworth who last week was awesome instead of one of our lazy overly hyped up deffensive backs!!! The Packers didnt deserve it! I hope Roger Goodell takes a look at this officiating. You watch the Pats games and you see a lot worse holds not get hold. LET THEM PLAY DAMN!!! Then you start questioning LYNCH and his age and if he stillis the same LYNCH as he was in TAMPA. I will tell you a quick fix-GET RID OF BATES. Most deffensive coordinators can fix an issue. We totally got away from what worked last week. WHY BENCH MOSS? Simeon Rice is to old an to lazy. Last week we didnt need him. Also I remember him saying he doesnt want to be here. What the &*%#?!!! Someone get BATES out of Denver the man is clueless. He doesnt know how to deal with adversity!!!!! I hate BATES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for taking a good franchise buddy and flushing it down the toilet.
Well this is probably the most disappointing loss that I can remember in a long time. Good buy on a corner who talks big but when it counts cant produce!!! Thanks Dre! and a sneak WTF! throw the ball! How did u get down field u threw it! Please sno so I dont have to watch this, at least i’ll be enjoying myself!! SEASON OVER!
We gotta admit it guys, with all the talk about favre during the whole game, he really backed it up with his play during the night. That right there fellas, is one of the few legends to have ever played this game.. It’s a hard bill to swallow on this one; however, you know, deep down inside I’m actually really rooting for this guy to go all the way to the superbowl and get a send off the way Elway did. Keep your chins up fellow broncos, this one wasn’t really ours to win anyways; and with that, our division is one of the weaker ones; we’ll get back in there, even the raiders are still in there. Even though we lost, I’m still fairly satisfied with the way our OFFENSE played; our defense, well that’s a different story… The decision to bench Moss really haunted us in there tonight hu? You put old guys against old guys and the older guys with more talent (that being favre) is going to win… Good game though nonetheless…
How can you be inside the 5 with 30 seconds to play and not score a touchdown? Whats worse how can someone like Dre Bly get beat so badly for a one play overtime? The Broncos have a lot of things to think about. I mean whats the deal they had the game won and blew it in every way possible.
Fire Bly… that guy has been beat more times than the Montreal Expos.
NFL Network is analyzing Cutler, talking about how well he played.
Why is Cutler the QB if Shanny and the coaches won’t let him win the game in the redzone?
If we are going to put the game in his hand, THEN COMMIT TO HIM!!!!
100%
Don’t take the ball out of his hands with the game on the line.
A QB sneak…
HELLO, Jay Cutler is not John Riggins!!!
Last year I begged for Cutler to play.
This year I’m begging again for Shanahan to “Let Cutler Play”
This may be drastic but does anyone know where Bates lives? I will take care of the Broncos deffensive woes and take this guy out. Just Kidding. HAHAHA But someone needs to make this man feel un welcome and get him the hellout of Denver!!!
PS The refs were absolute crap! A couple of diffferent big plays were called back for nothing. Why are 50 and 60 year old men relied upon to make calls they can’t even see. I mean why can’wet get some athletes on the feild to make calls.
Chill out guys, funny how one week we were saying Bly is the man and then this week he goes up against a legend and we’re saying he’s lazy. Favre just beat us, period.. That along with some questionable coaching call; really, this game should’ve been over in the 2nd quarter, but we just didn’t want it. It’s ok, all a learning process, we’re still a good team and we WILL get back in there.
The defense was just terrible in this game. What was going on with all those issues changing personel? This is the pros, right? The only good thing to take away from this game is the confidence that has started to grow with Jay Cutler. Now, I believe we have a chance in any game with him working the final drives. Had we won that coin toss, it would have been our game.
Please Favre is not all that great despite him popping pain kills the man does horrible under pressure why do you think he broke the most interceptions in a career record? Kooblis you sound clueless get off the bandwagon and start being a real fan. You know aswell as I do that a lot of bad calls were made you subtract those bad call and we could have won by 10 easy.
PLEASE CHANGE, SHANAHAN, BATES AND CUTLER.PLEASE PAT BOWLEN
That’s what I am saying, Favre beat us + Some bad playcallings from our side of the ball. Hence, I said we should’ve won it in the 2nd half already if it weren’t for little snap incident. Refs WILL make bad calls and you just have to learn how to live with it. And I am NOT a bandwagon fan; thus, the reason why I am not whinning about this lost, like I said in my earlier post; they just wanted it more than we did on this one.