2:48 P.M. MST: Press box sopaipillas. I feel like I’m at Casa Bonita.
2:49 P.M. MST: A third-down stop as the quarter begins … Tarvaris Jackson rolled right and D.J. Williams was there to disrupt the play … Vikings settle for Ryan Longwell’s 22-yard field goal and a 3-0 lead.
2:52 P.M. MST: Broncos will start this drive at their 26.
2:55 P.M. MST: Selvin Young with a 19-yard gain up the left side to the Denver 45 … one play later, Denver is across midfield.
2:57 P.M. MST: Gracious … Glenn Martinez takes a shot while going for a pass … E.J. Henderson draws a personalf-oul penalty for hitting a defenseless receiver … Martinez eventually leaves the field under his own power.
2:59 P.M. MST: Two plays later, touchdown … Jay Cutler looks left and finds Brandon Marshall, who gained some separation from Cedric Griffin in the left side of the end zone … Broncos lead, 7-3.
3:01 P.M. MST: Matt Prater on the field for his first Mile High City kickoff … Adrian Peterson (!) back deep … low line drive, fielded at the goal line … and he plows through the kick coverage for 31 yards.
3:05 P.M. MST: Broncos force the Vikings into a third down … It will be third-and-5.
3:06 P.M. MST: Two consecutive third-down stops … Josh Mallard, who is becoming something of a sack-producing machine, got to Jackson after Elvis Dumervil collapsed the pocket … Broncos will take over at their 17 after a 50-yard punt goes out of bounds.
3:09 P.M. MST: Broncos quickly to their 36 after a Marshall reception and a 4-yard Young carry.
3:11 P.M. MST: Ben Leber ropes down Cutler; he waited back at his linebacker slot and then zoomed into the backfield unblocked … One play after the 12-yard loss, Cutler finds Tony Scheffler for a 9-yard pass, but it’s not enough and Denver will punt.
3:14 P.M. MST: Vikings begin at their 28 after Paulescu gets a net of 39 yards on his punt … Jackson goes back to pass, and has Troy Williamson all by himself in the open field, virtually with his own zip code to himself … and the football bounces through his hands and to the ground. A sure touchdown dropped.
3:15 P.M. MST: Chester Taylor gains 13 yards on the next play.
3:16 P.M. MST: Fumble … John Engelberger’s hit at the Minnesota 48 jars loose the football and Elvis Dumervil recovers.
3:17 P.M. MST: Next play, still another fumble … Brandon Marshall lost the football while being hit by Chad Greenway as he reversed is field to try and gain more yardage, but he managed to recover it.
3:18 P.M. MST: Nice run by Selvin Young up the left sideline for a 31-yard touchdown … but a Chris Kuper holding infraction brings it back. Kuper’s holding was what allowed Young to slip into the open field anyway; without it, Kevin Williams would have likely corralled Young for a 3-yard loss.
3:20 P.M. MST: A Scheffler reception gets a first down, and then Andre Hall picks up another first down on the next play … and then Cutler finds Brandon Marshall, who stops, starts and darts his way down to the 2-yard-line … Denver offense percolating.
3:21 P.M. MST: Young loses a yard on the first-and-goal play.
3:22 P.M. MST: Second-and-goal … Matt Lepsis is eligible as Ryan Harris checks in … but first, the two-minute warning.
3:23 P.M. MST: Touchdown … Cutler to Scheffler, just past the goal line … 14-3 with 1:54 left in the half.
3:25 P.M. MST: Peterson back to field the ensuing kickoff.
3:28 P.M. MST: Touchback as Peterson can’t field the football on the fly.
3:29 P.M. MST: Minnesota averaging 6.6 yards per rush and 3.4 yards per pass play so far … and a third-down pass goes nowhere as Taylor is swallowed by Jamie Winborn … Broncos call timeout with 1:20 left on the clock.
3:32 P.M. MST: An unnecessary roughness call on Domonique Foxworth for hitting a Viking out of bounds means the Broncos will start at their 19-yard-line.
3:32 P.M. MST: Young gains 8 yards on a pitchout to the right side, and the Broncos do not call timeout … next snap comes with 40 seconds left in the half, and Young gains a yard … Broncos making no attempt to stop the clock … They can let the clock run dry, and they will. Halftime — Broncos lead, 14-3.
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2 for 2 in the red zone
passed on O-linemen - (Flozell Adams), dumped O’Neal, Kennison, Clark,
Hixon, Sauerbrun, etc…
This is horrible news…if the broncos get too much of a lead then the vikings will have to abandon the run. Therefore not allowing AP to crush every rushing record there is…”what in the wide wide world of sports is a goin’ on here!”
An actual touchback. The thing so frustrating about this team is they are either really good or really bad. I know i am a homer, but with a healthy team and a an explosive o all we need is some help in the front seven and at saftey.
Is there any way we could get rid of Henry without hurting our cap significantly? Cuz I don’t think anyone would really want to acquire him with his current salary.
hey mason did they give elvis..half of mallard’s sack??? or is it a typo
nice to go into half time with a 2 score lead, hopefully they hold it tho this time *cough* bears game *cough*
No, not a typo … they changed credit to be shared between Mallard and Dumervil.
thanks…for clarifying
My draft hope? Broncos pick either Phillips, FS at Miami, or Dan Connor, LB at Penn State (whom they probably won’t be able to get), and get J Leman, the LB from Illinois who is a great character guy, too, in a subsequent round. Do that and I’m a happy camper.
This is finally turning out to be a high point to end the season. Cutler & Marshall are one heck of a team out there, no better match up. Marshall is a beast out there, you rock man!!!!! I just hope our guys can keep it up in the 2nd half… it always seems like when they do well in the 1st half they don’t do well after halftime. Kick some butt out there guys, make this a VERY nice win for D-Will and Damien. End this season on a good note, PLEASE!!!!!!!
GO BRONCOS!!!!!!!
does anyone know what the broncos single season record for most catches is, i think rod smith has it and im pretty sure its out of the reach for marshall, but does anyone know?
Not to nitpick, but you gotta love running the clock out with a minute and a half left to go before halftime.
Vinster, Rod caught 113 in 2001. I doubt Marshall could break that today.
hey you never know, they could for some reason throw 100 quick slants to him
Except about 75% of those slants he would break for a TD, so that would limit his catches a bit, lol.
haha, maybe he could break moss’s td record too tonight then
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See, I told you so, this team couldn’t put away an average college team. There may be some 4A high school teams that could beat this Denver team as well. They just plainly suck and need to find new jobs. All of them.