The Broncos finally got on the scoreboard 26 seconds before halftime — but it took a roll of the dice in their territory to make the score happen.
Going for it on fourth-and-1 from their 30 seemed to galvanize the Broncos late in the first half, as they followed Mike Bell’s 2-yard, drive-resuscitating run by venturing Rams territory for the first time all day, using passes to Rod Smith, Mike Bell and Tony Scheffler to advance to the 20, and then Plummer eluded a near sack, rolled left and found Stephen Alexander to get to the St. Louis 1 with 34 seconds left.
Eighteen inches were gained when the Rams were whisled for offsides; 18 more inches came when Bell pulled a Walter Payton (or a Lars Tate) and flew over a scrum of linemen to narrow the deficit to 12-7.
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