BRONCOS AT BEARS
We’re live from Soldier Field in Chicago for the much-anticipated kickoff to the Broncos’ 2012 preseason. With kickoff approximately an hour away, the tarp has been taken off the field and a few players have already started warming up. This blog will keep you updated on all the action from tonight’s game.
BRONCOS ON TWITTER: Fans can also follow the action on Twitter via the Broncos’ official gameday account. @BroncosGameday will keep fans updated with live, in-game updates throughout tonight’s contest.
PRESEASON LIVE: You can watch tonight’s game on KUSA TV’s sister station, KTVD-TV (Channel 20) in Denver. The broadcast will feature Dave Logan (play-by-play) and Ed McCaffrey (color commentary), with Rod Mackey providing reporting from the sidelines. Fans outside the Denver area can watch the game live online in high definition here.
READY FOR SOLDIER FIELD: The players are excited for tonight’s game to kick off. Click here to see some of their tweets.
LIGHTNING CLEARS FIELD: The players have left the field due to thunder and lightning in the area.
BRONCOS AT BEARS ROSTER UPDATE: A few Broncos players are not expected to play in tonight’s preseason opener.
COIN TOSS, CAPTAINS AND STARTERS: Denver won the toss and elected to receive to start the game.
MANNING LEADS FIRST DRIVE: The Broncos’ first drive of the season sees quarterback Peyton Manning go 4-for-7, but the drive ends when a pass intended for wide receiver Brandon Stokley is intercepted by Chicago’s Major Wright.
MILLER’S FUMBLE RECOVERY LEADS TO FIELD GOAL: Broncos linebacker Von Miller scoops up a fumble by the Bears’ Michael Bush. Denver takes advantage of field position inside the Bears’ 10-yard line on a 28-yard field goal by Matt Prater.
BRONCOS PUSH LEAD TO 10-0: The Broncos made it 10-0 on a seven-play, 57-yard scoring drive capped by a two-yard touchdown run by running back Lance Ball.
BRONCOS AT BEARS: HALFTIME RUNDOWN: Denver leads the Bears by a substantial margin in several key stats at halftime of the team’s preseason opener.
FOX’S HALFTIME QUOTES: At halftime, Broncos Head Coach John Fox talked about what he thought of quarterback Peyton Manning and his team’s defensive effort.
BRONCOS LEAD 17-0 AFTER OMON’S TD: Denver has stretched its lead to 17 thanks to a seven-play, 52-yard drive that ended with a 3-yard touchdown run by running back Xavier Omon.
BRONCOS STRETCH LEAD TO 24-0: Denver makes it 24-0 as rookie quarterback Brock Osweiler hooks up with wide receiver Jason Hill for the Broncos’ first passing touchdown of the evening.
BEARS ON THE BOARD: Chicago has cut Denver’s lead to 24-3 on a 47-yard field goal by Bears kicker Robbie Gould.
DENVER AHEAD 31-3: Denver’s lead is now 31-3 thanks to a five-play scoring drive that ended with a 25-yard pass from quarterback Adam Weber to tight end Cornelius Ingram.
TRB, I can’t WAIT to watch Cutler and Marshall. I am still a fan. Big time! Very disappointed Jay didn’t play.
Strand, are you tappin your cleats three times? Over the Denver Broncos winning rainbow?
No Peppers, Briggs, Mashall, or Cutler for the Bears. We still Dominated.
SURE AM!
Our CB`s jelled tonight. Thats been a achilles heel as of lately. I`m stoked!
Gronk pulled his groin and Trev sprained his ankle
Bummer
New blog
I was very impressed with our D line tonight. The running backs also did well. Gonna be some hard decisions to be made.
Omon is a tough RB. He looks promising.
Cat, I have to share this with you. My granddaughter started kindergarten today.(Catholic School) I asked hr what was the best part and she said “eating in the cafeteria”a chip off the old block
Wolfe, that’s so because it’s homemade food! LOL
Now I`m hungry. Thanks alot. LOL
Guys my iPad is dying and myy fire Can’t do the live blog. So if I disappear that’s why. Watching replay right now!!!
Never mind! Its workin
Now that Peyton has left Indy. What does everyone think their record will be this season?
Wish I got to see the game..how did Payton look?
If you have NFL network the game will be shown in 20 min.
Ohhhh I think I do! Thanks!
Wolfe its on right now here weird!
I like luck but irsay destroyed that team. Sunday will give me a better idea. But I think they win 5
Way to go Broncos!
Tracy Porter is a great pick up for us
Man i got home just in time to see the game. Kickoff was just about to happen when I sat down. AND I hear the Lakers got Dwight Howard and Nuggets got screwed in the trade. Cant wait to see how the players do.
Gotta like Porter.
My Lakers are gonna be lethal this year. Their line up is monstrous. Holy Cow!1
kinda pissed we didn’t get the shutout. Thought our D was stingier than that.
Stran I like that they got him. But they really screw over the Nuggets who I also like.
AB I don’t want to talk about it. I’m mad that the Nuggets had to be stupid tonight when I am so happy about my football team!
Haha Cat I dont blame you.
BTW I got your tweet about Willis. Cant say im too happy. Three games left though same with Ball
True but watch him. Willis dominated.
Did you get my tweet about Wolfe?
Dear Seachickens,
Peyton Manning is playing the first quarter next week. Please shake in your boots because you don’t have a chance in h@ll of beating him.
Totally not your fan,
Tiffany
Cat no I didnt. I will go look for it.
And I will watch him. But I dont really want to…..Just glad he doesnt knock out a teammate/
This is a much improved team from last year. Offense and Defense have a lot of depth and will be tough Roster cuts.I say trade Hanie but Chicago won’t take him back lol We got more TE ends than the Cheerleaders .Its going be a great year but the schedule is brutal but we can win 10 games and be really ready for a SB run
Haha Glad to see the Seachickens stick LOL
No! Don’t look for it! Wolfe dominated! TWO sacks!
“Snap Infraction” has to be my favorite call of the night replacement officials! I call it a false start…
AB how’d the woman ref do!?
Cat I didnt get to see much of the game. I was driving my family nuts waiting for the Denver game they actually kicked me out of the house.
LOL ok. I’m sure therell be an article I can read. Anyone know if they have the pressers on the website yet?
BStokley says he ran the wrong route. Claims the INT
Okay here are my notes from the games. Every preseason game I always take notes on what I see and I saw a lot of great stuff tonight to my surprise…
Offense- Offensive line protected Manning beautifully! He bought a lot of time in the pocket. You could tell he had some rust that he had where he threw to Tamme where he didn’t see the LB that should’ve been a pick that Tamme caught but the pick that he threw was Stokeleys fault I must say as it went off his hands. Decker and Tamme were two great targets for Manning along with Thomas’s catch that was called back due to a holding call…Too many holding penalties on offense. I believe I counted 6-7. Hanie was good when running the ball but not all that great at throwing..he definitely looked like the 4th string qb instead of the 2nd string. I see Os passing him for the back up spot before the regular season. McGahee looked great along with Moreno who showed some flashes and Omon looked really good even though I don’t see him making the team but he was very surprising. Jason Hill made some clutch catches and like always my boy Matt Willis showed why he deserves to make the team…very reliable receiver. Manning does need some more work but that is expected. He still looked great despite that throw to Tamme that was deflected that Tamme still came down with. Also Corneilus Ingram really turned some heads tonight. I hope he makes it and they cut Virgil Green which I see happening. I believe we keep 4 TE’s with Tamme, Dressen, Thomas, and Ingram.
Defense…man was I excited about this group. I don’t think I saw ANY missed tackles tonight…at least none that I remember. The WOLFE MAN got two sacks and another great tackle for a short gain on the quarterback. Miller got a fumble recovery and about took it to the house. Porter and Florence showed great physicality and tackling ability. Nate Irving was making play after play. Trevathan had a nice tackle for loss…the thing I noticed that I told my friend was that each time the bears would catch a pass we would be right there to tackle them hard and bring them down. Their yards after catch was miserable which is great!! Definitely looked like a new and improved defense!! Our linebacking corps looked great which surprised me. Even Mays was all over the field and looked to have better mobility than he did last year. I loved seeing Moore bring great physicality to the game as well that I noticed. Ayers had a nice sack. I believe all together we had around 6-8 sacks. Wolfe looks like we got a huge steal in the draft getting him in the 2nd round..
Special Teams…Was pretty disappointed to see Prater miss the 57 yarder but it is only preseason. I don’t believe he had any of his kicks returned tonight. Our returning game looked pretty good as we got our offense started in nice positions plenty of times. Prater boomed the ball all night and Colquitt also looked really good at pinning their offense deep back in their own territory. We did great containing Hester the one time we kicked to him.
I will be watching the game again tomorrow so I will touch on any other things that stick out that I see.
So…. I CAN NOT WAIT FOR THE SEASON TO START!!! Haven’t been on in a while but I made it to training camp and the scrimmage and was waiting to see live game action to post but looks like this team is a vast improvement over last years squad! Depth is the key and I can not wait to see our fierce pass rush playing with a lead causing turnovers for the Ballhawks we’ve compiled in the secondary!
How goes it Lax very long time no see.
I was at the game tonight, lucky enough i was on vacation in chicago the time of the game. Total domination from our 1st stringers to our 4th stringers. Fans were cheering when the bears moved the chains for the first time in the game in the 2nd quarter. Wolfe was awesome, linebackers were great, love florence and porter, Manning was a little rusty but considering the rain and heavy winds he played pretty well. His interception was the result of a great play by the db getting his hand on the ball before deflecting off of stokley and into the hands of the defender.
“Maybe in someways I have even gotten better. Now I have the ability to throw a ball in a linebacker’s hands and tip it to my own player, Tamme.” ~Peyton Manning
He knows he’s funny. He does. It was written all over his face when he said that! ♥
LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!
Yeah AB been working two jobs trying to carve out a better future. Hopefully I’ll be on more as the season approaches. I was encouraged by Knowshon today as well as Ingram. Both of which have had their injury issues but both can make impacts… Sorry guys I will always back Moreno.
How’s it going AB… Set a date for the wedding yet? Expected date of arrival on your first child?
You can back Moreno, Lax. I’m just gonna jump on Omon’s wagon though and hope he beats Moreno out.
*Season Prediction Contest*
Denver Broncos 11-5
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*Season Prediction Contest*
Denver Broncos 11-5
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lol itchy trigger finger HAHAHA!
*Season Prediction Contest*
I think the Broncos will be 11-5 this season.