After trailing 19-14 one minute into the fourth quarter, the Broncos stormed back with 17 unanswered points to open the season with a 31-19 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Facing a five-point deficit after a Pittsburgh touchdown, Manning marched the Broncos 80 yards down the field, then added a two-point conversion to take a 22-19 lead.
Denver’s D forced a three-and-out on the next Pittsburgh possession, and the Broncos then moved down the field to set up a 26-yard field goal by Matt Prater that made it 25-19.
The Broncos defense delivered the knockout punch on the following series when cornerback Tracy Porter jumped a route on the sideline and sped 43 yards into the end zone for a 31-19 lead that the Steelers were never able to threaten.
Neither team was able to produce much offense in the opening quarter, but both Ben Roethlisberger of the Steelers and Peyton Manning of the Broncos came alive in a back-and-forth battle that the Steelers led 10-7 at halftime and the Broncos led 14-13 going into the fourth quarter.
He was in on the Miller sack when he Tebowed i think
Oh Harris did, COOL! Whew!!
yea that is what I wanna know: what is the injury report.
I`m curious about Ty Warren. I hope he`s fine.
ty warren is the only injury i believe. was an elbow injury in the 1st quarter. did not return
All in all a great win, altho this game was very odd. This bodes well for the Broncos if they can figure out a few kinks and gel a bit more. We couldnt stop them on third down and shot ourselves in the foot a few times, and couldnt get in rythem also. Yet we won , and probably could have won by 17 or more. What a surgeon Peyton was, unbelievable. #Eat Greedy
Thanks, DB!
yes Harris definitely went back in
I`m looking forward to seeing the contest numbers tomorrow.
On the challenge by Pit when Deck fumbled into the endzone:
Help me out, I don’t get it. Steelers never picked up the ball. The call was down at the 1 yard line. What was being challenged? Why did it make a difference to the Steelers?
Anybody stick around and hear Peyton thank all his receivers for the 400th touchdown pass? Unbelievable character this guy has.
I don’t believe WE had a single 3 and out tonight. can anyone verify?
DB, if he had fumbled out of the end zone and it was a fumble, I think the Steelers would’ve gotten the ball. That’s one of those weird rules…. Anyone know? It’d act like a touchback? I don’t know for sure…
Payton has a huge forehead.
the Ball was fumbld through the endzone. would have been a touchback db
Just left the game flying back tomorrow. Such a good game for my family and i. My sons first football game. All of us wore orange manning jerseys. Go Broncos
I`ll tell you what. I was irritated the whole stinking game. Not only did we play against the Steelers, but we also played against the refs as well. Every call went the Steelers way. There ruining the games!!
Congrats Socal!!
The refs were atrocious and sometimes I say at and it’s not really true, but Goodell is going to have to get that fixed. The ones on Wednesday were great, but the ones for our game… It was awful. Like the first down they gave the steelers when Ben didn’t even get close to the first down??? Fox didn’t challenge or didn’t have enough time to, but I was furious!!! and when Peyton got 12 on the field and we had to punt….
Socal…great to hear! Wish I was there too. Were there a lot of Steeler fans? I swear they’re like a parasite. I’ve never been to a game where there is more opposing fans as the damn Steelers. I could hear their stupid “HEEEEATH” through the TV.
fox should of challenge the 12th man on the field & the 4th down
That was AWESOME!!! DMT is such a STUD!!! so is Miller but everyone knows that! DB did you get to watch the game?
Well, I`m off to bed. Big day tomorrow. Laters!!
Oh, now Turtle shows up. Hello Turtle. Talk to ya tomorrow bro.
Didn’t OSS win the prediction contest last season?!? cause he won again tonight…
That is a weird rule – I know they had to put some of those in place to eliminate intention forward fumbles but I thought the opposing teem had to down it in the endzone.
fox should of challenged the 12th man on the field & the 4th down play.
Laters Strandsky!!!
It’s gonna be a great week!
Cat the 12 man call wouldve only given us another shot for a 1st. Wouldnt have been a first down. Just 3rd and 7 instead of 3rd and 12.
What annoyed me was how many times Miller was held and no flags.
DB… if it goes out of bounds in through the end zone then it’s an automatic touchback/turnover
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Oh no, I meant that AB, sorry I said it wrong. Thanks
not if it rolls into then out of the endzone.
Miller was held the whole game.
Only if it goes out of bounds singer… it’s still live if it’s in play
Miller still looked awesome! so did Wolfe, and Mays… Bronco Football makes me so Happy! silly right?
Hey Turtle!
Yes I watched the whole game less a few minutes here and there.
I just rewatched the rerun of DMT taking off. His after burners when he sees open green are electrifying. I’m gonna go watch that again.
sure gonna be interesting to hear what the talking heads on the nfl network are gonna be saying.
He’s sooo much fun to watch in the open field… and really to think about the last three WR products coming out of GT is kind of mind boggling!!! Megatron, Optimus and now Hill from the Jets! all three match up nightmares!
Thats what i was trying to say turtle. if the ball is fumbled across the plane of the endzone and go’s out of the endzone w/out a recovery it is a turnover and a touchback
yes touch back. it happened to the Saints to day. I HATE that rule
Lol ok cat. And your right that wasnt a 1st down by Big Ben.
Man Moore annoyed me. He dropped two or three possible INTs and then that personal foul against him. I doubt a fine will be handed out but it was a helmet to helmet hit which is illegal. Just wasnt on purpose which is why I doubt the fine.
Steelers quick passes were a bad surprise. Not something theyve done over the last few years and wasnt expecting that. Neither was our D as it tore them apart ad it completely took away from our pass rush. As we saw at the end when Big Ben has to hold onto the ball we can get the sack pretty easily. Also didnt help during the game that he is hard to bring down and kept escaping the sack. Our quick pass D needs work as the Falcons Patriots and Saints will all exploit that. Not to mention our division foes.
I’m excited for our offense. Any team that can make them look like an average defense is pretty dang good.
Yea that fumble out of the end on happened once b4 in recentish Denver history and was challenged and went the broncos way. If anyone remembers what I’m talking about they get a cookie of +2 orangeandblue.
the Offense should get the ball at the spot of the fumble.
The worst call in my opinion was the personal foul on Rahim. Sanders for Pitt was the one who led with the helmet…
agreed sndvl… that was an awful call… Rahim did nothing wrong! and howdy by the way!
the playoffs against the PAts
Endzone* darn autocorrect
Moreno looked strong… but get the man some shoes that fit! he lost one in Pre-Season also!