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.
Jake Locker and Christian Ponder didnt have that bad of outing either. Well at least Locker didnt till he left the game.
Weeden was down right awful. 12 for 35 or something like that and 3 INTS with no TD and like 150 yards. Vick and Stafford threw 3 or 4 INTs as well.
I actually liked seeing Miller Tebowing. He hinted at doing something like that during the week over twitter. Also he is a huge supporter of Tebow. Always has been. Both remain very close friends.
DB… I hate to tell you, but you are going in the hole in Week 1 prediction contest!!! -5 points my friend!
I appreciate the risk! I’ll do weekly awards tomorrow sometime, and i really wish they would have just kicked the last extra point cause then I’d have hit it dead on, but OSS had 50 on the nose so he again takes an early lead!
Haha – You have to know a guy with thirteen kids lives life on the edge and is a bit of a gambler.
kids, lives
So happy to lose those points.
Go big, or go home….
I’m at home!!! LOL
Hehe! It is kind of a giveaway there DB!
I think I’m off to bed, with a smile on my face until next Monday night! Feels real good to win opening day! Peyton played like Peyton, and that makes this team very legitimate! Which is also very exciting
Was Miller wearing a splint or something on his thumb again? One of his hands looked very bulky.
Take it easy all – I’m out as well.
Oh – I have to add kudos to Gray for calling out the ignorance on the blog. That was classy and classic!
alaskan…I fully expect Moore to get fined. I think he made a boneheaded play and it cost us the drive stopper.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_DumkzEnlw
You guys gotta see this! WOW… now I’m really going to bed