Q3 15:00 Matt Prater kicks off to start the second half, with Javier Arenas back deep to receive. He takes a knee and the Chiefs will start at their own 20-yard line.
Q3 14:56 Jason Hunter streaks into the backfield and nearly sacks Matt Cassel on first down, but the receiver gets the ball away and it falls incomplete. Jamaal Charles takes a carry on second down to pick up 5 yards. On third-and-5, Cassel fires to Terrance Copper, but the pass falls incomplete to bring up fourth down. Dustin Colquitt is in to punt for the Chiefs with Eddie Royal at about his own 25-yard line to receive. He fields it at the 30 and picks up about 10 yards to the 40-yard line, where the Broncos will take over.
Q3 14:09 Kyle Orton fakes a handoff before firing a pass for Brandon Lloyd, but the ball hits the ground for an incompletion on first down. Second-and-10 brings a handoff to Knowshon Moreno, who picks up 4 yards. On third-and-6 at the 44-yard line, Orton is in the shotgun. He dumps off a quick screen pass to Moreno, who follows his blockers up the sideline, including Ryan Harris and Chris Kuper, for a 23-yard gain to the Kansas City 33-yard line. Lance Ball takes a carry on the ensuing first down, picking up 3 yards.
Q3 12:19 Orton finds Lloyd for another first down on the next play, and the receiver jogs back to the huddle after playing to the crowd. Moreno takes the first-down carry at the 21-yard line and picks up 3 yards. On second down, Orton tries to find Thomas but the quick pass falls incomplete. That makes it third-and-7 at the 18-yard line, and Orton is in the shotgun. He gets the ball to Royal, who follows his blockers to the 6-yard line, setting up first-and-goal. Moreno takes a carry on the next play, picking up 3 more yards. Now Tim Tebow is back in at quarterback.
Q3 9:30 Tebow takes the snap in the shotgun, sprinting to his right before stopping and lofting a pass to Spencer Larsen, who dives into the end zone for a touchdown. That’s Larsen’s first NFL touchdown, and Tebow’s first passing touchdown. Prater’s extra point is up and in, and there goes that vuvuzela again.
BRONCOS 42, CHIEFS 10
Q3 9:24: Eric Decker is there for a big special teams stop on the ensuing kickoff, taking down Arenas at the 16-yard line. The Kansas City offense is back on the field, and the first-down play is an incomplete pass that is nearly intercepted by Champ Bailey. On second down, Cassel finds a wide-open Charles, who is hit hard by Brian Dawkins — the safety’s helmet flew off — after a 16-yard gain.
Q3 8:31: Cassel throws an incomplete pass on first down, and follows that up with a quick completion to Dwayne Bowe about a yard-and-a-half short of the first down. On third-and-2, Charles is stopped by a group of Broncos but the refs rule he made it to the marker. The ensuing first down brings another first down pass to Dwayne Bowe at the Denver 44-yard line.
Q3 6:55: After an incompletion, Cassel finds a wide-open Thomas Jones, who runs up the sideline for another first down at the Denver 25-yard line. The ensuing play is a deep completion to Dwayne Bowe, who is hammered by Champ Bailey at the 2-yard line, jarring the ball loose. Bowe seems to reach out and pull the ball back, however. Head Coach Josh McDaniels is challenging that it was a catch in the first place, or whether the ball came loose before Bowe had possession.
Q3 6:12: The play is ruled a completion, fumble and recovery by Bowe. Denver is charged with its first timeout of the half, and it’s first-and-goal at the 1-yard line. The crowd is on its feet as Mario Haggan stops Thomas Jones short of the goal line. Now it’s second-and-goal, and Kansas City calls its first timeout of the half.
Q3 5:44: My apologies, it wasn’t a Kansas City timeout — it was an injury timeout, as Renaldo Hill is helped to the sideline by trainers. As for the play on the field, the Chiefs are stopped short of the goal line yet again, making it third-and-goal. The crowd is stomping its feet as Cassel tries to quickly throw Champ Bailey’s way — but the cornerback was having none of it, making it fourth down after the incompletion. The defense makes the stop — led by Justin Bannan — and the Broncos sideline is going nuts after four stops within a yard of the end zone. There’s a flag on the play however — illegal shift on the Chiefs, which is declined. Denver takes over inside its own 1-yard line.
Q3 4:37: On first down, Orton launches a pass down the sideline intended for Lloyd, but the pass falls incomplete. On second-and-10, Moreno takes a carry and picks up 7 yards to give the offense a little breathing room. On third-and-3, Orton tries to find Lloyd, but the pass is broken up by Derrick Johnson. Britton Colquitt is in for his first punt of the afternoon, and he kicks a 46-yarder, which is returned 16 yards by Javier Arenas to the Denver 38-yard line.
*INJURY UPDATE* Renaldo Hill has a neck injury and is questionable to return.
Q3 3:23: Charles is stopped for a loss of a yard on first down, then Cassel throws a pass deep down the sideline, but Perrish Cox is in tight coverage and the ball sails out of bounds. Now third-and-11, Cassel finds a wide open Charles, who avoids tacklers down the sideline for a first down at the 15-yard line. The ensuing first down brings a pass from Cassel to Bowe for a touchdown. Ryan Succop is in to attempt the point after, and it’s good.
BRONCOS 42, CHIEFS 17
Q3 2:15: Demaryius Thomas fields the kickoff and sprints behind his blockers for a 38-yard return, and the Denver offense will start at its own 34-yard line. Moreno takes a handoff on first down, and the back gets near the first-down marker after a 9-yard gain. He’s stopped for no gain on the next play, bringing up third-and-1. Spencer Larsen is jacked up and so is the crowd after the fullback takes a third-down carry, avoiding tacklers and crashing through another for a 14-yard gain into Chiefs territory. The final play of the third quarter is a run by Moreno for a gain of 4 to the 39-yard line.
Q4 15:00: On second-and-6, Orton hands off to Moreno, who picks up 2 yards, bringing his total for the day to 99 yards on the ground. On third-and-4, Orton finds Lloyd for another first down. Moreno loses 5 yards on the ensuing first down, making it second-and-15 at the 32-yard line. Orton promptly finds Demaryius Thomas for a 16-yard gain and a first down. Tim Tebow is in under center. He drops back into the shotgun and tries to find running room, but is tackled at the line of scrimmage. He picks up a yard. On second-and-9, Orton is back in at quarterback and finds Lloyd for a completion in the end zone — but the receiver was just out of bounds. McDaniels throws the challenge flag, however.
Q4 11:47: After the review, it’s ruled that Lloyd had both feet in bounds and maintained possession for his second touchdown of the game. Prater’s extra point is good. Orton’s four touchdown passes today are a new career-high.
BRONCOS 49, CHIEFS 17
Q4 11:41: After bobbling the kickoff, Verran Tucker notches an 18-yard return to the 17-yard line, where the Chiefs will take over. On first down, Cassel launches a pass downfield for Charles, but D.J. Williams was with him step-for-step and the pass falls incompletion. On second down, Syd’Quan Thompson blitzes from his cornerback position, but Cassel goes to the man he was guarding, Terrance Copper, for a quick first down. On the ensuing play, Cassel has a lot of time in the pocket and he completes a pass into Broncos territory to Bowe. The Broncos defense is giving a lot of new players some extra time. Jarvis Moss, Marcus Thomas, Thompson, Darcel McBath, and Ryan McBean are some of the non-starters in the game for this drive.
Q4 9:47: A 14-yard reception by Bowe — his 11th of the game — gives the Chiefs a first down at the Denver 32-yard line. After an incompletion, Charles picks up 6 yards on a run to set up third-and-4. He takes another carry on third down, but he’s pushed out of bounds short of the marker. On fourth-and-2 at the 24-yard line, the Kansas City offense is still on the field. Cassel lines up in the shotgun before handing off to Jackie Battle, who barrels his way for the first down. Darcel McBath nearly picks off Cassel’s pass on the ensuing play. On second down, Cassel completes a pass to Chris Chambers for another first down at the 9-yard line. First down brings a quick pass to Copper, who is tackled after a 3-yard gain. Second down brings an incompletion, and it’s third-and-goal at the 6-yard line. Kansas City calls its first timeout of the second half.
Q4 7:05: On third-and-goal, the crowd is on its feet. Cassel throws a pass that is tipped at the line by a leaping Brian Dawkins, setting up fourth-and-goal at the 6. The crowd is even louder — and that vuvuzela is at it again — but there’s a flag before the snap for delay of game on the Chiefs. That makes it fourth-and-goal at the 11. Cassel’s pass is complete to Chambers for a touchdown, and there’s a flag on the play — pass interference on Champ Bailey. It’s declined, and the Chiefs have a touchdown. The Chiefs are going for a two-point conversion. A frustrated Bailey is right there to put an end to those hopes, breaking up Cassel’s pass in the back of the end zone. He walks off the field with his helmet off, and tosses it under the bench before heading to the sideline to watch his teammates on special teams. Pretty refreshing to see a guy care that much about giving up the late touchdown with his team still up by 26.
BRONCOS 49, CHIEFS 23
Q4 6:54: The Chiefs go for an onside kick and recover it, but after some deliberation, the refs rule that Kansas City was lined up illegally, and the Chiefs are forced to re-kick after a 5-yard penalty. On the retry, Succop drills Jabar Gaffney with the ball, and David Bruton falls on it to retain possession for the Broncos. On the ensuing first down at the Kansas City 42-yard line, Moreno picks up 2 yards. On second-and-8, the running back picks up 4 more yards, giving him the first 100-yard rushing game of his NFL career. Third down brings an incomplete pass from Orton to Daniel Graham, so Britton Colquitt is in to punt. The Broncos special teams unit nearly fields the punt at the 1-yard line, but the refs rule that a foot was in the end zone, so the Chiefs have a touchback and will start at their own 20-yard line.
Q4 5:11: After an incompletion and a 23-yard catch-and-run by Charles, the Chiefs have a first-and-10 at their own 43-yard line. But two offensive holding penalties later makes it first-and-30 at the 23-yard line. Charles picks up 12 yards on a first-down reception, and Cassel finds Bowe for no gain — Bailey forced him out of bounds — on second down. That makes it third-and-18 at the 35-yard line. Cassel is forced out of the pocket and scrambles out of bounds after a 3-yard gain. Before the fourth-and-15 play, Kansas City calls its second timeout of the half.
Q4 3:38: Cassel’s fourth-down pass is deep to Chris Chambers and way over his head — but there’s a flag on the play. It’s pass interference on Chambers, which is declined, and the Broncos take over on their own 38-yard line. Moreno picks up 4 yards on first down, and picks up another yard on second down. Third-and-5 brings another run to keep the clock running, and Moreno is stopped at the line of scrimmage — a gain of 1. That brings the game to the two-minute warning.
Q4 2:00: Facing fourth-and-4 at the 32-yard line, rather than punt on such a short field or attempt a long field goal, the Broncos offense is still on the field. Orton dumps off a quick pass to Correll Buckhalter, who is forced out of bounds short of the first down. The Chiefs take over on their own 31-yard line with 1:55 remaining.
Q4 1:55: Leonard Pope is brought down by Kyle McCarthy on first down after an 8-yard gain. On second down, Cassel completes a pass to Copper, and the receiver is brought down by McCarthy and Syd’Quan Thompson. Cassel rips off a 20-yard completion to Copper on the ensuing play, and the Chiefs have a first down at the Denver 35-yard line. After an incompletion, Cassel finds Pope for another first down at the 22-yard line. He ran out of bounds with 15 seconds remaining in the game. The ensuing play is a 22-yard touchdown pass from Cassel to Bowe — the pair’s second scoring connection of the evening. The Chiefs attempt a two-point conversion, but a false start penalty pushes the ball back 5 yards. Cassel tries to find Bowe in the end zone again, but the attempt is unsuccessful, and Kansas City trails by 20 with 10 seconds remaining.
BRONCOS 49, CHIEFS 29
Q4 0:10: After the Chiefs’ kickoff bounced out of bounds, the Broncos take over at their own 40-yard line. Kyle Orton takes a knee to seal the victory and move the Broncos to 3-6 on the season. Next up is another AFC West showdown, this one on Monday Night Football against the San Diego Chargers.
-Gray Caldwell, DenverBroncos.com
i didnt see mcd act like that when the raiders humilated us. i respect him for that. definetly did the right thing by walking away.
Actually they did, when Charles had 280 plus some yards last year in the last quarter with the NFL rushing in a game record in sight they sat him out, maybe that’s actually what Haley was upset about, eveyone needs to get their records straight, this was a fabulous win but there is no need to look for ways to rub it in, we are the class team and fans, right?
Yeah, we’re the class fans Bay. But I’ve seen Haley act like a jerk on about 50 different occasions going back to his OC days in Arizona. It’s just uncalled for.
Now we’re classless for winning the game and just running Moreno the last 9 min of the game. Wow I see it all now. Some people are never happy with McD. Fans included.
We won the game on the field, straight up, I really could care less how much we hurt their coaches feelings or how they reacted to it, honest, we plain kicked their butt, that’s all that matters to me.
yea but when you suppose sit some starters. and they were still trying to pull out a win. if they dont give up then we shouldnt either.
Yeah but bad sports make me mad ha ha…
Oh well. I guess you’re right I am happy we won and won big. I’ve had so few reasons to be happy this season I’ll hold on to this one as long as possible.
Yes, this was heavenly, I’m certainly not going to let anything ruin this bliss.
By the way, I want to brag about me saying before the season even started that Knowshon could eventually do some good things in this power blocking scheme. I know it’s just one game, but I’d like to think I was on to something when I said all that…
Great Win. Wow, I missed this feeling. 28 first quarter points, where did they come from? Career high 4 TD passes from Orton! Where has that been? And Tebow, 1 pass 1 TD. And a TD run to boot! lol. Weird.
Love the win and am gonna relish in this one, been a long time comin!
Go Broncos!!!
I for one didn’t see this win coming! I didn’t see it so much that I started Thomas Jones on my fantasy team. It was soooo worth not getting any points from him.
Todd Haley = CHUMP
Champ Bailey = Played like a CHUMP!
If you don’t want to play then stay home. Is Bailey this years version of B. Marsh??!!
Another observation… I was pretty hard on Joe Mays during the preseason. I didn’t think he was worth making the trade for. But I think I was wrong on that one. He had a couple of dumb penalties in the first half, but that was overshadowed by several hard hits and what looked like a relentless motor. He might be a really good ILB in the future.
we needed this win so bad. it was a great win and good game plan, and the players executed the plan good too. great divisional win. my brotherinlaw is a kc fan and i told him the chefs didnt have a chance. (chefs from the old snickers commercial)
Champ is a class act,I don’t care what anybody says,I wanna hear his side of the story,cause I have great respect for him,and can’t believe what I am hearing about him,just because we win means McD is all the sudden a hero,and Champ is a chump,I think not!!!!!!!!!
I wouldn’t call Champ a chump just yet. But something is clearly wrong with him. Either he’s really frustrated or he’s playing with serious injuries or something. We can only guess for now…
Hopefully it was just an off week for him.
McDani isn’t a HERO by a long shot! If you watched the game, he surely didn’t look like he was into it like everyone else. Even other people at Fox and Hound was asking why is Bailey playing so soft!
Why is it that everyone always give Champ a free pass. He’s a good guy and a good player but he played like a CHUMP today. We talk about Moreno when he isn’t running as hard as we think, talk about Orton when he isn’t throwing like we think he should, etc etc. Champ isn’t exempt!
Well if my team wasn’t re-signing me after I’ve been a cornerstone of their defense (haha very punny) for years, I’d be a bit upset too. Especially if they began negotiations and then cut them off.
He wouldn’t be the first one who is trying to work his way out of here, just saying.
Exactly Bay!!
ha what had i saidway earlier, that i had faith on my team and they pulled this! beautiful!!!
When u r paid the big bucks that Champ is u bettter be playing every play the best of your ability.
So lets just run Champ outta town too,that’s what I don’t like about the McD regime,the fans have to ASSUME what’s going on,because they won’t tell us anything.Champ is not exempt,but something is definitely wrong,I don’t think he is playing to lose tho!..he’s way too classy for that.
Yeah BFE, I really wonder if Champ is in a lot of pain and McD isn’t letting people know. That would mean Champ is going out there and giving his best effort so as to not lose his starting job, he’s just not able to perform. I’d like to think that’s what is going on instead of him just not playing hard.
It would be disappointing if he is giving up on the team even if he is unhappy. Yes, that stinks for the fans. But think how his teammates must feel if that’s the case.
But who knows. We’ll just have to wait and see.
Wow, I’m kinda shocked at you Caramel… goin’ after Champ like that. I get what you’re saying but no one knows the whole story. There could be a lot of reasons why he played low-key like he did. He got beat quite a bit… could be injuries, just had a bad day (every player has them at some point), his age could be catching up with him. As classy as he is, I find it very hard to believe that just cuz he hasn’t gotten a new contract by now that he would take it out on the team on game day. If that is really the case, then we’ll probably never know the whole truth. No need to speculate about something in which we have zero control over. Champ isn’t & shouldn’t be exempt from criticism but we had a great game today, don’t spoil the fun. Not now. The team got their act together for this game, Champ will too.
Way to get it done Broncos. One proud fan over here!! Glad I never let my guard down on you guys… the kool-aid tastes as good as always has! haha
Have faith Bronco Country… still think I’m crazy, eh?
GO BRONCOS in 2010!!!
Hey all great day I’ve been positivly happy all afternoon long. Truly truly fun.
Just a couple of things. That I knowticed after reading the Blogg. Was watching diffrent game when the whole Haley thing went down I guess for me it is not so much the way he handled it it is the way MCD handled it and that was with Class as he handled the loss to the rRaiders so I gotta give that to him and be glad that in those two circumstances he represents my team.
Champ will always be champ to me I wear his number in orange and have since we got him He is well respected league wide and he always will be if he has reached the time in his career where as a team we can’t put him out there on an Island with there number one recievers without haveing over the top help then so be it that is a scheme thing don’t let a perenial pro Bowler be left out to dry like that and say “that is why we havn’t started contract negotiations with him” in my book with over the top help in the right system with the right coaching staff he has 5 good years left in him.
But that brings me to my main point. I love this day and have been quietly happy all day long not like the Obnoxious Cowboy fans who you would think won the super Bowl today. Bay mentioned class as fans and an orginazation.
MCD and his supporters it is alot more than one good game or one game with the right scheme in place.
To me it is much more about running pro bowl type players out of town because the HC is so set in his old ways. In an effort to put his stamp on our team.
But happy we won
Yeah sis you’re right it does take away from the win a little bit. My bad! I should’ve waited to later in the week to express those thoughts about him. It was something that was on my mind even as I watched the game. All in all it was a great team win and hopefully it’s the start of many more.
caramelloo…..hopefully no hard feelings bro!
I hate the way the fans are being treated this year,it’s like were in the dark about everything,I just can’t imagine Champ not being a team player,but like somebody said,we may have to give him some help,it’s hard to be on an island by yourself,at his age,with no safety support,he can’t be superman forever,but I hope everything is good between us bro!
BFE
Well, upon reflection, I will be remembering this game as a GAME OF FIRSTS, and positive firsts for a change:
-This is the first time we scored on the first possession of a game this year.
-This is the first time we had multiple scores in the first quarter this year.
-This is the first time we scored 21 first quarter points under McD.
-This is the first time we scored 35 points in the first half under McD.
-This is the first time ever KC was down 35-0 in a first half.
-This is the first time Orton threw for 4 TD’s in the NFL.
-This is the first time Moreno ran for over 100 yards in the NFL.
-This is the first time we scored more than 44 points under McD.
-This is the first time Tebow threw a pass in the NFL.
-This is the first time Tebow threw a completion in the NFL.
-This is the first time Tebow completed a pass for a TD in the NFL.
-This is the first time I ever saw Larsen catch a TD pass.
-This is the first time Prater kicked seven extra points in a game.
-This is the first time we were perfect in the red zone, 5 for 5, 100% efficiency.
-This is the first time we were perfect in goal to go, 3 for 3, 100% efficiency.
-This is the first time I ever saw Mr. Bolwen talk to McD on the sidelines during a game.
-Finally this is the first time this year I can honestly say I truly enjoyed watching BRONCO FOOTBALL, like in happier times.
There was so much to celebrate with my sports bar buddies, my hands are still sore from the high fives. THANK YOU TEAM, that’s from my heart, I’ll send you through the grinding wheel when it is warranteed, and I’ll praise you when you earn it, well done boys. Now let’s make that into a weekly routine thing instead of an aberration, because next Monday night we have a certain Rivers’ mouth to shut up.
All the above firsts are to the best of my recollection, if by any chance there are some inaccuracies or some firsts are missing from my list, please chime in.
I figured since there were so many positive things we had never accomplished under McD in this game, this would do the game better justice than a Good, Bad and Ugly piece.
Melo, you have somethin going, because I saw the same thing you did. I’ll admit I was getting upset at champ because Bowe was eating him up! the thought of an injury never even crossed my mind, I hope he does better next week, WE NEED MORE WINS! if we can execute we have it made. the only thing I saw different in this game than the last was not stalling on drives and making the best of opprotunities! The biggest difference was SCORING TOUCHDOWNS inside the redzone! Great game thanks for playing so hard, but I wanna see us do the same thing against SD!
GO BRONCOS!!!
It was also the FIRST division game that McD has won at home since coming to Denver.
14 second half points is not running up the score the way I see it. I don’t know what Haley’s problem was with McD. Maybe it was because he didn’t pull some starters but still, if the team you’re playing against is fighting as hard as they can to catch up with you, I say keep playing too, but I was thinking somewhere around the middle of the 4th qtr that it was time to pull the starters. There was no way they could have caught us in the 4th qtr.
Thanks lvnm, I had this one in mind last night and it slipped my penmanship this morning. Yeah finally a home division win after 4 losses, and also the end of a 4 game losing streak, it’s stuff like that that’s of course eating up at vabroncoguy, but to be fair one should at least delay until after the SD game making further judgment as to how bad we are, at least I am, this week for me is a nice break from the constant mediocrity we have been wallowing in, and I’m gonna enjoy it as such, a good Bronco football week, next week might be a totally different story though, might as well enjoy it while I can. But obviously anyone is free to take it how they want, whatever rocks their world. At least he is in the store, that’s probably the most positive I’ve ever heard him while in the McD regime.
Good Morning fans! What a great game! Winning football very nice almost all around except for their passing numbers. Great performances from a whole bunch of guys!
Saw what I wanted to see… attitude and heart. Great catches, running with determination, great run D, and their dangerous ST not a factor… as predicted with my orange colored glasses. Not the way it was predicted which was even nicer; with good tackling and sound coverage.
I wait all year to wear my orange colored glasses and right now all I see is that last year we went into San Diego with those ugly uniforms and beat the chargers so it CAN be done! Let’s build on this win and go get another one. Every streak begins with a first win, and this is a GREAT one to build on!
Go Broncos!
That was awesome. Where has this team been all year? Now that is how we need to play. Lets go to San Diego and kick some cocky charger butt. Like Bay said, I will use this week to relish in the Broncos victory and will not complain about anything. Heck, if we can keep playing like that none of us will have anything to gripe about. That was pure beauty. Thank you Broncos, you guys played with poise, pride, and passion. Keep it up.
I LOVE ME SOME DENVER BRONCOS……
I don’t know who said what when, but it sure worked!! Next week will tell if we saw the real Broncos today or the Chiefs just had on of those games.
It cetainly was nice to see the Broncos on the right end of a blowout. However. I certainly hope that every Bronco player took note of the fact that the Chiefs never quit, never went through the motions like the Bronco players did in the Raider game. They played as thought the score was 0-0. That’s how a TEAM plays. I hope the Bronco players let some of the Chief’s attitude rub off on them.
REPORT CARD
OFFENSE
QB
Orton B+ Great game, but was lucky on a few bad throws.
Tebow A Nice deception on the TD pass.
RB
A- Great to see Knowshan running with some authority, moves and power. Great explosiveness on the TD pass. Got the TD all on his own.
OL A+ Finally!!!! Great to see the Broncos OL pushing back the Chiefs DL.
WR A++ WOW!!! Every single RW excelled.
DEFENSE
DL B Played A++ in the first half and then the pass rush disappeared.??? Perform like this against Rivers and the Bolts will score 50+.
LB C+ Stupid unnecessary penalties!!! Still can’t cover TEs.
SECONDARY C I understand sitting back, but on every play once the Chiefs had to pass to try to get back in the game? Poor DC play calling.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Kick coverage A- Kept a very elusive KR in check.
Kick return B Good but not great returns.
Punt coverage B See kick coverage
Punt Return A+ Most yards the Chiefs has allowed all year.
58 Yard FG attempt? COME ON MAN!!!!
Addendum to report card:
RB
Larsen A+ Great to see him more involverd in the game. Great run as well as TD catch.
i love how the McD lovers cant wait to spill out the “i told you so” after one game…McD can win every single game the rest of the year and i still wont like him, his talent evaluation or his coaching philosophies
I thought Champ played a great game yesterday! He jumped right on top of the pile to help thwart a KC 3rd and goal at the one and then turned around the very next play and singlehandedly stopped KCs fourth and goal by knocking the ball out of the recievers hands at the last second…
Every corner gets beat sometimes when teams are playing from behind and going for it on every play.
Not all corners can be counted on to stop a drive on the 1 yard line and get the ball back for their team…
CHAMP PLAYED GREAT!!!!
ILMSDB!!!!
KEEP THE DRIVE ALIVE CHAMP!!!
I’m surprise ur enjoying this bay, not bringing us back down to earth.
Champ got beat lots yesterday because of the prevent defense, hard to cover a guy when you start 10 yards off of him
Manny, I am a realist not a debbie downer as some try to paint me.
Anyone who really follows the blog should know by now that if the going gets good I talk it up and eat it up, but if the going gets bad you’ll hear it loud and clear, that’s what a realist does.
A pessimist is one who never points out to the good things, I don’t ever do that.
An optimist is one who choses to overlook the bad things, I don’t do that either.
I live and share both the good and the bad here and it’s the only way for me to feel productive discussing my Broncos.
Surprised you didn’t know that, now you do, I’m not a bad Bronco fan, don’t believe all the hype, LOL.
I am grateful to the team for reversing the downward momentum and showing us exactly how good they can be. But one swallow does not make a summer and they now have to play at this standard for the rest of the season otherwise all the great play and fantastic effort on Sunday will have been wasted.
This great result will give them confidence and they need to keep up the momentum and stuff Rivers and the Chargers next time out.
congrats team on a fantastic win. wore my jersey around proudly today. congrats Tebow on your first ever NFL TD pass. hopefully there are lots more of those to come. and congrats to Moreno on your first ever 100 yd game. awesome overall win
WOW!!! We played a complete game. Our D allowed some TD`s the 2nd half, but over, we finshed strong. I`m happy. We didn`t give up. YA!!!!
Well, if we had just won the Jags and Jets game we would be 5-4 and tied for first! But hein sight is 20/20, and this was a great win not to be undone by our previous play. Great win, I will cherish it all week.
Now for some forward sight. If we can build some momentum from this win and take care of business in SD on Monday night I will start to believe we may have some consistency and a chance. The next three games will be a huge test for this teams heart and character. Going to SD is no joke, St. Louis is no slouch even on our home field, and then on to KC. You know they will be looking for revenge, and we historically play bad at arrowhead. If we can come together and pull these three in a row to give us a four game win streak, we could be tied for first in the division. Wow, I know its a long shot, but if that happens I truly believe McD will gain the locker room back and have this team behind him with a full head of steam to take this division! I just gave myself goosebumps.
Lets go boys, instead of losing four in a row lets win four in a row!!!
If we can take care of bussiness in S. D., we might be back in it. The raiders go to Pittsburgh and that should be a tough game for them. K.C. plays the Cardinals in K.C. I think, not sure.
Also we are getting heathier by the day. I am looking forward to Ayers coming back too. Let it happen.
THAT WAS SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! best complimentary football ive seen all year..
players stepped up big time- Hats off to Mays, poised.
OL was fantastic.
Champ will always be the best inmy book..
I hope Mays dosn`t get fined on that hit he made. That was good clean football. That flag should never have been thrown. Bogus call I`d say.
Awesome play all around. To think K.C. didn’t get one sack or even one hit on Orton is amazing. The improvement in the offensive line play was great. I think we all knew we have a lot of good offensive weapons, QB, Wide Receivers, Knowshon when healthy and what we’ve been waiting for is a healthly offensive line to come together. Looks pretty promising to me. Last night some were complaining about Champ and I said he needed to do his best every play for the money he makes. Thinking about it he played pretty damn good, led the team in tackles with 10 and late in the game we weren’t putting a big rush on the QB which meant Champ was having to defend a long time on each play. And he did a great job on the goal line stand. I take back any inference that he wasn’t working hard. He was as well as the whole TEAM!
broncos rule!!! I guess it was proven this sunday.