15:00: The crowd at INVESCO Field at Mile High is still booing from an offensive pass interference call on Brandon Marshall, and the Broncos face a third-and-24 from their own 15 to begin the quarter.
Cutler avoids pressure from Joey Porter, stepping up in the pocket and launching a ball downfield toward Brandon Stokley. A Miami defender steps in front of the pass, however, for an interception at the Denver 43-yard line.
14:52: First-and-10 Miami, and the handoff is to Ronnie Brown. He’s brought down by Jarvis Moss for a loss of two.
On second-and-12, Chad Pennington floats a pass between the Denver defense for a 23-yard reception to Greg Camarillo. It’s first-and-10 for Miami on the Denver 22-yard line. Pennington takes the snap in the shotgun and hands the ball off to Brown — he’s brought down for a loss of one yard.
12:50: Brown takes another handoff and he’s immediately brought down by Jamie Winborn. The play gained no yards, and it’s third-and-11 from the Denver 23 for Miami. Pennington is almost sacked, but avoids the pressure and gets the ball off — but it’s incomplete. Dan Carpenter is out to attempt a field goal. The 41-yarder is good, and it puts the Dolphins ahead of the Broncos, 19-10.
11:58: Eddie Royal is back deep for Denver to return the kickoff. Peyton Hillis is just in front of him. The crowd at INVESCO is chanting, “Eddie, Eddie, Eddie,” as the kickoff is on its way — it’s a touchback, fielded by Royal in the back of the endzone.
Denver starts its drive from its own 20-yard line. Cutler drops back and lets loose a fly ball down the right sideline — and into the outstretched arms of Peyton Hillis. Hillis keeps sprinting down the field and is brought down, but not before a gain of 47 yards down to the Miami 33-yard line.
11:22: Cutler’s pass on first down is incomplete, and on second down he lofts a pass to Marshall in the middle of the endzone. It’s incomplete as he’s bracketed by two defenders, but there’s a flag on the play. It’s pass interference on the defense, and the ball is at the one-yard line, first and goal.
Kory Lichtensteiger is declared eligible, and Cutler drops back, rolls right and avoids pressure as Hillis breaks toward the endzone. Cutler finds him and Hillis finds his way in for a touchdown. Prater’s extra point is good, and the Broncos have pulled within two points.
Miami leads Denver, 19-17. It was a 48-second touchdown drive for Denver.
11:10: Prater booms the kickoff 10 yards deep in the endzone, and Miami will start its drive from the 20.
INVESCO Field at Mile High is shaking — when I can feel it in the press box it’s a pretty good indication of how loud it is out there.
ThunderVision is playing a video that has the fans — and the defense — hyped up. “Live like there’s no tomorrow” is displayed above the screen.
10:35: A five-yard gain on first down has the Dolphins in a second-and-5 situation. Pennington finds Camarillo near the sideline for the first down, and he runs out of bounds to stop the clock.
10:23: Camarillo makes another catch on first down, an eight-yard pickup to the Miami 41-yard line. Ricky Williams picks up the first down on the following play, down to the Miami 45-yard line.
8:38: Off of a play-action, Pennington lofts a pass downfield that is over the head of his intended receiver and almost intercepted by a diving Marlon McCree. Second-and-10 for Miami and Pennington is in the shotgun. The pass is complete to Davone Bess, and he falls down but crawls for the first down before being touched down.
7:45: Pennington hands off to Williams, but he’s dropped by several Broncos at the line of scrimmage. It’s called a gain of one yard, and the crowd is chanting, “Defense!”
Pennington fakes a handoffand he’s sacked by Elvis Dumervil. Holding is called on Jake Long, and the penalty is accepted. It’s a 10-yard penalty, bringing up second-and-19. The chants of “Defense!” are getting louder.
6:45: Pennington’s in the shotgun and tries to find Ted Ginn, Jr. near the sideline, but he was bobbling the pass as he went out of bounds — incomplete, and third-and-19.
6:37: Pennington takes the snap in the shotgun and narrowly avoids being sacked on a big blitz, but he floats the ball over the defense on a screen to Ronnie Brown, who scrambles very close to the first down marker.
6:18: After a measurement, it’s fourth and less than a yard for the Dolphins at the Denver 35-yard line. The Miami offense is staying on the field. The crowd is on its feet as Pennington hands the ball off — and it requires a measurement, but Miami got the first down.
4:50: Pennington completes a pass immediately to Camarillo for another first down at the 22. On first down, Pennington hands the ball to Brown, who is brought down in bounds by Dre’ Bly for a loss of three yards.
4:02: Pennington lofts a pass to Anthony Fasano, and it looks like the pass is headed right into the arms of Calvin Lowry for an interception, but Fasano gets his hand in to break up the interception and almost come away with the catch — but Lowry breaks it up.
3:59: On third-and-13 from the 25-yard line, Pennington finds Ricky Williams at the two-yard line to set up first-and-goal.
3:08: Brown scampers two yards for the touchdown on the following play. The extra point is good and the Dolphins lead the Broncos 26-17.
It’s a 15-play, 80-yard touchdown drive that spanned 8:02 for the Dolphins.
UPDATE: D.J. Williams has a sprained right knee and Marlon McCree sprained left ankle, both on the same play — the Ronnie Brown screen pass that set up the fourth-and-1. Both are out for the remainder of the game.
2:59: Holding is called on the Broncos during the kickoff return. The offense will set up at their own nine-yard line.
Royal catches a Cutler pass at the 24-yard line, and the Broncos hurry up to the line. Cutler takes the ball in the shotgun and tries to get it to Marshall, but it falls incomplete — and there is a flag on the play. It’s an illegal formation on the Broncos, only six men on the line of scrimmage.
2:33: That makes it first-and-15 for the Broncos at the 20-yard line. Cutler’s pass is knocked down at the line of scrimmage. On second-and-15, Cutler takes the snap in the shotgun and sends Daniel Graham in motion out wide.
Cutler finds Royal for a gain of about 12. It’s third-and-4 for the Broncos and Cutler is in shotgun again. He finds Stokley for the first down, and he’s hit as he throws.
That’s the two-minute warning.
1:56: First-and-10 for the Broncos at their own 42. Cutler hands off to Andre Hall, and he takes it to the right side for a gain of seven yards. On the next play Cutler launches it downfield toward Stokley, but it’s just past his reach and it falls incomplete.
Third-and-3 for the Broncos at their own 49. Cutler is in the shotgun and he finds Marshall. Royal lays a nice block and Marshall fights his way to the sideline. There’s a flag on the play, however.
They’re calling Royal’s block a block in the back.
Because of the penalty, the ball is brought back and it’s short of a first down. Third-and-1, and Cutler finds Hall on the run, and he runs out of bounds after picking up the first down.
1:18: Cutler avoids pressure, steps up in the pocket and tries to find Marshall in the middle of the field. It looks like Marshall would have taken a big hit, but the ball goes just through his hands and it’s actually the defender who ends up on the turf after the collision.
1:04: After an incomplete pass into the endzone in the direction of Brandon Marshall, the Broncos face a third-and-10 from the Miami 41. Cutler is in shotgun and throws the ball over the head of Stokley — it goes through his outstretched arms.
0:58: Fourth-and-10 for the Broncos. Cutler is in the shotgun. He drops back and tries to get the ball to Royal, but it’s broken up. Turnover on downs.
0:00: After Miami took over on downs, Pennington took two knees to end the game.
The Dolphins win the game against the Broncos, 26-17. The Broncos’ next game is in Cleveland. Denver travels to play the Browns this Thursday.
-Gray Caldwell, DenverBroncos.com
Tags: Fourth Quarter, Gray Caldwell, Live Blog, Week 9
Could the refs please get over the SD game?
Game is not over yet. It’s the droolfins, and unless the zebras keep throwing their yellow hankies, the offense may yet get their collective ass moving and score.
well the PI call was absolute garbage, but if we learned anything from that play is that Allen cannot cover Marshall man to man…………..run Marshall deep on that chump with a double move
Our offense better get it together quick… we’re heading towards the end of the cliff. And those refs are at the end of that cliff and I’m about ready to push ‘em off it. That was the most BS of a call I’ve ever seen. If we lose to a bunch of trash talkin’ fishies I’m gonna be SOOOOOOOOOO ticked off.
Our offense has got to put the pieces of this screwed up puzzle back together and make some plays. Cutler did when he threw that ball to Marshall and the fault can’t be put on them for that play. But we just have to keep going and playing our game. We need to take out our frustration on these stupid Dolphins and retaliate with some TDs.
And Cutler just did it. Another great pass too Hillis… keep it coming!!!!
GO BRONCOS!!!!!!!!
can someone tell me what happened to the run game?
I’d like the defense to even the score by knocking the fish on their fins and getting the ball back.
What a draft. Seriously, Royal, Clady and Hillis. Hopefully some other diamonds will come out of the ruff.
great statistics for a fullback!!! lol
agreed, this is probly the best draft class i’ve ever seen in my life lol. thank god for hillis, his hands are amazing. maybe we’ll actually come back n win this if the refs dont call bs calls all day
Dont forget Wesly
does anyone have a live feed?
Come on D. we need the ball!!!!!
denvers defense will either win or lose the game for us on this drive and they are already past the 50
can someone please tell me where I can see the game?
GO DENVER!!!
Is anybody covering Cam?
WHY are we giving Camarillo a 10 yd cushion every play??? COME ON!!!
golden opportunity trashcanned.
The D needs to stop these guys ASAP. They keep getting 1st downs, stop them guys!!!!!! We really do need the ball. If we could stop them, get the ball back, hold on to it for awhile and score a TD we got this game behind us. The D just needs to do their job. We can’t even let these guys get a FG. They have a 3rd down right now… bring the ball back to us Denver.
GO BRONCOS!!!!!!
In the end the one constant this year is our defense never wins a game for us.
Game
The defense BLOWS it…………..how many long drives did the dolphins have today?
game over
the Defense played well for how long they were out there for.
The offense blew it
The coach and the team have a lot of explaining to do!
our defense sucks
our run game is non-existent
our QB is having a horrible game
make your January vacation plans now
and to think this offensive performance is with the team coming off of a bye week……………..geeze, how bad will they play this week with only a short week to prepare??? remember, the next game is thursday night.
it will be the same bs explanation as every other week.
Imagine overpaid idiot wearing sunglasses inside:
“we did not execute today”
“we need to do things better”
“they played a great game”
“hopefully things will come together next week”
I’d almost rather watch the faiders than this crap
this seasons over. need to start planning for next year
Good thing we rewarded our players with a weak off. Genius
SLOWIK LOST THIS GAME NOT PAYMAH NOT GREEN NOT ANYONE. PLEASE TELL ME HOW HE GIVES 10-15 CUSHING TO CAMARILLO.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE THIS OUT, I AM NOT A COACH AND I GET IT.
THEY HAD AN ARTICLE THAT PAAYMAH IS FASTEST BRONCO. GIVE THE DUDE A CHANCE MAN LET HIM BUMP AND RUN.
SEASON OVER SORRY..
With the help of our poor offense and defense, this game should be put on the refs BIG time. They made some calls that were complete BS – and they know it.
And just stop it with this “season is over” crap. If this season were over it would be February, its just the beginning of November. No one in the world knows how this season will turn out for us. I don’t know, you don’t know… just quit it. We do however have SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much ground to cover and make up and have to fix our mistakes. And we all know there’s plenty of mistakes for these guys to fix. We’re still turning the ball over like its a party or something. Cutler isn’t doing it on purpose, the first 2 were a bad case of miscommunication between him and Stokley. They have to work as TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Someday, this mess will get cleaned up. When, is the question??
GO BRONCOS!!!!!!!
This is the worst Broncos team I have seen in some time. It looks like Pat needs to make some big a s s changes. Heck he might as well just sell the team. what an worthless group of over paid high school football players. You know the seasons over when you lose to the dolphins what a disappointment.
this might have been pathetic 7broncoholic but they arnt worthless.. And the dolphans are a good team…They Took it to the pats and chargers and i think we did well twords the end. Our D did a well job actually..But if people could catch like they usualy do, things might have been diff…I agree with 07 elway..We will pick it up sometime soon..And IF we can get a win over the browns our season will be saved..Im dissapointed with not seeing torain that much also…7 yards is disgusting, but atleast hillis shined.
dOES ANYONE SEE THE SAME PATTERN EVRY YEAR WITH THIS TEAM. START OFF FAST 3-0 AND ALLWAYS SLIDE IN THE MIDDLE AND END.
THEY GOT JOBBED ON THAT MARSHALL PLAY. WHEN WAS IT THAT OUR D WON A GAME OR COULD STOP A TEAM. I AM TALKING ALL THE BACK TO THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. EVEN THAT TEAM COULDN’T STOP BIG BEN ON 3RD DOWN REMEMBER FOXY GETTING BURNED EVERY TIME.
LOTS OF ENCOURAGING YOUNG PLAYERS, BUT IAM SORRY SHANAHAN MUST GO I AM SICK OF THIS EVRY YEAR. THEY GOT OUT COACHED AGAIN TODAY.
I CAN’T WAIT TO HEAR THE EXCUSES AND HOW THEY ARE STILL IN FIRST PLACE.
oh jst shut it guys……….we fared bettr-ish den last year…….its all the pessimism that ruins the the season for fans….
This team is weak, they get pushed around during the game and after plays. Granted, if Denver stood up for themselves, they’d get flagged. What a frustrating game. Losing to that scum bag Joey Porter and their pedophile looking coach just made it all the worse. Bad calls or not by the officials, Denver’s offense played horribly most of the game and the defense never could get a stop when it mattered. Why in the world would Slowik call a blitz on 3rd-and-17, knowing that Pennington can’t complete anything longer than 10 yards? The one time Slowik calls a blitz, he leaves the middle of the field wide open for a screen. I don’t see Denver winning more than two more games, which wins will only come if they do, at home against Oakland and Kansas City. Here are losses coming up… @ Cleveland, @ Atlanta, @ New York Jets, @ Carolina, Buffalo @ Mile High and @ San Diego. Denver will finish 6-10 and if lucky 7-9. The overrated Chargers take the division at 8-8 or 9-7.
What a pathetic team the Broncos are currently and pathetic division they help form part of. The good news is, Denver has lots of good young talent on offense, a few nice pieces on defense, a great returner, a good punter and a pretty solid place kicker. The defense will need a good two seasons of personnel overall. Paymah has to go, the only time he made a play today is when he got lucky on an underthrown pass.
Finally, my rant ends by saying if you turn the ball over like Denver does every game, you won’t win, you won’t even beat the Chiefs, we witnessed that already this season. What a painful day to be a Broncos fan. I guess we are all so frustrated because we got our hopes up from some early promising offensive performances, but the Broncos are what most thought they would be heading into the 2008 season, a team with serious gaping holes and flaws.
OUT COACHED? Maybe the players need to execute what is being coached. If they can’t tackle that’s a player problem.. You learn that in PeeWee…
The Defense finally played well.
only 289 passing yards, no touchdowns, good considering champ isn’t there
less than 100 yards rushing (WHOO), and a touchdown by ronnie brown.
INT by karl paymah, and 3 sacks.
The offense lost this game.
Cutler threw three interceptions,
and we only ran the ball 12 times…for 14 yards? did I see that properly?
How is this broncos football? I thought we were gonna let Torain loose?
I don’t know how to fix the team. First: the offense is brilliant and the defense is miserable at best. Now: the offense is looking less and less brilliant every week, and the defense is finally taking some pride in their work. We’ll just have to see how Shanny & Co. guide the team to a playoff birth (we may only hope).
I love Broncos but it is hard to cheer for them now. Come on Broncos pick yourself up and do better on the next game. I don’t know why we blitted them on 3rd-19.
Perfectly stated Broncomania56. I was going to write an eloquent diatribe, but you said everything I needed to say. Well done.
broncos20 & bronco-blaze, you must be crazy to believe this team has anything going for it. The Dolphins are not a good team. They suck in fact. Just because they beat some good teams doesn’t make them good. 07 Elway, yes sir this season is over! We all know how it will end, Denver players walking into the locker room at the end of the season with their heads down. This team is not capable of winning again this year! They suck!!!! Their is so little heart displayed and they are like little babies. No composer, no heart and no passion for the game, just excuses!!! I wish Mike Singletary was our coach. There should be more like him. At least he has the balls to hold players accountable, cause god knows thy don’t hold themselves accountable. This is a league full of pre-modana’s who think money is more important than the game. Most wind up broke anyway, because they are too ignorant to manage their money. To retarded to really be apart of a team. The NFL is full of individuals not team players. And yet a lot of you fans make excuses for them. They are big headed, cocky punks, who won’t and don’t know how to execute what they are taught. Bunch of wannabes, not real Broncos!!!
Alright so I’m tired of all the negativity (even though I know it’s warranted) so I’m going to look at some of the positives……..Peyton Hillis was awesome! How often do you see a full back with over a buck receiving???? That’s sick. Eddie Royal………..that kid is just good and you can tell he has a ton of heart. The defense didn’t give up a ton of long rushing plays so that was better. Paymah sucks but he DID have an int……..can’t remember the last time Bly had one. Let’s see………..what else positive………….oh yeah, the field looked like it was in real good condition didn’t it?? The cheerleaders looked uber-hot in high definition!
Thanks navy for reminding us of the positives, it is a game. I get as down as anyone following a Broncos loss, but life goes on. It is frustrating the way Denver has been playing, but I take solace in the fact that Denver is a very young team that has some great offensive players and some pieces on defense to form a rebuilt defense around.
I’ve been watching Denver football since 1981. Trust me folks I’ve seen some great Bronco teams and some really bad ones. These guys are going to break your heart because they have no heart. Any team that comes off of a bye with a chance to go up two games in the division on the second place and plays like that has no heart. This game should’ve been over by half time. This was the game to build momentum. Jamal Lewis is going to run over this sorry defense. Still a fan but also deal in reality.
OK, OK, OK Royal and Hillis get props for being the best players tonight to touch the football. Offense is our achilles heal, try hipnotism, ,maybe that will help. Can’t believe I waste my hard earned money to watch you play this way, week in and week out.
I agree with a few points I’ve seen…the refs are still upset about Suckulees, I’m tired of seeing flags on B Marsh for playing hard…Shanny had a TERRIBLE game plan to start, our strength is not running the ball….what ever happened to the quick slant to ANYONE? Pittman looks hurt, he’s not the guy he was 3 weeks ago….Moss needs more playing time, maybe even more of Dooms time (thoug that may upset many)….we can’t afford to lose DJ, I hope the guy’s ok…..
DJ will more than likely be out for a month or more…Sigh..IF Our d can play like they did tonight and we can get OUR O going. We will win thursday.
Man….what’d I miss….what’d Shanny say about DJ?
broncomania…thats exactly wud i’m sayin,,KEEP TO UR BELIEFS,,and LET US OTHER FANS STICK TO OURS…i’m gonna bash our team..
its all this negativity that ruins it for everyother fan,,
we need Dj back…Hillis was excellent today…..
Just more of the same; bad execution, no heart, turnovers, turnovers, turnovers. I think Jay Cutler needs some soul searching. His interceptions are bush league, he is blowing games, not pulling them out. No one would argue his talents or his youth, but he shows little heart and keeps making the same mistakes week after week. Very disappointing. The run game?! The O line was horrible today on the run, 14 yards, are you kidding me? It is really hard to understand this team right now, or Coach Shanahan who is supposed to be in charge and responsible for this team. I disagree with most of you, today the defense played quite well, they were good against the run and fair against the pass. The offense blew this one, mainly Cutler. Bewildered in Broncoland…