3
The Broncos posted their league-best third game with at least 195 rushing yards. The club has topped the 200-yard rushing mark in back-to-back games and have run for 195 or more in their last three.
6
Quarterback Tim Tebow posted his sixth career game with both a rushing and passing touchdown. Those six games rank second in the NFL (behind Michael Vick’s 7) since Tebow entered the league in 2010. With his 7-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, he passed Jake Plummer for the second-most rushing touchdowns (8) by a quarterback in franchise history. John Elway leads that category with 33 rushing touchdowns.
7
Eric Decker caught his seventh touchdown pass of the season to help put the game out of reach in the fourth quarter against the Chiefs. His seven receiving touchdowns rank second in the AFC and third in the NFL.
55
The Broncos’ stable of backs carried the ball a combined 55 times in the 17-10 victory over Kansas City to represent the 6th most rushing attempts for a game in team history. The 55 carries by six different Broncos were the most since a 59-carry effort against Seattle on Oct. 29, 1978.
96
Sunday’s first half marked the 96th time in team history that the club shut out the opponent in the first half. The Broncos improved to an NFL-best 29-1 (.967) since 1994 in those situations. The team also improved to a league-best 45-1 (.978) since 2000 with a halftime lead of 10 points or more.
228.8
Since the team’s bye week, the Broncos lead the NFL in rushing yards per game with 228.8. Only one other team has averaged more than 200 rushing yards per game in that span (Houston Texans). Denver has gained a league-best 915 rushing yards and is averaging 5.6 yards per carry during that span.
-Stuart Zaas
Tags: Inside the Numbers, Week 10
Go BRONCOS!
Thanks for the numbers Stuart. I wonder what records will be set this week when we beat the Jets?
Moreno is out for the year… Portis anyone? I’d love to see him in Orange and Blue again
This just in…the Broncos run as much as Forrest Gump!
Nice… Finally a blog!
Congradulations Bronco Nation!!! Patience is paying off… Feels good to win back to back games!
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I fully embrace VON TEBOW football and haven’t quit smiling since the Raider game!!!
Haters can hate but Tebow keeps winning, and to go on the road to Arrowhead and the Black Hole and get convincing victories he has to get bonus points… that was like Christmas for most of us!!!
Von is a BEAST and it is very exciting knowing he can hit the quarterback on nearly every snap he is not double teamed!
Thank You Denver… for winning! GO BRONCOS!!!
FTJ!!!
Thursday Tebow gets one at Home!!!
Broncos 27
Jets 16
With Moreno on IR and McGahee’s status unknown it will be interesting the gameplan we choose to go with this week. I’m guessing if McGahee can’t go this week it will be Ball and Omon from the practice squad. I think this week will require us to have somewhat of a passing attack to pull out a “W.”
Moreno getting injured and put on IR and his underachieving may have earned him a ticket out of Denver.
Hope Moreno gets one more year… If not its not the end of the world. Clinton Portis signs with the RB needy Denver Broncos…. Hopefully lol
If the Broncos beat the Jets, that would be something
Can we please now put the Moreno still has great potential for us put to rest once and for all?
We hold on to players who it’s obvious are long shots to ever really contribute for us and let go of pro bowlers left and right. Sometimes I wonder if the altitude in Denver has a serious effect on brain function.
Anyhow…
As usual I’m going to try to go in a bit of a different direction than the obvious about this 3 pass completion win which has been re-hashed plenty already.
We are now in full contradiction about our goals:
Elway wants to find the QB of the future to win long term because his job is safe short term.
Fox wants to win now to save his job short term because in this league there are no guarantees for HCs.
Tebow needs to be able to show what he can do NOW so he can have a shot at impressing Elway enough to have a shot at a the starting QB job with the Broncos long term.
But Fox does not care about that at all, since his best chance of winning he feels is to keep Tebow from throwing it 95% of the time.
So Elway learns absolutely nothing, zero, nada, zilch about Tebow’s abilities in the pocket, namely what he is looking to find out.
Bottom line is those three all have different agendas.
And none of them makes the other one workout.
Now that’s a real problem for Tebow.
Fox keeps winning running the ball.
Elway remains unimpressed by Tebow.
And Tebow is hand tied from impressing Elway.
Of course the one good thing is for the team right now, they have started to win.
But the more wins the less options for that QB of the future for Elway, so Tebow’s best bet is to win us as many games as he can in whichever way Fox wants him to do it, and even so he won’t win Elway’s heart by improving his pocket passing, Tebow may in turn make us fall so far down in the draft order that there won’t be a single worthy QB left to pick from and Elway will keep Tebow as the starter by default.
Told you I would go somewhere a little different, thinking outside the box is what advances the discussion.
Yo bay, you think Clinton Portis would even be interested in returning here? If not, what are some other RB options you think would be good for us?
I mean as a complimentary back to McGahee when he’s winded or whatever. I like the “Thunder and Lightning” approach to a running attack; one heavy runner to tire the defense (McGahee) and one quick back to burn the D for long gains.
So basically baylinorcrush is saying winning “DOESN’T” cure everything? LOL
Portis must be completely empty in the tank for Shanny to let him go for a plethora of so so backs, so no way I would look there.
The sad part is for the ones who have been here all year they will all remember how often I said that even with the addition of McGahee we were way short at RB and that we should of brought in at least two more, I even went as far as saying that Fox would be truly sorry when Moreno would go down with an injury, that folks were the heavy odds in all of that, Fox gambled to go thin at the position he likes to use the most and he’s losing that gamble now, go figure, not quite a genius, is he?
Anyhow, best thing he can do now is immediately activate Jeremiah Johnson from the practice squad before he even takes the time to see who else is available out there.
Don’t make the same mistake as you did losing both Lloyd and Riley with now losing both Moreno and Jeremiah, please, I plead.
Or maybe best in this case Brian, winning doesn’t come without a price.
I have a question about the game. On the 57 yd. pass play, after Decker scored, he knelt down and gave a Mile High Salute, which was reported by the radio announcer. The ref threw a flag and we received a 15 yd penalty for that. The reason I want to know about this is that the announcers were totally confused on why the flag was thrown, so the announcer from the field found out. He reported that the ref penalized Decker for “Tebowing”. I saw what Decker did on the highlights reel, and my question is…how does the ref figure that was “Tebowing”? That wasn’t even close! If it was “Tebowing” Decker is on our team. I see a lot of players fall to one knee after scoring a td, and if they start penalizing teams for that the refs are going to open a rather large can of worms that I don’t think they are going to like to chew on.
I read in the DP article I think it was that they activated JJ from the practice squad today.
Anyway, I see Fox was sensible this time and did just what I had hoped for, activating Jeremiah from the practice squad, thank god:
Knowshon Moreno’s season is over.
Coach John Fox said today that Moreno will be placed on injured reserve after the running back tore his anterior cruciate ligament Sunday in Kansas City.
Moreno had rushed four times for 52 yards in the first quarter against the Chiefs, including runs of 24- and 22-yards before he was injured.
“I feel for him because he battled. He had that hamstring early in the season and battled back from that, and was getting back into the groove,” Fox said. “He was having a really, really good day. It’s unfortunate. But he’s tough-minded, and will battle back from this.”
The Broncos filled Moreno’s spot on the roster by signing running back Jeremiah Johnson off the practice squad this afternoon.
Bay – in the 2012 there will be potential franchise quarterbacks in the second and third round. If we can win enough to stay outside of the top 10 in the draft the three most coveted QBs – Luck, Barkley, and Jones – will most likely be gone by then. To me that means we can draft another impact player on defense or maybe Alabama running back Trent Richardson in the first round, and Tebow starts in 2012 as long as he keeps winning. Plus Elway said he wanted an off season with Tim to work on his pocket passing. Whatever happens I believe in the organization right now. I’d love to see Tim prove all the critics wrong, but I’m not worried about the direction of this team either way.
Losing the gamble at running back? You did see that Ball had 30 carries for 95 yards against a team that knew we wanted to run, right? And as I recall Johnson looked pretty good in preseason. Just saying.
Who needs a quarterback when you can just run with 6 running backs. lol
Well in the end with Moreno gone for hopefully ever, one less player I don’t like I don’t have to talk about anymore, that’s the harsh truth of the matter, relying on Moreno is like hoping your Gulf of Mexico beach front home will be just fine with a category 4 hurricane barreling down on you, it’s plain stupid is what it is, sorry Moreno, nothing personal, we just need someone we can count on.
I agree with you there. Moreno is just too injury prone.
That’s just the way you roll with the front office BB&R, they can do no wrong, you did that with the McD regime so I expect no different from you with this one, but I like to point out deficiencies when I see them and we are not in as strong a position with our RB fleet as we should of been in a run oriented O, that’s all, Ball and a banged up McGahee plus rookie Johnson isn’t exactly what’s gonna carry you for 7 more games even so it will now most likely have to.
This is so much better than about 2 weeks ago when they had to alk about how good our punter was.
*talk
Going to the ground and kneeling is considered excessive celebration. I’m not sure if that’s because it symbolizes a religious gesture or what exactly. If that is indeed the case, even the league thinks there is no room for faith in professional football.
POOR “No-shon” Moreno!!! That guy looked amazing during the two carries he had yesterday. He looked both FAST and AGILE. I hope Magahee can play Thursday – he would be a much BIGGER LOSS at this point of the season.
Even though it is unconventional and differrent it is WINNING GAME!!!
GO BRONCOS!!!
Gotta love the TEBOW Option!!!
Well, I just found out that we lost Knowshon for the season… Too bad, I wish him a speedy recovery..
I for one am just glad that Clady is Ok, b/c as long as we can keep this O-Line healthy, I don’t see a problem with Ball, JJ, Tebow, or even Royal running the ball behind this line…
Makes me wonder where we would be if TEBOW had just started the season and played the WHOLE season???
I thing we would have 3 more wins at this point!!!
Cinci
San Diego
Green Bay (just joking – seeing of you are really reading this stuff? LOL)
We did win the Cincinnati game 24-22.
As far a RB’s go, we should give Larson a few more carries
Peyton Hillis was a FB, that took advantage of his opportunties due to injuries… Just saying..
I think Johnson is in his Second Season, but still considered a 1st year player… slightly different than a rookie but essentially the same when it comes to game experience…
Denver is progressing nicely and learning how to win… DMT has to step up and make a play this week as I imagine Revis will be on Decker full time and just begging Tebow to throw his way…
Until this staff and front office has a full season with its players I will abstain judgement… I think so far they have done well to bring in talent, even if some of that talent never saw the field…
These guys are playing hard with/for Tebow and as they (Fox included) learn to have confidence in TT’s style things will get easier in the passing game… Tebow can throw the ball very well when he is in his rhythm, same as any other QB… he just has a little different rhythm than most at his position…
VON TEBOW = W’s!!!
While Moreno has seemed injury prone, I don’t think you can really say that about this particular injury. He got tackled by a dogpile at speed. He was probably rolling around with about 1000 lbs of meat and plastic.
It seems like, especially given how moreno started that game, it would be a shame to cut him in the offseason now.
He can be a great change of pace back and a threat in the passing game, at the very least.
What kind of style does jj run like? I knew we had him but dnt remember seeing him run much. I was hoping to see him that week we activated him once but didnt happen that i remember.
We just pounded the raiders. they beat san diego. Then we pounded the cheifs so hard they took a glory point field goal at the end of the game. Love it.
The sad part for me is we’ll be stuck with Moreno next year and the year after since he has a 5 year contract and no one in their right mind will be willing to trade for him, but at least I don’t have to go there for the rest of the year, amen! Post Moreno football, at least for now….
By the same logic you are always critical of the front office aren’t you Bay. Or maybe we can both agree that for better, worse or indifferent, this is a completely different situation. And as sharp and observant as you are, you should recall that I had several posts that were critical of the front office this season. Most of it had to do with Orton, but I also posted pretty extensively about how they were not setting Tebow up for success – remember the two pager I wrote after the Lions game? But low and behold we are now executing a game plan that is built around Tebow’s strengths and we are doing exactly what I asked I said I was looking to see before the season even started: playing their best football in November. Winning two division games on the road in a row, winning in Arrowhead IN November for like the second time EVER and giving us back to back wins for the first time since 2009 hasn’t hurt either. Glad to know you have me so well pegged though. And how is starting the season with FIVE running backs on the roster gambling at running back? Still a little puzzled and a little curious about what you would have liked to do instead.
Jeremiah Alex Johnson (born February 15, 1987) is an American football running back who is currently a member of the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. He was signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Oregon.
Johnson has been a member of the Washington Redskins, Carolina Panthers, and Denver Broncos.
College career
In Johnson’s senior year at Oregon, he carried the ball 168 times to rush for 1201 yards, the sixth-highest total in team history. With 2,336 yards total at Oregon, he finished sixth all-time. He was mainly used in a tandem running attack with current Carolina Panthers running back Jonathan Stewart during his career at Oregon, but in his senior season led the team after Stewart’s departure to the NFL as a junior. He helped lead the 2008 Oregon Ducks to a victory in the Holiday Bowl against Oklahoma State by rushing for 119 yards with a touchdown.
*And they are doing what I said I was looking to see before the season even started: playing their best football in November*
My life’s experience is running businesses so of course I’m a front office type of guy, sorry that gets you ruffled, you must be having a bad day because in no way shape or form did I say anything to rile you up like that. And if you don’t get my point about our RB corp after everything I wrote it’s obvious I can’t add anything to that. It’s all cool, take a chill pill, looks like armadillo in the last blog is what got you all ruffled up to start with, don’t unload on me please, thanks.
TRB is going to miss not being able to defend his boy Moreno for the rest of the year, LOL.
Just went to Jets site to see what they up to ahead of the thursday’s game, and was really surprised to see the following blog about Sanchez this morning. It really reminded me conversation about Orton on this site. By the way, the majority of people who commented agreed 100% with the following statement:
“I’ve always liked Sanchez, and always believed he would turn into the QB we all hoped for. I can no longer say that.
He just faced the worst passing defense in the entire NFL and he could not move the ball. I find it extremely hard to believe that receivers like Holmes. Plax & Keller were blanketed all night long by no name, 3rd string DBs. I think it’s far more likely that Sanchez is just not a very good QB, and never will be.
On a couple of those sacks, a good QB steps up into the pocket to get a bit more time and at least attempts a throw. Mark either crumbles to the ground or gets tackled 7 yards behind the LOS.
I think he panics and gets flustered. Are you really going to tell me that with the receivers we have, that nothing is open more that 6 yards downfield?
He does not have the ability to take control of a game. If things start going down hill he has a hard time recovering.
And finally, how many freaking times have we seen him throw to the outside, only to hit the safety, that he once again didn’t see, right in the gut for a pick 6?
I know that the D missed some picks and that the run game wasn’t there, but elite QBs take those opportunities and carry their team on their back. Sanchez cannot do that and he never will.”
Coop blog up, looks like a Raider blog, LOL.
Haha I’m not ruffled at all, buddy, you know I respect you. It’s been a while since you and I haven’t agreed on something so maybe that’s why it seems I’m riled up. Maybe it’s the capitalized words. As I’ve pointed out before I use those the same way you would use italics – not to yell. And I wasn’t riled up by Armadillo at all. That post is simply too outlandish to be riled up by. I think the idea that any teams leadership would set a whole team back just to set the fan favorite QB up to fail and rub their noses in it is a little ridiculous.
i guess reguardless if you like Moreno or not….he went out bustin his butt for the team we all love. I sure appreciated his efforts. As for his replacement i would love to see us take a look at Noel Devine. He went undrafted but got picked up by Philly but was later released. He is a little guy but has excellent speed. Our offense lacks a speedster of his caliber. I think he could help us out there but then again we might have problems with his durability and that doesnt help us at all. I guess injuries could happen no matter who we get. I would love us to get some more speed to add that dimension to our attack. Looks like Johnson has the job for now. Hope he can stay healthy and contribute to the teams sucess.
lol jbf