They came. They fell behind. They battled back to win. They sustained another tough injury. And No. 6 came up absolutely huge. It was just another Sunday at the office for the Broncos.
But as is usually the case in the NFL, those are just the superfluous details decorating Sunday’s bottom line, which was a win over the Chiefs, 24-17.
By now, the Broncos have long since buckled the seat belt to the roller coaster ride that is the 2008 season. Wherever and whenever the ride ends, one has to admire the way this team continues to battle, continues to gut it out, continues to overcome itself and continues to insert obscurity into its lineup and win.
Running back Peyton Hillis was the latest impact player to succumb to injury, hurting his hamstring in the second half. Head coach Mike Shanahan told 850 KOA after the game that things didn’t look good for the rookie out of Arkansas, who might miss several weeks. We should know more early this week.
No matter. Tatum Bell, while hardly unstoppable, was effective enough to keep the Chiefs’ defense honest to pay a degree of attention to the Broncos’ running game.
More importantly, quarterback Jay Cutler engineered three scoring drives of 80 yards or more. The final one was a 12 play, 95 yard gem that consumed 6:07 and resulted in the go-ahead touchdown on a six yard pass to Brandon Marshall with 10:10 left in the game.
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