The Official Thread of the 2013 Denver Broncos

[St1ck]

Leading 24-0 at halftime, only to lose. I've seen this before. 

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

Broncos already playing like a Del Rio team.

 

They were insanely conservative, poor defensive play calling, and sloppy mistakes.

 

Agreed.  Both teams made mistakes the difference was NE made theirs in the 1st half while the Broncos made all of theirs in the 2nd half.  Denver was able to run the ball pretty much every quarter but in the 3rd quarter they barely tried to pass when Manning had the wind at his back.  We heard the commentators saying how hard it would be to throw against the wind yet the Pats scored three times in the third quarter and were successful throwing while the Broncos played not to lose.  I ******* hate that conservative BS when you go up and that's why I knew it wasn't over.  NE did pretty much everything right after the half - came right out and scored, created TO's and played pretty much mistake free football.  Denver on the other hand...reminded me of the playoff game against Baltimore last year where they just shit the bed when it mattered most.    

[Angelsjunky]

The difference also is the elephant in the room: Peyton Manning sucks under pressure. Maybe not "sucks" but he turns from being the best quarterback ever to a run-of-the-mill QB, while Brady turns from being very good to Joe Montana.

 

Peyton = Dan Marino

Brady = Joe Montana

[Brandon]

Not quite.

I'm not a fan of either, but a Pats fan called in and talked about the "rivalry". To sum it up, the Pats have had team wins and have usually been ahead in all games with Manning having and making comebacks or just falling short. This is the first time Brady had comeback against Manning.

[Brandon]

Not to mention Manning has one of the greatest comebacks of all time.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

To go along with what Brandon said before the game they were showing various stats for Manning and Brady over their careers and one of the stats showed was how many pro bowlers they both played with.  They both had 50 but the majority of Manning's were on the offensive side of the ball while the majority of Brady's were defensive players.  Some might argue that Manning has had more of an advantage on offense but some of those guys made pro-bowls because of Manning.  Manning's Colts were usually average to bad defensively and he has more come from behind wins going back to 2001 than Brady.  He will always take flack for having fewer rings than Brady (and his brother unless he gets another one) and while he's thrown some picks in key moments in big games he's been the main reason why his teams have gotten even that far.     

[nate]

Manning didn't have that bad of a game.  The offensive play calling was very conservative.

 

That said, Manning has never been one of those power arm guys like Brady is.  In driving wind, when you don't throw a super tight ball, you are screwed.

[Spirit]

Need a bounce back win today.  I think the Pop Warner replacement players we picked up this week will be the difference.   :-/

[nate]

ALOLex Smith with a really bad redzone pick.

[Spirit]

Aaaannnddd ... we give it right back.

[nate]

This D is really bad.

[Spirit]

2 INTs for PM. 

 

 

Time to warm up Tebow.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

Too many injuries, a few bad To's and KC is moving the ball at will. Now 21-7. Need a long drive that results in some points.

[Brandon]

ALOLex Smith with a really bad redzone pick.

sup

[nate]

Poor play by Peyton so far in this game.  This Broncos D needs to step it up though.

[Spirit]

Pretty fired up that left Decker on my fantasy team bench. 

[nate]

Hah.  Peyton carving up the Chiefs D.

[Spirit]

KC receivers look pretty strong today.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

Huge win as Denver is in the drivers seat for both the 1 seed and the division. It's amazing how Manning looked so bad on a few throws yet still tore KC's D up.

[Spirit]

I'm glad the Broncos' Del Rio era is over.

[1nutkruk]

I'm glad the Broncos' Del Rio era is over.

It lasted just as long as Josh McDaniels reign.  

[Angelsjunky]

Despite the horror show that was that Patriots game, Del Rio still went 3-1 vs KC x2, the Chargers, and Patriots.

 

Let's just face facts: Peyton is the equivalent of Belicheck's and Brady's prison bitch.

[Brandon]

I think Peyton makes coaches look better than the other way around.

[Spirit]

51 points scored.  A NFL record 64 yard field goal.

 

Just another day at the office.

[Brandon]

Indeed, giving up a lot of points to a bad team.

The better teams wont make it that easy, but that's why you said another day at the office because of the Broncos schedule.