San Diego (+4.5) at Denver (10-30-16)

[oldunclemark]

4:05..EST......Greg Gumbel, Trent Green and Jaime Erdhal on CBS

Low 70s and partly sunny....over-run 43.5

 

the only [person hotter than Jaime Erdhal is SD QB Phillip Rivers ( 162 of 245, 2,018 yards, 13 Tds, 4 INTs) who led the 33-30 upset win at Atlanta last week.

6-foot-4 Ty Williams ( 31 catches, 526 yards) has been good and old man Antonio Gates is reliable but

RB Melvin Gordon (138 carries, 461 yards) has 8 rushing TDs in 7 games

 

Denver QB Trevor Siemian (112 of 176 , 1,211 yards, 8 TDs, 3 INTs) is a poor man's Aex Smith.

Takes few chances.....Makes few turnovers

Broncos will go the rest of the regular season without top rusher CJ Anderson (110 carries, 437 yards, 4 TDs)

Devonate Booker (51 carries, 244 yards) is the new starter..

WRs Emmanual Sanders (40 carries, 499 yards) and Demariyus Thomas (37 catches, 456 yards) figure to see some deep tosses but only iof the Bronco line can block SD N. draft choice Joey Bosa who has 4 sacks in 4 games...

Broncos have 20 QB sacks but Rivers gets rid of the ball fast and has only been sacked 17 times. Aqib ('Man with the Golden Gun') Talib has a bad back and may not play

 

These games are usually close and Denver is a low-scoring team...

Denver lost at SD earlier this month........Id take San Diego quick, fast and in a hurry...if I can get 4.5

 

 

 

 

[Girlzarefanstoo]

My family are Broncos fans, so we'll be trash talking back and forth during the game.  I've convinced them  that Rivers is a really good guy, so they don't hate us anymore, lol!  If we play clean ball, we can do this.  However, we have yet to have a clean game... too many mistakes.  Feeling good about our chances though.  We are soooo young, but our young guys are growing up right before our eyes. 

[bayone]

Talib & marshal Inactive

[oldunclemark]

Booker injured and out on the first series

[19colt]

I don't like Denver's system. I think it is old, outdated and somewhat boring. Interestingly, the only times Manning looked good last year is when they went away from it such as vs NE in the first half of the playoffs. In saying all that, Luck would be much better off with the Kubiak system than he has been in Indy the last few years. 

[oldunclemark]

7 minutes ago, 19colt said:

I don't like Denver's system. I think it is old, outdated and somewhat boring. Interestingly, the only times Manning looked good last year is when they went away from it such as vs NE in the first half of the playoffs. In saying all that, Luck would be much better off with the Kubiak system than he has been in Indy the last few years. 

There's a lot to be said for what you just said

[oldunclemark]

7-3 Chargers....even wiht Rivers sacked twice

[oldunclemark]

Both O-lines are under fire

[oldunclemark]

Pick 6 for Denver..Ohio State's Bradley Roby...10-7 Broncos

[oldunclemark]

Wade Phillips apparently got run over on the sidelines.....long delay...

sure hope he's OK

[bayone]

amazing NFL doesnt have a penalty or fine  for out of field of play knockout of opposing DC responsible for this teams wins

 

carted off  but moved something an announcer said , lets hope hes fine, hes been in this league forever and has always made a difference when DC

[oldunclemark]

     Wade is an older guy......they carted him off.....that's upsetting

[oldunclemark]

Devontae Booker..with a miracle recovery..back in the game

[BloodyChamp]

I had the Broncos winning this by alot by way of the old rematch legend...the loser of the first game always gets serious revenge when they games are this close together. We've seen it in the week 17/WC games many times. It looks close though and now Wade is out.

[oldunclemark]

 

    Siemian is struggling......seems uncertain

[oldunclemark]

Interception TD for San Diego......Casey Hayward........24-19 now

[oldunclemark]

27-19...Siemian made some plays..SD still with a chance

[oldunclemark]

goal line stand for Denver..4 plays....Broncos take over at the 5 with 2:20 to go

 

Raiders and Broncos about to be 6-2

[19colt]

The NFL will be happy with two primetime games in a row worthy of some hype. About time. 

[oldunclemark]

very true....

 

 the Broncos have 8 to play...2 with KC and 2 with Oakland

......next Sunday night: Denver (6-2) at Oakland (6-2)

 

Broncos play at Kansas City on Christmas Day..

..and host Oakland on New Year's Day....

 

 

[Girlzarefanstoo]

Broncos D is stifling.  Our OLine is  better than last year but not stellar.  Too many fans will say "We gave the game away" and not credit the D that caused those give aways.  Great D forces errors and that was the story of the game.  

 

That said, a couple calls one way or the other (2 pt conversion flag bogus), a field goal and an extra point that were made and we're still in the game. 

 

The truth is that we are running out of play makers on O with all the injuries.  When your QB is throwing to a guy you hadn't even heard of 2 games ago it's not a great thing.  Our D is playing lights out with rookies and young guns and injuries.  This isn't our year but our future is looking up.