Week 7 is done & over, but not without a whirlwind ending to a very boring game. Only one person could bring this much excitement, hope & fun to a game... Tim Tebow.Granted it was a team win at the end just like it was the whole team who struggled through the whole 4 quarters. Its never a one-man show, or at least it shouldn't be, but yesterday ALL eyes were on Tebow.
Here's the breakdown of the insanity...
Offense:
Tim Tebow was the focus of everyone in attendance or watching at home. His time to show & prove he is NFL worthy.
The vast majority of this game did him no justice... he did himself no justice. It was boring watching both teams punt back & forth the entire time. At one point I really did think I was watching a very weird tennis match. But leave it to Tebow to be apart of a very unorthodox, unconventional, unusual football game.
For nearly a full hour, Denver didn't score at all. It wasn't until the very final moments in the game that the Broncos came alive. They way they rallied together to fight for that win, where in the world was that during the WHOLE game??Nevertheless, Denver won and that's what matters. However, it leaves me at least, concerned about the way they played (or the lack thereof) during the bulk of the game. We can't play like that on offense against division rivals & the Pats later on in the season & get away with it. They will roll over us like a big semi truck over a pancake.
I fully believe that this was a great game for Tebow to work out his kinks, namely his passing. He WILL get better with each game. Watching him yesterday, I fully 100% realized just how patient us fans are gonna have to be.
Stat wise, Tebow wasn't half bad. He's VERY lucky he didn't get intercepted yesterday, he should've had at least 3 of them. But he got away with it.
#15 ended his first start of this year with 13 completions out of 27 passes for 161 yards & 2 TDs. No way would a certain someone have gotten 161 yards... with the
majority of those yards coming in the final minutes of the 4th quarter. Tebow also took 8 carries for 65 yards in the game.Now that I've said my peace on Tebow, the rest of our offense looked very troubling out there.
Willis McGahee took 18 carries for 76 yards and in either the 3rd or 4th quarter I believe, it was then we lost McGahee to a broken hand, which means we'll be without our best RB for at least several weeks. Just what we needed.........
Knowshon Moreno will probably take over & Lance Ball will be seeing more field time as well now. So to paint a more clear picture, we are without McGahee for at least our home game against Detroit, away game in Oakland & KC and possibly our Thursday night game at home vs. the Jets. I think all of that sums up how well our run game is going to be for the next 3 weeks to a month......
Our Oline got themselves a few more penalties than preferred costing our offense time & yardage. The line also let the Miami defense get to Tebow for 7 sacks. Way too many....... heck, one is too many.
Both McGahee & Tebow had one fumble each; McGahee's was lost.Matthew Willis led our receiving corps with 1 reception for 42 yards; Daniel Fells had 2 catches for 31 yards & 1 amazing touchdown; Demaryius Thomas (in his first game all season long) had 3 catches for 27 yards & 1 TD.
Long, tough day for our offense. Will be interesting to say the least to see what they can do at home vs. a 5-2 Detroit Lions team. Lord help us.............
Defense:
I would definitely have to say our defense had a better day than offense, considering we held them to just 15 points. They had double the time to prepare for this game with the bye week and I was happy with what our D accomplished.
Dawkins was a hot tamale out there with 2 sacks and 2 more from red hot rookie Von Miller & DJ Williams.
DJ Williams also forced a fumble in the 4th quarter on the QB with Denver coming up with the ball which led to our miracle win.
Jonathan Wilhite led the team in tackles with 10 and 1 assist.
Joe Mays came in 2nd with 5 tackles, 1 assist
And for the most part the Champ vs. Marshall match-up was a quiet one but there
were several times where Champ blocked a pass to Marshall but BM also came up with a few catches. If you ask me, Champ won the match-up. lolSpecial Teams:
OMG. We punted 9 times, Miami 8. Enter really boring football game slightly disguised as a tennis match. 17 punts... that's not gonna fly against other teams.
Matt Prater... you scare me sometimes. lol Missed two FGs, a 49 & 43, I believe, and yet you can make a 63-yarder in pre-game practice & a wild 52-yarder to win it. That's nuts man!!
Injuries:
McGahee is now out for several weeks with a broken hand. Not good news. He was doing really well for us.
Videos:
Broncos-Dolphins Highlights
Tebowmania: 2 point conversion
Tebowmania: 21-yard run to avoid a sack & safety
Tebowmania: Tebow throws 3-yard TD to Daniel Fells Prater’s miracle 52-yard FG to win the game
Broncos Defense at its best
Tebowmania: Tebow throws 42-yard pass to Matt ‘Ninja’ Willis
Tebowmania: Tebow to D. Thomas for 5-yard TD
Tebowmania: Tebow to Fells for a wild 28-yard catch
2nd sack of game & year for Weapon X
Von Miller’s 6th sack of year
1st sack of year & game for Weapon X
Enjoy the highlights... there's plenty of them!! haha
