The Broncos finally got their revenge on the most hated team in the NFL, the Raiders.Denver traveled to Oakland for a rematch of a win that should've happened in week one and our boys delivered... big.
First half was weak and looked grim for awhile but we kept up with the speed of things.
Second half was Bronco Time the whole way. BIG things happened and Denver came away with a much needed win after stunning the Raiders with 31 unanswered points in 2 quarters & 24 of them consecutively!! ahhh, I love this team!!! lol
That is the Denver team I know & love.... completely unpredictable & showin' their most hated rival up in their own house. F.U.N.N.Y.
Offense:
Much improvement in many areas, starting with none other than Tim Tebow.
Tebow had such a great day compared to his other 2 starts. So much improvement, I'm excited for him. I'm so so glad that Coach Fox stuck with him the whole game, trusted him to pull through, to improve, gave him a fighting chance and didn't resort to Brady Quinn at all. I shutter to think what disaster that would've been had Quinn been put in there. We would've got creamed.
I'm proud of Tebow for what he did in this game. Always room for more impr
ovement and he's got plenty more to work on. It was far from a perfect game for him but it was darn close. Even VP of Operations John Elway had good things to say about his performance and that's huge. That's the kind of feedback Tebow needs when we all know he had a good game.
ovement and he's got plenty more to work on. It was far from a perfect game for him but it was darn close. Even VP of Operations John Elway had good things to say about his performance and that's huge. That's the kind of feedback Tebow needs when we all know he had a good game.His stats for passing were 10/21 for 124 yards, 2 TDs and NO interceptions.
For rushing, Tebow ran 12 times for 118 yards.
The line was better protecting Tebow but still coughed up a few penalties and 2 sacks. I think its understandable that it would take awhile for the line to adjust to protecting a left handed QB in Tebow vs. Orton but they shouldn't be having this much trouble with it. The line is Tebow's lifeline cause every defense is going to be hungry to get sacks on him, that front 5 better figure out a rhythm while Tebow is out there. KC is gonna be real hungry after losing to Miami of all teams, if our line doesn't hold up all game, Tebow's gonna have one green jersey.
Our rushing game has been fun to watch for once. Willis McGahee was on fire Sunday afternoon rushing 20 times for 163 yards and 2 touchdowns.
What was really impressive from this offense was the one-play TD in the 3rd quarter. Tebow handed the ball off to McGahee and he took all the way for a 60-yard TD to tie the game at 24. Awesome play from the entire offense to make that happen. So awesome to see our offense pull something like that off.So be sure to vote for our own Willis McGahee as he is nominated for the FedEx Ground Player of Week.
McGahee is also featured on 'Let's Go Primetime' as get this... the #1 playmaker of the week. Never thought I'd see the day. Ch-ch-check it out here.
Eric Decker was quiet after his 1st quarter TD but still a playmaker I love watchin out there.
And good ol Eddie Royal... its about time he get involved in our offense more. He only had 2 receptions for 25 yards but one of those catches a big TD in the beginning of the 3rd quarter and a big return in the 4th.
Overall a much better game from our offense. Was very pleased with their fight & drive to get the win. They came out fighting so hard in the 3rd quarter & carried that into the 4th. Talking about the whole team, not just offense because our defense held down the fort in the end.
Defense:
Like it was for the offense, a tough first half. Struggled to find their groove but owned the 2nd half.
Champ 'The Stud' Bailey FINALLY got his first INT of the season & a second one later on in the game. Can't tell you how much I was cheering for him when we got those. I think my raider fan friend went deaf. haha
And Dumervil finally broke through and got his first sack of the season. Later on Von-Doom got a piece of Palmer giving Doom 1.5 sack credit & Von 0.5 credit. Hopefully this deadly duo will wreak havoc on KC this coming weekend. Elvis is back in the building baby!
Overall, our D had 3 INTs (2 for Champ & 1 for Chris Harris), 2 sacks on Palmer for 16 yards, a forced fumble by Champ. Chris Harris also led the D in tackles with 9 & 2 assists
Rookies Quinton Carter & Von Miller had a combined 11 tackles.
The defense really pulled this one through for us by holding off the Raiders at the end.
Special Teams:
AWESOME!!! lol Eddie Royal took only one punt return the whole game and turned it into a freakin' awesome 85 TD return. I'm surprised I didn't lose my voice when this happened lol
Interesting Notes:
Penalties are a given when we play the Raiders, but DAAANG!!
Denver ended up with 11 for 93 yards but the whopper came from Oakland (thank goodness) with 15 for 130 yards! bahahaha Some of those were kinda lame but if they're on Oakland, who cares!? That makes for a funny game.We have got to work on this penalty thing. They are killin us. Those 11 penalties could have been a huge deal breaker for us. 11 is unacceptable... heck, 1 is too many. Most of them are silly & very preventable. Holding calls, false starts, we're better than that. They know better.
In the end though, we left with the W and that's what matters but we weren't that far behind Oakland in penalties. We can't afford to rack those up every game & expect to get away with it.
But good game for Denver, from all sides of the ball. Now we get to enjoy tons of awesome videos that recapture the game in all its awesomeness. lol Hats off to the team for getting this win. Now get 2 in a row in another rival city that is tough as steel to play in... I figure if Denver can conquer the Black Hole... BBQ town can be taken down again too. LOL
Go get 'em boys. Show 'em some Bronco Orange & Blue love ;)
Videos:
Royal catches 26-yard TD
Eddie Royal’s 85-yard punt return TD
Tebow 28-yard run
Decker’s 27-yard TD catch
Prater’s 43-yard FG
D. Thomas 29-yard catch
Chris Harris INT
Champ’s 1st INT of season
Champ Bailey’s 50th career INT
Doom’s 1st sack of season
Von-Doom sack on Palmer – Boom Baby!!
McGahee has big day in Oakland
McGahee 17-yard run
McGahee 24-yard TD run
McGahee 60-yard TD run
You know it was a great Bronco game when I put up an endless amount of videos! Love doing that. Enjoy
Orange Crush those Chiefs!!!! Would be huge if we win in KC, huge! If Miami can do it, we can run 'em into the ground.
