The Denver Broncos had the Colts within their grasp. Until the 4th quarter. As earlier mentioned in my last post, in order to beat Peyton Manning, it would take risk. Our risks didn’t pay off, going 5-15 on 3rd down and 1-4 on 4th down. I appreciated the aggression by McDaniels but I disagreed with the play-calling. Denver’s redzone failures can be attributed to our inability to run the football. It seemed like McDaniels gave up on the run at moments instead of being fully committed to the ground; two times where McDaniels called a play for Orton to float it to a receiver, falling incomplete. Orton played a good game, throwing for 476 yards, but it only produced 13 points. It sure doesn’t help seeing the Broncos with their non-existent run-game and the same week witnessing Peyton Hills (traded from the Broncos for basically nothing) rush for 144 yards with Browns against a very formidable Ravens defense. So far in 2010 the Broncos are a stellar 30th in rush yards. You think the Broncos could use Peyton Hillis?
Okay, I’m done being negative. I like Denver’s match up vs Tennessee this week. So far the Broncos have proven to defend the run well (10th best in the NFL). We’ll need our best run-defense of the year vs 2000 yarder Chris Johnson. If Denver can contain Johnson I like our chances vs Tennessee who has a 30th ranked pass offense. Offensively, Denver is 1st in the NFL in pass yards, and Brandon Lloyd is actually 2nd in the NFL with 339 yards. We all know what Denver needs to do offensively to win the game; establish a respectable ground game and score in the red zone.
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