Broncos vs Bears Game thread

[SpiritOf77]

I have not read thru all the posts here yet, but I am really excited about Oz and the future of this offense - he involved everyone, and that was without out our #1 catalyst Emmanuel Sanders ......

Down the road, with some quality on the OL, and this is gonna be good

Heck, it's going to be good from here on out

Oz played extremely well ... Not sure you could ask for more

Latimer is going to be a factor - it is obvious that Manning had his small circle, but with Oz and a running game, it will be exciting

 

[iknowftbll]

I think overall it was a great team performance. Much to improve upon on both sides of the ball.

The offense squandered a couple opportunities and the defense had some pretty stupid penalties again. They got close but just a hair late on the pass rush a few times. But they also had some huge turnovers and despite the offense missing on that scoring opportunity on the 4th and 1 the turnover stopped a Bears possession and potential game changing drive.

The single more positive take away (other than the win itself) is the offense finally gave us a game free of turnovers. Oz looked solid and the running game was as good as we've seen this year.

Lots of work to do for a very good Pats team next week.

go Broncos!

 

[Malibu]

Yes since it was this close without them, I think the Bears would've won today if they had Jefferey-Royal-Forte. Not the most impressive win, but a win is a win. We're 8-3 so we WILL be in the playoffs and Osweiler looks very good. A lot of poise for a young kid.

I thought Oz was very good I was referring to the defense as a whole and the short yardage offense.

 

[Mondo Jay]

Yes since it was this close without them, I think the Bears would've won today if they had Jefferey-Royal-Forte. Not the most impressive win, but a win is a win. We're 8-3 so we WILL be in the playoffs and Osweiler looks very good. A lot of poise for a young kid.

Denver was also missing their most prolific WR and pass rusher. BTW, they are 8-2.

 

[Orange Crush77]

The secondary played like crap. Despite there being zero pressure. Remember the GB game, Rogers had a ton of time and we locked down their receivers. Hopefully they bounce back next week, Wade has some studying to do

 

[AmericanTebowFan]

Denver was also missing their most prolific WR and pass rusher. BTW, they are 8-2.

Yes, that was a typo there. 8-2! Nice that we can just cruise to an easy division title, but would like to at least get the #2 seed to get a 1st round bye. I'm very encouraged that Denver will start rolling again, after seeing how poised Osweiler looked today.

 

[DenBronc]

Good game by Osweiler. Didn't like the play calls on 3rd and 1 and 4th and 1. Should have tried a QB sneak or straight ahead run.

 

[DownSetHutch]

There are two overriding things that I take away from this game: 1) Osweiler played excellent. That was as good as I had hoped for in his first start. No picks was HUGE. 2) The refs tried to either keep it close or help the Bears win with their bullshit PI calls. I am getting sick of that shit, and it's making me lose faith in the NFL. I'm serious. It has become a pattern across the NFL. How many of these calls come on third down, in the second half, against the team that is leading? It seems like it's way too many to be statistically random, even if you factor in that teams that are trailing late in the game are going to be throwing the ball more, etc. I'm not saying they were all bullshit calls, but there were at least two that were complete bullshit. Not even close.

Glad we got the win. Bring on the bitch ass Patriots.

 

[Orange Crush77]

Even the PI on Talib was suspect

 

[CEH]

I like the balance of the offense but something in the back of my mind say kubiak just isn't a super bowl caliber game caller
3rd and 1 to keep the drive alive and he has oz try a pass in traffic to DT. No rillouts on 3rd and 1 giving is the option to run or pass

New England will be the litmus test for the entire season and whether this team has a shot come playoff time

I thought oz played extremely well today against a very average bears team
A great birthday win

 

[Mingo]

Imagine what Osweiler would look like if he had Manning type reps.

It was like the Broncos have been attending a funeral and today they went to a Birthday party. Manning - I'm sad to say - was dragging this team down.

 

[SpiritOf77]

Imagine what Osweiler would look like if he had Manning type reps.

It was like the Broncos have been attending a funeral and today they went to a Birthday party. Manning - I'm sad to say - was dragging this team down.

I completely agree

 

[Mingo]

What took you so long?

 

[SpiritOf77]

DT, Sanders, Fowler, Norwood, Caldwell and Latimer

Toss in Vernon Davis, Virg and Daniels and we've got a tremendous group of pass catchers

CJ made a good catch for a first down today too

Vernon Davis could be huge

 

[SpiritOf77]

What too you so long?

lol

 

[CEH]

I'm just so frustrated with the officiating especially today. 8 penalties for Denver , 0 fro Da Bearz
I'm debating selling my tix for every game left this season not because I don't support the Broncos but the NFL refs are horrible and I am having a hard time paying good money for a sub par product that effects the outcome of every game with stupid PI penalties. Where was the PI on Brock for a late hit after giving himself up and a 2nd Bears defender did exactly what TJ Ward did.

 

[Mingo]

It could be worse - it could be the NBA.

 

[CEH]

Watching the Cardinals vs Bengals

You have Patrick Peterson and these defensive coaches put some scrub on AJ Green and he burns them for 42 yards. Don't understand these stuborn coaches who must play thier schemes.

 

[HuskerinBig10]

It was cold there.

We sat in the west stands in the nosebleed, section 434, row 35. I think the top row was row 37.

But, we had it better than the people in row 27 - row 32.

The west stands have this light fixture thing with a catwalk that goes over it. The snowstorm dumped snow and ice on it. Guess what happens when the sun hit snow and ice? It melts.

The people in rows 27 through 32 were being belted by SMALL ice bombs and COLD, dripping water the entire game. Not enough to make it unbearable or dangerous, because they remained seated, but it had to be cold.

Then, the stairs down all FROZE so that was a bit harrowing after the game ended. The stadium did not clear all of the ice and snow from the seats, it was still there. Just enough to freeze your ass.

We froze as it was just being there. But we were dressed for it. Some people were not dressed for it. I mean, seriously, no gloves?

Thank god the game did not go into overtime. Not sure if the crowd could have handled it.

Lots of Bronco fans in the west stands.

We took the train to Union Station. Then there is a shuttle on Jackson near Chase Bank that costs 5 bucks that takes you to the stadium. From the stadium, it is free.

We got off our train, walked right to the shuttle, dropped off and did the whole security thing(cell phone and keys out of your pockets, your stuff in a clear bag) we brought one blanket each, got to our seats. Endless beer was being sold in our section for some reason, and people were drinking a lot of it at $9.50 per beer. Only one hot dog vendor showed up and that was in the third quarter.

We walked right out of the stadium right to the shuttle and were back at Union Station within 15 minutes.

 

[58crash]

The secondary played like crap. Despite there being zero pressure. Remember the GB game, Rogers had a ton of time and we locked down their receivers. Hopefully they bounce back next week, Wade has some studying to do

Talib IMO had his worst game as a Bronco yesterday ..He was in Different time zone for pretty much the whole game .. good thing is we are fine with him.