Rob Gronkowski Is “Going To Be OK”
Brock Osweiler’s second career National Football League start got off to a rocky start. And it’s certainly not to leave it up to a call here or a call there or one player. But no matter how good Brady plays, it’s not a sustainable winning formula to have him throw the ball so many times to Scott Chandler.
The Patriots managed just 39 yards on 16 carries, however. Denver had trailed 21-7 earlier in the quarter.
The Patriots lost their first game of the season to the Denver Broncos on Sunday night.
Now that an injury to Peyton Manning has opened the door for quarterback Brock Osweiler, the Broncos don’t want the door to be slammed shut repeatedly on Osweiler’s leg. Brady connected for a first-quarter touchdown with Gronkowski, who finished the game with six catches for 88 yards. “But it’s hard to see him go down like that”. “To go out there and do it every Sunday is no surprise to us”.
New England had the first possession in overtime. Now, instead of worrying how chasing a flawless record might affect their run at a second straight title, the Patriots can focus exclusively on keeping the No. 1 seed. It is a game the Patriots should have won, but they didn’t, and it is time to accept that.
Question Posed: Did the Broncos win the game or did the Patriots lose it?
The Dolphins have a home game against the Ravens.
However, in the loss to the Denver Broncos the team’s most important player outside of Tom Brady was carted off the field as concern grows around the severity of Rob Gronkowski’s knee injury. Probably, but, for right now, I’m going to make the assumption that Gronk will not be playing against Philadelphia next week and, if that prediction holds true, that will mean that the Patriots will be without their most important player not named Tom Brady. “I just think it’s the way football’s being played now”. “We don’t have a choice”. “We didn’t get any last night”. Against Denver, Harper made a momentum-changing play, when he muffed a punt in the fourth quarter which was recovered by the Broncos and gave them great field position. According to Osweiler, Manning deserves credit for the Broncos’ improbable come-from-behind win. I don’t think it’s dirty. Osweiler has been groomed for this and he is having success.
Anderson rushed for 113 yards and two TDs on 15 carries. After averaging 50 receptions for the previous two years with the Buffalo Bills, Chandler has just 19 for 198 yards and three touchdowns. And everybody’s on board, including Peyton Manning.
Anderson said he and Ronnie Hillman are “making the right cuts and making the right reads”.