AFC Championship Game: Broncos vs
Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning holds most of the NFL’s major passing records, yet if Denver is to knock off the Patriots in the AFC Championship game on Sunday, the legs of CJ Anderson and Ronnie Hillman might be more important.
Death, taxes and the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game.
By pointing out that Denver “plays the game the way it’s supposed to be played”, Edelman might be disagreeing with the popular fan notion that the Broncos playing dirty. Tom Brady is a great player. That includes several of the team’s most important players, including tight end Rob Gronkowski (knee/back), wide receivers Danny Amendola (knee) and Julian Edelman (foot) and linebacker Dont’a Hightower (knee).
The Patriots played the Broncos earlier this year, and while obviously they’ll take a hard look at that film, the Patriots defense knows it’s going to be different this time around. Submit your final score prediction below.
DENVER (AP) – One team went without the services of its Hall of Fame-bound quarterback for more than a third of the season, and when he was available, he was a shell of his former self. I’ll take the Broncos 19-16. Denver is coming off a come from behind win over the Steelers.
The Patriots are 3-0 in games in which Law served as honorary captain, including 2-0 in AFC title games.
The Broncos may have had the Patriots’ number in Week 12, but a team that was overmatched can surprise us. He’s thrown 11 touchdown passes with one interception in his last three games against the Broncos, including the postseason.
Manning is a timing passer. Because Brady gets rid of the ball so quickly and has all his weapons at his disposal now with all the receivers, and of course Rob Gronkowski, you gotta pick your poison. If Palmer can settle down and play like he did for the majority of this past season, the Cards have enough firepower to get past the Panthers on the road. Peyton Manning is not what he used to be, and Bill Belichick’s defense will feast on this Broncos offense. He’s posted 17 drops alone in 2015. When all was said and done in the Patriots’ 27-20 win, Brady had thrown the ball 42 times and New England had run the ball just 14 times, and six of those carries were by Brady. Von Miller and Chris Harris Jr. missed the meeting two years ago due to season ending ACL injuries.
Something magical happens when this team is up against the wall. “The last time they were there it was pretty sad”.
They ran from one sideline to the other catching rapid-fire passes from their left and right, a staple of the NFL’s scouting combine every February where prospective pass-catchers show off their good hands.