Broncos announce Brock Osweiler to start this week vs. Bengals
Back up quarterbacks square off on Monday Night Football as AJ McCarron leads the Cincinnati Bengals against Brock Osweiler and the Denver Broncos.
Manning returned to practice last week, but sat out of Friday’s practice due to soreness in his foot.
Manning is expected to have a limited practice schedule this week and was not expected to take part in Wednesday’s practice. They present a real challenge to Osweiler and the Broncos, so it will take a better performance than the quarterback gave his team last week in order to walk away with a win.
Denver Broncos quarterback Brock Osweiler puts on his helmet during an NFL football practice Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, at the team’s headquarters in Englewood, Colo.
Team reporter Andrew Mason wrote that Peyton Manning “will focus on his rehabilitation from a torn plantar fascia”. If he was going to come back for the playoffs, the Broncos would probably want him to play a game or two before the postseason.
“Yeah, I’ve said that”. Kubiak needs one win to tie Red Miller (1977) as only head coaches with 12 wins in first season with Broncos…. “We’ve just got to execute as an offense and really just play with excitement and play loose”. “This time of year, I think everybody’s banged up”.
Asked if he could say Osweiler would start next week against San Diego, Kubiak replied, “Brock is our starter moving forward and we’re trying to get Peyton healthy”.
In their first-half work against the Pittsburgh Steelers and in wins over the Green Bay Packers and the Patriots, the Broncos look like a championship-caliber team. It vanished against the Raiders, reappeared in the first half against the Steelers, and then dissolved again as the Broncos found themselves in long-yardage situations as mistakes accumulated and their 17-point lead evaporated. The Broncos ran more up-tempo, no-huddle after the break, allowing Osweiler to find a rhythm, and it was a way to tire the Cincinnati defense.