Broncos at Steelers: Full highlights and recap

“There’s a reason they’re No. 1 in nearly every category”. Now the NFL Odds for the game have the Steelers favored to pick up the win in comfortable fashion in this one. He is now leading the National Football League in yards after the catch for a receiver with 483 yards.

“It’s very disappointing”, Denver coach Gary Kubiak said.

“Once we settled down, we played well”, Shazier said.

This game is going to be on the shoulders of the quarterbacks. “Obviously, he did before it was all said and done”. Opponents have tried a little bit of everything: from zone to man-to-man coverage to a mix of both with largely ineffective results.

“The offense, they did enough”, Harris said.

Derek Carr threw two early interceptions to put Oakland (6-8) in a hole but then had a pair of touchdown passes to Amari Cooper. For me to come out here and play the way I played is disappointing. Let’s guess that Manning told friends/colleagues/his agent that he was not thrilled with his situation, but that he kept quiet to the powers that be for the good of the team. He’s a great player.

“I need to get the ball out quicker and I need to find out outlet quicker”, Osweiler said.

Pittsburgh (8-5) survived Ben Roethlisberger injuries and sits comfortably in a wild card spot. Manning added a throwing regimen to his rehab program last week when he threw in three 30-minute sessions with the team’s strength and conditioning coaches.

And then, sadly for Denver, the second half started and everything fell apart. The Broncos rank first in the league in yards allowed, with just 272.5 yards allowed per game, and first in points allowed, with just 17.3 points per game scored against them. Broncos have scored in 370 consecutive games, second-longest streak in National Football League history….

On the season, the Pittsburgh Steelers average 286.0 yards in passing and 123.1 yards in passing. Hall of Famer Jerry Rice is the only other to do that. “We know what time of year it is and where we want to be”.

Denver’s offensive struggles continued, and we couldn’t help but wonder who was (not) making halftime adjustments for the Broncos. Jordan Norwood scooped up a punt that Shamarko Thomas failed to touch down.

Third downs only existed to lead to Denver Broncos first downs. “There’s nothing wrong with that play“.

Emmanuel Sanders caught 10 passes for a career-high 181 yards and a score in his first game against his former team.

It wasn’t “The Christmas Carol”, but was more like a tale of two halves.

Entering Sunday’s matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers everyone was wondering how the Denver Broncos’ vaunted defense would match up with Big Ben Roethlisberger and his speedy cohorts. In the first half, he was 14 of 18 for 214 yards and three touchdowns as the Broncos built a 27-13 lead. They had 27 in the first half. “And we went out and played in the second half”. “This is something that we will work on and we will fix”.

They had trailed Denver 27-10 in the second quarter. Pittsburgh only managed two sacks. A total of 22 of Wheaton’s 38 receptions and three of his four scores have come in the last five games.

What Needs to Happen: A good start would be winning out. We said we got to get it fixed.

“Everybody in the United States thought this would be one of those games where the Broncos would click on all cylinders for four quarters”. Obviously last week that’s a big miss. “I just don’t think we executed the same way in the second half”.

The New York Jets appear to be hitting their best form at the right time, as they have now gained their fourth straight win in a row – the first time the franchise has done that since back in 2010.