Broncos clinch playoff berth with overtime win over Bengals

The young quarterback couldn’t pounce on the ball as DeMarcus Ware ended up with it to finish off the game.

McManus had missed a game-winning field goal by a long way late in regulation, but he delivered in OT.

A Denver win over the Chargers and a loss from the New England Patriots on Sunday would give the Broncos the number one seed in the American Football Conference.

“We wanted to put ourselves in the playoffs, and we still control things we want to control moving on to San Diego, moving on to the future and how we want to be seeded within these playoffs”, Anderson said.

But if your favorite team is the Patriots, Chiefs or Bengals do you want to be in a one-possession playoff game with the season on the line?

Defensive end Michael Johnson (Dallas County), cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick (Gadsden City, Alabama) and right offensive tackle Andre Smith (Huffman, Alabama) started with McCarron for Cincinnati, and defensive end Wallace Gilberry (Baldwin County, Alabama), defensive tackle Pat Sims (Auburn) and tight end C.J. Uzomah (Auburn) also played for the Bengals. “I looked up to see the coverage, and the snap caught me by surprise”.

Denver Broncos kicker Brandon McManus misses a 45-yard field goal for the win with four seconds left against the Cincinnati Bengals on December 28, 2015 at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. “(Green) coming in motion, and it just kind of slipped through my hands and hit my rib protector and bounced off”, said McCarron, who finished 22 of 35 for 200 yards in his second start in place of Dalton.

Seattle at Arizona: The Seahawks need a victory to avoid being the No. 6 seed in the NFC, so count on them putting forth a playoff-like effort since the reward is a trip to Washington instead of Green Bay or Minnesota. “We have been through a tough past year and we just needed it, emotionally”. After missing a potential game-winner badly at the end of regulation, shanking his 45-yard try wide left, McManus drilled a 37-yarder in overtime that stood up for the victory.

“I don’t think I’ve ever kicked a ball like that in my life, in grade school or elementary school or anything”, McManus said. “I wasn’t nervous out there for the second one”. “I mean, back to square one”.

“That’s what this league is about is finding out what you’re about”, coach Gary Kubiak said.

After the game, McCarron had his wrist wrapped and he told the media that he will need to have an MRI to see the extent of the injury. Both Emmanuel Sanders and Owen Daniels limped off during the drive. He joins Demaryius Thomas in the 1,000-yard club for the second consecutive year.

McCarron’s injury occurred Monday night against the Denver Broncos.

Poise and confidence seem like traits any quarterback lucky enough to play in the National Football League should have, but that’s simply not the case, especially when it comes to backups. Osweiler, making his sixth straight start in place of Peyton Manning (foot), came in with a sore left shoulder and left with a sore left elbow. Osweiler passed 13 yards to wide receiver Demaryius Thomas and then handed off to CJ Anderson for a 39 yard touchdown run.

Denver needed a win in the worst way, and they got it, putting them in the driver’s seat for a first-round bye, in addition to the AFC West title.