Denver Broncos Defenders Give New England Some Bulletin Board Material
There’s also quite a bit of money riding on the AFC championship game against the New England Patriots and there’s the possibility that a fairly substantial obstacle, one not named Tom Brady or Bill Belichick, stands in his way. The second-ranked Broncos run defense gives up 83.4 rushing yards per game and might cause problems for the Patriots.
The kicking game played a big factor in the regular season matchup between these two teams, with Gostkowski hitting a clutch 47-yarder as time expired to send the game to overtime on November 29. He was injured during the third quarter against the Chiefs.
And for the first of two times in his career, Manning had the best single-season in National Football League quarterback history. Remember? Brady took the snap, threw an out to Julian Edelman (who played quarterback at Kent State), who then passed to an open Danny Amendola for the touchdown.
When trying to predict the outcome of this seventeenth (and possibly final) match up between Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, a few questions come into play: Can Peyton avoid turnovers?
“DeMarcus is a big second-guesser”, Manning said.
In his 10th AFC Championship Game, this isn’t Brady’s first rodeo dealing with opponent’s trash-talking headlines. The Broncos (13-4) will host Tom Brady and the New England Patriots (13-4) next weekend. But their crowd gets into it. They’ve got a good team.
Peyton Manning has been plagued by injury and questionable form recently but the New England Patriots are not underestimating the Denver Broncos quarterback’s ability heading into their pivotal AFC championship game. Brady leads 11-5. But they are 2-2 in the playoffs. “That’s the best chance you got of hitting him”. I have felt very fortunate to play 18 years like I have, and I know how hard I’ve worked to play this long.
“Manning is back in the saddle again, supplanting Brock Osweiler, who helped Denver to a 30-24 overtime win in Round 1”. The Seattle Seahawks destroyed the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl (48) with a score of 48-8.
“I wouldn’t compare it to any of those rivalries but I think playing someone 17 times is pretty cool”, Brady said of Manning. Like I stated earlier, the lucky number will be 23 points, which is the highest point total I can see the Broncos reaching under a mediocre offense.