Denver Broncos in a Tough Spot Against New England

The Broncos need him to do that, because they realized based on Peyton Manning’s status that they don’t have much experience in Brock Osweiler and undrafted rookie Trevor Siemian. The ball was placed at the spot of Amendola’s catch, and the Patriots went on to miss a field goal on that drive.

But the Denver Broncos aren’t exactly spring chickens as they brace for the grind of their schedule that has advanced past Thanksgiving. “It just happens to be this week”, Brady said. “They put a lot of pressure on you”.

“Peyton has been great to me”, Osweiler said.

Not only has Denver yielded the fewest passing yards in the league, it has allowed just eight touchdown passes in 10 games. “Defensively, they are pretty much at the top of the league in every category”. Maybe not. Brock Osweiler had a very good game in Chicago in his first start, and it will be interesting to see how well he does against the juggernaut that is the New England Patriots. Osweiler is the eighth Broncos quarterback to be named AFC offensive Player of the Week.

I don’t believe there will be two. “It’s just having to react and staying within himself, stay within his progressions and continuing to protect the ball”. INJURY REPORT: Patriots – G Tre’ Jackson (Questionable, knee), LB Jamie Collins (Questionable, illness), DB Justin Coleman (Questionable, hand), WR Keshawn Martin (Questionable, hamstring), WR Danny Amendola (Out, knee), WR Julian Edelman (Out indefinitely, foot), WR Brian Tyms (Out indefinitely, foot), WR Aaron Dobson (I-R, ankle), RB Dion Lewis (I-R, knee), OL Ryan Wendell (I-R, knee), LB Rufus Johnson (I-R, illness), CB Tarell Brown (I-R, foot), T Nate Solder (I-R, elbow), LB Dane Fletcher (I-R, knee), DB Darryl Roberts (I-R, wrist), FB James Develin (I-R, shin), WR Brandon Gibson (I-R, knee). “I just look at it as a challenge”, Gronksowski said. “If anybody can appreciate what he’s accomplished it’s me”. He’s been a tremendous player. He started 36 games for Minnesota but struggled to live up to expectations, throwing 38 TD passes and 36 interceptions while completing only 59.8 percent of his passes.

Denver is 1-3-1 ATS in its last 5 games.

“I mean, Denver’s got a very solid defence, their front line all the way to their secondary”, said Rob Gronkowski, Brady’s favourite target.

Osweiler is the kind of quarterback the Patriots typically handle easily. With LeGarrette Blount getting a higher volume of carries, the Patriots can use him to establish the play-action pass. That means Gronk will have to battle out of the coverages. “My time will come”.

“Sometimes it takes awhile to get on the same page and develop that chemistry with a quarterback”, revealed Davis. If so, we’ll have a good day on the books.

Added safety T.J. Ward: “I don’t think anything works week-to-week”. (Ward) and Chris Harris, all those guys are playing insane right now.

“It’s been easy for us to reset each week and say, ‘We’re not that good”. “The sacks will come”.

Perhaps this time around it will be a backup quarterback for the Broncos.

More importantly, though, the Patriots have won all five of those contests and have done so decisively, prevailing by an average score of 39-21.

“I was confused on that”. New England coach Bill Belichick could confuse Confucius, so prepping for the unexpected is part of the drill this week.

“When you haven’t started a game in three-and-a-half years, those thoughts do creep in.”

The Broncos are the only team Tom Brady has a losing record against (4-5). He’s four TD passes from surpassing Dan Marino for third on the all-time list with 421.

There was Ben Watson sprinting after Champ Bailey in the 2006 postseason, with the tight end demolishing the corner at the one-yard line after he almost pick-sixed Brady (I’ll go to the grave thinking that should have been a touchback, but I digress).