Denver Broncos QB Peyton Manning Injured, Brock Osweiler

Malcolm Butler, the Super Bowl hero with his late interception, has turned into one of the league’s best cover corners.

Osweiler completed 20 of 27 passes for 250 yards and two touchdowns against the Bears, with the win snapping a two-game losing skid for the Broncos.

Broncos announced last week that Manning would be ruled out for the foreseeable future with a foot injury picked up in the defeat to Kansas City Chiefs, with Brock Osweiler promoted to starter in his absence. The Broncos are getting three points as a home underdog in the Yahoo Pro Football Pick’em, and I’m taking that side. New England comes into the game banged up on offense, which will be a challenge facing the No. 1 ranked defense in the NFL. Denver is also 11-2 SU in its last 13 games at Mile High, where it will be backed by a frenzied crowd hoping to see the Patriots get pinned with their first loss. Brock Osweiler’s propensity to take snaps from under center and his deceptive mobility was a benefit last week. Julian Edelman is out with a foot injury, and his replacement Danny Amendola is also dealing with a knee injury that may prevent him from appearing in the game. I think the refs make mistakes too, so it’s just one of those things.

The Bills only sacked Brady once on Monday night, but recorded 10 hits on the QB – and that’s just what made the stat sheet.

With Sebastian Vollmer and Marcus Cannon returning Monday night, the Patriots went back to their rotation of Brady protectors, using four different offensive line combinations. That is concerning since Denver has a league-high 34 sacks, although DE/OLB DeMarcus Ware is unlikely to play. He’s had some tough couple years, yeah, but like I tell everyone: Colin is such a strong-minded individual that I genuinely believe in my heart that he’s going to come back and he’s going to play better, he’s going to be a better person – everything is just going (to be) good. He had excused Manning from practices and meetings last week although the quarterback did attend Friday’s workout. But for Sunday night’s goal, it’s a club he would like to join. He might be on the sidelines or up in a coaches box, but it won’t be the same. We can now turn our focus to this Sunday main event from Sports Authority Field. It was the first game all season the Broncos didn’t hand over a gift to their opponents.

Daniels and Davis were the Broncos’ leading receivers against Chicago, providing the weapons Osweiler desperately needed with wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders out because of an injury. Osweiler played for the Arizona State University before his entry to the Denver Broncos locker room.

The Broncos have the league’s No. 1 defense in total yards and passing yards allowed.

“I visit with this guy on a regular basis and we talk all the time”.

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From former cornerback Aqib Talib to linebacker Von Miller, New England is well-acquainted with a hearty Denver defense.

Brady brought a heightened passion to this season when it looked the game would be taken from him. That’s happened only once: last Sunday.

The action began with the traditional Thanksgiving Thursday games.

“I mean, there’s nobody that has more respect for Peyton than me outside of probably his parents and his brothers”, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said.