Jack Del Rio on Khalil Mack’s five-sack day: ‘He was unblockable’

This year, it took Mack just half the season to surpass that number and had nine sacks entering Sunday’s matchup with the Denver Broncos.

Osweiler ended up completing 35 of 51 passes for 308 yards, but the Broncos scored just 12 points and lost Sunday’s game, dropping their division lead over the Kansas City Chiefs to just two games. Kubiak repeated Monday that the Broncos “were pushed around” at the line of scrimmage. The Denver Broncos were favored by a touchdown over the Oakland Raiders. He has been dealing with a torn plantar fascia along with sore ribs and an aching throwing shoulder. Osweiler is 3-1 in his four starts since taking over for Manning, but posted a season-low 33.2 QBR against the Raiders. The biggest thing, I think, in this business for an offensive football player or a defensive football player, for that matter, is playing the next play.

-Brandon McManus missed a game-tying field goal after nailing four in the first half when the offense kept stalling. The win not only snapped the Silver and Black’s eight-game skid against their hated longtime rivals, but also helped keep Oaktown’s slim playoff hopes alive. He put together a solid performance on Sunday in the Broncos loss to the Raiders (7 receptions, 74 yards), but the only thing people will remember from the game is going to be this disgusting drop on 4th and 5.

Osweiler refused to blame his receivers for their many mistakes, his coaches for a conservative game plan, his running backs for gaining just 1.6 yards a carry, or his protection for getting him clobbered.

For now though, it sounds like Osweiler has the early edge to be this week’s starter, but only because he’s been the starter for the past four weeks.

Kubiak pulled him in the third quarter that day and then made the switch to Osweiler the following week. “We’ll see what we need to do going forward”. Since then, the Denver Broncos started to feel less anxious despite the absence of Manning in the field.

Witten played in his 200th consecutive game to become the first Cowboy to reach that milestone. Vic Tafur of the San Francisco Chronicle reported that Del Rio, in fact, was smiling as he spoke to his players. At 25, Osweiler is much more athletic and mobile than Manning, who’s nearing his 40th birthday. I think our defense played awesome, considering the situation we put them in, the guys they had down. We were 16 carries for 21 [25] yards in the first half.

There is a chance that Manning could return against the Steelers, but Kubiak rested his veteran quarterback over the weekend and practice this week is likely the determining factor.

No, I wouldn’t say that. And that doesn’t give us any reason not to still cover an uncovered receiver. But the Broncos, as we wrote last week, have a very serious problem: They can not score. Heavily outmatched, they managed to come in and win despite the Broncos’ shutdown defense.

“Both 17 and 18 are great quarterbacks”. They defied the expectations of many and did something they haven’t done in a long, long time – contended for a playoff spot late into the season.

“Guys were disappointed and no one saw a hold”, Rams coach Jeff Fisher said.