Colts 28, Broncos 16

[Shank]

Denver came out of the gate, deferring to receive the ball until the 2nd half. It was a gamble McDaniels took in wanting to see his defense make a stand early and save them a bit of gas until later in the ballgame. Obviously, this is hard to accomplish against a team like Manning the Colts. Colts bolt ahead with an impressive, early drive. Clock-chewing, yard-eating, TD-scoring drive that was beautiful in execution.

The Broncos found themselves in too much of an early hole in this one, but fought back from late in the 2nd quarter until withering in the Colts last meaningful possession. The defense made some nice adjustments and had Manning and the offense off-kilter for most of the 2nd half. But, by then, it was too much to make up for an offense that was marred by gaffes and shortcomings most of the afternoon.

Kyle Orton, aside from one ball, played a heck of a game. He and Marshall were lethal. The running game left much to be desired as Moreno danced around and found it difficult to break into the 2nd level of the Colts defense. The loss of Buckhalter hurt (but almost expected with him) and McDaniels has little faith in Hillis unless its garbage time. Gaffney had a couple catches, but the rest of the receivers did squat. Where was Royal, Stokley - even Scheffler or Graham to put some pressure on the edges? I felt a lot of the issues with the offense was the predictability and lack of execution in short-yardage situations. Moreno has proven, for most of the season, that he's not capable of grinding out a 3rd and 1 or 3rd and 2-type situation. The run blocking today didn't help, either.

Props to the Colts for sticking in and taking a hard-fought game. Though you can never be happy with a loss, I thought Denver showed a lot of grit and determination in a game that would have seen them fold up in years past. This December feels a lot brighter for the Broncos than ones in recent history. If they can build on recent performances and buckle up on some of the mistakes, key blocks and execution, they might be more feared in the playoffs than teams like the Bengals and even the Patriots. Hopefully, none of the injuries on either side will linger.

Good game, guys.

[SpursFanFirst]

The Broncos definitely gave the Colts a scare in this game.
I didn't know this, until I saw it mentioned in another thread...another game Thursday for the Colts? This could be dangerous!

[J.T.]

Orton and Marshall were little es in this game spamming the 3-5 yard out route.

[LOL texans]

Denver came out of the gate, deferring to receive the ball until the 2nd half. It was a gamble McDaniels took in wanting to see his defense make a stand early and save them a bit of gas until later in the ballgame. Obviously, this is hard to accomplish against a team like Manning the Colts. Colts bolt ahead with an impressive, early drive. Clock-chewing, yard-eating, TD-scoring drive that was beautiful in execution.

The Broncos found themselves in too much of an early hole in this one, but fought back from late in the 2nd quarter until withering in the Colts last meaningful possession. The defense made some nice adjustments and had Manning and the offense off-kilter for most of the 2nd half. But, by then, it was too much to make up for an offense that was marred by gaffes and shortcomings most of the afternoon.

Kyle Orton, aside from one ball, played a heck of a game. He and Marshall were lethal. The running game left much to be desired as Moreno danced around and found it difficult to break into the 2nd level of the Colts defense. The loss of Buckhalter hurt (but almost expected with him) and McDaniels has little faith in Hillis unless its garbage time. Gaffney had a couple catches, but the rest of the receivers did squat. Where was Royal, Stokley - even Scheffler or Graham to put some pressure on the edges? I felt a lot of the issues with the offense was the predictability and lack of execution in short-yardage situations. Moreno has proven, for most of the season, that he's not capable of grinding out a 3rd and 1 or 3rd and 2-type situation. The run blocking today didn't help, either.

Props to the Colts for sticking in and taking a hard-fought game. Though you can never be happy with a loss, I thought Denver showed a lot of grit and determination in a game that would have seen them fold up in years past. This December feels a lot brighter for the Broncos than ones in recent history. If they can build on recent performances and buckle up on some of the mistakes, key blocks and execution, they might be more feared in the playoffs than teams like the Bengals and even the Patriots. Hopefully, none of the injuries on either side will linger.

Good game, guys.

@ excuses

@ moral victories

[LOL texans]

Orton and Marshall were little es in this game spamming the 3-5 yard out route.

Didn't see the game. Is that how they completed 21 passes?

Weak.

[Shank]

Didn't see the game. Is that how they completed 21 passes?

Weak.

You. Didn't. See. The. Game.

Holy .

You're a real hardcore fan, aren't you? What a badass you are, Stretch.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Solid win for the Colts. Manning throwing three interceptions ha me worried.....

Thursday game against the Jags could be dangerous...

[LOL texans]

You. Didn't. See. The. Game.

Holy .

You're a real hardcore fan, aren't you? What a badass you are, Stretch.

Nope. Out of town and had to miss it. Wish I could of seen the ass beating. Wish I could of seen the Bronco's being made our .

[FlavoredIcecream]

Orton and Marshall were little es in this game spamming the 3-5 yard out route.

But if Manning is throwing 5 yard passes or 10 yard passes to Wayne or anyone else, then its not a move right?

Typical bandwagon trash you are.

Just like that " Spursfanfirst"

I can tell that your a Spurs fan first since you don't even know the Colts Schedule LMFAO. Yes, they play the Jags in Jacksonville on Thursday kid.

But after the Colts got up 14-0. Denver outscored then 16-14 and outgained them in yards like 370-170 or something.

Denvers still legit. Marshall tore up the Colts. Just like he tears up most NFL Teams.

[Shank]

Nope. Out of town and had to miss it. Wish I could of seen the ass beating. Wish I could of seen the Bronco's being made our .

Out of town?

LL Cool J would like to have a word with you.

[LOL texans]

But if Manning is throwing 5 yard passes or 10 yard passes to Wayne or anyone else, then its not a move right?

Typical bandwagon trash you are.

Just like that " Spursfanfirst"

I can tell that your a Spurs fan first since you don't even know the Colts Schedule LMFAO. Yes, they play the Jags in Jacksonville on Thursday kid.

But after the Colts got up 14-0. Denver outscored then 16-14 and outgained them in yards like 370-170 or something.

Denvers still legit. Marshall tore up the Colts. Just like he tears up most NFL Teams.

Typical gay bronco loser response.

@ your ass trashing Colts fans after the Broncos got schooled by the Colts on a day where Peyton played like crap.

lol broncos

lol bandwagon bronco fan who jumped on the wagon after going 6-0 and now knows the broncos are NOT legit. That they are .

[LOL texans]

Out of town?

LL Cool J would like to have a word with you.

lol LL Cool J name drop

[SpursFanFirst]

But if Manning is throwing 5 yard passes or 10 yard passes to Wayne or anyone else, then its not a move right?

Typical bandwagon trash you are.

Just like that " Spursfanfirst"

I can tell that your a Spurs fan first since you don't even know the Colts Schedule LMFAO. Yes, they play the Jags in Jacksonville on Thursday kid.

But after the Colts got up 14-0. Denver outscored then 16-14 and outgained them in yards like 370-170 or something.

Denvers still legit. Marshall tore up the Colts. Just like he tears up most NFL Teams.

Oh good. ANOTHER troll.

[Shank]

lol LL Cool J name drop

You come in and spout off that "lol" bull everywhere and try to make us think you're not Stretch?

Sure.

Hi, Stretch. Go Mavs.

[FlavoredIcecream]

Oh good. ANOTHER troll.

You play the Jags on Thursday.

[dirk4mvp]

But if Manning is throwing 5 yard passes or 10 yard passes to Wayne or anyone else, then its not a move right?

Typical bandwagon trash you are.

Just like that " Spursfanfirst"

I can tell that your a Spurs fan first since you don't even know the Colts Schedule LMFAO. Yes, they play the Jags in Jacksonville on Thursday kid.

But after the Colts got up 14-0. Denver outscored then 16-14 and outgained them in yards like 370-170 or something.

Denvers still legit. Marshall tore up the Colts. Just like he tears up most NFL Teams.

[LOL texans]

You come in and spout off that "lol" bull everywhere and try to make us think you're not Stretch?

Sure.

Hi, Stretch. Go Mavs.

Its cool comic boy. You can call me stretch or whomever you want to. Its funny.

[FlavoredIcecream]

lulzzz

[J.T.]

But if Manning is throwing 5 yard passes or 10 yard passes to Wayne or anyone else, then its not a move right?

Typical bandwagon trash you are.

No, you stupid , it's not.

Denver was simply exploiting what Indy was giving them, and props for getting it to work 21 times for ass tons of yards and two touchdowns. Indy's defense was playing Marshall with man coverage almost the whole game, a lot of times using Tim Jennings who is notorious for staying three to five feet off his man at all times. Indy routinely shut down Denver on 3rd and 4th down in that game, and that's what overshadowed Marshall's big day in my opinion.

I'm not saying Marshall is a bad player, actually I think he's very good and it's no surprise a big receiver like him was able to get 21 catches in man coverage against the Colts small DBs. What I am saying is I got tired of seeing the 3-5 yard out route, which is the pass play you go to when you have a big ass receiver being covered one-on-one by a small DB. It was almost as bad as the Brady-to-Welker screen pass spam in Week 10 or Miami deciding to run the Wildcat 80 times in Week 2.

[FlavoredIcecream]

No, you stupid , it's not.

Denver was simply exploiting what Indy was giving them, and props for getting it to work 21 times for ass tons of yards and two touchdowns. Indy's defense was playing Marshall with man coverage almost the whole game, a lot of times using Tim Jennings who is notorious for staying three to five feet off his man at all times. Indy routinely shut down Denver on 3rd and 4th down in that game, and that's what overshadowed Marshall's big day in my opinion.

I'm not saying Marshall is a bad player, actually I think he's very good and it's no surprise a big receiver like him was able to get 21 catches in man coverage against the Colts small DBs. What I am saying is I got tired of seeing the 3-5 yard out route, which is the pass play you go to when you have a big ass receiver being covered one-on-one by a small DB. It was almost as bad as the Brady-to-Welker screen pass spam in Week 10 or Miami deciding to run the Wildcat 80 times in Week 2.

Well you acted liek Orton and Marshall are a bunch of lowlife es or act as if they cheated or some by your comment.

Gotta take what the defense gives you. Theres stuff that pisses me off when other teams run nonstop. Especially when we cant stop it. Nothing frustrates me more then knowing what the play is gonna be and not being able to stop it. So I guess I feel why that would piss you off Because I'd be the same way. But you guys won so in the end, the Colts are happy again.

Colts win too much. Every year it seems like they always win 12 games or so.

[J.T.]

Well you acted liek Orton and Marshall are a bunch of lowlife es or act as if they cheated or some by your comment.

Are you still butthurt about losing that game? This is what I said:

"Orton and Marshall were little es in this game spamming the 3-5 yard out route."

Curiously anything whatsoever synonymous with "lowlifes" and "cheating" is absent from that quote. I did call them es, though, I'll give you that.

All I insinuated was that running the same out route ass tons of times was a move, but after looking at the tape it's almost like the Colts defense was letting them have that in order to shut down the run and other receivers.

[Shank]

A lot of what Denver does is predicated by the short route and YAC. It's been that way all season. Sunday wasn't an exception. I've seen it all year. It's to get the ball out and avoid the pass rush, especially effective when Freeney and Mathis are on the other side.

[LOL texans]

A lot of what Denver does is predicated by the short route and YAC. It's been that way all season. Sunday wasn't an exception. I've seen it all year. It's to get the ball out and avoid the pass rush, especially effective when Freeney and Mathis are on the other side.

Not effective enough. See the final score.

Way to take solace in setting an individual record. I'll take the TEAM record of 22 wins personally.

[Shank]

Not effective enough. See the final score.

Way to take solace in setting an individual record. I'll take the TEAM record of 22 wins personally.

Hi, Stretch.

Have you had the chance to watch the game yet, you ing fairweather bandwaggoner with your bull excuses for not finding the time to stop and watch a minute?

[LOL texans]

Hi, Stretch.

Have you had the chance to watch the game yet, you ing fairweather bandwaggoner with your bull excuses for not finding the time to stop and watch a minute?

I was out of town and away from my Sunday Ticket. I did DVR it, but I hate seeing games where I already know the outcome. So you can relate, its probably like you reading the ending and climax of a comic FIRST, then going back to read the story. Not as exciting Im sure.

Oh, and @ you mad at me for not seeing your team get its ass handed to it. Sorry.