Two Legendary Passers Bring Running Games Into The Battle

This game is stressing me out so I am blogging my tension away.

The Broncos coaches need to take some of the control of our offense out of the hands of our quarterback if we have plans on winning the big one.  When we need to run, we get suckered into passing the ball way too often because Peyton Manning responds to fake defensive formations more than he should. Manning attempted to thread the needle on the interception at the end of the half which caused us to lose a chance at 3 points. We should have run the ball every play on that goal line opportunity. On the previous scoring drive, Manning threw the ball high and wide when we should have run the ball into the end zone then as well.

The bottom line is that John Elway could not and did not get it done until he rested on the running game, and neither will Manning.  Manning has a two head Bronco to carry us to the promised land with  Knoshown Moreno and Monte Ball, but he will have to unleash those wild horses on New England.

The Broncos have proven two things for certain.  You will not run on them, but you can eat up the secondary if you have Philip Rivers or Tom Brady throwing the ball. Rivers to Keenan Allen was a deadly combination that should scare the rest of the NFL for years to come, so Bronco nation should feel lucky to have overcome this deadly duo.  Tom Brady is deadly all by himself, but his receivers don't scare you nearly as much as Allen and Rivers, who was the best quarterback in the league at the end of the season.

These Bronco's are capable of playing the game any way that becomes necessary during a game, but the run game is the only way to insure an opportunity at a championship.  Teams will always be forced to run the ball at critical moments along the road to the top.  Playoff teams who fight the running reality will watch the championship from home or head to the locker room with tears while the champions pour champagne.

The passing game is fancy, but style points mean nothing in the playoffs.  This is scoreboard time and a one point victory feels the same as 10 or 20 points when you get to move closer to the crown.  The Bronco quest is the same as the other 3 teams that remain; to play your best when it matters the most and to have more points than your opponent in the end.

Peyton Manning will have to exact a revenge on another
quarterback rival in Tom Brady for a chance to win it all.

Bring on New England so they can deal with the Bronco altitude and crowd noise and the running game.  If all of that fails we've got some guy named Manning who they say is pretty good at passing the football.

Go Broncos!


(Do great quarterbacks need to win Superbowls?)