THE BREAKDOWN vs. indianapolis colts

[minibronco]

DENVER BRONCOS vs. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
Denver, Colorado

GAME STATS

All Stats: IND / DEN

1st Downs 24 / 14
Rushing 10 / 6
Passing 11 / 8
Penalty 3 / 0
3rd-Down Conversions 6-15 / 2-10
4th-Down Conversions 0-2 / 0-0
Punts-Average 4-37.8 / 5-50.4
Return Yards 189 / 28
Punts-Returns 5-30 / 1-0
Kickoffs-Returns 6-159 / 1-15
Int.-Returns 0-0 / 1-13
Penalties-Yards 4-35 / 8-86
Fumbles-Lost 4-2 / 1-0
Time Of Pos. 34:12 / 25:48
Total Net Yards 378 / 374
Total Plays 77 / 51
Average Gain 4.9 / 7.3
Net Yards Rushing 111 / 203
Rushes 28 / 25
Avg. Per Rush 4.0 / 8.1
Net Yards Passing 267 / 171
Comp.-Att. 28-43 / 13-22
Yards Per Pass 5.4 / 6.6
Sacked-Yards Lost 6-38 / 4-22
Had Intercepted 1 / 0
Touchdowns 3 / 4
Rushing 0 / 2
Passing 3 / 2
Other 0 / 0
Extra Points 3-3 / 4-4
Field Goals 1-1 / 3-3
Red Zone Efficiency 2-3-66% / 1-5-20%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-0-0% / 1-3-33%
Safeties 0 / 0

ADVANTAGE POINTS

-The Bronco's forced turnover ratio has shown steady increase from last year and the team's own turnovers have taken a dip; turnovers were a major part of the Bronco's failures in the previous season
-The special teams showed excellent progress after two not-so-great outings, forcing turnovers on kickoffs and punts (including a tip); the Broncos seem to have stopped their unstable punting unit with the addition of P Todd Sauerbrun
-Mike Anderson was the rushing star of the game, limiting Tatum Bell's carries and likewise increasing his chances of locking the top spot on the Bronco RB depth chart
-The Bronco's defensive line transactional efforts in the offseason seemed to have paid off in this preseason game, amounting to a total of 6 sacks for 38 yards, one of which was accounted to rookie CB Darrent Williams and 3 others by DL John Engelberger
-The Broncos were able to control the field position game

DISADVANTAGE POINTS

-Todd Sauerbrun was unable to get hangtime on his kickoffs, consequently amounting to high kickoff return totals for the Colts; the special teams unit could not get their coverage in order before the returns began
-Other than Ashley Lelie outstanding effort, no other receivers really stood out
-Starters Lenny Walls (knee) and Champ Bailey (hamstring) remain slightly injured
-The Broncos had too many penalties (8) resulting in too many yards (86)
-The Broncos had too many missed conversions, resulting in significantly less time of possession than their opponent

GAME NOTES

-Jim Sorgi went 10-for-18 for 99 yards with a TD and an interception in relief of Manning.
-After committing 12 penalties for 89 yards against Chicago last week, the Colts only had four for 35 against Denver.
-Walls left with a bruised knee.
-Broncos tailback Quentin Griffin saw his first action of the preseason and had nine carries for 33 yards.
-Broncos DL John Engelberger had three sacks.

Objective Game Recap: RECAP (NFL) (http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20050827_IND@DEN)

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[minibronco]

:saywhat:

[DB-Freak]

And we won despite of that.

I remember us losing games that we dominated majority of the stats expect the scoreboard

[GreatBronco16]

1-5 Red zone eff. 20%

Not good at all. Penalties were bad also, but most were on PI by our rookies.

Looking at that makes me think Denver really needs some work. Maybe the starters should play some in the final game. I know they won't, but it looks like they need to work.

[Bronx33]

Avg. Per Rush 8.1 ....................Wooooooooooo!

[Garcia Bronco]

Redzone sucked,,,and 3rd downs sucked. Major problem...inability of defense to read the offense in the second quarter,

[minibronco]

And we won despite of that.

I remember us losing games that we dominated majority of the stats expect the scoreboard

Yup. Just what I was thinking. Just looking at the stats you would think we lost, but we won anyways. And on other days when it looks like we won (eg. vs. Atlanta, Plummer's 600+ yards) we lost.

[Bronx33]

Redzone sucked,,,and 3rd downs sucked. Major problem...inability of defense to read the offense in the second quarter,

Games like this are going to happen during the regular season we just have to out score the opponent like we did saturday night,i hate the numbers as much as all you but what's important is the W in the end.Going into fin land for the first game will certainly help get the production we all need to see from our offense.

[Garcia Bronco]

Games like this are going to happen during the regular season we just have to out score the opponent like we did saturday night,i hate the numbers as much as all you but what's important is the W in the end.Going into fin land for the first game will certainly help get the production we all need to see from our offense.


True..it was Peyton Manning...he might be a bitch...but he doesn't suck.

[watermock]

Shows the importance of field position and turnovers. Those are some kinda ugly stats. With the MA run and the Lelie bomb, I knew we didn't own time of possesion, but I watched the game, and I thought we semi-dominated the game. We made some big plays.

[minibronco]

True..it was Peyton Manning...he might be a b****...but he doesn't suck.

"He's Peyton Manning, for God's sake. You're not going to make him look like a high-school quarterback in one game." -anonymous

[Garcia Bronco]

The Pats did last year outside

[minibronco]

Well, those were the Pats. They've only won the last few Superbowls.

[GreatBronco16]

"He's Peyton Manning, for God's sake. You're not going to make him look like a high-school quarterback in one game." -anonymous

Pryce said that.

[minibronco]

yeah... i know... didn't want to.... nvr mind

[watermock]

We know the details here.

[wabbit]

Two things that concern me...a lot; 1 for 5 in red zone conversions & 8 penalties.

Same nemesis that kept the Broncos from blowing out some teams (Tampa Bay, Carolina, Miami) & killed us in close games Denver should NOT have lost (Jacksonville, Oakland & San Diego)

[Borks147]

"He's Peyton Manning, for God's sake. You're not going to make him look like a high-school quarterback in one game." -anonymous

actually it was trevor pryce....

[sirhcyennek81]

preseason. they won. held the offense that embarassed them in indi to 17 points. they did this despite having little offensive production of their own. broncos will be ok.

[listopencil]

Yeah, the stats reflect exactly how the game played out. We took advantage of them on two big plays and right after a TO but couldn't really sustain drives. If we had been able to sustain drives we would have blown them right out of the water. As it was we merely won. Boo hoo.

[Spider]

;D Still liked what I saw both sides of the ball though ......
Cant believe how much Castle Rock , Colorado Springs , Pueblo , has grown .... Where in the hell did everyone come from ?
sorry we couldnt hook up meck , but I had to get those parts down to EL Paso asap ....

[orinjkrush]

after reading this: http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050828/SPORTS03/508280402/1100/SPORTS03 don't know what game i saw. just goes to show that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[sirhcyennek81]

yup. sharp. two sacks, half of his completions were screens. comeon now. colts interior line needs alot of work. baltimore will rip them a new one.

[Ballhawk]

3 TDs came outside of the redzone so not really a bad thing to see the stats. Throw out the 2nd Qrt and....nevermind that brings back some painful SB memories :(

[Dukes]

after reading this: http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050828/SPORTS03/508280402/1100/SPORTS03 don't know what game i saw. just goes to show that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

"Manning could have exited this game with four first-half TDs. Wayne fumbled away what would have been a 48-yard score in the first quarter after a 44-yard reception -- the ball bounded out of the end zone for a Denver touchback -- and tight end Dallas Clark was unable to make a diving grab of a Manning pass in the end zone in the second quarter" blah blah blah blah blah COULD being the important word in that sentence

[Spider]

Well the reporter had to do somthing , this game was hyped for a preseason game ...Sirius Satilite was advertising it ..... I could have listened tp the game , but wife taped it so I gnored it untill I got home ...... ;D