Author: Jeremy
Lifelong Broncos fan and current Engineer living and working in Denver.
Report from training camp Wednesday 8/3/16
I’ll post comments on this article with updates from Training Camp. If there is anything you want me to try and watch for let me know but I make no promises. Take all of my comments with a grain of salt. I apologize in advance for typos since I’ll be on my phone and trying to comment quickly. I’ll be heading to work afterwards so I probably won’t have time for much of a summary afterwards. Go Broncos!
Broncos Greatest Games, The Drive wins
As many of you suspected from the beginning, the Drive ultimately won, beating the Patriots AFCCG of last year 11 votes to 7. As was often said, we are very lucky to be Broncos fans, and have so many great regular season and playoff games to choose from on top of 3 super bowl wins.
Thanks for everyone who participated. I learned a lot of history through this tournament, and enjoyed hearing memories from so many fans. GO BRONCOS.
Broncos Greatest Game, Final Round
It’s the final round. We are left with the Broncos dramatic AFC Championship game against the Patriots last year (2 NWE 20-18 01/24/16), and The Drive (1 CLE 23-20 01/11/87). Even if you haven’t voted yet in this tournament, I’m sure you have an opinion on this one, so cast your vote and give your opinion in the comments.
Broncos greatest games, Round 7
Although only one contest was unanimous, we had no upsets in Round 6, so we are down to the top 4 seeds. 4 games left. Vote in the comments.
1 CLE 23-20 01/11/87
The Drive. After a 48 yard TD pass by Bernie Kosar, the Broncos found themselves trailing 13-20 in Cleveland, with 5 minutes to go and the ball on their own 2 yard line. The Cleveland fans were quite rowdy, but Elway did, what he does best.
“I suddenly flashed on something I was thinking about before the game,” Elway said later. “Great quarterbacks make great plays in great games. That’s what it’s all about, isn’t it?”
Elway marched the team down the field, on a 15 play drive, including a 3rd and 18 conversion, and a 3rd and 2 conversion to get their first first down. Elway found Jackson from 5 yards out on 3rd and 1 to tie the game at 20. The Broncos would go on to win the game in OT, and send both Elway and Bowlen to their first super bowl. Elway finished 22/38 for 244 yards, with 1 TD and 1 INT, and Sammy Widner had 83 yards rushing. The Broncos D forced 3 turnovers, including two picks.
HOF write up Complete Drive on youtube. Continue reading Broncos greatest games, Round 7
Broncos Greatest Games, Round 6
Round 6. 8 games left.
1 CLE 23-20 01/11/87
The Drive. After a 48 yard TD pass by Bernie Kosar, the Broncos found themselves trailing 13-20 in Cleveland, with 5 minutes to go and the ball on their own 2 yard line. The Cleveland fans were quite rowdy, but Elway did, what he does best.
“I suddenly flashed on something I was thinking about before the game,” Elway said later. “Great quarterbacks make great plays in great games. That’s what it’s all about, isn’t it?”
Elway marched the team down the field, on a 15 play drive, including a 3rd and 18 conversion, and a 3rd and 2 conversion to get their first first down. Elway found Jackson from 5 yards out on 3rd and 1 to tie the game at 20. The Broncos would go on to win the game in OT, and send both Elway and Bowlen to their first super bowl. Elway finished 22/38 for 244 yards, with 1 TD and 1 INT, and Sammy Widner had 83 yards rushing. The Broncos D forced 3 turnovers, including two picks.
HOF write up Complete Drive on youtube. Continue reading Broncos Greatest Games, Round 6
Broncos greatest games, round 5
Round 5. Same as before, vote in the comments. Looking like we should wrap up on Thursday.
1 CLE 23-20 01/11/87
The Drive. After a 48 yard TD pass by Bernie Kosar, the Broncos found themselves trailing 13-20 in Cleveland, with 5 minutes to go and the ball on their own 2 yard line. The Cleveland fans were quite rowdy, but Elway did, what he does best.
“I suddenly flashed on something I was thinking about before the game,” Elway said later. “Great quarterbacks make great plays in great games. That’s what it’s all about, isn’t it?”
Elway marched the team down the field, on a 15 play drive, including a 3rd and 18 conversion, and a 3rd and 2 conversion to get their first first down. Elway found Jackson from 5 yards out on 3rd and 1 to tie the game at 20. The Broncos would go on to win the game in OT, and send both Elway and Bowlen to their first super bowl. Elway finished 22/38 for 244 yards, with 1 TD and 1 INT, and Sammy Widner had 83 yards rushing. The Broncos D forced 3 turnovers, including two picks.
HOF write up Complete Drive on youtube.
17 PIT 24-23 01/07/90
The Broncos entered this game as 10 point favorites, yet endured quite a scare in the first game of this super bowl run. The Broncos had a dominant Wade Phillips lead D that year, finishing 1st in points allowed.
Bubby Bristor started this game for the Steelers. Pittsburgh jumped out to an early lead, and the Broncos were fighting to catch up all game long. Down 23-17 with 7 minutes to go, Elway lead the team on a 71 yard TD drive to take the lead. Bristor had his chance, but the Broncos forced a bad snap on 3rd and 10 and recovered to seal the win.
Broncos Greatest Games, Round 4. Playoff games added
On to Round 4. I decided to keep it simple and reseed the regular season games based upon their vote count in the last round. The 8 regular season games that get to advance are: NWE 30-24 11/29/2015; OAK 30-7 10/16/1977; RAI 22-19 10/28/1984; GNB 29-10 11/1/2015; SDG 35-24 10/15/2012; CHI 31-29 11/16/1987; OAK 27-24 11/13/2000; DAL 42-23 9/13/1998.
I did not make another spreadsheet, but the bracket is in order below.
1 CLE 23-20 01/11/87 – BYE
16 HOU 34-10 01/10/88
The Broncos jumped to a 14–0 early lead by converting two turnovers into two touchdowns. On the second play of the game, Denver defensive back Steve Wilson recovered a fumbled lateral pass by running back Mike Rozier at the Houston one-yard line, setting up Gene Lang’s one-yard rushing touchdown. Then on the Oilers’ next drive, linebacker Karl Mecklenburg intercepted a pass from Warren Moon in the end zone. The Broncos drove 72 yards and scored on John Elway’s 27-yard touchdown pass to tight end Clarence Kay. Both teams exchanged field goals in the second period before Elway threw a one-yard touchdown pass to Kay.
In the fourth quarter, Moon completed a 19-yard touchdown to wide receiver Ernest Givins, but it was countered with Elway’s three-yard touchdown run. Broncos’ receiver Vance Johnson caught four passes for 105 yards, but he was injured in the game and had to miss the AFC Championship Game and saw limited action in Super Bowl XXII. NBC Sports’ game introduction is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjIKJHMOg08. Limited game highlights are available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb5IUW9aKLk.
17 PIT 24-23 01/07/90
The Broncos entered this game as 10 point favorites, yet endured quite a scare in the first game of this super bowl run. The Broncos had a dominant Wade Phillips lead D that year, finishing 1st in points allowed.
Bubby Bristor started this game for the Steelers. Pittsburgh jumped out to an early lead, and the Broncos were fighting to catch up all game long. Down 23-17 with 7 minutes to go, Elway lead the team on a 71 yard TD drive to take the lead. Bristor had his chance, but the Broncos forced a bad snap on 3rd and 10 and recovered to seal the win.
Continue reading Broncos Greatest Games, Round 4. Playoff games added
Broncos Greatest games Round 3
On to round 3, the last round of just regular season games. Same as before, vote in the comments. See the bottom of this post for an explanation of the rest of the tournament and how we will add in playoff games.
1 NWE 30-24 11/29/2015
The Broncos were down 21-7 heading into the 4th quarter, in this snowy Sunday Night matchup between the 10-0 Patriots and 9-2 Broncos. Osweiler was filling in for an injured Peyton, in only his second start, and at that point was 15/29, for 132 yards.
The Broncos got their spark when the patriots muffed the punt, and the Broncos recovered. The Broncos went on to score 17 unanswered points, to give themselves a 3 point lead with 1:09 to go. Unfortunately, Brady lead the team on a 51 yard drive to get the game timing field goal. The Patriots received to start OT, but only moved backwards thanks to a Von Miller sack.
The Broncos had great field position, and 3 plays later CJ Anderson had a walk off 48 yard TD run to end the game. Highlights
Broncos Greatest Games, Round 2
I hope everyone enjoyed Round 1 of Broncos greatest games. Off to round 2. Same as before, vote in the comments. I’ll leave voting open until about 9PM Mountain time Monday Night.