Week 14 NFL running thread because no one else started it

Fucking Broncos.

I have the Broncos-Packers in a substantial ML of "uninspired home favorites against bad teams". -114

Good lord.

 

The Brock Osweiler as savior idea has hit a snag. When Denver can't run, they can't score.

 

Denver down the stretch: 14 plays, 17 yards. Maybe it wasn't just Manning.

 

Stick to college football and college basketball you idiot, I tell myself...

 

The Broncos seemed completely unconcerned that their left tackle couldn't block Kahlil Mack, as if they assumed it would work itself out sometime before Mack racked up his fifth sack. It didn't.

 

Denver's offensive line picked a bad week for a relapse. They've been the problem all along.

 

Demariyiyouiouiouaeious Thomas certainly didn't help......nor did Sanders muffing the punt or Davis dropping a wide open ball that he could have jogged to Castle Rock with.

 

It's as if Tim Tebow grew to be 6-foot-8.

 

Just saw some bits and pieces of the game on Red Zone, but Thomas hurt his shoulder making a catch late in the first half. From what I saw after that, he never seemed quite right.

 

I still miss Faith Hill on the NBC intro. That is all.

 

Davis has been dropping easy balls for years now, which is why he hasn't been All-Pro even though he walks around like he's the greatest TE around (he may be an All-Pro blocker but his actual catching skills are bad these days.)

That said, the 49ers were horrid today on O and D; they were getting blown up on both sides of the ball. Couldn't get a 1st down until like 2 mins were left in the game.

 

Thomas has been dropping everything this year.

You have the drops and fumbles and sacks today and that's the Broncos offense. Oh ueah, zero running game, but that is also mostly on the line. Not the QB. The line can't block a snail, which may be the biggest issue, but those drops certainly don't help.

I actually wonder how bad it would've been if Manning had played. At least Osweiler didn't turn it over, outside a sack.

It's too bad. The defense is so good and gets zero support.