Sunday, October 15, 2006

 

Raiders 3 - Broncos 13

just win
Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer runs for a first
down on an early Broncos drive against Oakland (AP).
It's weird to come away from a 10 point victory feeling bad, and not just because the Broncos didn't cover the spread. Again, the Broncos showed an inability to put the ball in the endzone, while denying their opponent the same. It works, I suppose, but a team as bad as the Raiders shouldn't be allowed to hang around in the game as long as they did.

It would have been nice if the Broncos would have showed a little more offense, to open up the passing game, to allow rookie QB Jay Cutler to get into the game in the fourth quarter. It would have been nice if the Broncos covered the spread, but that's really just selfish on my part.

The Broncos made plays when they had to on offense and defense. The Raiders helped by commiting stupid penalties at an alarming rate, but for the most part, the Broncos made plays, the 51 yard pass to Javon Walker in the 2nd quarter, the runs by Tatum Bell in the 4th quarter, the Raiders 4th down play in the 3rd quarter. And Jake Plummer once again didn't make any stupid mistakes.

And that defense. I know the way the defense was playing effected the offensive play calling for Denver. The Broncos shut down a pretty good RB in Lamont Jordan.

It's a win. I'll take it. I don't want to have to take any more like this one.

BOJ

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