Sunday, November 12, 2006

 

Broncos 17 - Raiders 13

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Broncos WR Javon Walker skips past the tackles of
Raiders' Stuart Schweigert (30) and Nnamdi Asomugha (21)
on his way to a 39-yard touchdown. (AP)
How can the 7-2 Broncos look so bad on offense. The Raiders defense is better than most people appreciate, but a good defense should score on them simply because they spend so much time on the field.

After the first quarter I expected to see Jay Cutler. I expected to see him start the second half. I'm not one of those calling for the demotion of Plummer, but when he plays like he did today, throwing the ball up for grabs as he did far too many times, he's dangerous and can single handedly lose games. It looked like that was going to happen today.

Plummer did put together one fine drive in the fourth quarter, just in time to win this one. Even at that it took a fourth and goal touchdown pass to Kyle Johnson to put it in the end zone.

The defense looked good of course. They were playing the Raiders. They didn't put a ridiculous amount of pressure on Andrew Walter (I kept wanting to sing Ben Folds Five's Uncle Walter every time his name was mentioned) but Walter did fumble twice and was sacked three times. The run, especially Lamont Jordan, was contained. Randy Moss only caught one pass for eight yards. The defense did OK.

One fine punt return by David Kircus is probably what won this game for the Broncos. Down 7-0, Kircus returned a Shane Lechler punt 42 yards to set up a Plummer to Walker 39 yard touchdown. The Broncos hadn't moved the ball before that, didn't move it much after that until the fourth quarter. The short field allowed the Broncos to score and (gasp!) stay in the game against the hapless Raiders.

The win kept the good guys in even with the San Diego Chargers who beat the Cincinnati Bengals 49-41 to set up a AFC West showdown next Sunday night. It'll be the Chargers at Denver for the divison league next week.

These aren't the Raiders, gentlemen. A better effort will be nescessary to come away with a win. Then again, it is Marty Schottenheimer......

BOJ

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