On Sunday, it all came crashing down, as the Raiders pounded out 218 yards rushing. Denver will now have what happened Sunday night coming at them for several weeks.īefore it was a big run here, a big run there for the Broncos' defense, but the signs for something more troubling were visible. Though that sets the table for the clichéd offense-defense rift, before the Broncos' defense can grumble about the offense, it needs to stop somebody from running the ball. "Hell, they played good, and we didn't play good enough to win in any phase." "We didn't weather that storm very good, and we couldn't get the ball out of our own end. "Coming in here, it's always really tough early in the game from an emotion and noise standpoint," said Broncos coach Gary Kubiak. The Broncos opened Sunday night's contest with four three-and-outs, the first time they've opened a game like that since before Peyton Manning signed in 2012. The Broncos inability to run the ball has thrown their entire offense into neutral, at best. He had an extended stint in the trainers' room following the game. It's clear quarterback Trevor Siemian's left shoulder was hurting again as a result of some of the hits he took. Stack it all up any way you'd like, but what it means is that folks are soon going to find out what the Broncos are about. the championship isn't won yet and these are the types of games where if you play this way, you're going to end up with the same result." "We didn't play a good game - offensively, defensively, special teams."Īsked if a team that has seen so much success over the past five years could digest the serving of pie it received Sunday night, Ware said: "You have no choice. "You've got to take a little of that humble pie," Broncos linebacker DeMarcus Ware said. The Broncos team that left the emotionally charged rival stadium was battered and grumpy, now in third place in the AFC West, with plenty of bruised bodies to go with some bruised egos after a 30-20 loss to the Raiders. It was a team that carried itself like it was still - blemishes and all - on track for a sixth consecutive division title and in the championship conversation. The one that rolled in on the buses in the late-afternoon sun, greeted by plenty of one-finger salutes from the Oakland Raiders' faithful, was in a tie for first place in the AFC West. The Denver Broncos team that left Oakland Coliseum on Sunday night was much different than the one that arrived a few hours earlier.
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