Why are you worried about a game that was virtually over at Halftime? Even though the score was only 14-0?
Look at it this way - the Broncos held the Chargers and Phillip Ritalin to 0 points in that first half and a total of 57 yards. If just a couple of things go differently for them in that half, including Wes Welker not letting a sure TD go right through his arms into the hands of the SD defender, the score at the half is at least 21-0. Denver scores a TD and an FG in the third, and missed another FG (only Prater's 2nd miss all year) and San Diego is still sitting with a goose egg. So, if everything falls in Denver's favor, it would have made it 27 - 0 before the Chargers and Philip Ritalin ever see the endzone! Now, that is all just woulda-coulda-shoulda and it was not the reality, but it does tell you this: Denver totally DOMINATED Ritalin and the Chargers for those 3 quarters. So while it was only 17-0 to start the 4th Quarter it seemed bigger than that.
Nevertheless, Ritalin drove his team down on the first drive of the 4th Q and scored a TD. Pretty impressive drive actually. The dude can throw the pill as good as any of them out there. Keenan Allen is a superstar in waiting - Broncos fans might have to watch out for him!
But, then Denver answered right back though with a gritty, time-consuming, power-running drive and scored with Knoshown ploughing through the San Diego line like a missouri mule through spring loam! I knew that no matter what Ritalin did with his team on the next drive the Broncos were going to control the clock with the run, move the chains, possibly score and keep it to a 2 possession game.
So the Chargers come down, kick a field goal only got the ball back because of a gimmicky on-side kick, (that Decker actually had first - don't drop that ball Erick!!!!
The score again, making it 24-17, but at that point it really should have been 31-10 Denver. The game then ended with Denver killing the clock with a slow, time churning drive on the ground with Moreno and Ball running it down their throats.
So yeah, the score was close, but the game really wasn't.
I ain't as worried about the Patriots as a team as I am about the 9er's or the SeaChickens. Either way, it should be a great round of games.
HOOK 'EM!
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