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The San Diego
Chargers and Denver Broncos met on Monday night in what turned out to be one of
the best games of the NFL season thus far. This division rivalry game would be
the first between the two teams since Peyton Manning joined the Broncos this
yea. Manning, after a slow start,
finished the game going 24 for 30 with 309 yards, 3 TDs, and 1 INT.
In the first half,
the Chargers charged ahead and took a HUGE 24-0 lead into halftime. It looked
like the Broncos could not handle the tandem of Phillip Rivers and Antonio
Gates. In addition, the Broncos had coughed up the ball twice on special teams
and Manning had thrown a pick-six.
The Broncos would
start the third quarter with a 29-yard touchdown from Manning to Demaryius
Thomas. On the next San Diego possession, Elvis Dumervil stripped the ball from
Phillip Rivers and Tony Carter ran 65 yards for a touchdown to cut the Chargers
lead to just 10 points.
After the Broncos
forced the Chargers to punt on the next drive, Peyton Manning threw a seven-yard
touchdown pass to Eric Decker to bring Denver within three. The Broncos took
their very first lead of the contest after Manning threw a 21-yard touchdown
pass to Brandon Stokley who came up with a dazzling catch on their next possession.
The 28-24 lead highlighted
the 28 straight points that were scored by the Broncos. With 2:05 left in the
fourth quarter, Chris Harris sealed the victory with a 46-yard interception
return for a touchdown off of Phillip Rivers. This was his second interception
of the game to cap off a spectacular performance for himself and the Broncos.
It is clear that
Peyton Manning was the catalyst of this great comeback. He is really starting
to hit his stride with the team. He has the ability to make the whole team
better, which was showed with this victory.
“We came out in the
second half, everybody was accountable and professional,” he said in his
post-game press conference. “We had 30 minutes and I thought it was important
to get off to a good start with that first drive. Hitting “DT” for the
touchdown really set the tempo for the second half.”
Both teams are
heading into the bye-week at 3-3 after this historic game. The Chargers are in
disarray, while the Broncos are thriving. In the comments below, how you think
these two teams will fair for the rest of the season.
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