Brett Favre , the starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, goes on the road to visit the Denver Broncos at Invesco Field with Jay Cutler at the helm in a Monday Night showdown. This was Favre’s 33rd Monday Night game.
The game started out as if it were going to be a shootout. The Broncos first scoring drive lasted 5 minutes and 24 seconds and consisted of 10 plays that went 60 yards ended with a 5 yard Touchdown pass to T. Scheffler. With the score in the Broncos favor T. Sauberman kicks off and the Packers begin their drive from their own 21 yard line. Favre calls the play in the huddle, gets the team up to the line, calls the signals and has the ball snapped to him. One play and 23 seconds later, Favre finds rookie wide receiver J. Jones down the right sideline with Champ Bailey trying to catch up and hits him with a 79 yard pass for a Touchdown. Denver would return the favor by driving all the way back down to the Packers 1 yard line before and offensive lineman knocks the ball out of Cutler’s hand resulting in a fumble recovery by the Packers. The question you have to ask yourself is where was the defense?
At the end of the first half, the score was 13-7, Packers. The score could have been 17-7 if the Packers weren’t plagued with false starts by the offensive line on their third drive. This would also prove to be the last time the Packers would get into scoring range. The second half would only allow for two Bronco field goals which would tie the game at the end of regulation.
Green Bay wins the coin toss and elects to receive for to begin overtime. Once again on the first play after the kickoff, Brett found Jennings this time and on the left sideline beating Dre Bly with an 82 yard Touchdown pass for the win.
The Packers win 19-13!
The game started out as if it were going to be a shootout. The Broncos first scoring drive lasted 5 minutes and 24 seconds and consisted of 10 plays that went 60 yards ended with a 5 yard Touchdown pass to T. Scheffler. With the score in the Broncos favor T. Sauberman kicks off and the Packers begin their drive from their own 21 yard line. Favre calls the play in the huddle, gets the team up to the line, calls the signals and has the ball snapped to him. One play and 23 seconds later, Favre finds rookie wide receiver J. Jones down the right sideline with Champ Bailey trying to catch up and hits him with a 79 yard pass for a Touchdown. Denver would return the favor by driving all the way back down to the Packers 1 yard line before and offensive lineman knocks the ball out of Cutler’s hand resulting in a fumble recovery by the Packers. The question you have to ask yourself is where was the defense?
At the end of the first half, the score was 13-7, Packers. The score could have been 17-7 if the Packers weren’t plagued with false starts by the offensive line on their third drive. This would also prove to be the last time the Packers would get into scoring range. The second half would only allow for two Bronco field goals which would tie the game at the end of regulation.
Green Bay wins the coin toss and elects to receive for to begin overtime. Once again on the first play after the kickoff, Brett found Jennings this time and on the left sideline beating Dre Bly with an 82 yard Touchdown pass for the win.
The Packers win 19-13!
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As sad as I was at Denver's shocking catch-up-and-lose-in-overtime, what do you think really caused the defensive implosion of Denver, even considering the fact that Green Bay had so many penalties? If you could use metaphor or analogy to describe this game, how would you do it?
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