Denver Broncos Win Behind Brock Osweiler

Quarterback Brock Osweiler of the Denver Broncos celebrated his 25th birthday as a starter for his team’s game against the Chicago Bears recently. Osweiler was notified last week that he will replace Peyton Manning who is currently in the injured list.

He appeared calm as he led the Broncos with 2-of-2 passing during the opening drive for 56 yards. The first four plays of the Broncos at the opening resulted to 74 yards for the team. The second pass attempt of Osweiler was a 48-yard catch-and-run play to Demaryius Thomas, which gave Denver a 7-0 within the first four minutes of the game.

The first half ended with Brock Osweiler finishing with 13-of-17 for 144 yards including an opening-drive touchdown. The first half closed with a field goal drive by the Broncos behind Osweiler. The final play of the first half had Brandon McManus kicking a 24-yard field goal as Denver went 82 yards.

Denver Broncos Win Behind Brock Osweiler - image credit: bostonherald.com

Osweiler was the second-round pick of Denver in 2012 and got his first career start after 43 months. During this time, the Denver Broncos won three AFC West titles, played 57 games in the regular season and was able to reach the Super Bowl once. Osweiler revealed that he was preparing for his first start for a long time and did not waste a single day in preparing for it.

Osweiler was selected by the Denver Broncos as an insurance policy. General manager and vice president for football operations John Elway wanted to have a young prospect on its roster after it signed Peyton Manning. The spinal fusion of Manning was still under evaluation during this time.

However, Manning started for the Broncos since he signed up for the team up until recently. The program given to Manning by the team meant he could not practice or play following a number of injuries in the last two weeks. Prior to the game on Sunday, Brock Osweiler was limited to 54 regular-season passes.

Posted by Andre Monohan on Monday November 23 2015, 9:57 AM EDT. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under World. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0