2 of those would have had enough time for an onside kick if failing the 2 point. And there was no team that has done such thing this early in the season! Great Jay, great Shanny, great Broncos!

It never occurred to me until I got back to the blog and saw everyone talking about , that we should have done anything but try for two. At the time I was thinking: “What more could you want for an opportunity to win the game? One play with the best unit on the team, from the goalline. That is about as good as you could ask for given the situation.”

But after mulling it over, I see the logic behind kicking the PAT, namely that FG’s have a higher percentage of success than goalline plays, which is what you would be playing for in OT.

But seriously, the way our defense was getting slapped around, too much would have been riding on that stupid coin flip. This was a no-brainer.

….to develop an opinion before the two points were scored. What a game! I drank all the beer in the house!

but wasn’t sure Shanny would be thinking that way. My thinking was, we hadn’t been able to stop San Diego in the second half. If they win the coin toss they win, but if we win the coin toss it’s not certain that we win. Not only were the odds better going for two, it meant that it was in our hands to win or lose the game. Better to go for it all while we have the ball than to sit back passively and hope the coin falls right.

I’m a Giants fan, so I didn’t have as much invested in it as the rest of you, but I loved it. I unfortunately had to watch the Brett Favre-snorefest on CBS for two-and-a-half hours, so I only got to see the last 2 minutes of the Broncos game, but even just from that 2 minutes it was the most exciting game I’ve seen this year.

Living on the East Coast I don’t get too see many Broncos games, but after MNF and the game yesterday, I like what I see from them: Cutler looks awesome, and the decision to go for 2 showed Shanahan has confidence in his O to get the job done. I hope to see some more of you guys this season.

Hey Rivers,

Karma is a bitch aint it?

Shanny has grapefruit and he slapped Norv in the face. The Broncos should have never been in that postion, but I will take it.

We have a problem on our hands with the defense. The offense is set for years with all the youth and smart picks in Marshall, both Ryans, Cutler, Royal, Scheff, Torain, and Hillis. We built the offense within 3 years through the draft. The defense is going to be harder to rebuild.

I don’t care if you’re Superman, you can’t cover a WR for 5 or 6 seconds on a consistent basis. We need to get some pass rush NOW. You need to get some rush at all costs. The Giants and Colts have shown us what you can do with some ends, a dt, and an average secondary.

Lastly, I love having Shannon Sharpe, Tom Jackson, and sometimes Merrill Hodge being analysts. They all favor the Broncos. Now, if you’ve noticed, the “experts” are quiet. They’re not saying complaining about the call, they’re noticing us.

First off I thought it was a classy move by Shanny. After the “fumble” in what maybe deamed gimme points, Shanny went for 2. In essences saying, we will put it all on the line and either win it or lose it with one play. Giving the Chargers a fairshot at winning on one play as well.

The overtime coin toss is so important. I like this play because it left the game up to the players and not a lucky side of the coin. In the end the chargers had a tough call not go their way. But they had a chance to win… they just didn’t stop the 2 point conversion. Gutsy, Classy call by Shanny.

and would call a timeout if SD was aware and kept the defense organized on the field. But when I realized they were going for two, I liked the call. Better to take a 50-50 shot when you have the ball than a 50-50 shot on a random coin toss.

As a random note, I learned on ESPN (of all places) that this was the first Denver game that Ed Hochuli has reffed since 2001 after Denver complained about his crew in a Oct. 8, 2000 game vs the Chargers that Denver won 21-7 while suffering 9 penalties for 113 yards.

I was screaming before we even scored that we needed to go for two, because simply put, our defense wasn’t going to stop San Diego the rest of the game, and I know Shannan was feeling the same way. So in essence I think it was the smartest thing we could of done, you had the momentum, you had their defense on their heels, and if you can get the win, then go for it. If we had failed, I am sure everyone in here would be bemoaning that we should of played it safe, you don’t know what would of happened in overtime, but I think this goes to Shannan belief in his offense and his fear of his defense.

He pointed out to me this morning that Shanny went for two because

“wow, the refs are definitely going to turn the rest of this game one big makeup call, I better try to steal it now”

the call about the fumble? I didn’t but it seemed to confuse the commentators. When they first came out with the review rules the whistle blowing was supposed to be the end of the play no matter what. This is part of the reason many officials will let the play continue even when from our angle (t.v.) we see the play should have been stopped or in this case not.
Now I was surprised a whistle was blown so early, but I’ll take it because it could have and will go the other way for us sometime in the future.
The officials will probably have a meeting about letting the play go (assume its a fumble) and then reviewing to over turn the other way.
I’ll bet the thought of makeup call was looming in the back of Shanny’s mind, but the biggest factor was out Ds inability to stop them in the second half.

I yelled it out before they said they were doing it, i was joking, but i called it before Jay did.

I think an easy majority of Broncos fans believed that going for 2 was the better gamble. Win or lose, at least it was up to the Broncos.

First it was a fumble but from where Eddie Guns was situated it looked like an incomplete pass so he blew the whistle. Good for Denver bad for SD. But IMO Denver should NEVER have been in that position. I feel Mike was trying to run out the clock in the 3rd. If he would have kept his foot on the neck of SD, I feel the Broncos would have scored over 50. That being said Marshall is a BEAST. Royal is a stud. Denver has two #1 Wr’s. Those 2 dictate coverages. I looks like it took Marshall 1 game to lead the NFL in receptions. But the most telling thing to me is that Shanny has rejuvanated this organization. That duece is awesome, he said the Broncos are in it to win it. I applaud him. Even if Denver would have lost I feel thei offense can score on anyone. Cutler is the real deal. Denver has our replacement ot Elway. We are gonna see plays in the arsenal not seen since 1998. I for one am so jacked. Sure there are issues with our defense but to me this is gonna be a wild ride. I want to see improvement on the defense, which I do believe will happen as the year goes on. SD is a good offensive team, they are a good team overall. They were a game from the SB, and have returned everyone. Now they are minus a great pass rusher. Too me this showed Denver is for real

Neither defense could stop the opposing offense. Lose the toss, lose the game. That would have given them a 50-50 chance. Period. The way Jay and the offense were playing, they probably believed the odds for a successful two-point conversion were better. People say it was a gutsy call. I say it was the only call.

One thing I have loved about this site is the respect posters have for each other here.

Let’s enjoy our conversations, okay? A disagreement on a football issue does not have to a personal affront, does it?

if they didnt make it they could onside kick it
if 2 point conversion is 50/50 though probably better you can tack on the small percent we recover an onside kick and are able to score
if your looking into the probablitity

To me, this was Shanny saying there was no way he was going to trust the outcome of this game to our defense. And I hope our defense owns up to it and starts to play with a little pride. Is it the scheme or the players or both?

Our defense is terrible. There’s no other way to put it. You could even see it last week against Oakland. The Broncos legitimately stopped Oakland only a few times, the rest of the time Oakland would have a bit of a drive and then several penalties in a row to kill the drive (looking, I must say, very much like our offense last year … drive a bit and then completely fall apart).

On the other hand, against what I feel is a competent Chargers defense, Culter and Co. made them look as bad as us. Wow is our offense something special right now. Our special teams seem to be getting better, but allowing a touchdown certainly ain’t moving in the right direction.

Um … so back on topic. At the time I was against the 2-point conversion, but looking back it was really Shanny’s only choice. A great boost to the offense and a big vote of no confidence to our defense.

the s.d. receiver not getting his feet down at the sideline in the last minute. if that’s a completion, they have a 53-yard field-goal attempt to win the game, anyway. we are way too soft on pass defense. pass-rush and coverage. as aggressive as we are on offense, we are very conservative on passing downs, defensively. we had a lead, but isn’t that when you blitz? afraid of getting burned? we are getting burned. i just want to help out the offense a little. but i’ll definitely take the win and hope for an improvement to middle-of-the-pack, here. i believe we can do that this season, but bad defense, and tackling, is just very hard for me to watch. thank god for cutler

the instant they got the touchdown. But I’ll have to admit it surprised me they did it.

Was it such a gamble? I don’t think so. They might not have made the two, but they might have lost the coin flip, too. Whoever wins the coin flip wins the game. I was convinced of that.