Broncos @ Bears - We're Headed To Overtime - Open Thread

by TheSportsGuru on Nov 25, 2007 5:43 PM MST in 2007 Game Day Threads

Date: Sunday, November 25, 2007

Time: 2:15 p.m. MST

Teams: Denver Broncos (5-5, Tied for 1st in AFC West) at Chicago Bears (4-6, 3rd Place in NFC North)

Location: Soldier Field - Chicago, IL

OVERTIME --

Bears First Drive --

--The Broncos lose the toss and the Bears will get the ball first...That means Devin Hestor...
--Nice kick there, and the Bears will have to go the length of the field to get into field goal range...
--One play and the Bears are damn close. The defense has let Grossman get into a groove....
--Someone needs to tackle Peterson, not go for the strip....
--The Bears playing for the field goal? We'll see...Big third down..
--First down Bears, and the defense can't come up with a stop...
--Now a defensive penalty...Nothing going right for the Broncos now...
--This is a season killer for the Broncos...A SEASON KILLER....
FINAL SCORE - CHICAGO BEARS 37 - DENVER BRONCOS 34

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sadly...we are the team that needs a miracle now..

Rod Smith is a Hall of Famer.

by Jake The Stash on Nov 25, 2007 5:44 PM MST 0 recs

Agree

This is just making me miserable watching this.

by dpurvis on Nov 25, 2007 5:48 PM MST up 0 recs

Desmond Clark

Just reached up and put the Bears in great position.

This game is reminding me of the home game with San Diego last year, when we blew a 17 point lead.

by dpurvis on Nov 25, 2007 5:46 PM MST 0 recs

Wow, that catch shades

of the Green Bay game written all over it.

Purple Row

by Russ on Nov 25, 2007 5:47 PM MST 0 recs

what else can go wrong?

Rod Smith is a Hall of Famer.

by Jake The Stash on Nov 25, 2007 5:49 PM MST 0 recs

wake me up when the 2008 season starts...

Rod Smith is a Hall of Famer.

by Jake The Stash on Nov 25, 2007 5:49 PM MST 0 recs

We all have a certain punt kicker to thank

for this loss.

by Arkons on Nov 25, 2007 5:51 PM MST 0 recs

i'm freaking devastated

This is the worse loss of the season. I'm sick to my stomach. We GAVE AWAY the game to REX GROSSMAN and the freaking Bears.

I don't know what to say. This is one of the worse losses I've endured in recent memory. Season killer indeed.

by binford04 on Nov 25, 2007 5:56 PM MST 0 recs

Todd Sauerbrun

Can we cut him?

"We're not going to kick away from [Devin Hester]"...

Look how well that worked for us.

Heck, we win if he doesn't get that punt blocked.

It may sound defeatist, but there went our season. This just has all of the makings of one of those epic collapses that starts a 5 game skid. I sure hope not, but tonight was very discouraging.

by hai17 on Nov 25, 2007 5:58 PM MST 0 recs

oh yea

the NFL overtime rules suck. Has to be the worst possible way that you could ever deal with overtime in professional sports. Even penalty kicks are more balanced. I can't believe that these crappy rules haven't been changed yet. I have never met a single person in my life who thinks that overtime rules in the NFL are good, let alone fair or serviceable.

by Arkons on Nov 25, 2007 6:02 PM MST 0 recs

horrible

This hurts. The better team lost because they were stupid. Hester beats you once, ok. It's CAN"T HAPPEN TWICE. And no way can you blow a 14-point lead in the 4th to a terrible offensive team. The punt block changed everything.

They had the game won, and pissed it away.

Fuck.

by Donkey on Nov 25, 2007 6:03 PM MST 0 recs

the

curse of jake strikes again!

"I will never be upset if the Broncos go for the win and lose. You play for the win."-TSG 11/1/07 "The Browns will be .500"-TSG 8/12/07 MHR Radio

by broncodude793 on Nov 25, 2007 6:06 PM MST 0 recs

Coaching.

Blame Saurbrun all you want, but it's up to the guys in headsets to determine how we play the game. How can you play the Chicago Bears and let Devin Hester beat you???

Here's another headscratcher likely to be overlooked: why did we go into the "prevent offense" up by only two scores halfway through the 4th quarter?! You want to make a pathetic team look great: play vanilla schemes on both sides of the ball with a full 1/8 of the game left.

I beg this one entirely on coaching. Sure, the breaks didn't exactly go our way, but we had this one in the bag before the coaching staff took their foot off the peddle and stalled the team. Terrible... just plain terrible.

by ejruiz on Nov 25, 2007 6:08 PM MST 0 recs

Agreed

It's premature to cut Sauerbrun, he's usually a good punter.

Another thing sticking in my mind is the inability to get a TD at the goal line. Twice they had 1st and goal inside the five a settled for three. That happens all the time, and it's the same lazy, predictable play calling that leads to it. Put 7 on the board in one of those situations and you win the game.

by Donkey on Nov 25, 2007 6:19 PM MST up 0 recs

On the bright side

our offense and defense both looked really good.

by MattR on Nov 25, 2007 6:09 PM MST 0 recs

this hurts

Ughhh - What a horrible way to kick off the week. I'm in a horrible mood now.

I seriously don't know how this team can do this to this state.

Colorado sports (except Nugs) have gone downhill since the Rockies WS loss.

by binford04 on Nov 25, 2007 6:09 PM MST 0 recs

It's Hester not Hestor

Seriously,

You guys played great. Sure, Todd was all about kicking it to Hester and that killed you, but you turned up other big ST plays as well. Both teams made stupid turnovers, but you still overall played a good game... you jsut couldn't finish.

Also, I don't think your season is over. Your not that far back in your division. We were the ones with the season on the brink!

Da Bears.

by Windy City Gridiron SSI on Nov 25, 2007 6:19 PM MST 0 recs

And for the record

it is Olsen not Olson.

by WCG on Nov 26, 2007 12:40 PM MST up 0 recs

Sorry guys...

Live blogging has it's disadvantages, that being one of them....

-TSG

www.milehighreport.com

by TheSportsGuru on Nov 26, 2007 9:11 PM MST up 0 recs

Hey

look down at my signature...Sums up our season.

"Uh Playoffs? We'll talk about playoffs? You kiddin me? Playoffs? I just hope we can win a damn game." -Jim Mora http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwq7BYOnDrM

by broncodude793 on Nov 25, 2007 6:23 PM MST 0 recs

Ouch

Terrible. Flat out terrible. I'm at a loss for words.

by BrianGSC on Nov 25, 2007 6:29 PM MST 0 recs

Wow

Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. That one really hurts. Our special teams really cost us today.

I can't say that I am ultra depressed by the outcome. It's not like I see us winning the super bowl this year. My biggest hope for the season is to see leaps of progress in our young players. Perhaps this one will be a powerful lesson in finishing a game that you have in your hands.

I still don't think we're out of it as far as the division goes, but it sure hurts to lose one like this

by broncette on Nov 25, 2007 6:42 PM MST 0 recs