![]() ![]() “Then (the Broncos) got the ball and score the game-winning touchdown.”ĭespite voicing their frustrations with the referees, Brady and Esaison said it was not their intention to blame the final outcome on the officiating. Perhaps to summarize Esaison’s point, Brady mentioned a play in which he felt a penalty wasn’t called, saying he thought a Broncos defender “hooked” Patriots receiver Brandon LaFell on the first play from scrimmage in overtime. “You can’t cover a guy in the NFL anymore.” “You could call these on every single pass play where there’s two players next to each other,” Esaison said. But they’re the ones with the flags, and they blow (the whistle).”Įsaison mentioned that call, as well as the call on Chung, calling any play that features a defender battling a would-be receiver for position on a pass play “ticky tack.” “It’s obviously different than what I thought because I’m looking at it, too. “They just feel like there’s a push-off,” Brady said. Speaking about the offensive pass interference call on Gronkowski, Brady said he disagreed with the officials. The Patriots were forced to punt a play after the penalty on Gronkowski and the Broncos scored the go-ahead fourth quarter touchdown after the penalty on Chung. In particular, Brady and Esiason pointed to an offensive pass interference call on Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski that negated a 10-yard gain on a third-and-5 in the fourth quarter, as well as a defensive holding call on Patriots safety Patrick Chung that wiped out a sack that would have seen the Broncos facing a third-and-goal from the 15-yard line. The whole thing was spiraling out of control.” “And when it was thrown, it was against the Patriots. “It seemed like the entire fourth quarter there was a yellow flag on the field,” Esiason said. Fantasy Tip: Brady coming off 406-yard, three-TD performance at Baltimore, but Broncos hit him career-high 23 times in conference title game and intercepted him twice.Take Our PollFormer NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason, now a commentator for “The NFL Today” and WFAN, didn’t mince words in his critique, given on WBZ. In last year’s AFC championship, Miller had 2½ sacks, four QB hits and an interception in prelude to Super Bowl 50 MVP performance. LB Von Miller’s 13½ sacks tied for NFL lead. Broncos close season with three teams with double-digit win totals: New England (11), Kansas City (10) and Oakland (10). He had 11 catches for 100 yards last week. WR Emmanuel Sanders has 362 yards in past three meetings. Since ‘12, Thomas ranks second in league with 478 catches. WR Demaryius Thomas has 100-plus receiving yards in three of last five games against Patriots. RB Justin Forsett rushed for 129 yards in last game against New England (Jan. Broncos managed 18 yards on nine carries last week, but rookie RB Devontae Booker has two TD runs in last three games at home. He’s had two 300-yard, zero-interception games in last two starts. Broncos QB Trevor Siemian averaging 303 yards passing in last five games. LB Rob Ninkovich has four sacks, two forced fumbles and an interception in last six meetings. ![]() Rookie WR Malcom Mitchell has four TD catches in last four games. WR Julian Edelman has 199 receiving yards and three TDs in last two games against Denver. Broncos, Brady had 2,814 yards, 21 TDs and two interceptions for 96.0 rating. ![]() Brady’s 52 wins in December are tied with Hall of Famer Brett Favre for most by a starting QB in any month in NFL history. With win, Patriots would become first team in NFL history with eight consecutive division titles. ![]() He’s Patriots’ first 1,000-yard rusher since 2012. RB LeGarrette Blount leads NFL with 14 rushing TDs. Coach Bill Belichick is 7-10 against Denver and Gary Kubiak is 2-3 against Patriots. STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES: Broncos are only team Tom Brady has losing record against. PATRIOTS DEFENSE: OVERALL (9), RUSH (6), PASS (15).īRONCOS OFFENSE: OVERALL (25), RUSH (27), PASS (19).īRONCOS DEFENSE: OVERALL (3), RUSH (29), PASS (1). PATRIOTS OFFENSE: OVERALL (4), RUSH (7), PASS (4). LAST WEEK: Patriots beat Ravens 30-23 Broncos lost to Titans 13-10ĪP PRO32 RANKING: Patriots No. LAST MEETING: Broncos beat Patriots 20-18, AFC championship, Jan. ![]()
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