Mile High Report
Last week, the Denver Broncos defense came to play and the offense was mostly missing in action. The inverse was true today as the Indianapolis Colts under Daniel Jones torched the defense on nearly every drive — except when those drives got into field goal range. The Broncos’ offense also kept up with multiple touchdown drives of their own.
With a five point lead, the Broncos threw a red zone interception and had a missed field goal. Combining that with a defense that faltered all day long between the 20s gave the Colts the chance for a game-winning drive late. Denver has a lot of questions heading into Week 3.
Daniel Jones and the Colts came out firing on all cylinders to start the game. They could the Broncos pass defense sleeping a bit and quickly drove down into the red zone. However, the Broncos defense stiffened and held to a field goal.
On the Broncos first offensive possession, Bo Nix and the offense was flawless. The run game was picking up big chunks of yardage and then from the Colts’ 23 yard line, Nix lobbed a ball up into the back of the end zone to Marvin Mims Jr. for the touchdown.
The Colts offense couldn’t be stopped in the first quarter. They would tack on another field goal and the first quarter would end with them on the one yard line ready to plunge in for a touchdown to extend their scoring streak to start the season to 10-drives.
Broncos 7, Colts 6. Full first quarter recap.
The Colts took the lead right out of the gates in the second quarter, but the Broncos offense answered in kind. Troy Franklin took over with four catches on the drive including this 42-yard bomb. He would then cap the drive with a 3-yard touchdown catch from Nix to put Denver back out in front.
The Broncos defense finally ended the Colts’ scoring streak of 10 drives to open the season with a fourth down stop near midfield. The Broncos would take that turnover on downs and methodically march down the field for back-to-back touchdown drives to secure an 8-point lead in the first half.
Bo Nix was 12/15 for 115 yards and 3 touchdowns in the first half up until that point. Daniel Jones and the Colts were not done as they drove down and scored in just over a minute to score a touchdown of their own. They did leave 91 seconds on the clock for Denver to work with before halftime. They wouldn’t do anything with that possession, however, and went a quick three-and-out.
Broncos 21, Colts 20. Full second quarter recap.
The Broncos came out and drove right down the field to start the second half with a 7-play, 60 yard touchdown drive highlighted by a nifty third down run for 18 yards by Nix, a nice catch and run by RJ...
