vs. Tennessee Titans

Another terrible first 3 quarters for the Denver Broncos, dug ourselves a MASSIVE hole, yet somehow almost managed to come back. Our defense looked terrible in the first half for the 3rd week in a row, and this really needs to change if we want to make it to the playoffs this season.

The start of the game saw the Broncos lose the toss, and the Titans elect to receive. Both offenses suffered a quick 3 and out, then the Titans came out to establish the run. And establish it they did, Chris Johnson quickly destroying the D, and getting solid blocks on this outside run.



Then to rub it in, the 2nd string RB, runs it through all the Broncos defense for this heart wrenching TD.



Tebow finally started to get going with yet another long bomb for a TD this season.



After another 2 touchdowns to the Titans, and one more strike from Tebow, the gap was looking insurmountable going into the half. With 22 seconds left however, Brian Dawkins had something else to say about that.



Giving away another cheap score in the 3rd Quarter, and going into the 4th, the score was now 20-45. With only 8 minutes to go, there was no time left to run the ball, and Tebow had to look down the field to win the game.



After getting a much needed Touchdown, the defense had to come up big.



Now the pressure was back on Timmy Tebow to keep his team alive.



After failing to convert the 2pt attempt to make it a 3 point game, and forcing a 3 and out to get the ball back with 2 minutes to play, and no timeouts left, Tebow Time would have to be in full effect to lead the Broncos 80 yards for the TD. On 3rd and 10, looking up the field and seeing nobody open, Tebow opted to run for the first down to keep the series and the Broncos alive.



Tebow made a horrible mistake, forgetting to secure the ball as he desperately tried to get out of bounds to stop the clock. After the turnover, the Titans kneeled out the clock, and took a thrilling home win, stopping the Broncos in the clutch, where they're usually so strong. And that was that, pushed back to 1-2. With Week 4's game at Lambeau against the undefeated Packers, things only look to get worse before they get better.

Denver Broncos at Tennessee Titans
Sep 25, 2011	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Denver Broncos (1-2)	7	14	0	19	40
Tennessee Titans (2-1)	21	17	7	0	45

Team Stats Comparison
	DEN	TEN
Total Offense	366	430
Rushing Yards	111	286
Passing Yards	255	286
First Downs	9	13
Punt Return Yards	11	71
Kick Return Yards	205	19
Total Yards	582	520
Turnovers	3 (-1)	2 (+1)
3rd Down Converstion	4-16 (25%)	4-13 (30%)
4th Down Conversion	2-5 (40%)	0-0 (0%)
2-Point Conversion	0-2 (0%)	0-0 (0%)
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	0/0	3/1
Penalties	3-24	0-0
Posession Time	24:17	23:43

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		DEN	TEN
8:58	(TEN) C. Johnson, 77yd Run (R. Bironas kick)	0	7
7:33	(TEN) J. Ringer, 30yd Run (R. Bironas kick)	0	14
3:06	(DEN) D. Thomas, 49yd Pass from T. Tebow (M. Prater kick)	7	14
1:10	(TEN) C. Johnson, 2yd Run (R. Bironas kick)	7	21
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		DEN	TEN
9:47	(TEN) R. Bironas, 29yd FG	7	24
5:52	(TEN) C. Johnson, 56yd Run (R. Bironas kick)	7	31
1:29	(DEN) E. Decker, 46yd Pass from T. Tebow (M. Prater kick)	14	31
0:44	(TEN) K. Britt, 14yd Pass from J. Locker (R. Bironas kick)	14	38
0:12	(DEN) B. Dawkins, returned Fumble 37yds (M. Prater kick)	21	38
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		DEN	TEN
5:29	(TEN) J. Ringer, 3yd Run (R. Bironas kick)	21	45
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		DEN	TEN
7:49	(DEN) E. Decker, 51yd Pass from T. Tebow (2pt conv. failed)	27	45
4:37	(DEN) A. Goodman, returned Interception 92yds (M. Prater kick)	34	45
3:41	(DEN) D. Thomas, 80yd Pass from T. Tebow (2pt conv. failed)	40	45

Denver Broncos PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Tim Tebow 11/31 291 4 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Willis McGahee 18 61 3.3 0 Knowshon Moreno 6 9 1.5 0 Tim Tebow 5 41 8.2 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Demaryius Thomas 4 144 36.0 2 Eric Decker 3 116 38.6 2 Braylon Edwards 1 4 4.0 0 Dante Rosario 1 6 6.0 0 Eddie Royal 1 12 12.0 0 Knowshon Moreno 1 9 9.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Chris Kuper 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Joe Mays 11 0 0 0 Von Miller 11 0 0 0 Brian Dawkins 5 0 0 1 Jonathon Wilhite 3 0 0 0 Rahim Moore 8 0 0 0 Ty Warren 5 2 0 0 Mario Haggan 2 0 0 0 Champ Bailey 3 1 0 0 D.J. Williams 3 0 0 0 Brodrick Bunkley 1 0 0 0 Zane Beadles 1 0 0 0 Andre' Goodman 2 0 1 1 Robert Ayers 2 0 0 0 Jason Hunter 1 0 0 0 Virgil Green 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Matt Prater 0/0 4/4 4 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Britton Colquitt 5 261 52.2 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Eddie Royal 6 168 28.0 0 Champ Bailey 2 37 18.5 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Eddie Royal 2 11 5.5 0

Tennessee Titans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Jake Locker 11/22 159 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Chris Johnson 30 235 7.8 3 Jake Locker 4 16 4.0 0 Javon Ringer 4 30 7.5 2 Ahmard Hall 1 5 5.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Ahmard Hall 3 18 6.0 0 Kenny Britt 2 46 23.0 1 Nate Washington 2 33 16.5 0 Jared Cook Jr. 2 53 26.5 0 Latwan Wright 1 2 2.0 0 Damian Williams 1 7 7.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Eugene Amano 0 1 Troy Kropog 0 1 Jake Locker 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Will Witherspoon 5 2 0 0 Tommie Campbell 3 0 0 0 Barrett Ruud 6 0 1 0 Michael Griffin 6 2 0 0 Akeem Ayers 5 0 0 0 Alterraun Verner 3 1 0 0 Jurrell Casey 4 0 0 0 Karl Klug 5 1 0 0 Lavelle Hawkins 2 0 0 0 Jason Jones 6 0 0 0 Colin McCarthy 3 0 0 0 Marc Mariani 2 0 0 0 Dave Ball 2 0 0 0 Jason McCourty 5 0 0 0 Cortland Finnegan 3 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Rob Bironas 1/2 6/6 9 30 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Brett Kern 6 282 47.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Marc Mariani 1 19 19.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Marc Mariani 4 71 17.7 0