It's really hard to figure out the Denver Broncos. You see the talent on the paper, yet when you watch the games you see a squad that just hasn't quite figured it all out. Last night on Monday Night Football in Foxborough, the Broncos fell behind 20-0 at the half and eventually 34-0 before Jay Cutler found Daniel Graham for a ten-yard score early in the fourth to get the team on the board in an eventual 41-7 thrashing at the hands of the Patriots. The team with the league's worst pass defense also can't stop the run, and I just don't see how this team can make the playoffs while playing so sloppy and lifeless. It won't get any easier for the Broncos, as both Champ and Boss Bailey left the game with injuries in the first half. The loss was the third in the last four games for the reeling Broncos.
Meanwhile, Matt Cassel played the best game of his young career, perhaps easing some of the lingering doubts of Patriots Nation as to whether or not he could suitably lead the Pats into the playoffs minus the Golden Boy. Cassel tossed three touchdowns and received help from backup running back Sammy Morris, who rushed for 138 of the team's 257 yards in place of injured Laurence Maroney, and New England's defense suddenly didn't look so old anymore, as the unit forced five turnovers. It'll be interesting to see if this game jump-starts the Patriots' season and whether or not the Broncos can rebound from this dismantling on national television.
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