HOUSTON (5-3) at DENVER (3-5)Sunday
www.broncosauthorizedshops.com ;, 4:05 p.m. EDT, CBSOPENING LINE — Broncos by 1 陆RECORD VS. SPREAD — Houston 3-5, Denver 3-4-1SERIES RECORD — Broncos lead 4-2LAST MEETING — Broncos beat Texans 27-9 on Oct. 24, 2016LAST WEEK — Texans beat Dolphins 42-23; Broncos lost at Chiefs 30-23AP PRO32 RANKING — Texans No. 10, Broncos No. 23TEXANS OFFENSE — OVERALL (15), RUSH (11), PASS (18).TEXANS DEFENSE — OVERALL (9), RUSH (7), PASS (12).BRONCOS OFFENSE — OVERALL (13), RUSH (7), PASS (20).BRONCOS DEFENSE — OVERALL (22), RUSH (27), PASS (11).STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — WR Demaryius Thomas (36 catches, 402 yards
Denver Broncos Womens T-Shirt , 3 TDs) visits Broncos five days after Texans acquired him from Denver to replace Will Fuller (ACL). ... Thomas played in 135 games for Denver, including playoffs, since 2010. ... Texans fifth team since 1970 merger to win five consecutive games following 0-3 start. ... QB DeShaun Watson last week completed 16 of 20 passes for 239 yards with five TDs and zero interceptions for 156.0 passer rating. ... Watson's four games with four or more TDs since entering league in 2017 tied for second-most in NFL. ... RB Lamar Miller only NFL player with 500 yards rushing in each of last six seasons. ... WR DeAndre Hopkins has four TD catches in last three games. ... Hopkins and Steelers WR Antonio Brown only players in NFL with 400 catches and 40 TDs since 2014. ... TE Jordan Thomas had two TD catches vs. Dolphins last week. ... DE J.J. Watt has eight sacks in last six games. Watt had 2 陆 sacks in only career game at Denver on Sept. 23, 2012. ... DE Jadeveon Clowney has multiple sacks in last two road games. ... S Tyrann Mathieu has sacks in two consecutive games. ... Broncos QB Case Keenum tied for league lead with 10 interceptions. ... Keenum appeared in 10 games for Texans from 2012-14, passing for 2,195 yards with 11 TDs and eight interceptions. ... In four home games this year, Keenum has averaged 279.5 yards passing. ... Rookie RB Phillip Lindsay coming off career-high 95-yard rushing game despite two 20-plus-yard gains wiped out by penalty. Lindsay leads NFL rookies with 531 yards rushing. ... WR Emmanuel Sanders now Broncos' No. 1 option with Thomas traded. Sanders has TDs on rush, receptions and pass this season. ... Rookie WR Courtland Sutton coming off career-best 78-yard game. He'll start with Thomas on Texans. ... LB Von Miller has 5 陆 sacks, six tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and fumble recovery at home this season. ... LB Bradley Chubb named Defensive Rookie of the Month for October. Leads all rookies with seven sacks. ... S Dymonte Thomas had first career sack last week. ... RB Devontae Booker rushed for 78 yards on just nine carries at Kansas City last week. ... Fantasy Tip: Hopkins could be big beneficiary of Thomas' addition, but he'll go up against star CB Chris Harris Jr. this week while Thomas gets to work against lesser CBs. The Broncos may be on a break this week, but here at the Ultimate Fan Guide, we never take breaks because we can always talk about our favorite team - EVEN when they aren’t playing our favorite way (which, if you haven’t been paying attention, is the WINNING way).But enough bad vibes talking about losing. We’ve got a feisty
Denver Broncos Hats , crochet-making Vietnamese-born, Texas-raised Broncos fan here to remind all of Broncos Country that there are much worse things than a couple of losses. Like, Texas for one. Or Cowboys fans for another one.JUST KIDDING!!!! (love Texas, dad, really!!)So before we talk about the Broncos (since we can’t watch them today), let’s all give a huge Mile High Salute to our Veterans - thank you for what you have done and continue to do to keep our country safe.Week 10: BYE WEEKMHR –The game against the Texans brought out A LOT of Monday morning quarterbacks and John Elway noted that hindsight is always 20/20. What were your thoughts on the coaching decisions in that game?The Provider:My knowledge of the intricacies of football can be written on a postage stamp, but even I know to try to give my kicker better field position. MHR – John Elway also said he feels a lot more confident about the team this season than he did about the team at this point last season. Do you agree with his assessment there? What do you like about this current team? What part of the team deserves the cancel hole?The Provider:IF JE is talking about the talent and player leadership, then I definitely agree with him. What I do like about this team is they seem to be fighting and not giving up in games like last year. I feel like there were several games that could or should have been won. I am going to “cancel hole” my thoughts on the coaching.MHR – Case Keenum has not been spectacular. Was (is) it fair of Broncos fans to expect him to be? The Provider: I don’t think it is fair to expect him to be Spectacular. He is on a new team with new coaches (cancel hole my thoughts on the coaching). He is not Peyton Manning (insert crying emoji here). I think it is fair to expect him to be serviceable; I’ll let others decide if he is serviceable or not.MHR - Jeff Heuerman had a breakout game against the Texans. Do you like the idea of - and hope to see - more TE plays for the Broncos offense?The Provider:I am all for going with the hot hand. MHR – John Elway’s 2018 draft class is shaping up to be stellar - Bradley Chubb, Courtland Sutton, Royce Freeman and Phillip Lindsay are all big contributors while DaeSean Hamilton and Josey Jewell are also helping out. What has you excited about this group down the road?The Provider:One of the things Elway talks about is how his father Jack taught him to look for players with heart. I think he forgot that in some of his drafts. I am glad he remembered that lesson this past draft (or Kubes reminded him). I am excited to watch them develop as football players and grow as leaders.MHR - What was your reaction to the trade of Demaryius Thomas - Loved it? Liked it? Hated it? Moving on?The Provider: All the above. I love my Broncos players, especially the ones who were drafted and developed by the team. I hate it when they get cut or traded (even the practice squad guys). However, I understand why he was traded. Hopefully, with the money saved and the draft pick, the Broncos can build a SB contender again.MHR - DT mentioned being frustrated that coaches (primarily his WR coach) would not listen to ideas he had about what was happening on the field. Chris Harris Jr. highlighted that same thing more subtly. How much do you think coaches should incorporate what players want and how much should they maintain their game plan?The Provider: Cancel hole my thoughts on the coaching (except for Bill Kollar; you just keep being you, bear wrestler)MHR - Matt Paradis has been an absolute warrior
Denver Broncos Womens Hoodie , never missing a snap in ALL his years as a starter. How big of a loss is it to the team for him to be out for the season?The Provider: I think it is a pretty big loss. Isn’t he one of the captains? Losing both Ron Leary and Paradis on the O-line just makes it that much weaker. Do we sign him for this offseason? I say yes, for continuity and because good o-linemen are really hard to find these days.MHR – If the Broncos don’t end up 10-6, a lot of fans consider anything else beside 3-13 to be a worse outcome because it would mean no playoffs but also middle round picking in the draft. What do you say to those fans?The Provider: I grew up a Cubs fan - any and ALL wins are celebrated. Draft picks could all be duds.MHR – The Broncos are 3-6 with seven games to go and these teams left - Steelers, Chargers (x2), Raiders, Niners, Bengals and Browns. How do the Broncos go 7-0 after the Bye and ensure that the famous Whorfin Hawaiian Broncos shirt doesn’t get any more washings?The Provider: 7 is a lucky number in Broncos Country, right?Let’s pray to the football gods that our team gets it together.MHR - John Elway said he wished he had some fairy dust to use to fix all the team’s problems. If you did have fairy dust that could fix three problems, how would you sprinkle it to have the most impact?The Provider: I would sprinkle fairy dust on our HC and turn him to Mike Shanahan without the GM powers. Predictions The Favorites How did you become a Broncos fan?It started more than 33 years ago one night in Saigon, Vietnam, when my dad was able to convince a policeman that he was just going fishing on his boat. He just didn’t bother to tell him that he was also taking a few hundred people with him thousands and thousands of miles away, and that it was going to be a looonnng, looonnnng fishing trip.Around 1981, my family made it to a little town called Corsicana, Texas (Big Lou Vasquez’s hometown).There were no other Vietnamese families in this town
Womens Customized Denver Broncos Jerseys , so we had to adjust to the American way of life through trial and error. My dad found a Vietnamese family 40 minutes away in an even smaller town. Just about every weekend, we would drive to their house so my dad could hang out with his new friend. They would play Chinese Checkers and turn on the Dallas Cowboys game (Thus, the seed of my disdain for the Cowboys was born.)I decided to learn this crazy game of football (really football?! the foot is not involved very much with the ball ... silly Americans!), so I would know what I was talking about when I trashed the Cowboys, since my dad would trash my new favorite baseball team, the Cubs.The first game I ever really watched was a Monday night game between the Chicago Bears and the Denver Broncos. I decided to root for the Bears just because they were from Chicago like the Cubs. The Bears were leading late in the 4th quarter, and I thought for sure that they would win, but it was John Elway we were talking about, so of course, the Broncos won. I decided I didn’t like this not-very-good-looking QB and his Broncos.However, as I learned the game and understood how difficult it is for teams to come from behind late in the game, I started falling in love with Elway and the Broncos because I knew that as long as No. 7 was under center, the Broncos would somehow pull it off.(for The Provider’s full answer - and an entire post on why people here became Broncos fans - check out this fabulous old Ultimate Fan Guide extra).
HOUSTON (5-3) at DENVER (3-5)Sunday www.broncosauthorizedshops.com ;, 4:05 p.m. EDT, CBSOPENING LINE — Broncos by 1 陆RECORD VS. SPREAD — Houston 3-5, Denver 3-4-1SERIES RECORD — Broncos lead 4-2LAST MEETING — Broncos beat Texans 27-9 on Oct. 24, 2016LAST WEEK — Texans beat Dolphins 42-23; Broncos lost at Chiefs 30-23AP PRO32 RANKING — Texans No. 10, Broncos No. 23TEXANS OFFENSE — OVERALL (15), RUSH (11), PASS (18).TEXANS DEFENSE — OVERALL (9), RUSH (7), PASS (12).BRONCOS OFFENSE — OVERALL (13), RUSH (7), PASS (20).BRONCOS DEFENSE — OVERALL (22), RUSH (27), PASS (11).STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — WR Demaryius Thomas (36 catches, 402 yards Denver Broncos Womens T-Shirt , 3 TDs) visits Broncos five days after Texans acquired him from Denver to replace Will Fuller (ACL). ... Thomas played in 135 games for Denver, including playoffs, since 2010. ... Texans fifth team since 1970 merger to win five consecutive games following 0-3 start. ... QB DeShaun Watson last week completed 16 of 20 passes for 239 yards with five TDs and zero interceptions for 156.0 passer rating. ... Watson's four games with four or more TDs since entering league in 2017 tied for second-most in NFL. ... RB Lamar Miller only NFL player with 500 yards rushing in each of last six seasons. ... WR DeAndre Hopkins has four TD catches in last three games. ... Hopkins and Steelers WR Antonio Brown only players in NFL with 400 catches and 40 TDs since 2014. ... TE Jordan Thomas had two TD catches vs. Dolphins last week. ... DE J.J. Watt has eight sacks in last six games. Watt had 2 陆 sacks in only career game at Denver on Sept. 23, 2012. ... DE Jadeveon Clowney has multiple sacks in last two road games. ... S Tyrann Mathieu has sacks in two consecutive games. ... Broncos QB Case Keenum tied for league lead with 10 interceptions. ... Keenum appeared in 10 games for Texans from 2012-14, passing for 2,195 yards with 11 TDs and eight interceptions. ... In four home games this year, Keenum has averaged 279.5 yards passing. ... Rookie RB Phillip Lindsay coming off career-high 95-yard rushing game despite two 20-plus-yard gains wiped out by penalty. Lindsay leads NFL rookies with 531 yards rushing. ... WR Emmanuel Sanders now Broncos' No. 1 option with Thomas traded. Sanders has TDs on rush, receptions and pass this season. ... Rookie WR Courtland Sutton coming off career-best 78-yard game. He'll start with Thomas on Texans. ... LB Von Miller has 5 陆 sacks, six tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and fumble recovery at home this season. ... LB Bradley Chubb named Defensive Rookie of the Month for October. Leads all rookies with seven sacks. ... S Dymonte Thomas had first career sack last week. ... RB Devontae Booker rushed for 78 yards on just nine carries at Kansas City last week. ... Fantasy Tip: Hopkins could be big beneficiary of Thomas' addition, but he'll go up against star CB Chris Harris Jr. this week while Thomas gets to work against lesser CBs. The Broncos may be on a break this week, but here at the Ultimate Fan Guide, we never take breaks because we can always talk about our favorite team - EVEN when they aren’t playing our favorite way (which, if you haven’t been paying attention, is the WINNING way).But enough bad vibes talking about losing. We’ve got a feisty Denver Broncos Hats , crochet-making Vietnamese-born, Texas-raised Broncos fan here to remind all of Broncos Country that there are much worse things than a couple of losses. Like, Texas for one. Or Cowboys fans for another one.JUST KIDDING!!!! (love Texas, dad, really!!)So before we talk about the Broncos (since we can’t watch them today), let’s all give a huge Mile High Salute to our Veterans - thank you for what you have done and continue to do to keep our country safe.Week 10: BYE WEEKMHR –The game against the Texans brought out A LOT of Monday morning quarterbacks and John Elway noted that hindsight is always 20/20. What were your thoughts on the coaching decisions in that game?The Provider:My knowledge of the intricacies of football can be written on a postage stamp, but even I know to try to give my kicker better field position. MHR – John Elway also said he feels a lot more confident about the team this season than he did about the team at this point last season. Do you agree with his assessment there? What do you like about this current team? What part of the team deserves the cancel hole?The Provider:IF JE is talking about the talent and player leadership, then I definitely agree with him. What I do like about this team is they seem to be fighting and not giving up in games like last year. I feel like there were several games that could or should have been won. I am going to “cancel hole” my thoughts on the coaching.MHR – Case Keenum has not been spectacular. Was (is) it fair of Broncos fans to expect him to be? The Provider: I don’t think it is fair to expect him to be Spectacular. He is on a new team with new coaches (cancel hole my thoughts on the coaching). He is not Peyton Manning (insert crying emoji here). I think it is fair to expect him to be serviceable; I’ll let others decide if he is serviceable or not.MHR - Jeff Heuerman had a breakout game against the Texans. Do you like the idea of - and hope to see - more TE plays for the Broncos offense?The Provider:I am all for going with the hot hand. MHR – John Elway’s 2018 draft class is shaping up to be stellar - Bradley Chubb, Courtland Sutton, Royce Freeman and Phillip Lindsay are all big contributors while DaeSean Hamilton and Josey Jewell are also helping out. What has you excited about this group down the road?The Provider:One of the things Elway talks about is how his father Jack taught him to look for players with heart. I think he forgot that in some of his drafts. I am glad he remembered that lesson this past draft (or Kubes reminded him). I am excited to watch them develop as football players and grow as leaders.MHR - What was your reaction to the trade of Demaryius Thomas - Loved it? Liked it? Hated it? Moving on?The Provider: All the above. I love my Broncos players, especially the ones who were drafted and developed by the team. I hate it when they get cut or traded (even the practice squad guys). However, I understand why he was traded. Hopefully, with the money saved and the draft pick, the Broncos can build a SB contender again.MHR - DT mentioned being frustrated that coaches (primarily his WR coach) would not listen to ideas he had about what was happening on the field. Chris Harris Jr. highlighted that same thing more subtly. How much do you think coaches should incorporate what players want and how much should they maintain their game plan?The Provider: Cancel hole my thoughts on the coaching (except for Bill Kollar; you just keep being you, bear wrestler)MHR - Matt Paradis has been an absolute warrior Denver Broncos Womens Hoodie , never missing a snap in ALL his years as a starter. How big of a loss is it to the team for him to be out for the season?The Provider: I think it is a pretty big loss. Isn’t he one of the captains? Losing both Ron Leary and Paradis on the O-line just makes it that much weaker. Do we sign him for this offseason? I say yes, for continuity and because good o-linemen are really hard to find these days.MHR – If the Broncos don’t end up 10-6, a lot of fans consider anything else beside 3-13 to be a worse outcome because it would mean no playoffs but also middle round picking in the draft. What do you say to those fans?The Provider: I grew up a Cubs fan - any and ALL wins are celebrated. Draft picks could all be duds.MHR – The Broncos are 3-6 with seven games to go and these teams left - Steelers, Chargers (x2), Raiders, Niners, Bengals and Browns. How do the Broncos go 7-0 after the Bye and ensure that the famous Whorfin Hawaiian Broncos shirt doesn’t get any more washings?The Provider: 7 is a lucky number in Broncos Country, right?Let’s pray to the football gods that our team gets it together.MHR - John Elway said he wished he had some fairy dust to use to fix all the team’s problems. If you did have fairy dust that could fix three problems, how would you sprinkle it to have the most impact?The Provider: I would sprinkle fairy dust on our HC and turn him to Mike Shanahan without the GM powers. Predictions The Favorites How did you become a Broncos fan?It started more than 33 years ago one night in Saigon, Vietnam, when my dad was able to convince a policeman that he was just going fishing on his boat. He just didn’t bother to tell him that he was also taking a few hundred people with him thousands and thousands of miles away, and that it was going to be a looonnng, looonnnng fishing trip.Around 1981, my family made it to a little town called Corsicana, Texas (Big Lou Vasquez’s hometown).There were no other Vietnamese families in this town Womens Customized Denver Broncos Jerseys , so we had to adjust to the American way of life through trial and error. My dad found a Vietnamese family 40 minutes away in an even smaller town. Just about every weekend, we would drive to their house so my dad could hang out with his new friend. They would play Chinese Checkers and turn on the Dallas Cowboys game (Thus, the seed of my disdain for the Cowboys was born.)I decided to learn this crazy game of football (really football?! the foot is not involved very much with the ball ... silly Americans!), so I would know what I was talking about when I trashed the Cowboys, since my dad would trash my new favorite baseball team, the Cubs.The first game I ever really watched was a Monday night game between the Chicago Bears and the Denver Broncos. I decided to root for the Bears just because they were from Chicago like the Cubs. The Bears were leading late in the 4th quarter, and I thought for sure that they would win, but it was John Elway we were talking about, so of course, the Broncos won. I decided I didn’t like this not-very-good-looking QB and his Broncos.However, as I learned the game and understood how difficult it is for teams to come from behind late in the game, I started falling in love with Elway and the Broncos because I knew that as long as No. 7 was under center, the Broncos would somehow pull it off.(for The Provider’s full answer - and an entire post on why people here became Broncos fans - check out this fabulous old Ultimate Fan Guide extra).