Broncos Beat Up Colts' Second Stringers!!

The Denver Broncos dominated the Colts' backups after an early scare, and rolled into the playoffs. And for the second year in a row, the Broncos beat the Colts to earn a playoff spot and then had to travel to Indy to play the Colts in the first round.

There has been a lot of criticism of Jake Plummer in Denver this year. After all, all he did was set a team record (Elway's) for passing yards, win 10 games, lead his team to the playoffs for the 2nd straight year, and nearly break Elway's team record for passing TDs in a season. There were some mistakes and bonehead plays, but Jake came through when it counted. And don't forget, three of the Broncos losses came when a running back fumbled in the red zone in Jacksonville, and when the defense allowed the Falcons and Raiders to run up big scores. Plummer led this team to the playoffs, like it or not.

Now the challenge is for the Broncos to shutdown, or at least keep up with, the Manning TD machine. Not very likely, but you never know in this league. Champ Bailey was brought in just for these kinds of teams. We'll see if he was worth it.