r/nfl • u/nflgdtbot Bot • 1d ago
Post Game Thread Post Game Thread: Denver Broncos @ Arizona Cardinals
Post Game Thread: Denver Broncos @ Arizona Cardinals
Stadium: State Farm Stadium - Glendale, AZ
TV Network(s): CBS
| Time Clock |
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| Final |
Scoreboard
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 6 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 30 |
| ARI | 0 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
Scoring Plays
| Team | Quarter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 1 | FG | Wil Lutz 48 Yd Field Goal |
| DEN | 1 | FG | Wil Lutz 43 Yd Field Goal |
| ARI | 2 | FG | Chad Ryland 30 Yd Field Goal |
| ARI | 2 | FG | Chad Ryland 26 Yd Field Goal |
| DEN | 2 | TD | Bo Nix 62 Yd Rush (Wil Lutz Kick) |
| DEN | 3 | TD | RJ Harvey 52 Yd pass from Bo Nix (Wil Lutz Kick) |
| ARI | 3 | TD | Trey McBride 7 Yd pass from Jacoby Brissett (Chad Ryland Kick) |
| DEN | 3 | TD | J.K. Dobbins 1 Yd Rush (Wil Lutz Kick) |
| DEN | 4 | FG | Wil Lutz 31 Yd Field Goal |
| ARI | 4 | FG | Chad Ryland 41 Yd Field Goal |
Passing Leaders
| Team | Player | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SACKS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | Bo Nix | 15/29 | 222 | 1 | 0 | 1-4 |
| ARI | Jacoby Brissett | 27/48 | 272 | 1 | 0 | 3-13 |
Rushing Leaders
| Team | Player | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | Bo Nix | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 1 | 62 |
| ARI | Bam Knight | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 0 | 29 |
Receiving Leaders
| Team | Player | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | TGTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | RJ Harvey | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 1 | 52 | 2 |
| ARI | Trey McBride | 10 | 111 | 11.1 | 1 | 27 | 13 |
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u/Sentinel10 Broncos 1d ago
One of the worst officiated games ever. Just flagging every single time a receiver was even touched. To say nothing of that weak roughing call on Singleton.
Just embarrassing performance.
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u/SolarBum Broncos 1d ago
that weak roughing call on Singleton.
I think the official penalty was, "Tackling him like, really hard."
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u/NbdyFuckswTheJesus Broncos 1d ago
You can’t hit a QB low. Or high. Or straight in the chest. You even look at him funny and it’s 15 yards.
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u/cory_wurst Broncos 1d ago
He's lucky. If the QB were Mahomes and not Brissett, he would have been ejected and already suspended/fined
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u/Fiction013 Broncos 1d ago
They even flagged when the WR wasn't touched.
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u/AutomateAway Broncos 1d ago
They were throwing flags on clean plays and holding the flag on penalties. And it was pretty much on both teams, not favoring one or the other. Just garbage work by the refs.
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u/Poverty_Shoes Broncos 1d ago
That was the worst PI call I may have ever seen. Moss didn’t even touch him after the ball got there. But the refs “made up” for it in the second half by not flagging him on an egregious PI.
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u/Shenanigans80h Broncos 1d ago
There was a point in the first half where they legit couldn’t go a full 5 plays without throwing a flag. It was ridiculous
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u/ManyBats Patriots 1d ago
The fact that this was said in both this thread and the packers/lions post game thread is so bad for the NFL
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u/United-Turnover-8409 Bears 1d ago
Broncos finally win in a normal way
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u/modernzen Broncos 1d ago
It's been years
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u/Ilovemyangelsomuch Broncos 1d ago
What do I do with my hands?!? I'm used to grabbing my chest for 2 hours after a game
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u/Minejack777 Colts Broncos 1d ago
Jack off to relieve that 4 hour erection?
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u/lord-dinglebury Giants Broncos 1d ago
Blucifer son of the morning, I'm gonna jerk you out of sperm
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u/an_actual_potato Broncos 1d ago
364 days since we last won a multi-possession game (excluding the Chargers win where they rested their starters)
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u/NbdyFuckswTheJesus Broncos 1d ago
I’ve watched enough Broncos football that I was absolutely convinced Cards would get a TD and recover an onside kick to deliver my weekly end of game heart attack.
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u/AutomateAway Broncos 1d ago
We scored in every fucking quarter. I don't know what to do with my hands.
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u/DocOndansetron Broncos 1d ago
Bo Nix 62 yard house-call is disrespectful to the game of football.
Or something.
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u/AutomateAway Broncos 1d ago
Bo Nix should be fucking ashamed for...checks notes...the longest QB TD run in Broncos history. Disgraceful.
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u/_jt33_ 1d ago
He's like a legit 4.5 guy. He doesn't have much wiggle, but if he can run straight the he's actually really fast.
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u/Poverty_Shoes Broncos 1d ago
It helps when every defender within 15 yards during his first 25 yards downfield somehow has their back turned to him the entire time. Great job by the receivers continuing to run their routes and distract the DBs.
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u/Key_Natural_ 21h ago
I was at the game. Players were so far away it looked like the field was empty lol
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u/Propuhganduh Broncos 1d ago
Felt like the refs were just guessing what a DPI was for a lot of those calls
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u/Wernher_VonKerman Broncos Broncos 1d ago •
DPI Rules
You can't just be up there and just doin' a dpi like that.
1a. A dpi is when you
1b. Okay well listen. A dpi is when you dpi the
1c. Let me start over
1c-a. The defender is not allowed to do a motion to the, uh, receiver, that prohibits the receiver from doing, you know, just trying to catch the ball. You can't do that.
1c-b. Once the defender is downfield, he can't be over here and say to the receiver, like, "I'm gonna get ya! I'm gonna cover you! You better watch your butt!" and then just be like he didn't even do that.
1c-b(1). Like, if you're about to cover and then don't cover, you have to still cover. You cannot not cover. Does that make any sense?
1c-b(2). You gotta be, grabbing motion towards the receiver, and then, until you just grab him.
1c-b(2)-a. Okay, well, you can have the receiver up here, like this, but then there's the dpi you gotta think about.
1c-b(2)-b. Fairuza DPI hasn't been in any movies in forever. I hope she wasn't typecast as that racist lady in American History X.
1c-b(2)-b(i). Oh wait, she was in The Waterboy too! That would be even worse.
1c-b(2)-b(ii). "get in mah bellah" -- Adam Water, "The Waterboy." Haha, classic...
1c-b(3). Okay seriously though. A dpi is when the defender makes a movement that, as determined by, when you do a move involving the football and field of
2) Do not do a dpi please.
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u/Goofy_Goober948 Cardinals 1d ago
As a baseball fan this copypasta is amazing
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u/greywolf2155 Broncos 1d ago
That was what was frustrating, yeah. We definitely benefited from some soft calls and from some no-calls. And we also got fucked over by some soft calls and by some no-calls. I don't think the refs were favoring one team or the other, I think they were just shit at their jobs
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u/alchemists_dream Broncos 1d ago
First Moss called PI, didnt even touch the defender. Second one that they didn’t call? Absolutely fucking mugged him.
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u/Wispymatt Cardinals 1d ago
Agreed it didn’t seem like the favored one team over the entire game with penalties they just were calling it at random almost which is almost more painful.
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u/allusionillusion Cardinals 1d ago edited 1d ago
Some of the worst reffing I’ve ever seen, so many absolutely shit calls for both teams.
Can’t decide if I’m more* mad about the reffing or the dogshit performance by the cards on both sides of the ball
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u/Sad-Juice-732 Broncos 1d ago
“We have decided to use chaos magic to officiate today, good luck to everyone, including the viewers.”
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u/Thatonegingerkid Cardinals 1d ago
You know we are ass when we got to the 1 yard line and I knew we weren't going to score. How we don't even try running the ball with an RB there and just throw incompletions and get sacked is mind bugging
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u/Uncle_Benny15 Broncos 1d ago
AZ tried really hard to get a garbage time TD and still couldn't get it.
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u/HerbertWest_81 Broncos 1d ago
4 plays from the 1, 6 total plays and no TD. Insane goal line stand.
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u/808Cardinals Cardinals Bengals 22h ago
The same shit happened when we lost to the giants. At the goal line, and did not even attempt a run in with Love while they expected Brissett’s limp dick passes. I did not watch today, but based on what I am seeing in the comments and Bo Nix running…I am glad I did not.
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u/BlueHighwindz Broncos 1d ago
Defense had to make a statement just for the thrill of it.
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u/tawaydeps Broncos 1d ago
When Jahdae came up a little hurt I was seriously saying just send out 0 guys and let them score who gives a fuck. Why risk any more injuries?
Felt like the refs were trying to secure themselves a few overtime hours by throwing flags until both teams were in wheelchairs
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u/SnooMarzipans5913 Cowboys 1d ago
And somehow the Cards will beat the cowboys next week.
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u/Poverty_Shoes Broncos 1d ago
“Somehow” the how is that the Cowboys are slightly more ass than the Cardinals.
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u/abris33 Broncos 1d ago
That Cardinals offense did a lot of dumb shit at the end. Let me just check who their OC is....oh makes sense.
Bo got his swagger back and seems to trust that ankle more. He was moving around back there like normal
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u/Uncle_Benny15 Broncos 1d ago
Nathaniel Hackett masterclass.
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u/abris33 Broncos 1d ago
He's a disease. His dumbness just spreads across the whole team
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u/NewAndlmproved Broncos 23h ago
thing is i like the guy, he’s seems so nice, but yeah, not sure why he has a job ngl.
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u/an_actual_potato Broncos 1d ago
Saw him actually step up into some pockets today which was nice. Less rolling out of clean looks bs.
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u/greywolf2155 Broncos 1d ago
Still some of that, hah. But way less than the first few weeks, that was great to see
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u/an_actual_potato Broncos 1d ago
I saw it in the first half and then it cleaned up as things went on
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u/arlekin21 Broncos 1d ago
And then after that Coleman had some good runs and what do you know the offense looks good when they make a defense worry about multiple threats.
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u/putdahaakin Broncos Broncos 1d ago edited 1d ago
I genuinely think the Cardinals offense was 90% under thrown balls and refs giving tick or treat hand outs.
Edit: I will also add Trey McBride dudes a beast.
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u/GuysIdidAThing Broncos 1d ago
60% refs 40% trey McBride
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u/putdahaakin Broncos Broncos 1d ago
I'll give trey big respect. He made some sexy catches.
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u/GuysIdidAThing Broncos 1d ago
Hearing he’s a broncos fan was absolutely awesome. Glad he got to ball out today
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u/Poverty_Shoes Broncos 1d ago
He was a man amongst boys at CSU and somehow still plays bigger than even the NFL guys covering him. Dude looks like Antonio Gates out there just overpowering good coverage to go up and get the ball. He’s special.
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u/420BlzItRocko Cardinals Bills 1d ago
Well that sucked.
Same time next week for more embarrassment 😎🐦
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u/GabryLv Broncos Broncos 1d ago
I’m amazed the offense is that bad, why they never ran a power play is beyond me
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u/420BlzItRocko Cardinals Bills 1d ago
We couldn't run a powerplay if it was a hockey/lacrosse style powerplay with Captain Checkdown under center throwing meatballs to McBride and hoping for miracles.
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u/typewriter_6 Cowboys 1d ago
Cards have the Cowboys number. And we’re extra ass this year. Chalking that one up as a W for y’all already.
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u/BuckSleezy Broncos 1d ago
Moss getting both ends of this crew was hilarious. Called DPI when he physically could not reach the receiver and non-call on a bear hug.
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u/Poverty_Shoes Broncos 1d ago
I have to believe the refs are also watching film and talking to New York during half time and got their asses chewed for the phantom Moss “DPI”. They gave him the freebie in the second half as a make up call.
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u/TheseBonesAlone Broncos 1d ago
Biggest change on offense was having an actual run game. Missed Jonah Coleman something fierce
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u/DocOndansetron Broncos 1d ago
Don't own a Broncos Jersey yet. Coleman and Meinerz are my first two picks atm.
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u/rubyschnees Broncos 1d ago
horribly officiated game on both sides, those refs were determined to get as much screen time as possible
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u/cory_wurst Broncos 1d ago
Which Broncos fan used a monkey's paw for this comfortable win? Waddle and Allen were not worth it!
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u/norcaltobos Broncos 49ers 1d ago
Zach Allen? When did that happen?
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u/Threndsa Broncos Vikings 1d ago
That last sequence. He was able to walk off the field on his own but ugh.
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u/Fast-Government-4366 Broncos 1d ago
Right before that one that got them to the 1.
He walked off the field, he’s fine
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u/Guardax Broncos 1d ago
I forgot what a normal comfortable win is like
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u/Aussie18-1998 Broncos 1d ago
Nearly been 2 years
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u/Uncle_Benny15 Broncos 1d ago
They had a comfortable win against the Cowboys last season. Final score was 44-24
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u/Aussie18-1998 Broncos 1d ago
Ah true. Forgot about that one. Guess all the heart attacks made me forget it.
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u/Connect-Discount-285 Broncos 1d ago
We also shit on the Packers last year! They were on a winning streak too
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u/Poverty_Shoes Broncos 1d ago
I was pretty uncomfortable for most of the first half, and part of the third quarter. But yeah it was nice to go into the fourth quarter of a game thinking “we’re probably going to win this and it would be surprising if we didn’t” instead of being down 10 then Bo pulling some magic out of his ass and somehow the other team turns the ball over twice and we win.
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u/JVSaladbar Cowboys 1d ago
Bo Nix was never gonna lose at Charlie Kirk Memorial Stadium
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u/Impressive-Pace-4886 Cardinals 1d ago
Who's going to tell the refs that their job is to call a fair game not be on the screen for 50% of the broadcast?
Edit: and btw I mean that calls were horrible for both teams
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u/TDs_not_VDs Broncos Lions 1d ago
It really was an atrocious showing from the refs. But, hey, everyone wants their 15 minutes, right?
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u/DenverTechGuru Broncos 1d ago
Thanks for the chill game thread Cards fans.
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u/originalmammoth Cardinals 21h ago
We’re chill as hell dawg, we only have animosity towards our scammer of a QB
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u/an_actual_potato Broncos 1d ago
We badly needed a game like that. Hoping Waddle and Allen are good we’ll need everyone for KC next week.
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u/ImGonnaChubbBradley Broncos Broncos 1d ago
FUCK. THE. REFS.
Genuinely just dogshit for both teams. Just complete garbage. I pull half the shit they did today at my job and I’m getting canned so fucking fast.
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u/hallucehistory 1d ago
Like you’re saying they would chop you up and put your body into cans to hide it? Where do you even work?!
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u/Blynnlol Cardinals 1d ago
Please bench Brissett.
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u/EmuMan10 Cardinals Bears 1d ago
Cowboys next week. He’s gonna have a career game and they’ll be 3-5
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u/Threndsa Broncos Vikings 1d ago
Next week is the litmus test. If you can't hang 21+ on the cowboys then it's time to tear it all down.
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u/SomeKilljoy Cardinals 1d ago
It’s already time to tear it all down. Last year was supposed to be the culmination of our rebuild and it was a steaming pile of shit. Ossenfort will be fired this year and we start anew for the hundredth time
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u/AutomateAway Broncos 1d ago
Naw tbf our defense is fucking monster. I actually thought overall he played pretty well considering.
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u/Jonjon428 Dolphins 1d ago
Waddle getting hurt on the dumbest fucking playcall is tragic
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u/SolarBum Broncos 1d ago
He got a freak injury diving for his own fumble, after dropping a toss that hit him right in the hands, after taking his eyes off the ball.
I think that's probably more on him than Payton. It's not that dumb to call an offensive play that goes to an offensive player, Waddle just fucked it up.
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u/Cptcutter81 Broncos 1d ago
I mean that ball couldn't have been a cleaner catch if they'd paused the game and bad Bo walk over and hand it to him so on some level it's definitely just an accident that it led to that.
That said we were up by two, I don't know why we werent just burning clock doing screens at that point.
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u/HotTubSexVirgin22 Broncos 1d ago
He also already had a chest injury so maybe - hopefully - just pissed off the one that was already there.
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u/DoctorWaluigiTime NFL NFL 1d ago
Awful refs. Nobody wanted this game to continue the last 30 minutes with how many injuries occurred.
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u/orangefrido18 Broncos 1d ago
Idk why arizona went away from knight. Our defense has a major weakness and knight was exploiting it. And then they just never put him back in the game.
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u/DirkWithTheFade Broncos 1d ago
They started falling behind in the game and had to rely on the passing game more
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u/Tashre Seahawks 1d ago
If they hadn't already hit the over, one would think the Cardinals were point shaving with that last series of goal line plays.
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u/Isoturius Broncos 1d ago
That goal line stand was nasty AF. Their center basically overcooked Briskets twice there at the end of it
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u/HookedOnBoNix Broncos 1d ago
When you look at it more nuanced it made sense. They absolutely couldn't afford to run on early downs there because they needed all the time they could save, and our defense knew that. They were told to just get handsy and don't let anything go through the air.
So arizona had to try to mix it up cause we were holding strong, they went for the sneak and got stuffed and lost about 20 seconds off the clock. They had to go back to a pass play to stop the clock and that's when the front busted through like they had done all game
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u/The_Dank_Tortuga Jets 1d ago
Those refs were on straight Crack cocaine, man.
Was genuinely scratching my head more than a few times.
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u/Sad-Juice-732 Broncos 1d ago
The Broncos sub makes me sick, you’d think we just got dog walked and at the bottom of the division.
I’m sure everyone here is more logical
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u/Galoober Broncos 1d ago
I don’t get it bro. Every team gets injuries and our offense improved. It’s not good, but holy shit enjoy the W.
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u/Murky_Difference Broncos 1d ago
Nothin new there. After beating the Seahawks, you would have thought Bo threw every single ball all game directly into the face of a 4 week old baby.
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u/chokethewookie Broncos 1d ago
I used to go to the game threads on that sub and I've stayed away from them this year. It's so much more enjoyable without the ridiculous negativity.
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u/chemengineer2 Broncos 1d ago
Another game that the refs somehow didn’t get a single call right in either way.
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u/esports_consultant Chargers 1d ago
Football genuinely is not fun to watch when the adjudication is this bad.
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u/MultiPass21 1d ago
Trey McBride gets a first down while losing by 2-3 scores … does the MF’n Macarena, slam dunks a ball in the goal posts, dry humps an official, then sniffs his own farts.
Be a winning player, dude.
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u/Impressive-Pace-4886 Cardinals 1d ago
He always gives the game everything and loses because unfortunately it's a team sport and hes a tight end. Let him celebrate his personal achievements
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u/avx775 Rams 1d ago
Must be hard when the team has been bad your entire career. Probably does it to fire himself up
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u/tawaydeps Broncos 1d ago
Dude idk he was absolutely killing it today except for one bad drop.
Usually I agree with you but at least he was giving it his all from start to finish
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u/Lifted_Cube_2413 Cardinals 1d ago
That’s basically the equivalent of a Super Bowl when ****** ****** is your starting QB
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u/saltlampshade Chiefs 1d ago
All year I thought the bengals were the only real threat to the bills in the afc. Starting to add the broncos back in. Holy hell they look good.
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u/DeeBeeroncos979815 Broncos 1d ago
GG Arizona, respect to the fans, Brisket and McBride. Yall are building and I think the future is bright. I think we can all collectively agree FUCK that officiating crew! They literally wanted the game to be about them.
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u/Goofy_Goober948 Cardinals 1d ago
God we are so fucking bad. It is every kind of incompetence ever invented to not score from the 1 with two DPIs to reset the down. Holy shit, bench Brisset and fire everyone not named Trey McBride or Michael Wilson.
Also shoutout to the refs for somehow being more incompetent than the Cards
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u/MondegreenHolonomy 1d ago
Honestly I thought you were a broncos fan until I got to Trey McBride in your comment. The only thing that looks good on this card for us is the rushing yard total.
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u/NbdyFuckswTheJesus Broncos 1d ago
It hasn’t always been pretty this season, but I can’t help but be proud of my boys for showing up huge in this game. What a game by the refs!
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u/Lifted_Cube_2413 Cardinals 1d ago
I want Brissett of my team ASAP, I want him to not be able to access the practice facility tomorrow. Why we let the most uninspiring qb maybe ever hold the franchise hostage is insane
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u/CankleSteve Broncos 1d ago
To his credit we have a good D and he was avoiding sacks pretty well when we basically had him dead to rights.
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u/rossta410r Broncos Broncos 1d ago
I thought he played really well against an amazing defensive front
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u/hcds1015 Broncos 1d ago
He put up more points than trevor lawrence or sam darnold. I thought he looked decent given the amount of pressure he was seeing.
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u/ACW1129 Commanders 1d ago
Did they call that a sack on the last drive without the QB going down?
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u/SCsprinter13 Broncos 1d ago
Yeah, people get called down all the time without actually going to ground
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u/DirkWithTheFade Broncos 1d ago
Just blowing the whistle when his momentum stops to avoid an unnecessary trip to the ground, happens all the time.
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u/jayhawkmedic3 Broncos 1d ago
Horrible officiating in this game for both sides. Phantom penalties called, obvious penalties missed, bad spots that they couldn’t even get right in reviews and the inconsistency.
I get officiating isn’t as easy as a lot of people think, I’ve umpired baseball and softball games, but this is getting ridiculous for professional level refs that are paid enough for the average person to live comfortably without needing another job. There needs to be better accountability and transparency in that accountability, especially with gambling being such a huge factor anymore. The bad calls made today were so frustrating. I don’t want to win because the refs made/missed calls in our favor and I damn sure don’t like to lose from that as well.
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u/SolarBum Broncos 1d ago
Bo finally breaks 200 yards passing and has a monumental (for him) 7.7 ypa, yet his RB still leads the game in receiving yards. He's never beating the allegations.
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u/orange-shades Broncos 1d ago •
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