12-18-2016, 11:45 AM
(12-18-2016, 04:12 AM)Brownshoe Wrote: I didn't think McCarron played that well against the Broncos. He played alright, but he wasn't a stud or looked like anything great. Our first two drives he did pretty well, but you have to remember that out receivers probably had some of the best sideline catches I have ever seen from a group of receivers that game. After those 2 drives our offense looked horrible. He fumbled the ball twice in overtime losing us that game too. If I remember correctly we only scored 3 points after our first 2 drives.
Well, we remember it differently then. Facing the #1 defense in the NFL in their home stadium in a prime time game???
He had them in position to get another FG and go up 17-0, but Nugent shanked it and the air went out of the team. A lot of it was good ol Marv, trying to protect a lead with over a half left, and kill some clock. I remember a lot of runs in to loaded boxes and thinking "AJ was good enough to pass in the beginning, now they are playing to avoid an INT".
Regardless, I give him a lot of credit for what he did to the eventual Super Bowl Champ.