What a heart breaker

[VermontDem2004]

With a little more than three minutes remaining in the frame, Danny Kanell came on to play quarterback as Beuerlein(9-19, 0 TD, 3 INT) was knocked out of the game with a dislocated finger on his right hand.

FOURTH QUARTER

Kanell proceeded to move his team downfield for Elam's second field goal of the game. The 46-yard kick cut the score to 28-13 with 14:17 left in the game that ended a 10-play, 50-yard drive that lasted 4:14. The Broncos had advanced as far as Minnesota's 14-yard line but Smith hurt his club by taking a 15-yard taunting penalty which pushed them back to the 29.

With 6:45 left to go, the Broncos scored their second touchdown of the game when Mike Anderson caught a 1-yard touchdown pass from Kanell. Elam's extra point made the score 28-20 as Kanell led his team on a 12-play, 61-yard drive that lasted 4:38. The scoring pass was the first for Kanell since the 2000 season when he was with the Atlanta Falcons. During the action left tackle Ephraim Salaam left the game with a knee injury and was replaced in the lineup by Blake Brockermeyer.

After stopping Minnesota on its next possession, Denver had one more attempt to tie the game. With 3:24 left the Broncos took over and started their drive from their own 33-yard line. In four plays the team had advanced to the Vikings 30-yard line, still with 1:30 showing on the game clock, but the team would advance no further as it was stopped on 4th-and-10 when Kanell's pass to Portis fell incomplete.

http://www.denverbroncos.com/page.php?id=341&contentID=1030

Beuerlein has been horrible(2 TD, 5 INT) for the Broncos in the last two weeks and Kanell almost orchrestrated a 15 point 4th quarter comeback. I say start him against Baltimore, hopefully their D will pull off a win against New England then they have a bye week then Plummmer should be ready to go against San Diego.

[NaMeaHou]

1. Oops, thought you were talking about me

truthfully - Plummer can bring them back, but remember, he's only been there a short time. Next year, he will be healthy and they will have more players around him on offense that play his type of game.

Denver next year will be a powerhouse.

[VermontDem2004]

3. The short time he's been there

got him 8 touchdowns, 61% of his pass completed, and 903 passing yards. In a couple games he played hurt and he had a fractured ankle in the 4th quarter against the Chiefs. The Broncos are a much better team with Plummer in the starting lineup and he already has the perfect players around him. Sharpe, Portis, Anderson, Leslie, and Smith. I think they are a powerhouse this year, Buerlien's play today cost the Broncos the game.

edit: basically that is what I wanted to say but DenverBroncos.com broke it down much more clearly that I could've.

[librechik]

2. sigh--thanks for the recount (I couldn't watch)

n/t

[joeybee12]

4. In a way, this loss is heartening....

...Minnesota is very good this year, and the Broncos kept up.

They've only beaten teams with losing records so far, so maybe the close game will give them encouragement for the rest of the season.