Denver Broncos outscore Chicago Bears 13-10 in Week 14 game – NFL Recap
The Denver Broncos scored a stunning victory over the Chicago Bears as Matt Prater with a 59 yard field goal with only three seconds left helped his team enter the overtime after having tied the game. This was followed by another
field goal by Prater in the sixth minute of the overtime to lead his team to a frantic win.
The Broncos have managed their straight sixth win and seventh in eight games. This victory has Denver seated in the first place in the AFC West following a crushing defeat of the Oakland Raiders sustained at the hands of Green
Bay Packers.
The first two quarters of the game ended without a single point being scored by either side. By the end of the third quarter the Bears had managed to gain momentum with a 9 yard touchdown by Marion Barber on the kick of Robbie
Gould. The fourth quarter initially saw the Bears further consolidate their position with a 57 yard field goal by Robbie Gould.
However, with just about 2 minute remaining in the game, Tim Tebow helped lessen the 10-0 gap with a 10 yard pass to Demaryius Thomas that went for a touchdown. So the first score by the Broncos came after they had failed to do
anything on their first twelve possessions. As the game headed for a finish, Matt Prater entered the field with a 59 yard field goal which sent the game into overtime. Just three seconds of delay in the field goal would have had the Bears emerge victorious
who desperately tried to avoid a third straight defeat.
Injuries had undermined the Bears offence with Jay Cutler out of the field owing to thumb injury. They were also missing a running back and two offensive members of their team. The only positive point for the Chicago had been their
defence who did a tremendous job at keeping the Broncos away. Though at the end of the fourth quarter, the Broncos had the scenario changed.
Quarterback Caleb Hanie was disappointed at the end. Hanie completed 12 of 19 passes for 115 yards and failed to score a touchdown.
Hanie was supportive of Barber, saying he tried a lot to get more extra yards but the game was lost as we could not score more points. Barber who had 27 carries for 108 yards and a touchdown did not face the media after the game.
Tebow completed 21 of 40 passes for 236 yards with one touchdown and an interception. He had twelve carries for 49 yards. Tebow apart from an interception fumbled the ball once and was sacked five times by the strong defence of
Bears. Tebow at the end said that it was not “Tebow time” but “Broncos Time”.
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