Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning appreciates running game against Oakland Raiders – NFL News
Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning appreciated the team’s running game in Week 14 victory against Oakland Raiders.
Manning, who completed 26 of 36 passes for 310 yards and scored one touchdown against the Raiders, felt proud on their performance.
Running back Knowshon Moreno carried 32 times for 119 yards, which is the best performance of his career.
Manning said:
“I thought the running game was solid. Coming off last week where it wasn’t quite as efficient, I know Coach Fox challenged the offensive line, we challenged the running game and talked about how we’re going to need that down the stretch. That was really
good.”
The team knew that they have got little time to practice for the game but they prepared themselves mentally and physically for visiting Raiders.
According to Manning, they have not performed that well in the past couple of weeks, and now he thinks that they can get better on running game which is going to help them a lot in future.
He added:
“Any time you can run the ball and make them use timeouts and continue to run the clock and end the game with a kneedown – that is something we can build on.”
According to Broncos head coach John Fox, they ran some time off the clock in order to save the game for themselves.
According to Moreno, it was a great team effort and he was following offensive linemen so as to make more rushing attempts.
He said of offensive linemen:
“They were opening up some big holes out there and I was just running through them.”
Broncos are leading American Football Conference (AFC) West, and they have won 10 and lost three games.
Baltimore Ravens are going to host Broncos in Week 15 game on December 16. Ravens are the leaders of AFC North.
This game will be tough for them but they have got a lot of time to prepare themselves against Ravens.
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