Denver Broncos 34, Pittsburgh Steelers 17
The Broncos made enough big plays last night to defeat the Steelers pretty handily. Kyle Orton started at QB and he completed 9 of 14 passes for 80 yards with 1 INT. Tim Tebow seems to have jumped Brady Quinn on the depth chart. Tebow completed 5 of 10 passes for 72 yards with 1 TD pass and 1 INT. Brady Quinn only completed 1 of 2 passes for 2 yards last night. Lance Ball (10 car, 75 yards) and LenDale White (12 car, 34 yards, TD) led the way on the ground for the Broncos last night. WRs Matt Willis (3 rec, 55 yards), Brandon Lloyd (4 rec, 40 yards) and Eric Decker (1 rec, 3 yards, TD) led the way in the passing game last night. The Broncos finished up with 128 yards rushing (4.6 ypc) and 140 yards passing last night.
The D might have got pushed around a bit in the running game but the secondary was outstanding all night long against the pass. Linebacker D.J. Williams led the way for the Broncos’ D in this game with 7 tackles. OLB Robert Ayers finally started to show some life last night with 4 tackles, 2 tackles for a loss, 2 sacks and 2 QB hits. CB Andre Goodman was solid with 4 tackles, 2 passes defensed and he picked off a Dennis Dixon pass which he returned 77 yards for a TD. Rookie 7th round pick Syd’Quan Thompson also was a standout last night with 2 tackles, 2 passes defensed and a pickoff of a Charlie Batch pass that he returned 48 yards for a TD. The Steelers finished up with 175 yards rushing (5.8 ypc) and 180 yards passing in this game. The Broncos are now 1-2 on the pre-season.


