Gary Kubiak needs to call one hell of a game:
Not many people have outsmarted Bill Belichick, but Gary Kubiak may need to do just that if the Broncos are going to beat the Patriots on Sunday night.
There’s no getting around the fact the Broncos are playing at a disadvantage; no matter what you think of Brock Osweiler, he’s still a 25-year-old kid going up against a guy most people would call the greatest coach in NFL history. He’s not winning that battle.
If Denver’s offense is going to get the best of New England, it’ll be because Kubiak calls the perfect game. There will be moments when Denver should allow Osweiler to throw off the chains and sling it down field, but they can’t get greedy, either. It’ll be a delicate balance, but I think they’re capable of putting it together.
This will be both Kubiak and Osweiler’s second week running the true “Kubiak offense,” and I think they’ll both look better in their roles. Much like Peyton Manning was weighed down by the hybrid offense the Broncos had been running for the last five or six weeks, so was Kubiak; the pistol is not his forte, as evidenced by the fact that the Broncos immediately moved back under center with Brock.
The Broncos may be the underdogs, but sometimes that’s the best place to be.
