Worst Quotes
Malik Jackson on the defense’s performance: “It really wasn’t them; it was we beat ourselves in this game. They were a good team, but if we would have done what we had to do on the defensive side we would’ve been alright.”
Ward on the team’s play: “Yeah, I don’t know the numbers. We just were out of whack today. We didn’t play Bronco football. Too many mistakes on defense. We didn’t tackle well. It wasn’t the scheme that got us. It was assignment errors and penalties.”
Best Quote
Head coach Gary Kubiak after the game when asked about the team’s composure: “Did we lose our cool? I thought we kept our composure in the second half. We did do a great job at getting ourselves into position to win. Did we do some not very smart things at the end of the game to get the ball back, I agree with that, but we dug ourselves a hole as a team the first half. We showed a lot of character getting out of the hole and getting ourselves into position, but we didn’t close the deal.”
Play of the Night
Bolden’s punt return for a touchdown was undoubtably the turning point in the game. Down 17-0 with only seconds left in the half, the Broncos had done nothing to instill confidence for the remaining game. The blocking was outstanding from the get-go and he took the ball 83 yards without being touched. After the loss Manning acknowledged that it sparked the whole team entering the second half.
“That was obviously a huge play by Omar (Bolden) and David (Bruton Jr.) got a great block there at the end and all 11 guys on there. We knew if we could get a stop and score and make it a one score game. We did that and hit the big play to Emmanuel.”
