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The Broncos loss highlights a terrible two-week trend. Their two second halves in the two recent losses are truly staggering. Sunday they gained only five first downs in quarters three and four after 15 in the first half. They completed only 7-of-26 second-half pass attempts. The running game also disappeared as the two teams got into a shootout of sorts. After gaining 88 yards on 17 carries in the first half, the Broncos only rushed eight times for 16 yards in the second half.
“Obviously, not the right things right now. That’s something that we’re very aware of as an offense. I’m sure we’ll spend a lot of time tomorrow in the meetings discussing how we can get that fixed and how we can get a fast start in the second half and score some points in the second half because that’s something as an offensive unit you have to do. You play 60 minutes not 30 minutes,” Osweiler said after the game in reference to halftime adjustments.
Defensively the Broncos gave up almost equal yardage in both halves but only allowed one touchdown in the first half due to an early Ronnie Hillman fumble. In the second half the Steelers looked like the hottest passing team in the NFL but it was against the top-ranked pass defense in the league. They scored three passing touchdowns and all three of their wide receivers made big plays down the stretch to get the win.
