Stud No. 2 – Brock Osweiler
Paint this scenario for the fourth-year quarterback at the beginning of the season: “Hey Brock, you’re going to complete 14 passes and throw a touchdown in the same game Peyton Manning sets the all-time NFL passing record.”
Back in September, anyone in Broncos Country – Brock included – would have said that performance would have come in garbage time of a blowout win so that Manning could rest and revel. Oh, how wrong we would have been.
Credit Osweiler, though. He could not have entered the game against Kansas City in any more dire circumstances. But after a shaky first few plays – including nearly giving up two pick-sixes in his first handful of pass attempts – Osweiler rebounded and looked downright capable of leading the offense. Ronnie Hillman perhaps best summarized Osweiler’s performance:
“Brock played his ass off, so that’s a positive. He came in and played his butt off for us. Even though we were down, he could have easily came in and just tried to manage the game but he tried to change it, so you have to respect that.”
