Denver Broncos 52 - Cleveland Browns 14
The Broncos traveled to Cleveland to face former QB Peyton Manning and the vaunted Browns passing attack, and showed them a thing or two about secondary play, picking up 6 INTs before Manning managed to convert on a couple of late TDs once the subs were in.
Osweiler was 4 of 7 for 61 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT before yielding to Sanchez in the 3rd.
Manning was 16 of 34 for 322 yards, 2 TDs and 6 INTs.
McFadden carried 12 times for 156 yards and 2 TDs while McGahee had 16 carries for 48 yards and a TD.
Richardson had 2 carries for 7 yards for the Browns, who once again were all pass.
Demaryius Thomas lead the Broncos with 2 catches for 36 yards and a TD.
Baltimore had 4 catches for 167 yards and 2 TDs, both late. Trent Platt had 6 catches for 102 yards, every single one of them with Jason McCourty on him. Haden/Champ completely shut him down when they had the coverage.
Von Miller continued his DPOY campaign, grabbing 2 more sacks as well as a pick. It was a great day all around for the linebackers, with Mays getting a pick six and Williams getting a pick as well as a FF which McCourty scooped and scored on. Champ Bailey added 2 picks of his own, while Quinton Carter had one. An all around defensive effort in this one.
Aaron Berry had a pick for the Browns on a deep ball in the end zone, but otherwise not much from the Browns D in this one.
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gg Mile High!
I knew Platt was going to get his, but I was very pleased he only got loose against McCourty. I did my best to keep Champ or Haden on him at all times (and even used a few TOs to get that matchup). This is one of those games where it's annoying that Madden took out the defensive assignments feature, since it made me work a lot harder to make sure Champ or Haden were on him, which didn't always work.
Broncos move to 9-2, continuing their strong post-bye stretch.