Denver Broncos vs New England Patriots Recap

 The Broncos went into Foxburough and walked away with a second consecutive victory for this weird season.  The extra week of practices looked like it helped, since the Broncos were able to shut New England down essentially all game, and they got Drew Lock back.  Lock had a bit of an uneven performance, mixing excellent deep ball placement with a pair of back to back heart breaking interceptions.  Overall though I'm encouraged, since Lock's deep ball had not looked very good since he became the starter, and the Broncos receivers did no favors with by my count three drops and a few toss up drops. 

The uneven offensive performance continues to be frustrating for Broncos Country.  In the first half, 3 of 4 drives gained more than 50% of their needed yards (and one started deep in New England territory, so it still ended in points).  The rest of the game they had 1 of 6 go for more than that 50% mark, and thanks to some short fields kicked another pair of field goals.  

The defense continued to hold up well, allowing just three of the pats drives to get over 50% of their yards, while also forcing turnovers on three more drives and ending the game with a turn over on downs.  The defense took advantage of Cam's missed time and forced him to hold the ball on several occasions, as the pass rush has finally started to show up for the Broncos.

Offense	Defense	Start Line	Quarter	Result	Yards Gained	Potential Gained	Play Count
DEN	NE	75	1	Field goal	48	64	5
NE	DEN	83	1	Turnover	28	33.73494	6
DEN	NE	33	1	Field goal	8	24.242424	3
NE	DEN	68	1	Punt	27	39.705882	7
DEN	NE	91	1	Field goal	83	91.208791	12
NE	DEN	81	2	Field goal	59	72.839506	11
DEN	NE	82	2	Field goal	48	58.536585	13
NE	DEN	75	3	Punt	0	0	3
DEN	NE	85	3	Field goal	83	97.647059	15
NE	DEN	75	3	Turnover	33	44	4
DEN	NE	42	3	Field goal	6	14.285714	3
NE	DEN	75	3	Turnover	0	0	1
DEN	NE	39	3	Punt	0	0	3
NE	DEN	92	4	Punt	9	9.782609	3
DEN	NE	70	4	Punt	4	5.714286	5
NE	DEN	65	4	Touchdown	65	100	6
DEN	NE	83	4	Turnover	22	26.506024	5
NE	DEN	25	4	Field goal	5	20	3
DEN	NE	75	4	Turnover	0	0	1
NE	DEN	72	4	Turnover on downs	48	66.666667	14