New York Jets-Denver Broncos: Broncos Chance at Moving to .500 Snatched Away By the Jets

October 18, 2010   ·   Brian Lamers   ·   Jump to comments

I didn't get the opportunity to see the Denver Broncos first field goal attempt, as I was proudly parading around the San Diego Zoo in my Broncos gear. What I did get to see, however, was a gamecast description of the 4th and 4 well within field goal range. It read something like this:
FUMBLE BY COLQUITT, RECOVERED BY JETS.
What the hell just happened? My first instinct was to curse McDaniels, assuming he had gone for the 4th down and botched it just as we usually do. My faith in McDaniels was restored seconds later at the hands of a text message from my brother claiming: DUDE, THAT FIELD GOAL SNAP WASN'T EVEN CLOSE. Whew, he did go for 3.
After a long and hard fought game, with Orton leading the troops down the field for the upset, Walton snaps the ball out of Orton's reach, leading to a game-ending fumble recovered by the Jets.
 I can live with this, for now. Eventually I was able to watch the 2nd-4th quarters on my phone in the car on the drive home, which r...

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