2013 Week 1 - Ravens @ Broncos

so the weather is improving the game's supposed to start 712 it's going to wind up starting a little bit later than that the original kickoff time with 6:40 and right now as we get ready to start the season and we mean it this time let's go to the public address announcer ladies and gentlemen the Denver Broncos and the National Football League ask you to please stand and kindly remove your hats as we honor America with the singing of our national anthem as performed this evening by the winner of NBC's season 4 of The Voice 17 year old Danielle Bradbury oh say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we after two our lights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight or the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming [Applause] yeah the night that our flag was still there does that star-spangled banner or the man [Applause] Sports Authority Field in Denver as we get ready to start the season Walt Coleman will be the referee tonight you know we looked at the Doppler chart and all of the rest is soil abuse and the plains the crowd was never told to take cover unless they felt that they should we had some rain we had a little bit of wind I don't want to say it was an overreaction because you never know what could have happened with a localized storm but it looks that way right now doesn't it well that was the result that player safety has been the discussion during the offseason and of course fans safety is always going to be paramount as well no question and the forecast coming up of course you've seen one of the ways that become common big one in the big North Carolina South Carolina game both Lords of answer tonight here's the point Drago his hands that's failed toys blowing cleans these are heads we're gonna defer to the second half we're seen and that means the Ravens will get the football to start the game and of course the stuff that you're in such as you made a year ago what's born in a show screaming as hard as it has been all again I mean we've got light rain we've had heavy rain and right now we're getting none of these big drops but it's a little bit heavier than we've had it's ironic because before the game it was perfect down here I was talking to the kickers and they said there couldn't be any more perfect conditions and then all this happened now again the wind has really died down we'll see how this brain affects the surface out sorry thank you Joe and as I mentioned we've been here since Tuesday we saw this Tuesday in the late afternoon yesterday same thing today and one and then last couple of nights it's cleared up we've had no precipitation I'd say after about 7:30 one thing I will say though is that want to go up tempo was the would have been very got attention we saw that freighters gonna kick off for the Denver Broncos seventh year out of Central Florida and Jacoby Jones one of the great postseason stars and a tremendous year so many big plays and of course the biggest of all on the way the Lombardi Trophy was the touchdown here [Applause] into overtime so the 2,000 drive tech they will wind up on this in the stands and let's take a look now at the Ravens starting offense go Flacco Delaware Ray Rice New Rochelle high school Vontae leap East Carolina Torrey Smith Marilyn Toby Jones and mighty Lange college at Dixon Oregon Ducks Brian McKinney you collect you assembly I'll stick you know Greg Kowski Delaware Marshall yonder Iowa Mike war university of oulu John the difference [Applause] we started the winning rice and they start the play action is not off to a wife who catches a ton of passes most of them around the line of scrimmage in that time Wesley Woodyard taking over as the middle linebacker for Denver makes the tackle what athletic middle linebacker had to go there because of an injury to Stuart Bradley and he said the key for his game without question tonight is going to be Dan they stopped ray rice running the ball but maybe in particular when they to talking about going up 10 I'll show today very much expect them I can tell you from this don't forget those signals second down relax rice to the 22 yard line he cannot so making attacking the safety coming up take a look at those numbers in postseason in those four games and the new math with the 11 touchdowns no interceptions a 117 rating equals 120 which is the max when the beacon the next six years in his New Deal most I'm looking at the pass laws without guerrilla force plays with a texture pattern a and the pass is swung out to Stokley who's been here last year he gets taken down by Chris Harris was a penalty on the play penalty downfield at the 41 yard line will come in to make the first call of the year an appearance in the 12 so the passing apheresis battlefield on Jones Harris team up to make the tackle so Baltimore begins with the three and out Toby Jones here is going to come right up the field and just run right through the defensive back Chris Harrison would've been a first down anyway Trenton Holliday well how dangerous he is at five-five the shortest player in the league Sam Cooke dissented his way and Holliday will let it bounce the coverage he's there and it bounces out of bounds at the 22 and we're gonna take a look at the Denver starters Peyton Manning University of Tennessee Knowshon Moreno Georgia the merriest Thomas Josie T Eric Decker Minnesota Wes Welker Texas Tech Julius Thomas Portland State University Ryan quoting Boise State Zane Beadles Utah go use Manny Ramirez Texas Tech Luis Vasquez Texas Tech Orlando Franklin do you wanna camera Ramirez Lewis um guard to Center and then he's joined by Luis Vasquez not only his teammate knowledge of Texas Tech but his roommate in Lubbock as well [Applause] the season is incomplete it's Julius Thomas the tight end he's won the starting job after being injured the past couple of years and he gets popped by James ahead of all before he has possession Joel Driessen injured his knee so the job comes to Julius Thomas a former basketball player really high hopes for him but he's only started four games as a pro and that was you know 100 come up in the pistol this time with Manny fronting Moreno and Moreno who gets the start it's going to be running back by committee this year pushing and shoving going on here Moreno ball and Ronnie Hillman this year duties Moreno is the most experienced and probably the best pass protector Payton with a tremendous year could have been the MVP except for a guy named Peterson who gained 2097 yards but he finished second he's one of four times third down and they go for wide with the tile in here but now that ring Marino under the backfield [Applause] that's welcome making the catch knows exactly where he has to go for the first down meet you sport and appears to have it this is one of those world-famous option routes by wes welker depending on what the coverage is he can go in you can go deep that time for a gram tried to take away the inside he broke to the outside they're hot already a penny for Tom Grady's thoughts at the moment how from the 34 yard line at the first first out of the game Naniwa play-action growing in the traffic an incomplete intended for a Decker and that's web covering let's take a look at the Ravens starters organ Chris can see wahoo walk Elvis do McGill movement Daryl Smith Georgia tape Josh Boz album hacksaw Paul saw hard University Jimmy Smith : highest in the program University of New Hampshire James yet ago University of Massachusetts Michael Hook Texas the Daria's whale nickel state a lot of changes on that offense as Moreno takes it to the 40 want to push the key guys that are missing would be Ray Lewis he retired and Reed wound up going to Houston they'd be the headliners but there are others as well and don't be surprised if you see the Broncos running right tonight pick up Luis Vasquez from San Diego Orlando Franklin a big guy in the center Manny Ramirez a new guy that they feel really good about running behind 33 on the 41 yard line on Denver's opening drive with protection the pass is incomplete the crowd looks around for forthcoming Jimmy Smith was there with the coverage it was Smith he was covering Crabtree in the endzone of the Super Bowl until won the game for San Francisco that time the pass intended for Thomas the crowd barks at the replay worth doubt you have to give the guy's a chance to play defense let's see any contact maybe a little bit on that left shoulder a lot of times the officials if they don't see him pulling back on that they'll let that go and they did their Britton Colquitt who's the Denver punter too pushy job when you get the kick at altitude your stats look great beautiful and this is a shorter kick that's called a fair catch by Jacoby Jones but then denry can't get down there and it rolls about 15 yards into the endzone for the touchdown Lebanon ionica on the opening quarter and the stick off special means up to you by Southwest Airlines find our fares online only at southwest.com buy Nissan innovation for today innovation for tomorrow innovation that excites Bible never be without the football with NFL Mobile and my bloodline official we're sponsored all the that's the celebration in Berlin the season the Ravens looking on as Bernard Pierce who backs up rice but gets to see a lot of playing time takes him out to the 3414 yard gain and a raven first down they bring back Vontae leach their fullback and it already pays dividends he's the lead blocker this is a very traditional offense in many ways still fullback tailback and two wide receivers and they make it work because of on from the 34 King Flacco and the quick pass over the middle is incomplete intended for Smith and let's take a look at the Bronco defense their full Cincinnati Kevin Ferguson Michigan State Spartan dogs Terrance Knighton Temple Owls Rob is the University of Tennessee native North Carolina State Wesley Woodyard Kentucky Danny Trevathan Kentucky Chris Harris Campbell University dokyun not so San Jose State right-handed anymore UCLA how many Roger Cromartie Tennessee State the Marty one of the new defenders clinic I was an apartment I feel that the Eagles leaks it's taken back now a couple of guys are missing of course there is Champ Bailey suffered a foot injury in these preseason game in Seattle two-and-a-half weeks ago they hope to have him back in a week and a half when they play their second game and Bob Miller is suspended for the first six games violating the substance abuse policy so while is a sacrifice three Jack Del Rio thirty-six money bought by Tori Smith had a breakout year last year tackle there by Chris Harris big gain on a third and 16 to 29 one of the problems the Broncos without Von Miller are going to have to try to manufacture a pass rush that time they brought five but that also means man coverage on the back end and trying to cover Torrey Smith one-on-one very difficult that's as close as they've got it to Joe Flacco all night airs making contact with him as he releases the here goes right through the middle for the 26 Ray Rice about as valuable as any back in the league he's a three down back he's a great runner he catches a ton of passes since he came into the league in 2008 no running back I support more passes he does everything yeah his numbers actually went down just a bit last year but that was very much a positive Bernard Pierce able to share the load averaging almost 5 yards per carry but both of those guys refreshed and played great lay off Ravens opening the season with only two pure running backs he running backs in two fullbacks second down in theory I found rice blanks and now comes in motion to the bacteria look in the other way by Jones to the 14 yard line this crowd has already seen enough of Jacoby Jones well then I think that the story of the game quickly has already become the LACMA pass rush this is a good offensive line up front when they brought in Bryant McKinney a season ago for the playoffs the offense took off but you can see Joe Flacco has all day and you are not going to beat this team unless you can get out Ravin started this drive at their own 20-yard quarter back to the ground not much happening right there as Pierce it's taken them the inácio comes up to make the tackle and it will be second down in ten [Applause] dukhia nacho who is a surprise starter he beat out Mike Adams he's a guy that sort of learned the system a year ago and they threw the competition open Indian nacho came out with a job well you can see partly why halfway marketing opening quarter back the other way very dangerously to Broncos right there intended for Dallas Clark the former told to play of course so many years with Manning picked up here Woodyard and he a match awoke there is lack of goes back to the other way and almost baseboard a huge mistake by Joe Flacco his streak of good luck continues because this one could be easily been picked off and taking the distance the other way without mistake third let's lift the knee outside to Smith meeting for the first down and they're going to spot it just about at the first down marker and indeed when the wall misplaced down it is a first down Tony Carter couldn't drag him down in time to stop him first down well Laurie Smith manages to extend this ball tough lifting let's see where that is tough at what angle did that ball go across that line that's flip according time and you can't have a bigger moment to start this game for the Baltimore Ravens they're just outside the tube you got lead to fullback ycs the running back but a badger the tight end and this is Leakes trying to get in and he's in for the touchdown covered by the linebacker Wesley Woodyard Mondale eats the very valuable fullback not that many teams of course still use full backs but they get the most out of him and he scores the first touchdown of 2013 that's the first ility of Vontae leach we saw him leave block earlier makes the catch drives it into the end zone Dallas Clark was wide open as well in the back of the end zone is much tougher throw but managed to get it in very impressive Drive beating the Broncos basically with their own medicine a little hurry up offense right down the field Justin Tucker coming off a brilliant rookie season second-year kicker out of Texas of course looking upstairs or scoring plays have to be reviewed and confirmed and it is and so now Tucker for the extra point the Baltimore Ravens take the ball at their own 20 it takes them a little less than four minutes it took the Templars three runs seven rushes and they draw first blood seven nothing will change for the complete viewing experience check out NBC Sports live extra NBC sports.com the South before the social media reports live chat with Mike Florio lotta could stuff right there and tonight Matt Burke will check in on the social media as well Matt with a great career Minnesota and Baltimore and he retired with his Super Bowl ring and his replacement right there in the middle of the line is Geno grep Kowski and second year having Delaware school had produced one Joe Flacco and the kick by Tucker through the end zone and Peyton Manning will take over at the 20 the Walmart goes to charge and leads in seven show Ravens got a bit of a break to start that drive Joe Jones as he was coming up for the fair catch makes the fair catch signal now you cannot block at this point he does block Caldwell pulls back they decide not to call it drive starts on the twenty instead of about the 11 maybe feeling was incidental contact regardless a heck of a drive by the Ravens he knew yards 10 plays to him the pass is caught by Walker so he has caught both of Manny's completions tonight John Fox after nine years in Carolina one Super Bowl appearance he was not a work long hired by John Elway came here that's the year of course Tim Tebow had all the magic at the end they beat Pittsburgh get a Tebow mania and oh wait goes out in sounds maddening and he takes you to that 13 degree mark who has been a big part of one he got hurt and played well down the stretch it'll be third down in three and Knowshon Moreno really getting a bit of a start from John Fox because of the fact that he knows the offense so well Monta ball probably a little bit better runner or rookie high draft pick Ronnie Hillman explosive player that they trust Moreno more so he's playing just under the five line with trips the bunching to the right side of the formation on third down and three survey Weston left already starting to pay dividends so Manning has six in all three to west era lady back from his shoulder surgery he's got his hands full tonight against well sucks sucks telling us that lady is one of a very small handful of tackles in this game that he puts at the very top of the worst got the number one out of Boise State in 2008 and that class is caught on the run by Walker one his one-on-one across the field and he's working against Cory grandma guy and so far west Welker getting the better of that one this time Suggs getting the veteran plate he but just a fraction of a second late so I had a couple of sacks Peyton Manning in that playoff game last year now Ronnie billion pension as the running back rookie out of San Diego State career and he mentions regular season debut by getting one over the left side and that's Elvis boomer bill and his eighth year of a Louisville the first seven were spent here contract snafu I mean that's that's the definition of snafu this picture is next to it in the dictionary not happy about it either he really did not want to leave as poor she was scheduled to make about 14 million dollars something like that and then they had it reduced down to about eight facts never got in and he's in Baltimore second down and nine forty was deflected Rory Graham came in and deflected it it'll be third down and four but we're starting to see the entire package defensively now for the Ravens as well Dean Keyes the defensive coordinator who did such a terrific job last year during the course of that playoff run so many years in New England and so he's had plenty of great battles over the years with Peyton Manning four do you know there's a that guy is something special we're going on the back to a third down and four [Applause] Roza most innocent boundless will flag doesn't get it when Mary is Thomas the intended receivers of the drive it bogs down at the before Kelly just correct something I Ronnie Hillman second year private settings were Wookiee picked last year and actually performed pretty well in the playoffs there's ladarius Webb where are they happy to have him back fifty million dollar per minute back out for the season about halfway through last year but now they have legitimate cover guys across the board they are able to bring pressure if they wish because they have guys that can play man-to-man so far everybody except West long [Applause] [Applause] another factor school for some made Arius well 339th ago on the corner it's seven to nothing wall to earth they had before just a few days away from the premiere of the million second quiz biggest prize in Game two history million second place posted by Ryan Seacrest you see it Monday 8:00 Eastern the Pacific seven central mountain the 16th Street Ravens beginners from pressure nobody to enclose a toy Trevathan put the pressure on it to be second down to ten little pressure there which is good this offensive line of the Ravens was completely remade for the playoffs a season ago they bring in Bryant McKinney who did not start a game the entire year what a difference he made in protection but that may be the biggest thing is it took Taleggio simile down to guard really solidified the pocket inside and of course this year Gino grabbed Kowski in at center for network a guy with not the experience but maybe a little more quickness I have to go and the first quarter Weiss would eighteen yard line a couple of shy of the first down maybe third and a deuce more made the tackle a little trap from Marshall Yan to here coming across willing something back the peyton manning lights as well it's such a great play because you actually use the defensive lines momentum again want to get up the field that time check out trap lock this place has bouncing it looks like the other maja first down on the outside when spinning away takes the ball onto the 26 yard line and spun around Danny Trevathan and that'll move the change Trevathan is a tremendous cover guy but this is tough Ray Rice goes in motion and basically sees the man coverage coming out and then he stacks in behind the other receiver so you really almost have no chance whatsoever to get a clean would get rice and they convert the first down rice out Pearson [Applause] there's pierce nothing happening no hole opens right there and it'll be second down a shocking move was made by the Ravens toward the end of last season Cam Cameron had been the offensive coordinator but they made the change in December brought Jim Caldwell in who had been the quarterbacks coach he had been the head coach at Indianapolis took them to a Super Bowl the successor to Tony Dungy and John Harbaugh said they just had to make the move and flacco very much it's done called coming at all it was shocking to everybody second in 11 and back with rosin that's caught up the scene by Jacoby Jones to the 39 yard line he's tackled there by Chris Harris with a minute and a half to play in the quarter Chris Harris really without any help inside kind of takes an outside edge that time against Jacoby Jones ordinarily if a defensive back plays outside like that you expect a linebacker or safety to drop down in the middle none there and Jacoby took advantage [Applause] clocking 9 for his first well touchdown [Applause] instead of the public but that's broken up by Woodyard who's really coming into his own started as a special teams guys sixth year out of Kentucky and he is the man in the middle in the signal puller yeah and I'd say if you talked with Jack Del Rio their defensive coordinator he will tell you that after the New England game they had so many things go wrong in that game with communication who made the switch he brought Wesley Woodyard in to lead the he said that's when our defense on second attend a little fake sauce and then a screen the left side of muffin happening there Jacoby Jones he's the nacho comes up to make the tackle and that will take us down to the end of a first quarter that was delayed by weather for 33 minutes one quarter of the first game of the season in the books Baltimore seven nbc's residues tonight's aerial coverage being brought to you by Geico now Michaels Cris Collinsworth Michele Tafoya start the second level it's third down 12 for the Baltimore ring lead seven to nothing and in a flash phone that ends the play for Swahili willkommen come in false start number 82 offense five-yard penalty Cory Smith will make a third down and 17 John Harbaugh hands-on news yeah I didn't like that one too much but now they really are looking for who the go-to guy is going to be on this offense the last couple years it's been a dennis pitta he's out with a fractured hip or [Music] so they're looking for that next guy to step up maybe it's Toto maybe they ain't dead over there Gandhi found six defensive backs and the pass is incomplete intended for addiction Mike Adams got there as the ball got there so Dixon who will see most of the action ship it if and when he recovers this season can't hold it in for them but what a nice play by Mike Adams times this thing up perfectly and that's the second time we've seen a perfectly thrown ball to a tight in get knocked away of course Adams trying to stay away from the headgear because as we have well known it's ability these days Sam cook we're trying to kick it away from trend in holiday if he can instead he's holiday at the 25 he never dangerous one but this time only a four yard run back take it up at the 29 by 7up it west Walker coming over he's already caught four of Manning's five completions tonight oh seven through 12 with the Patriots highest in NFL history 672 catches over a six-year span and he loves to work he's 5 9 and 185 and he works the inside like few others 366 between the numbers you know Peyton Manning telling as he said from the first minute I met him he was who I thought he was he's a gym rat he loves to work and when I started throwing passes to him he said I knew it was the work as dentistry mother pudding first that we shot Marino takes the ball up to the 33 yard line of course when Walker sooner or later he'll catch a touchdown pass from Manning and then he can say he's the only guy in history to capture for Brady and Manning you know and it's always a tough decision because you're talking about what will a guy do not what did he do when you're trying to sign him to a contract and yet we're talking about West Walker who probably owns two three good years left in them we go inside with Peyton Manning there's no remember last year in New England there was some talk around the Patriots that Belichick wasn't happy with welfare it was disputed I mean he did catch 118 passes but at the time the season ended and it came time to get a new contract he's here Belichick likes guys who helped him win championships and that guy has about as much hard as anybody you'll see I tell you I don't think I've ever seen a better effort guy than Wes Welker I never see him take a minute of a playoff [Applause] third down and seven enough to avoid depression depression but if flag is wrong rocker asking for it covered there by Cory Graham who had the two picks of Manning in the playoff game illegal contact 24 defense five-yard penalty automatic first down before the pass was thrown automatic first down Cory Graham got him at about 7 8 yards from the line of scrimmage there he is on that line once he crosses the other line you cannot make that kind of contact again so not pass interference illegal contact [Applause] into this game last year and opener and patron kind of off to a little bit of a slow start and then all of a sudden bang bang bang it always started going late in that one we have been told that game was incredible on both sides Eric Decker Donald Smith is there with ray lewis retiring who was gonna fill that void well Darrell Smith had played in relative anonymity with Jacksonville Beach Jacksonville just hasn't very good for a number of years but he did a real good job there and the Ravens had their eye on him for much and this is Julius Thomas making the catch and then they had to wait until June because the money situations the salary cap and all of the rest to wind up signing it now they they had a feeling about him though because they didn't want to lose the compensatory pick so they waited and they have been pleasantly surprised he has fit in perfectly and just filled that leadership void not gonna be Ray Lewis but he was exactly what they needed you know and the pass at the 48-yard line that's Daryl Smith so we talked about it but it's incomplete the ball winds up on the ground a year pick their Judas Thomas is the the bottom of the pile as well and it's fourth down tries to hit Eric Decker coming across the field and really just threw it behind him looks like the ball bounces comes up get me out no question about it this pole by the official said now both quarterbacks have caught a break on poorly thrown balls Cole quick the punt Jacoby Jones back to receive you got two phenomenal return meant in the game Jones and Holliday both were cast away by the Houston Texans [Applause] five very shortly and what an immigrant the ball would bounce and be down at the one-yard line religion Toby Jones took from his own guy on the flood Brendon trow a rookie create a Latroy that's his welcome to the NFL comedian a lot of things to talk about here but the ball is going to come off the goal line David Bruton their special teams star comes down and you'll see the official throw the beanbag the collision Brutus and that's where they're gonna market at the 15 the bigger story though is hyperextending that so Marlon we'll have to take that spot on the outside opposite Orie Smith and Ray Rice picks up one yard so of all things Jones going to the fair catch the rookie free agent backing up trow it running into Jones trow it hurt as well there is there he is on the bench and Bruton just barely got a piece of it otherwise the ball would have been at the one-yard line second and nine in the yard Kevin Dickerson is there tackle 99 and we third down at eight so now no Antoine Bolan you make that decision and here's a young man Marlon brown had a chance to watch him and preseason we went to university of on a show against the Carolina pain Linda's game for the work you start 2:05 back up I was over the middle Parrish at the 24-yard [Applause] stepping into the pit to give the Broncos great position Chris Harris was the last person to intercept Joe Flacco of course the tremendous run inside here we go he's going to undercut this route and so that then receiving four we see it already know Jacoby Jones you get a little braver against the set 37 year old Brandon Stokley and Chris Harris gets him again pick them off and ran it back 98 yards in Baltimore in week 15 last year from the 24 yard line start with Moreno in the backfield but first wall Coleman will tell us eventually Brown is still upset about the call on the the punt even though you could see it on the replay that the bull did deflect or Putin's arm you know in Peyton Manning doesn't like this as an offense when you get a quick change like that you get a turnover especially down in this part of the field you want to run out there snap the ball the defense is unsettled and they gave the Ravens a bit of a moment there to regroup wearing a glove Mary did not suspect the game or the glove [Applause] the best one of the things that they were going to try to do was the Baltimore Ravens three different guys on that team that knew Peyton Manning's balls they were going to make some calls that the Ravens would recognize and then change it up off of there I'm sure the call that Stokely and some of the guys knew was a flat route there they go flat they go up and that is peyton manning simply fooling the Baltimore Ravens using their knowledge against them one play following the pick creator for the point after just peered inside the windup 7/7 on opening night all right coming the NBC James Spader will start a new drama it's gone but the police Monday night September the 23rd right here on 33 minute weather delay before the start of the game Manning comes out to the 24 yard line after the pick son who normally invites a lot of attention says get away from the door and we've got a touchback don't forget Dallas Clark Jim Caldwell Brandon Stokley all guys with experience watch Payton with the audible now will movers back over here and they think that this is coming so instead Peyton Manning's going to give them that because the code the signal the hand signal whatever it was meant flat you've worked against their knowledge and scored a touchdown pretty creative stuff and Thomas has won the job is you look at Skokie with the Broncos last year and me of nathless and his with the Ravens originally back in 2000 when they won their first Super Bowl [Applause] start with Pierce Sean Philips makes the tackle lost it to here's Michelle went to Kobe Jones has a right knee sprain al he went back to the locker room for further evaluation Ravens team dr. Leanne curl looked at that knee very quickly for the stability of it and it was very quick she made the decision to take him back to the locker room he walked back very slowly and very gingerly out Thank You Michelle on a bizarre play well the good thing for him would be has got a few extra days they're going to have to play again a week from Sunday in rehab as black honor his worst role but misses the target addiction in completely dirty well now we're starting to see a little bit of the then nature of this receiving for dennis pitta the go to dining not there at dixon coming across and trying to get the connection but so far especially now without Jacoby Jones just a little you can see this Ravens team now just a bit unsettled with their past yeah after the left-sided stablish dark making the cat and banish dark turning what for just a second want to look like a Denver interception and possible touchdown return into a big first down gain of 31 that was Robert Ayers out on the coverage of Dallas Clark the defensive end he goes for the interception just misses and in man coverage you can see everybody just chasing their receiver down the field huge break there for the Ravens first out of the 49-yard Pierce takes it right to the midfield stripe as we took down to 10 minutes to go in the first half Raven receiving leaders last year Bolden traded the San Francisco pit is on IR they've hoped that back he's on that short-term IR where they could get him back before the end of the season rice and then he gets mint and Jones the three of those guys he'll tell you sterling nice job so far when up Champ Bailey last year in the toilet active tonight and Flacco's going to he's like the reincarnation of Daryle Lamonica the Mad Bomber because it's funny to think about when Flacco came into the league and everybody said well he's a game manager it's all about the Baltimore defense meanwhile there are two flags down on the play I'm not a game manager he's a rocket launch right and the Broncos found out about that last year two more very deep passes than anybody in the right here holding 33 defense five-yard penalty automatic first down it's Duke via nacho the second-year safety at a San Jose State who's along the starting job back there pretty simple call here dukhia nacho right there I'm going to be working against Torrey Smith and just hooks them from the outside there were flags that came from everywhere five-yard penalty with that automatic first down takes the steam out of this crowd right back in on pills down [Applause] before that dragon for the snap fair start well start number 72 offense five-yard penalty first down let's go simile I'll tell you the Baltimore Ravens have two of the nastier guards you'll find player Marshall Yonder has an intimidation factor to him the right guard number 73 and Poletti assembly is at home playing left guard moved in from tackle and clearly made a difference is at least a half a second difference when I was where it's been 15 run a stunt up front but they got up the past to rice and rice takes you to the 40-yard line Derek Wolfe slicing in almost busting up the play but in Sydney have a gain of 10 second and five just good to see Derek Wolfe back out on the field again there's a young man that they carted off strapped to a stretcher had a spinal concussion said the entire right side of his body had no feeling he obviously was absolutely scared to death on a break and it's like very scary after season Damon Seattle the 17th is gray rice gets tackled just about the line of scrimmage it'll be third down and five with ink 45 left in the half the one thing about the Denver Broncos is they are better up front you can see it already laughs Sylvester five receivers all food [Applause] is back there intended for the looking Marlon brown for town well here's where you have to win I mean there's just no doubt about it to get man coverage and that means one-on-one with no help whatsoever the rookie Marlon brown with the chance with Tony Carter Chris Harris Dominic Rogers Cromartie they've been up to the task at least thus far well Wes Welker is going to return the kick they send him back inside the 10 yard line if he beat Sam Cooke puts it in play [Applause] the ball of all guys and the Ravens think they have it and they do so of all things you're going to send the guy back there with your hands on a fair cash situation which that's what it was he figured to do did cook and in Welsh Welker coughs it up a cardinal sin to begin with he's on the ten and he backs up to his own five-yard line there's no reason to catch that ball at all Ravens had him surrounded and oh what a turn of events in this one it is shocky Brown who comes in and will recover the ball inside the two yard line whoo that's tough when you're the new guy in town and you plant one on the one your for this offense and that pull back in that tailback what's interesting trend in holiday is the regular return guy these had fumbling issues to his career they put record back their cores inside the tube rice whenever the outside meets throws the block and that Springs rice work now leach tasty and macho out of the play and Ray Rice puts it into the endzone well Vontae leach another knockout blow there and Michael wore the right tackle gets up slowly there we go coming right at you Kuki and nacho takes a shot and is out of it look rice with a little jump rope there for the touchdown what a huge penalty huh I mean a turnover boy down well each team with a turnover and each has resulted in a next play touchdown by the opposition [Applause] and now Justin Tucker I make it a seven-point game eight minutes and three seconds remaining in the opening half [Music] Ravens by seven [Music] this NBC kickoff special being brought to you by DIRECTV if you call yourself a sports fan you got to get DIRECTV by Wendy's by Russian director Ron Howard in theaters September the 27th and by Toyota the Denver Mint world's largest producer of coins oh six or got shaken up on the touchdown and right tackle for Baltimore friendly fire again it's killing the Ravens marshal ganda is only teammate got in the same way that Brendan Fowler dr. Toby jump and that Tucker to kick-off holiday is there not much opportunities to return kickoffs at 5,280 feet [Applause] see if we can see it right here marshal yonder is gonna come right into his knee and down he goes on tale each though doing just a tremendous job if you're gonna pick an early MVP in this one it may well be Vaughn Tate Leeds he's been outstanding Manning starts to strive from the 20-yard line rain always do that today's your Dean of 12 Denarius Thomas makes the catch go to Michelle while the word on Michael Oher is that it is a right ankle sprain and he is questionable to return al he's up and trying to put some weight on it without a shoe on right now doctors have been looking at him even John Harbaugh came over and asked him how he's doing but right now questionable very interesting Michelle - it'll be Ricky Wagner who comes in as a rookie Oh we'll see when they get the ball first and ten from the 33 Moreno and he gets back there through the gate of to Buffalo day and Natta who says hello now one problem you've got if you try and take an outside stretch play and cut it back you're gonna run it right there Lodi nada is that Elodie right there - there's Sean Murray know he is a man's man that guy inside Shakur and 340b Vince wolf work the only other guy could think that kind of presence in there second down and eight nuts should walk underneath out to the 41 yard line sitting up at third and two Smith makes the tackle seven minutes to play in the half we talked about the new right guard Luis Vasquez here we go coming over from San Diego he's got his hands full with Lodi nada but handles that perfectly nice to have that big presence when we have guys inside that can hold the point it gives Peyton Manning a chance to step up and make bigger throws third and two Ravens shuffling around on defense a first down he's gained by Moreno he was moving around all over the place and more energy just did get enough over the left side first down well here's what happens they want terrell suggs always on the weak side of the formation so they're trying to flip him to get him over to that left side he gets there late they go right at him it's Suggs showing up late you can see and you don't get your feet set against Ryan Clady you go backwards well they're gonna measure they don't give them the greatest of spots put it right there just connect they just think sucks has introduced himself in our games how many different ways through the years oh my gosh he has some fun with that doesn't it he loves it he's a great energy guy and now with Ray Lewis not being on the field he doesn't want to talk about his leadership role but there's no question he's the energy he's the juice in practice he's the guy they're turning to right now they've got Montaigne wall as the running back the rookie out of Wisconsin to play fake the right side in a place and a fluid Eric Decker and pouring brands that tangled up and they're going to call it offensive offensive pass interference [Applause] pass interference number 87 well Decker saw the ball was thrown behind him here and he's trying to try and gain position just sort of did a little arm over I think he did hook him around the waist you could see him kind of brace himself there push Cory Graham by and got cotton 10-yard penalty back to the 33 yard line first down in 20 Manning now in the pistol protection is good to the outside is good as well to this promises for the touchdown breaking the tackle and truly inside the 20 he broke away from the safety Michael Hoffa Michael Huff trying to replace Henry this is heavy lifting though for any safety this guy is a mom go out and action in practice anything who is that Julius Thomas that really not played very much at all was Porte got an opportunity because of the injuries the job Driessen and Jacob Tamme and he is having a big big night so far in the basketball star Portland State two touchdowns for Thomas this one coming after a - this cook for 23 watch the delay here he's working against Michael Huff kind of does a little stutter step goes right by him and drives it into the end zone here's Elvis do Merville on the inside may have gotten hill just a bit but the play-action the play-action has really made a difference for Peyton Manning they found in the offseason as they studied it it slows that pass rush down just a fraction of a second enough time for another touchdown Bradon to the point man 3 he averages almost 4 yards per fast more with planche and last year than with that we asked about the other day he said it gives me more protection indeed it does game is time not to late to play nfl.com fantasy football sign up and under two minutes and played with three in nfl.com slash fantasy if you have Julius Thomas in your fantasy league you're leading the league and you're a genius we watched him in practice the other day and I don't think Peyton Manning could hit him once he tried several times it just didn't work out and tonight all magic Bernard Pierce now he won't have a chance to run it back Joe Flacco and his six year in the league the first five seasons of West Baltimore defensively dominant but he started as a rookie in his first year when Harbaugh got the job there he and Manning wolf started in their rookie seasons nine postseason wins tied for most of the first five seasons in NFL history was Tom Brady and he's won a postseason game in each of his first five seasons left nine total we mentioned the Rickey Wagner Wisconsin right tackle with Micah or out of the game Blackie's benefits set on the first play by Robert last time four had the ball this time gets the big sack here and there's war on the bench well one of the problems Joe Flacco drifts here pressures going to come but Flacco is going to come this way really had him pushed by the pocket and so I'm sure that by McKinney saying what the heck I did a great job on my block looking over that a coverage sack as much as anything there's is got to keep it on the ground benefit appeal yardage with Bernard Pierce out to the 16 so the Baltimore Ravens right now without Jacoby Jones without or they're starting rights act one of course was chronicled the back Bolton's gone it is hurt different story for 39 the great field 13:14 Rakesh up and away intended for Brandon Stokley so a very fast 3a now punctuated by a sack Chris Harris covers and many with over four minutes slot blitz going to come off the edge here made him get the ball out just a little bit quicker a pretty good job though by rip dagger noticing that coming out late giving him just enough time tonight trendin Holliday their regular returner after the disastrous the time for Welker and the last series and Sam cooked since it occurred in the night sky flag is thrown cool some personal foul Albert McClellan so you had a flag at the outset back at the 8-yard line and you know what that flags didn't be formed with clothing when they get the call from Coleman best thing in the world you want to do is oh there's the official with the hat off somebody's running out of bounds or doing something wrong there that you tack on 15 yards to this one across midfield [Applause] when we know what the second flag is for it's the first there are two files on the kicking team holding number 32 to the play first and so ahead of all holes he holds and then we sold McClellan did there we go I had a bow right there is going to hold Asia Bruton we're tackling or malam or assault him or something then the same thing happened down the field trend in Holliday only weighs about 150 pounds sprint champion in college won the NCAA hundred meter dash but he's not a big guy that of the ravens of all things winning the Super Bowl had the most penalty yardage in the league last year second highest total of penalties when they list holiday at at 170 not really he's the shortest guy in the league and there are a couple of other guys around the league with her also was living a buck 70 from the 49 the pass is taken just off the surface terrell suggs came in and hit manning but the pass is caught for a short gain by Thomas I thought it hit the ground looking from here man he wants to get up there in a hurry let's take a look here we've got a good shot from Suggs on the tail end of that one look like a little bit of the point they're gonna let it go though now it's a one hopper for sure oh yeah let's say you're challengeable Cole and lesson will be challenged how's that for deductive reasoning I like your eye sight no saw that one that's why I cross the field for us so the tarball not just our gear down on the field of a completed catch right so if the bar ball wins the challenge it'll be second down and ten parbat wins about half of his challenges and that's about the league average as well and I think he's gonna win this one well quantum chicken knock and if the ball hits the ground which we believe it does it'll be second down to ten yep pretty clearly more interesting part of that play took place after the play when Terrell Suggs and Peyton Manning were going at it after beating the play the ball hit the ground the pass is incomplete in the second of ten at the 49 yard line please reset the clock the 405 please Baltimore was off the charts a timeout subs got a little free shot at Peyton Manning took it watch Manning turn around say where is the love sug sees him talk to the referee and then here it goes he's got a few things to say himself they've been they've been teammates in a few Pro Bowls but we're not home a little tonight second or 10 it's not 386 at the start of the game on the left side of the offensive line art often five-yard fiddly feel second down second then 15 now you know it's interesting if he had moved initially as soon as the Ravens jumped across the line he may have gotten to call on the defensive side that they moved went back and then Clady tried to do a late jump out there to draw the flag it was too late officials called it properly he won't Manning who threw a touchdown pass when he put the glove on before those barehanded here second down and 15 in the past to the outside of Thomas and the coverage is very good by Jimmy Smith third and 15 now Jimmy Smith handled that double move very well and out here he's a guy that they say has gained great confidence since the Super Bowl that's a tough one right there I'm not so sure that wasn't another one of Peyton's attempts to give them an audible they think they know what it is and then he does the double move on the outside but Smith haneda perfectly random 15 that's three receivers to the left side at a time and that is Suggs who gets in there for the Saturday [Applause] here we go Elvis do Merville is going to get this sack basically for trill sucks he beats Clady on the outside but who do they chip a chip on the other side it gets Augustin burger that balancing of the pass rush is going to create opportunities for terrell suggs that he simply didn't have a season ago and now our various web will go back to receive this punt from Britton Colquitt again with Jones Curt Jones Emily started wide out kickboxing nuts but not for the rest of the night they're caught at the 16 yard line between 19 far bought in a bit of news that would be not at all surprising just that his contract officially extended by the Baltimore Ravens and he's gonna go nap through it the 2016 season say they made a tremendous joy Steve bisciotti the owner of Ozzie Newsome has done such a phenomenal job as a Ravens general manager arm won't was a guy that nobody was really talking about at that point even mainly a special teams coach from Philadelphia then it coached the secondary and remember Jason Garrett could have had that job and turned it down when you see Jared on Sunday night against the sciences smooth first and 10 from the 16 yard line passes incomplete the other night we were talking to Tony Dungy at dinner and about what do you look for if you were general management these days what do you look for in a head coach Electric John Harbaugh you know he's a guy that a very non-traditional route typically it's the hot offensive coordinator the hot defensive coordinator and I think the way he kept this team together you know middle of the season last year but he took control they weathered the storm and went on a won the Super Bowl then he paused a little thinning of the horican thanks to the outside turns nothing can do little something up for a few years it was owners would say can you find me the next Mike Tomlin now it's Tomlin and harm bought a Cal look at that reaching the playoffs key to the first five years tower six Paul Brown six Chuck Knox five and John Harbaugh seeking a six in a row each of those five solution manager executive vice president and a tremendous crowd for and that is thought that a move to change to the 29 Marlon brown when you're at GM and your first two picks when the franchise is now in Baltimore or Ray Lewis in the first round and Jonathan Jonathan Ogden as well in the first round anything oddly went into the Hall of Fame this year and Lewis of course was going to the Hall of Fame in five years you know Ozzy would have had a chance to get in the Hall of Fame as a GM and already did as a player so pretty amazing career we go to the two-minute warning with the game tied on opening night at 14 stay tuned flip the Toyota halftime you hear from Eli Manning Tony Romo and the players inside the Giants Cowboys rivalry which was OU's this Sunday night on NBC Daytona their take on the first half as the NFL season kicks off tonight in Denver weathers at 14 first down and Brown who has to pick up the slap with Jones in the locker room for the first out for 23 yards today I do not go to sleep on Marlon brown this kid can play he made some spectacular plays during the course of the preseason and on the other side Dominick Rodgers Cromartie basically pitching a shutout on his side after the half and that's a nice tackle made on Dallas Clark on the outside by Raheem more limiting into a gain of five yards you know no Champ Bailey and no von biller and now we have a player cramping up Chris Harris in the middle of the field Chris Harris with the earlier pick with a cramp Broncos hoping it's just a cramp Chris Harris has to come out at least for one play he's big especially in the absence of Champ Bailey in the secondary so the bench he goes at least for one play and theyíve got Kayvon Webster rookie out of South Florida who now comes in the Flacco's walked in on that right now second down and five mark looks for a flag Dallas part doesn't see one Danny Trevathan with the coverage there down that's beautiful right there Danny Trevathan just plays this perfectly number 59 will turn outside no foul on the play that's really well done these two guys can run their inside backers Trevathan and Wes they like the two guys from San Francisco they can cover anything there are protected and picks up the first down and that's Dallas Clark over the middle to the 36 yard line on the clock ticks down to a minute Mike Adams makes the stop well you've got von Miller out remember that so now they're having to try and blitz to get some pressure if you Britt and don't get there somebody is going to get open in that man coverage that is too long give black with time to find Clarke's watch to his left open man cats or we Smith he's been pretty silent for the most part that I capo by Mike Adams their number one receiver had that tremendous break out of your last year makes his third catch of the game Cromartie's gonna try and get the jam but then he just slides right in behind there you see the guy coming out in the flat to hold Cromartie Flacco taking advantage they really need to sweat to get in this game he is their big play guy [Applause] Burstyn 10:39 if they're coming out of the man and the ranks will pick up a first down to the 8 yard line this is a perfect drive in a couple of ways for Baltimore they're moving down the field they're approaching the end zone and they're leaving no time for Manning perfectly done and Joe Flacco who's been given a lot of room to audible at the line of scrimmage I think has noticed what I've seen they're going back to these deep zones to try and protect Kayvon Webster he said ok fine you want to put two safeties in the end zone I'll give it to my all-pro Ray Rice and take it right down your throat you can't protect everything you try to protect young players on the outside you have to give up something horsemen go now that in the way and it's incomplete that's Webster looking we talked about Brandon Stokley the intended receiver the Whoopi who's had to come in and play on the series see if Bailey is heard Chris Hamish had to come out breaks it up second a goal that helps you got the man coverage Flacco saw it he goes right at it and he breaks it up now maybe if you're Joe Flacco you say well maybe the kid can play - second and goal nothing they're gonna make it third down and goal each team with two timeouts was Harbaugh now he's going to take the time out here making sure that the other at the other end whenever Denver gets them all back up next to no time if any time 15 seconds third and goal we'll recap maybe if this happened when they had that severe light that's love at least in the area with some rain in the stadium nothing really insidious Flacco tonight 183 yards he's already thrown twenty-nine the two touchdown passes each to Thomas - career touchdown tattoos but now Baltimore to go into the locker room with a three or a seven-point lead third goal [Applause] exactly well down the stocking intended receiver survey that is back there puttering on the play to break it up the ten seconds I'm telling you Danny Trevathan and Wesley Woodyard can fly he watch them not just coming across the field here he can run with Dallas Clark absolutely nor dropped it I thought Trevathan broke it up Wow dropped it oh my goodness well that was the Clark was dropping a bunch in pre-season but they needed to tie then Dixon was getting healthy goodness out what got signed and then Tucker kicks it through from 25 yards away so it could have been seven and said it's just three it's 1714 boom is right the new guys less vulgar with the fumble on the punt return and then Alice Clark with a freebie that wasn't even close you go a year without seeing them drop one that easily from Peyton Manning back in the day with the goals [Music] it's a heck of a game though is it it's good game yeah Pirelli is these two teams if you look at the great and dramatic playoff games in NFL history and that's that's right up there in the top five last year that was phenomenal John Elway he saw a few games you know it's a funny thing if you're a Bronco fan maybe even take some solace in the fact when Elway was in his third to last year as a quarterback they lost a wild card game the Jacksonville when the Jaguars were in their second year in the league it was a stunning and shocking upset here when everybody thought Denver might go to the Super Bowl hole of a sudden they get wet by Jackson doing as tough as dick will not be but what happened the next few years they won the Super Bowl and then the won the Superbowl again of course John wrote up into a Rocky Mountain sunset you know talking about former players that turned into great GM's he really I he worked some magic with Peyton Manning there's no question about it the relationship that those two guys had and the fact that John had experienced the success the two Super Bowls at the end of his career I think had something to do with Peyton Manning signing on he knew the formula gonna kneel down with one here and the team's would go to the locker rooms with the visitors up by three coming up next it will be the Toyota halftime show brats get the second opening night it is half-time here in Denver Colorado 17 to 14 the Ravens on top and both Denver touchdowns coming from a tight end in his third year in the league but he's been off injured into the end zone twice Julius Thomas great job and he's the subject of our Burger King inside edge we'll take a look here you was pretty much as advertised early on trying to make a few blocks [Music] but when it got out the former basketball player and some pass routes awfully tough to defend or linebackers and safeties alight this time Michael Huff got a little lay and go and go he this that's it for tonight the Burger King inside edge check out more insights from tonight on NBC Sports live extra tonight the Denver Broncos in terms of receiving for 497 for the tight end Walker at four very early and then of course the punt which turned out to be a disaster at the 2 yard line Tomas Moreno and Decker with one each Manning is 11 of 19 for 160 and his offense were the right to work in the third quarter trendin holiday at both a punt return for a TV and a kickoff return for a TV last year you talk about a guy who had a pretty good year he's in Houston they're five and all at that point they let him go he comes here when the Broncos started their 11 game winning streak so he was 62 no in the regular season last season John Fox says he would have been on Dancing with the Stars instead of Jacoby Jones at the David got there isn't that the truth as has been the case in almost every kick cost tonight a touchback and we go to Michelle well speaking of Jacoby Jones he and Michael Oher both still doubtful to return to this game I saw Michael Moore go in for x-rays on that right foot ankle area so both of those guys doubtful but John Harbaugh told me he's confident in their replacements Marlon brown and Ricky Wagner as for John Fox the two touchdowns he got out of Julius Thomas he said look they're just singling that guy they're covering all our other receivers so we're gonna continue to go to him as long as they do that thank you myself he's been the target tonight he's been his favorite target they've got Moreno starting in the backfield on first down from the 20 yard line Biggs for three alive where the defects and that's good enough Elvis Doraville to get the sack smattering of boos but one of the problems we just showed you Julius Thomas when it comes to blocking not his strength and Doomer bill goes right by him Orlando Franklin can come over to help but you know that one feels good we probles for him the pass to the outside is caught Moreno takes it up to the 21 yard line it's still going to be third down and mine after a gain of eight Broncos going no-huddle but not the warp speed no huddle it they exhibited it in there next to last preseason game against the Rams stacking receivers left and right third down and nine welker to make the catch at the 31-yard line so they go from second and 17 gram is saying the ball hit the ground he's looking over to horrible he's trying to get Harbaugh to challenge sure did yeah and now Harbaugh can challenge this instead of it being in the first manner would be a fourth animal trying to get the ball snapped oh wow oh the omission of opportunity for that would have been returned Marius Thomas look at this Thomas down the sideline course not by Smith so great is sort of great we saw Graham looking over to harm us and through the challenge leg but he didn't they probably would have want it here it is again no doubt oh yeah it's a drop that's the punt team on the field and that's the merriest Thomas not getting a chance to do this so a huge break for the Broncos and again that's one of those things we're horrible sometimes it's talking to the guys upstairs and they're seeing the play as well Senate challenger don't challenge it was close while hauling down the game go back at it to San Diego State and being there carry the bag after the nice boil over the right side to the 28 yard line he's tackled there by Jacques Byers one of the many benefits of going to the no huddle offense is the opposing coach doesn't get a lot of time to look at these replays that is no question 100% a drop and it was a costly mistake for John Harbaugh second down and three from the 28 yard line [Music] touchdown meeting Jimmy Smith with a juggling catch but a flag is now to the moment a 28-yard touchdown flags out of the 22 his common cloning what a turn to revenge on this Drive great job by Andre Caldwell he bobbles this ball but manages to keep his feet in bounds until he can get it back under control good move off the line of scrimmage little bobble there but he doesn't step out completes the catch foot gets close but I don't think so well they're looking at it upstairs as they do with all scoring plays he appears to have possession air he's inside the pylon it should count you'll see just this just a bit of green between his shoe and that white line right there and he has possession before he crosses the goal line [Applause] so Coleman waiting for the confirmation he gets it bender takes the lead freighter to convert so hard ball misses the opportunity to challenge they would have wanted instead Denver goes down the field and scores and the Broncos have a four point lead this NPC Chico specialty brought to you by Burger King where tasty sting unday thinking new possibilities by the Samsung Galaxy s4 the next big thing is like psycho 50 Minister Sydney 50% on our answer now Mike mr. scholars Michelle in the sea of art Denver on top by four [Applause] okay that's my call well is first to the night exactly what I was going to say first one last year does that one catch all season big one already greater detect No Bernard Pierce feels it touch back we talked about the power of the full-back Monta leach coming back to Baltimore and against smaller inside linebackers that the Broncos have any time they can get him isolated on those guys but his blocks have been really significant Erica macho the second touch now to go to James to the former Russian gets taken down by [Applause] great job by Irving but nobody blocked him at all I don't know what the mix-up was on this one it looked like Bryant McKinney was supposed to turn out on nadir Bing he doesn't and his back pays the price and there is Jones and he's looking again for the night protection addiction can't hang on to it will be third down and 12 well right now the loss of Dennis Pitta is starting to rear its head Dallas Clark drops the touchdown just before the half and now penikett or Dixon came hold on to that 30:12 this deafening war routers John Philip it's a the echo station of the comes around from the backside and sexy really a lot of fresh water he's going to have to pick up the slack until von Miller gets back catches a break in this game the backup Rick Wagner no match for Shaun Phillips great job of those hands 70 and a half career sacks now for at the 10-yard line [Applause] the football of the 10-yard line [Applause] the guys in there [Applause] David Bruton right here is going to split the gap they pay attention to the outside rush man and he comes right through took a chance probably gonna be roughing the punter but he is a guy that knows what he's doing he's the special teams captain he was a football alternate and came up huge there Sam cook in the league since o-6 third career block last one in at Birth condole with a ball waited Catan welfare catches it for a game of close to four stop by Graham will be second down and goal [Applause] the Ravens have had issues with special teams especially you go back to that playoff game obviously we get up to the to return and a blocked punt tonight put an item on a second indoor position at the 6 yard line outside in the squad they're going to switch it off with the cornerbacks they do a good job with that but wes welker just like he did on that big play to pick up the first down comes back to the football and you can tell Peyton Manning is looking for him now there is a comfort level already but your baby's thinking no wonder Tom Brady like that guy's so much [Applause] and the extra point is snun away from grand so he's bought a whole bunch of brady and now one from hate after the block kick Denver by 11 the pivotal event of the playoffs the BMW Championship will determine the final 30 players full the FedEx Cup title positions from the Golf Channel continues over the weekend Saturday September 14th right here in sucks with a few words for his group that provocateurs office looks more more dangerous Julius Thomas and Wes Welker working inside wait and see Demaryius Thomas and Eric Decker about to get their opportunities on opportunities come out way out of the game zone talk about Welker in his years in New England he caught 34 touchdown passes from Brady now he's got one from Manning he ties with Manning ties a record tonight with four touchdown passes 23rd game with four or more tying the mark he now shares with Brett for support evening passes - the Thomas wonder welfare start on the ground here's a million second quiz four million bucks did he name the other two quarterbacks and welcome score passes from touchdown passes they're all down in Miami one of them is Matt Cassel is one the year he took over for Brady with the injured knee and then Miami's the other one where's Joe second and ten Barnard years there's only Wesley Woodyard knocking him down after a short danly third down and eight if the defensive lineman the upfront defensive lineman Blanco's continue to play the way they have tonight Terrance Knighton Kevin bickerson which online they are protecting those as the Bulls get here Raheem or last down this dark but it's incomplete and Clark is hurt and so for where he knew her of course he was across there as well last time they faced each other with Jacoby Jones Preston pass and then Clark gets blasted for them now good you think that feels entire offseason of everybody blaming here the loss to come up and make a play like that he said he went home he couldn't sleep all night he knew what it meant to Stevie what it meant to this city and all I could do is go back to work and go back to work he did and that was and that's another very fourth down books last partners this one's a wobbly short kick that goes out-of-bounds some work around the 40-yard line the troubles for truck troubles for the Raven never taking advantage 17 now that's on the steps of the Denver State Capitol now who would do that I mean art imitating life [Applause] brahim more reaching back Jacoby Jones pulling in who would do that Chris I bet you if somebody really knows from the 37 yard line after war blasted Clark for Lonnie Hillman with a flat coming in at the end of the play to the 41 yard line there's no question huh ility use hands hands to the face 55 defense we always talk about missed opportunities and you look at this game Chris John Harbaugh wishes he would have had that one moment back the challenge a play that he probably wouldn't want to challenge on to the next thing United in seconds then who scores a touchdown it completely changed the game I mean it completely changed the game and there was plenty of opportunity there it was to see that replay we showed that replay and for some reason the communication between whoever is watching upstairs never got to John Harbaugh I have no explanation for why not and you have to long past plays then you had a block punt two quick touchdowns listen six minutes have elapsed here in the third quarter and the Broncos have turned a 3-point halftime deficit into an 11-point lead [Applause] Bax by committee by Josh finds it's a gain of 17 Julius Thomas gets his revenge here watch this one entre sucks oh that was a shot I don't even think such was paying any attention to him anymore out of bounds near the first down marker no it's interesting Ronnie Hillman is a smallish guy and I was talking to Dean piece about I said what he's in the game are you gonna try and blitz him to make him block somebody he said oh because I know what they're gonna do they're gonna get him out of the backfield Gorman a fellow and that's exactly what's happening meanwhile Blancos picking up the pace to the outside to Thomas again and Julius Thomas having a huge night Adam GaSe is the new offensive coordinator first season as the Broncos OC quarterbacks coach last year last year's offensive coordinator Mike McCoy is now the head coach from San Diego and two years ago Dennis Allen was the defensive coordinator and he's now of course the head coach in Oakland John Fox the pretty good coaching tree really from the 15-yard line anthro overthrown as Thomas on a stop-and-go in the past a little overthrown beaten Cory Graham's second down Adam GaSe is trying to get the play into Peyton Manning as soon as the ball hits the ground he's already called it in they have rehearsed that over and over as he said the only thing that slows us down is the microphone won't click on until the referee blows it ready for play so he is literally champing at the bit trying to get that play into Peyton Manning and I was his first incompletion in response an octane he gets to the 6-yard water to make a third down and one now halfway through the third quarter well Julius Thomas maybe not so good blocking in the first half but a little bit better here in the second half if he can just hold his own with the things that he can do as a receiver from the outside looking for it sets up a first and goal at the 2 yard line Jimmy Smith rides him down Montague ball is going to give this Broncos offense some power they haven't had in the past Luis Vasquez came around with a great block but with monta ball around the goal line for short yardage he's a guy that knows how to do well I think he broke a record an NCAA record for Division one touchdowns scored back in college 77 rushing TVs there one year with Russell Wilson to Seattle today there's a fan and struck Eric Decker was there off his fingertips Jimmy Smith with the one-on-one coverage second and goal great job I paid Manny he saw the all-out blitz coming and goes to his touchdown maker 13 touchdowns a year ago and just like Dallas Clark or hate between his fingers amazing second ago wes welker five Cassius Ramanujan didn't even have to pick on now that was an auto pick come down here and everybody gives up these two guys just quit they don't even try to follow wes welker well no if there's confusion or what but that looks like a tired defense out there right now for the Ravens first game of the year no huddle altitude it is about to get ugly Manning's last game with more than four touchdown passes nine years ago votes against Detroit is his sixth as they waited for the point after and the Denver Broncos was six and a half to go in 35:17 Carrie Underwood to open it up in three nights or for Sunday night game will be down in Texas Giants cowboys another Manning Eli and then in a week and a half it's Eli and Peyton as Denver goes to take on the Giants at the metal edge resulting in yet another touch back in the ball comes out to the 20-yard line where the Baltimore Ravens have dug an 18-point whole-heartedly couldn't have had a tougher assignment than peyton manning when you've got this remade defense on the other side the know Ray Lewis know ed Reed know Bernard Pollard nerudin ll to be fit all the pieces back I'm sure it's going to be better later but tonight they've been Oh chase fantastic to swing it away second time Kevin Vickers seemed looking for an intentional grounding but of course he's outside the tight-end box there and you're allowed to throw it away big guy right there has done a job [Applause] should get outside the outside Brandon Stokley pick up about eight sending up a third down and two you know for Joe Flacco and for any quarterback they're just as a comfort level I thought he really established something with a Anquan Boldin you know it took him a little while to figure it out the whole concept of throwing it to a receiver he was covered because that's when a form at his best hold up leave him a chance to go fight for the ball we'll all the defense's a pretty good job on Tory specified because he's Jacoby Jones and Ray Rice get stopped and the question is did he get to the 30-yard line the skirmish breaks out and they're going to spot it just shy of the 30-yard line bickerson and yonder that into a Jack Del Rio we've seen a few skirmishes in his time the defensive coordinator and Baltimore punter Derrick Wolf's gonna come right down here and hit Ray Rice solidly in the backfield Derrick wolf has come off that spinal concussion and had a big impact tonight Sam Cooke to punt his sixth of the game Lyndon holiday sets up a determinar line [Applause] 13-hour gets a block it's spun around and knocked down to the 26 yard line in lesson 5 to go in the third quarter with the Broncos up by eg Peyton Manning chasing Brett Favre Brett 71 838 passing yards most TV passes at 508 Manning in pursuit his season averages are there if he maintains his averages he would break the passing record in the 15th game of 2015 and the sixth game and touchdown passes of 2015 series on that kind of a pace right now the ball is at 26 yard line no shot Marrero starts is the running back on the gas pedal hits locusts at the 40-yard line a flag is down holding number 27 offense 10-yard penalty first down let's go Reno you know Chris I'm thinking about Manning and he go back a year was opening night we were here against Pittsburgh but there was so much mystery he missed a year could he play was his career over after the 2011 season for neck surgeries both questions answered huh yeah you know and they didn't start very fast last season they I can remember the game he went down to Atlanta I think it was the second game of the year threw three interceptions in that game and everybody was going on he can't drive the ball down the field anymore picks up the first down salon a first and 20 and for heat bustin the 10 yards with a holding penalty he niched the first down on the game 223 your tight end you're eventually going to have to block and there's Julius Thomas working against Elvis do Merville that's good enough no Shawn Moreno is smoke out of the bag this is just clinic Moreno gets knocked down as he crosses the line of scrimmage but Bernal McPhee and there's gates you can't get to him fast enough you want to see him call the play you have to leave a little camera in the in the corner of your screen there because He is calling those plays as fast as that microphone turns on right sometimes you jump the gun a little bit and I'm gonna step away but not very far is chriskatie when a giant is equal to a 1 and down well they are really excited about the play of Christianity we're talking to trial sucks about him last night he said I know everybody's talking about Elvis Tuberville but Chris can see now healthy and back from that knee is a guy that they have to slide their line towards him so they can't constantly be sliding the line back toward me that time we beat Zane Beadles really went to the Polgara season ago third and 14 for a 35 yard line [Applause] incomplete Wooper had actually gotten position and gotten behind the web but the pants behind both of them and its fourth down and I'd say it has helped ladarius web kind of lost track of the ball but once they've moved ladarius web over to Wes Welker at least it hasn't been quite as brutal using the staties to the other way and went back to return the chick [Applause] therefore for and at the 17-yard line his contact little bad blood this particular point in the game Jimmy Smith was involved he's the guy who's gonna wind up with the penalty call [Applause] yep well after the fair catch was made wasn't a brutal hit and probably just lost tracker where the ball was after the play is over you know it's at a moment like that you wonder what would Ray Lewis have to say on the sidelines there's going to have to be people that fills that role for the Ravens this is a team that cannot beat themselves they're not that good they're going to have to play smarter this year and not legally six total yard in the first we're Torrey Smith covered by Dominique Rodgers Cromartie they've been a nice job on mr. Smith tonight beginning of the three countries right outside here is the guy that I think is having a huge ballgame Champ Bailey got burned repeatedly last year by Torrey Smith and now Dominic Rodgers Cromartie has come over here Jack Del Rio willing to be coached hard I can fix it clock the 13-yard line factor thereby Trevathan a short game third and seven next I'd say it's been a pleasure to watch the man coverage not just at the corner bags but he's inside back and you Blanka throws in mint sport and for his father's sitting at the first down as dallas park named attached outside the 20-yard line and that will move the chains the two and a half to go in the quarter dallas mark needed that one did a good job that time working against Wesley Woodyard comes back to the ball really the only thing that saved you see some of the infighting get in there and you get those tight ends on linebacker use all a little under cut in the push-off Ravens first first down with the goal his teeth cannot show if you contact with Dallas Marlow illegal shake it down nacho flashes when you put on the tape of him he will come out of nowhere fast and he keeps coming up and making big plays around the line of scrimmage you think of guys like John Lynch over start 15 yards off the ball and in the job away from Adam don't shake you spot second down Marlon brown little swing around covered there by Tony Carter throw down one of the things that they wanted to do this year that that did not here was bang these receivers a little bit coming off the ball not given the free release last year they let Torrey Smith just get a free release and he tore him up that time Marlin Brown but they're trying to be more physical with the Ravens receivers this year the six five walked off the field daddy Buccaneer that cookie the way let's going David accent on the sidelines via nacho is down on his knees it's fourth down all kinds of stuff going on on that one they did have Torrey Smith wide open and Flacco just didn't see him they were unsettled in the secondary had a chance for a touchdown on that play Flacco looked left and Torrey Smith was wide open right the pressure forces quick decisions and sometimes though the personal foul number 66 of the offense Center Gino Gronkowski replay lenticular were Jewish sniffles we submit the outside receiver coverage gets blown there's nobody on that half of the field he's absolutely wide open Joe Flacco's looking the other way but again the pressure you have to give credit to Jack Gallery Sam Cooke's seven in holiday back to receive it because he backs up and brings it back out to the 42 yard line and Bruton is down on the play Burton's had a big night yeah very active tonight [Applause] what a kook punt bullier setting up a touchdown but now he's the man who needs the staffs attention so Sunday night we go the AT&T Stadium in Arlington Eli Manning Tony Romo the Giants and the Cowboys football night gets then started at 7:00 Eastern Time one thing about Eli and the Giants they left to play in Jerry world yet they played there four times in there for no guys are sick of hearing about it issues on both offensive lines on those two teams going to have to get it settled quickly [Applause] and the Ravens need to get a few things settled quickly whether Jacoby Jones and whether he can come back in short order home opener against Cleveland in Baltimore a week from Sunday looks like James the head of o chopped his knee out opening night is always the toughest night alley it really is you just you're exhausted you in pre-season you never play more than maybe two and a half quarters at the most and then you're out here in this no huddle offense going both ways it's a hot night you're one smile huh no it's a brutal opening night here especially on the road which should have never happen for the Ravens they should have been playing in Baltimore at night tough assignment well the Orioles did not want to move the baseball schedule came out before the way this one she's filming the first team since oh three on Tampa opened in Philadelphia and that was the opening night for the for the Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia first time the Super Bowl champs have opened on the road and it all was because the baseball schedule had come out the Oriole has had a game tonight leaving the Ravens trying to get enough to move it and the Orioles should know second and six and since then Farrell parking lot and the facilities are next to one another that was the end of that otherwise it would have been probably I'm guessing it would have been New England at Baltimore or Pittsburgh at polum Orioles of the two logical choices couldn't have in Denver bees they play only one time and that's here Harbaugh was actually mad he said I'm glad we're not gonna have all the ceremony we get to end last year and start a new year but if you ask him after the game he might different answer scratch third down and six shots Jason Manning and knocks him down as he gets rid of it it's incomplete holding number 74 offense that penalties decline fourth down to Orlando of Franklin so with a minute to go in the third quarter a change of possession of coming but Denver has owned the period but I will say this Baltimore with back-to-back stops now it's up to the offense now Joe Flacco has to get something going here there's no doubt that this is a team in transition they are maybe now geared around their quarterback more than they've ever been and so now it's up to him in that leadership role to get it going there's still plenty of time here it really is a big special teams play that would help Webb is back there at 4-4 make the FairTax at the 12 yard line Broncos with the defense and the changes in the last two years 30 sacks from Von Miller 18 and a half of them coming last year twenty and a half with eleven of those last year from Elvis new Merville now in Baltimore so forty two and a half for the rest of the team over two years so far so good tonight from shaky stuff in the first half of a liquid here in the second quarter against the wave was trying to get back into the game stairs - morning and the six Bob Brown takes the ball out to the 35 yard line for a first down now they finally get a little something going when you get linebackers that like to chase tight ends and bang them around a little bit sometimes you can catch them with those underneath routes that times exactly what happened look like Woodyard trying to hit Dallas Clark and a guy went right by and a34 going and complete Torrey Smith the intended receiver and it's Tony Carter back there with him it'll be second in ten so many Carter's had a nice game tonight Chris Harrison's had a nice game tonight Dominic Rogers Cromartie has been dominant tonight if you go back to what happened in this game last year this guy right here Torrey Smith warm up but tonight they have had answers all night deep down feel that incomplete Brandon Stokley trying to get free of equipment they're down basically now Joe Flacco only has three wide receivers to deal with and I tell you Brandon Stokley looked tired on that one he got a step behind and just was unable to hit that extra gear but it's Torrey Smith it's Brandon Stokley and it's Marlon brown right now I'm sure there were 37 years oldest okay you turn 30 apocalypse Woodyard and with the clock winding now that will take us to the end of the quarter where the Denver Broncos outscore the Ravens 21 nothing in the game 35:17 i above the colorado state capital tonight's aerial coverage brought to you by Geico to come down a Denver on this Thursday night Al Michaels Cris Collinsworth Michele Tafoya 3517 Denver and start with a punt that put us and cook and we'll kill his donkey to receive it in this time he holds a minute of the 17 you are laughter ah thanks 240 and his own man helps them knock him down as he crosses the 45 yard line evening Robinson running in there well a lot of great plays tonight from Peyton Manning and company but here's the biggest play of the night drop pass by Wes Welker would have sent on the punt team if it had been challenged it was not Demaryius Thomas takes it down the sideline on the next play and that's really when the game broke open just wonder what happened with that communication Cory Graham immediately sitting under the bench challenged Sancho not that coaches necessarily pay a hundred percent heed to a player so not only for upstairs absolutely full story you know and sometimes peyton manning will start over 83 offense five-yard penalty still first down [Applause] let's walk has been in the news lunch you know sometimes the no-huddle in the pace of peyton manning you don't get a chance to see what happened on the replay but on that one there clearly was time there was an opportunity right just o first and 15 and the outside could well kill again is his thing hit a ball making the tackle on the plate walking with two touchdowns tonight and he's caught nine passes for 67 yards it just looks dangerous doesn't it I mean it really does it looks like one of those kinds of years Julius Thomas ends up playing the rest of year like he has tonight and Wes Welker working inside a lot to stop second and nine loses the ball unfortunately for Denver out-of-bounds so they retained possession knocked away by Jimmy Smith [Applause] big guy Orlando Franklin on the outside working against Elvis Doomer viler tries to go low I know it will soon flex from wrestling or something but Eric Decker got away with one sometimes the ball just bounces right way for you going for six more for low current and it's incomplete covering on the play by Lorde arias would you look at these receivers and you get welcome now under the slot Decker and Demaryius Thomas you know we're very good he's over a thousand last year you get the tight end Julius Thomas you need kind of almost in a way with the receivers to go back to the days of the the three amigos Ricky the Tia grants Johnson and Mark Jackson with all the way around these what Darius Webb is completely gassed out there and I was coming on to blitz was [Applause] Webb at the end of that play was back in the back of the end zone and you could almost see him go oh I've got to run all the way back there and do this again Dean Pease was telling me that he learned his lesson about trying to play 65 yards those bastards [Applause] crowd on the replay there is dps who was the head coach of Miami of Ohio when John Harbaugh was playing there they go back a long way it also gave Adam GaSe the offensive coordinator for the Broncos his first job was in college just came up to Dean Pease and asked for an opportunity and they gave him some computer work and next thing you know his offensive coordinator for the Broncos Moreno takes the ball and do a scrub into the 26 they look at the two head coaches here there's gays me offensive coordinator whose father-in-law is Joe Vitt the assistant head coach to Sean Payton in New Orleans and last year was the the interim head coach good football background for for Adam working now on John Fox himself the last two coordinators the head coaching job 39 [Applause] here we go where well we talked about it earlier you beat them up on the inside and then your outside guys get a chance there's no help whatsoever beautiful release off the line of scrimmage went up to Demaryius before the game and I said tell me is Payton throwing it harder and better than he did last year he said no doubt about it he said the deep ball is the great teller and he has been throwing them great six touchdown passes for management six the distance Giorgi earlier an extra point what am I suppose what advice to the Broncos who actually trailed by this kickoff special being brought to you by tide trusted by all 32 teams by mercedes-benz the best for nothing by windows and by GE brilliant scenes are transforming the way we were not only this John Elway you run this team in terms of football operations she's got a steakhouse in downtown Denver 103 owned by number seven it's a table to a good one that is the man right there I knew him back at the day when too many a golfer go with him always the show but his college ball for that Stanford that was Jack yelling he's bouncing baby boy three good executive 42 217 Bronx Broncos in the first half taking 22 and a half seconds for a play and then picking up the pace here in the second half huge third quarter little more than 20 seconds and that's the look of the team the tip is out there on a night and it started out as 86 degrees 75 degrees now 33 minute weather delay in the mile-high alpha all taking its toll Peyton Manning taking his dog through six touchdown pass completion over the middle signature grab not made by Dixon second down and ten well it would not have been an easy catch by any means but the Ravens tonight have had opportunities to make great plays great plays they made in the playoffs the year ago and they have not been able to make them they have had real struggles from the tight end position tonight there has been enough Pierce takes the inside handle and defensively now you've got to think this Ravens defense is going guys at least one first down will you give me one first down sign get a little Gatorade over here so Peyton can't do that 22nd thing on us again they are exhausted I played in a no huddle offense with Sam Wyche and Cincinnati there are points in a game and we look across the line their exhaust we chatted the yard something in the first night so they still not get that first down Brandon Stokley makes the catch interesting decision everything to go for him you're down by 25 points I mean if you're going to get back in this thing you pretty much have to take your shot right here I agree with this me too why not workin wanna ordinarily you think and one more we'll take a timeout timeout of fortune one when we come back Craven's led by three of the half second hair the Bronco ravenscry chief we hope and in Santa Fe so we can for a pick six one of the most difficult backs that there is to cover in the NFL [Applause] did he drop the ball before he crossed the goal line because they're saying touch better look at this look at this if he drops it and he does and it goes out of the back of the endzone it's going to be a tall they out of the back of the endzone it is a touch back Oh [Applause] you you would swear that everybody would learn by now you've seen this so much in the NFL and college guys are celebrating beforehand and on top of it do their Wesley Woodyard he's down at the goal line a little assistance from the longtime trainer the Greek Steve Anthony polis right here yeah rice and I mean no problem I talked about the coverage ability these linebackers earlier in the game and they have to really hope that this is and forget the touchdown at this point Wesley Woodyard is the heart and soul this defense they have to hope he's okay sign it close the ball is way out and then it goes out of the back of the endzone as well and so much for that pick six and I think Wesley Woodyard was hurt going for the ball so the mistake amplified good gardeners chasing him down to the goal line [Applause] ahem obviously as quickly as we can the 20-yard line well that's one way for the wave in Sevilla close down be worse worth it now hoisting 10 swing it out to waste as we get bounced out of bounds there for a gain of about eight see if we can go back and look it right there yard tries to get it then the Ravens call my goodness comes in and tries to get it and then gets undercut so a huge mistake could become even larger [Applause] there's a nice catch made on the outside by Ed Dixon let's high ten for a first out in Paris linen in the game now for the Broncos they're down to their third middle linebacker Stuart Bradley was going to be the middle linebacker he's out with wrist surgery Wesley Woodyard out and now Paris linen 12 years me several team that's caught war take the money lose the ball as it gets to the 31 yard line flagons down aren't sure she'll over the place and a penalty marker is down back at the 32 yard line so Clark coughs it up again after a big game Webster comes up with it that was good for 28 yards and then the fumble and now the flag let's see if there's a face mask by Raheem more on the tail end of this play here he comes you know their head turns mm-hmm maybe jealous for grasping the Vice mass number 26 on the defense 15 yards from the spot of the foul first down finally something goes right for Dallas Clark tonight and the Ravens take they're going after Paris linen - that's two in a row they've gone right after him in the middle so you take an outstanding cover linebacker out of the game and this has been getting a little bit strange now still an opportunity plenty of time [Applause] good over the middle white should've dragged down from behind 13 right live by Nate Irving second down so now joe flacco goes into his version of the no-huddle here as well but with only three wide receivers out there do you really have an issue I mean as much as you wanna hustle and sick hard you know it's hard it really is and you're there's relief in sight 50 first pass of the night from flash always caught by Marlon brown but a flag is down for the moment he's into the end zone but a love a penalty hey it's offsides though on the Broncos pre-snap offside defense that penalties decline touchdown so it was going to be 49 to 17 and now all of a sudden were an extra point away from 42 to 24 more than brown one of the few times that the Ravens receivers have won the one-on-one battles tonight takes advantage and here's the mistake I mean it just can't get any sillier than that nope that would have been a 32-point lead with 11 minutes to go I'm telling you if I were a head coach in the National Football League I'd say listen guys your job it's not your football it's our football you go and hand the ball to an official it's just ridiculous to make that kind of mistake [Applause] of Barry Sanderson everybody the letter act like you've been there before extra point is good by Tucker 42 to 24 Ravens still alive beginning this Monday right here on NBC lions the billion second quiz you can win the biggest prize in game show history premiering Monday night baby student and facility shot we went to break with Jack Del Rio really getting on to rape and we had salted the game away and then drops the ball to one yard line next thing you know the Ravens go 80 yard these are still alive this exactly ten and a half to go in the fourth order on opening night Peyton Manning over the time he is done he's gonna have just about everything 23rd game for more TV passage seven games five or more 60p passes in the game that's a Broncos record and if you're wondering about the NFL record it is seven OMA five different quarterbacks most recently Joe Kapp did it in 1969 and the ball Austin Monta ball in a situation where Payton now might take some time off to clock and we go to Michelle well an update on Wesley Woodyard he is questionable with a right ankle but you know I watched him getting taped up on the table the training table and he gave me a thumbs up and smiled he seems to be fine he was running around in the field cutting getting a feel for how that ankle felt giving everyone high-fives I would be surprised if he didn't return but he's officially questionable hey Thank You Michelle and he has some extra time to get ready for the next game because it won't be until a week from Sunday when they take on the Giants in the middle one second a patience part of the news the clock responses to the so ball has a chance now to emerge but for the moment he's the rookie you got Hillman his second year that Knowshon Moreno McGehee is God they like him a lot work worship Wisconsin sooner or later he'll be the ace back yeah and I think as soon as he learns the protections the most important thing in this offense is protecting Peyton Manning and that's always the thing that rookies you struggle with trying to figure out who to block but now that they're in this one mode at least temporarily here he's in the game threatening one three and out with three runs yes with a low tonight I will clearly Payton trying to milk the clock but it's hard to milk it too much sweeter three and out I don't know about all this here's a low D nada right here you're gonna start trying to run on this team and don't forget now the Ravens defense got a much-needed rest during that drive by their offense and they come out and Payton goes three straight runs we saw that a little bit at the end of the playoff game a year ago and it didn't work out so well then either Britton Colquitt sending it down to more Darius Webb then has to back up 18 yard line what's in fact we tackle at the 31 with Olli to play fourth you go back to the injuries tonight for the Ravens just as Jones calling for the fair catch getting one in Dubai his own man then you got or the right tackle getting rolled up on by his own man beyond this and he's out they've had the rookie Rick Wagner in there and now the Baltimore Ravens wood yard is back in the game for Athens in the game [Applause] you have to see where he is five yard line Dallas Clark they pull the one this game that would be that would be the all-time capper that would be decathlon they'd never recover around here and it looks like remember he is the signal caller he is the quarterback out there on the defense so but it looks like maybe they might be going into a little bit more zone thinking see if that continues halfway through the fourth quarter the safety valve is pierced but it's behind him and upcoming a third down in 6b pretty good work in this game out of Robert Ayers he has one sack already where's my document and no Von Miller other guys are going to have to step up that time got good pressure with a bull rush against Bryant McKinney who needs to be big flacco airing it out bam--it's one-handed and caught by Corey Schmidt on a big third down conversion all the way down to the Denver 29 yard line 34 yards over Tony Carter on Flacco's 54th pass of the game today I thought this was passing her parents see it yeah Carter gets his hand in there before that ball ever arrives that should have been pass interference anyway but a tremendous catch by Torrey Smith [Applause] one two seven they're going their chief tackle he's gonna get the first down when we first met inside the 20-yard line and all of a sudden now it's starting to work the other way as they work inside on the Broncos linebackers this has taken a really interesting twist here our one touchdown away from it being a 1 touchdown game they look like it was way over six and a half when we 18 yard line and set up a screen in the water with a lot of traffic over the middle where I she intended to receive it'll be second down in ten I think I'll redo my math right it would be a touchdown a conversion and a field goal to it when you were in one of those things one of those two things is the case here well that's Keeseville no no there to go [Applause] second and third and the sideline there we're here ice down the sidelines at the pass is incomplete and be third down and really nice job by Shawn Phillips out here they had a pic they were going to pick him and send rice down the boundary he was able to split past the pic and stay in coverage that's a big-time play by a veteran player third and ten flacco is flush caught deletes to the 12-yard line now you've got a fourth down it's a three-possession game if you kick a field goal at least to make it a two-possession game so what does hardball want to do here for it and for I think you go for it probably because the assumption that peyton manning is not going to go the other way you probably you're even starting to think about onside kicks inside way at some point working for he had a player in limbo week gents and was trying to get off the field and really that was an opportunity if Flacco could have somehow snapped that ball he would have had him all sides and that his first down right [Applause] what's the play of the night well a lot of plays of the night but the one that will wrap this up and send everybody to the parking lot this would be touchdown on the fix it by Trevathan dropping the ball bounces out of the end zone in a 32-point lead Ravens get into 20 go 80 yards have it back now and trying to make it an 11-point game and now the field goal you that's going to come since interesting Denver took the time out and maybe under hard Wars going through he go through the man he still you need two touchdowns in a field goal and the two-point conversion clone in the tie the game she's gonna need a field goal at some point anyway any fingers okay maybe here maybe he's saying I'm gonna have to recover to onside kicks to win the thing anyway so why not yep you see both sides of this temp is good so now it is a 15 point game with 529 remaining in the fourth we will be going to North Texas on something like the Giants against the Dallas Cowboys America's Team of the Week Darren everyone will get us started football that America will employ at 7:00 Eastern Time when he finished last year at the end of winning it final I love the sea well you know we've done a lot of Giants talents games through the years and it's always been me the Giants and the Cowboys it just singes a rivalry and what we'll see if Dallas can finally knock him off at home a lot of optimism in Dallas they've been singing a good tune down there feeling like they've got something going so no better way to find out than against the New York Giants should have we understand about a hundred thousand people on hand into the newly named AT&T Stadium which is of course the most magnificent place I've seen it's enrolled there it really is gonna be a little warm down there - I know Michele Tafoya is looking forward to that oh yeah Ann's team is out anticipating the the onside kick here off the foot of Tucker I'll tell ya I always thought well now they've got him lined up if you have to get spread that's the new rule you can't just maul over somebody you can't do the hop it nope and kick it off for me and what they really look for right now obviously is another fast throwing out get it back and then you go for the onside kick if you you're able to score that's interesting to me because they're down to two timeouts so it's almost the case now or first down ends it I don't know yeah this is this a couple of first downs with India yeah I mean not end it end it but no I interesting to see if Peyton Manning decides a good run at three straight times again maybe he does have that kind of confidence his defense can just get it done just in short passes because you want to stay in bounds and you want that clot to keep moving yeah you had Monta ball and that almost resulted in a little bit of a disaster and the crowd doesn't like the flake woman here I'm not so sure Monta balding go to the wrong side of Peyton Manning and he kind of had to quickly shuffle around there and that was almost a disaster Monta ball at least had the presence of mind to slow down and wait for that handoff a little surprising maybe to see the rookie in there but apparently he is their runner when they get to where they're gonna try and run the football he's the guy and Manning taking the play clock all the way down to two it's dropped and that stops the clock Eric Decker couldn't hold on to it third and eight there Decker's had a rough night tonight you get the man coverage you know that they've got to come up there and play the run and this one right between the 8 and the 7 here nobody around top the touchdown pass earlier well well well a big third and 8 1 for 42 on the clock pick up the Blitz flag is thrown there's your first down the marriage Thomas the onset of the play Oh Peyton de sel the flag that would be 78 yards for the touchdown here's Pullman number six delvis Google is the guy who winds up offside and for Manning seven touchdown passes he's the sixth man in NFL history that goes seven in a game there's d'Urberville right there with his hand over the red line that is all sides and that is basically the same touchdown pass that peyton manning threw to Demaryius Thomas last year in the opener what about 80 yards with that one and that was at that time the 400th of his career on opening night last year so do or bill winds up offside Manning saying it shouldn't have been this hard [Applause] and the kick is good [Applause] 49 the 27 joke at the last with row 7 in the game back in 69 there it is the great Sid Luckman in 43 Adrian Burke to the Philadelphia in 54 the Hall of Famer George Blanda in 61 the great why a tittle for the Giants in 62 Joe Kapp to the Vikings against the Baltimore Colts in 69 and tonight Peyton on pace right now for 112 touchdown passes this year yeah what do you say the guys come out mentally directed the offense had plans in my opinion fooled the Ravens on a couple of them and has just played brilliantly you know John Elway you keep painting around long enough that we'll have no records in the book in the Bronco book [Music] it's a great night for Peyton Manning in the Broncos offense but I know there's has to be a few questions now on this remade Ravens defense as well they they'll get better you know that there were too many change for it not to have an impact against the quarterback like Peyton Manning but they're gonna have to go back to the drawing board here which is good two touchdown passes to make Demaryius two Oh little one so what's rolling for you here in the Magnificent Seven started early Thomas maybe we bit of a surprise - probably not after the way that he played in the preseason they knew what he could be probably number four on your list is Andre Paul well he got one Wes Welker your mistake got two in a row Demaryius Thomas is turn [Music] night tonight is our executive 20 yard line and rice makes the catch for gaming ships but they didn't convert all that they're done it would have been but you did and it's not very good the way you guys second and three and a side life will smith is covered by Carter and a we go down well the Baltimore Ravens Harbaugh took over this is his sixth season and they've been at or over 500 after each of the last 75 games or almost his entire head coaching career longest active streak and go back to the beginning of his it isn't rookie closing season Flacco rookie as well to own one tonight and that is dropped in the flaggers phone we've got a couple of them there is Smith gets held onto by Tony Carter well they had to take some chances in the secondary they had to place a man coverage to get at a pressure 32 defense ball be placed at the spot of the foul first down and they got away with it the the man coverage was brilliant it was better than what the Ravens were able to put out there and a guy who I think is one of the unsung heroes of this game is Dominick Rodgers Cromartie I can't remember him giving up a single play in this one so far and you can have one side of the field shut down makes it easier on the rest of the field complete impended will lead to Rogers two warning broken as the looking into a Super Bowl the Arizona Cardinals into Philadelphia and then he comes here in the big acquisition throwing at only one time tonight yeah and there's a reason for that and your coverage you're covered you start now thinking about pairing him with Champ Bailey and having the lights of Chris Harris and Tony Carter coming off the bench it's a little crazy 7:10 [Applause] take it to the 27-yard line this was a very very good defense you know a season ago ranked number two in the league and in reality when you're talking about yards per play because they had to defend so many more plays because of the no huddle offense on the other side it was the number one offense in the NFL and they have picked right up even without bond Noah third and 11 flacco good sack the ball comes loose the Ravens recovers Shawn Phillips comes in he got him earlier and gets him again but the Ravens keep possession fourth down well for Shawn Phillips his night got easier when Rick Wagner came in the game that he has shown up in a major way and if it only works for the next six games and Von Miller replaces him so be it but this has been a big night for him it's been a big night for Robert Ayers when they needed it those guys delivered and West local is back to receive the punt off the foot of Sam Cooke with two and a half to go [Applause] the holes in the rear caps with the 17-yard and so the Broncos opening on this Thursday night don't play again until a week from Sunday at the Giants Oakland comes in here than Philadelphia comes in here they go to Dallas you got Jacksonville so not a bad early season schedule I mean every coach will say every game is tough and all that but you get open Philadelphian Jacksonville the beginning of the season hello how do you think the AFC West is feeling right now after watching this at least a year ago you go Peyton's got the bad knack maybe you can't make it and we're gonna bring him back out there I'll bet you for one and let him leave the field and get a little over vation and they'll run a play that should take this to me two-minute warning good ball the line of scrimmage getting us to the two-minute mark on opening night where the Broncos had a strong third quarter got a little scary in the fourth after the Trevathan play well in hand right now 4920 show at the interview with Michelle after the game that's the that's the goal when you play on NBC Sunday Night Football you hope Michelle's talking to you that means you've worn now Peyton saying that on the Tuesday at the team facility and Michelle's already gargling getting ready for what will be the Peyton Manning interview at the end of the game like a dream come true second down and nine Monty ball pushing shoving nice job by these guys up front - we talked about it a little bit but the idea bring in Luis Vasquez in Manny Ramirez working at the center position Zane Beadles Ryan Clady Pro Bowlers on the left side Orlando Franklin did a nice job on the right side you keep Peyton Manning clean he's going to do some damage [Applause] eight plays it all the way to the end takes a timeout he wants another touchdown pass breakdown right something happening it was a little strain on them yeah [Applause] so third down and eight case is younger actually the offensive coordinator than the Payton is you know but they really had no choice because for the sake of continuity alone you know thinking how long it took to understand the mind of Peyton Manning and all the things he wants to do in this offense and he was the quarterback coach last year and you know they didn't want to start from scratch okay that was that a nice job that first down Thomas makes the dents Demaryius Thomas first down and I can run the clock all the way out the Ravens we started officially after they went to Cleveland with the we reset the franchise clock with all the records so it begins in 96 with 49 points allowed to be in the most and Ravens history so not the way you expect the defending champs they win a chance to open up but then again you run into Peyton Manning running to the Denver Broncos by three at the half and wind up winning the game 49 to 27 impressive any for John Fox maybe a chance to exhale after all the tough memories of that playoff game the entire offseason and big questions a lot of pressure on him do succeed this season off to a great start 49 27 is our final score from the Mile High City

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Published: Sat May 05 2018