Island Casino Monday Night football

The Colorado area is enjoying one its biggest sports victories since the days of John Elway.  The Rockies are in the World Series, and the Broncos just beat the Pittsburgh Steelers with a Jason Elam field goal as time expired.  That was a victory most NFL pundits didn’t expect the Broncos could get, much like the task the Rockies find themselves in against the Boston Red Sox.

Leading the Broncos in a fairly productive manner is quarterback Jay Cutler.  Cutler has been often been predicted as one of the next great quarterbacks, yet as of right now he is playing a fairly safe role as he still gets acclimated to the NFL.  This season he has thrown for seven touchdowns and eight interceptions.  Despite having more interceptions then touchdowns he has a very accurate arm, completing 66.3 percent of his passes.  Most of the time Cutler has been handing the ball off to Travis Henry.  Henry has only scored one touchdown, but he is averaging 4.6 yards per carry, among the best in the league. 

The Green Bay Packers will be coming off a bye week.  They are led by the all-time touchdown, and interception leader, Brett Favre.  Both of those records are expected, as his fearless attitude has allowed him to make plays hardly anyone else could, but at the same time sometimes make some bonehead decisions that have caused turnovers.  Still, there is nobody else the Packers would rather have a quarterback leading this young squad into a promise land they have never seen before.  Among those youngsters is running back DeShawn Wynn.  After having a running back by committee approach early in the year, it appears Wynn has the position locked down, after averaging 4.1 yards per carry and scoring four touchdowns in the first six games of the season.  One of Favre’s veterans is receiver Donald Driver, who is enjoying a very productive year that puts him at 36 catches, 11.4 yards per catch, and two touchdowns.  Green Bay has been in a bunch of close games, but if they hadn’t given up a lead to the Bears two weeks ago they could possibly be undefeated.  The defense is playing better then expected, and is riding on the wings of A.J. Hawk.  Hawk is a playmaker that is always close to the ball.

The Broncos are always a tough game, despite being only 3 and 3 this season.  Their coaching staff always seems to make necessary adjustments as the game goes on to keep it close.  Many believe that the Packers are the beneficiaries of an easy schedule up until this point, and that is the reason for the good record.  The Schedule will get tougher for the Packers from here on out, starting with the Broncos.  The Broncos are generally a pretty tough team to play at home, and are playing well as the victory at Pittsburgh, in Pittsburgh, would tell us.  With that, I think the Packers have just the right combination of offensive firepower and defense to slow down Denver in this one.  I can’t imagine this one being anything like a close game, something the Packers are used to.  In a fairly low scoring affair, I take the Packers 17-14.