Unbelievable!!!!!!! I'm not going to lie to you & say that I knew the Broncos were going to win,I HOPED that they would win. Congrats to the Broncos & Brock Osweiler.
Good win for Denver.
What a masterful job by the Pats managing the clock at both ends of the half's.
I'd also like to commend the officiating crew for calling an excellent game.
Good news is that they seemed to have dodged bullets with both Gronkowski and Hightower. It's being reported Gronk has a bone bruise and Hightower a sprained MCL.
I still think if they get those 2, plus Edelman, Amendola and Collins healthy by playoff time I see no reason why they can't go back to the Superbowl.
Call it sour grapes if you want, but the Pats got absolutely hosed by the refs last night- on both calls made against them and for all the times the Broncos were obviously holding with no call. They lost 2 Super Bowls to the Giants in heart breaking fashion (including an undefeated season), but I've always maintained they lost both of those fair and square. Last night was an out and out abomination by the refs. Other than the terrible officiating, I thought the Patriots lost this game when Hightower got hurt. They were dominating defensively up until that point. Also, the muffed punt was a huge turning point. And yeah, WTF was up with the Pats play calling at the end of the first half?!! So un-Patriot like.
Such GREAT news about Gronk and Hightower. Fast forward to Jan. 4..........14-2 or 13-3 first round bye and Gronk, Edelman, Amendola, Collins and Hightower all healthy.........I'll take my chances