Denver Finds Offense in 34-20 Victory

In a game in which Jay Cutler played near-perfect, Denver rediscovered its offense. All the team’s scores were from 40+ yards out, two of which were passes where the receiver shed his tackler and picked up the final 20 with his feet.

And it came at a crucial time in the season. If Denver would have lost last night, they would have fallen to 4-6 and playoff hopes would have begun to slip even further away, perhaps from sight.

Instead the team is now 5-5 and tied with San Diego at the top of the AFC West, which is important because it looks very doubtful we’ll see a Wild Card team emerge from the division weakened by injuries and questionable coaching.

But this win was important for another reason: it’s one of Denver’s few truly convincing wins of the season. Most, if not all, of the other wins resulted because of a lack of talent on the opposing side of the ball or last second field goals. But in Sunday’s game, Denver outplayed the (now 6-4) Tennessee Titans because they needed to.

As Steve Young pointed out in the pregame last night, somebody has to win the AFC West, and at this point it appears the Chargers don’t want to win. Why not watch the Broncos take it?