Broncos' Second Half Surge propels them over Colts

The Denver Broncos traveled to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis to take on the Colts. Both teams are only playing for pride at this point as they are both eliminated from the playoff race. Jacoby Brissett has done well filling in for the injured Andrew Luck. The Broncos have been unstable at quarterback this season and have Trevor Siemian at the helm but the defense is coming off a shutout of the Jets. Who would come out on top in this Thursday night matchup? Let's get into the game! The Broncos would start with the ball and would face a third and 4 and Trevor Siemian would find Emmanuel Sanders for seven yards. On a second and 8, CJ Anderson would go for 14 yards but on second and 9, Siemian's pass would be picked off by Moore and returned to midfield for the Colts. The Colts would capitalize with a seven play drive that ended with a Jacoby Brissett seven yard touchdown run for a 7-0 Indianapolis lead. The Broncos would answer with a 12 play drive that would unfortunately end with a missed field goal by Brandon McManus from 40 yards out. The next Colts possession would end with a punt as the first quarter came to an end. then the Broncos would go three and out on their next drive. The Colts would go on a 10 play drive that ended with a 45 yard field goal by Adam Vinatieri for a 10-0 lead. The Broncos would answer however with an 11 play drive with Brock Osweiler going 18 yards for a touchdown to cut the lead to 10-7. Both teams would get a chance to score before halftime and neither would capitalize as we headed to halftime with the Colts leading 10-7. The Colts would start with the ball and go on a 12 play drive that ended with a 39 yard field goal by Vinatieri for a 13-7 Indianapolis lead. The Broncos would answer with a nine play drive ending with Brock Osweiler who came in after an injury to Siemian in the first half, threw a touchdown pass to Cody Latimer from 22 yards out for a 14-13 Broncos lead. The Colts would go three and out on their next possession and the Broncos would capitalize with a three play drive that ended with Osweiler going to Jeff Heuerman from 54 yards out and the two point conversion from Osweiler to Latimer would make it 22-13. The Colts would have to punt on their next possession as the third quarter came to an end. The Broncos would go on a long 16 play drive that ended with a 40 yard field by McManus to make the lead 25-13. The Colts would try to get back into it and would face a third and 6 and Brissett would go to Doyle for seven yards. They would face a fourth and 1 at their own 45 yard line and Brissett's pass would fall incomplete and the Broncos would run out the clock and the Colts would take a knee on the final play as the Broncos took down the Colts 25-13.