Do the little things right
When the dust clears on Sunday, whether the Broncos win or lose, the topic of conversation will surround the “big” plays, those plays that generated points or occurred during the final two-minutes of the game; often, though, we’ll forget about the little plays that truly decided the outcome of the game.
A drop, a blown assignment, a miss-read; any one of those things could put the Broncos in a hole they won’t be able to climb out of.
The Broncos have to play a perfect game. Demaryius Thomas has to catch the football. Michael Schofield can’t let a free rusher take Manning’s head off. Emmanuel Sanders better not muff a kick.
Again, the Patriots won’t let an opportunity go to waste, and neither can the Broncos. Because when I talk about doing the little things right, that includes capitalizing on turnovers and field positioning, something they did not do last weekend.
If the Broncos settle for field goals early in the game, like they did versus the Chiefs and the Raiders, they’re not going to be sniffing the ocean breeze down in San Francisco; they’ll be cleaning out their lockers back at Dove Valley.
