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OS Vets Week 10: DEN @ KC Wrapup 
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 12:30 AM.
Tim Terrific, Defense Dominant as Broncos Shut Down Chiefs 22-9


Tebow aims high just before releasing a deep ball to Brandon Lloyd.

This is what Broncos fans have been waiting for - the chance for Tim Tebow to take the reins in Denver, and so far he hasn't disappointed. Tebow led the Broncos passing attack and the defense did their part in a 22-9 victory against bitter rival Kansas City. Tebow improves to 2-0 since taking over as the starting QB for Kyle Orton in week 9.

Tebow went 12-20 for 204 yards throwing just one interception and, for the most part, showing why the Broncos drafted him with a taste of the future. Tebow looked calm in the pocket with the line doing a decent job of protecting him against a heavy KC pass rush. The rush was coming on early downs as the Chiefs clearly came out with a gameplan to shut down Knowshon Moreno (24 carries, 56 yards and a TD). In the 3rd quarter, Tebow broke through in a big way by hitting reciever Brandon Lloyd for a 58 yard completion, putting the ball in a perfect spot behind CB Brandon Flowers. That set up Denver's only offensive TD, a 6 yard run by Knowshon Moreno.

Defensively the Broncos played bend but don't break style defense, allowing the Chiefs to cross midfield a few times but then locked down Matt Cassel and Jamaal Chambers. Similar to the Chiefs defensive gameplan, they looked to shut down Charles on the run and force Cassel to beat them. Cassel (7-19, 129 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT) was faced with heavy pressure for most of the game, the majority of which came from LE Jason Hunter, who recorded 4 tackles with three of them sacks. When Cassel did have time he rushed a few throws, one of which was taken back for a TD by recent trade acquisition CB Brian Williams. Steve Breaston led the Chiefs receiving attack, hauling in 3 catches for 82 yards.

Denver climbs back to 1 game under .500 with the huge win, leads the AFC West pending the result of the Raiders-Chargers game this week, and prepares to head back to Mile High to face the 2-6 Jets. Kansas City (3-6) goes on the road to take on New England.

Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs
Oct 21, 20111ST2ND3RD4THSCORE
Denver Broncos (3-5)3107222
Kansas City Chiefs (3-5)00279
Team Stats Comparison
DENKAN
Total Offense254220
Rushing Yards69121
Passing Yards18599
First Downs1213
Punt Return Yards1123
Kick Return Yards3099
Total Yards295342
Turnovers12
3rd Down Converstion5-120-7
4th Down Conversion0-10-1
2-Point Conversion
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals1/01/0
Penalties01-5
Posession Time22:4917:11
Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORINGDENKAN
3:01(DEN) M. Prater, 55 Yd FG30
SECOND QUARTER SCORINGDENKAN
5:04(DEN) M. Prater, 38 Yd FG60
6:47(DEN) B Williams, returned INT 46 Yds130
THIRD QUARTER SCORINGDENKAN
3:27(DEN) K. Moreno, 4 Yd Run200
6:47(DEN) Team Safety202
FOURTH QUARTER SCORINGDENKAN
3:04(KAN) Team Safety222
0:10(KAN) J Charles 7 Yd Pass from M. Cassel229
Denver Broncos
PASSINGC/AYDSTDINT
Tim Tebow12-2020411
RUSHINGATTYDSAVGTD
Knowshon Moreno24561
RECEIVINGRECYDSAVGTD
Brandon Lloyd2710
Eddie Royal2460
Daniel Fells3390
Knowshon Moreno3380
Jerome Simpson1100
DEFENSETACKSACKINTTD
Brian Williams0011
Jason Hunter3300
Ty Warren1100
DJ Williams3100
Von Miller4000
Quinton Carter3000
KICKINGFGXPPTSLONG
Matt Prater2/22/2855
PUNTINGNOYDSAVGIN20
Britton Colquitt3361
KICK RETURNRETYDSAVGTD
Eddie Royal2140
Jerome Simpson120
PUNT RETURNRETYDSAVGTD
Eddie Royal111110
Kansas City Chiefs
PASSINGC/AYDSTDINT
Matt Cassel7-1912911
RUSHINGATTYDSAVGTD
Jamaal Charles14520
Dexter McCluster3310
Matt Cassel2250
RECEIVINGRECYDSAVGTD
Steve Breaston3820
Dwyane Bowe2220
Tony Moeaki1180
Jamaal Charles171
DEFENSETACKSACKINTTD
Derrick Johnson8210
Tyson Jackson3000
Glenn Dorsey3000
KICKINGFGXPPTSLONG
Ryan Succop0/01/11
PUNTINGNOYDSAVGIN20
Dustin Colquitt6434
KICK RETURNRETYDSAVGTD
Javier Arenas2220
Dexter McCluster1210
Steve Breaston2170
PUNT RETURNRETYDSAVGTD
Javier Arenas1230
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