Broncos Win! Refs Cause Controversy in 39-38 Victory over Chargers

all i know is the refs should be fined for bad calls and do what ever it takes to make the correct call.

last weeks game against carolina was a good game yeah we lost but atleast there were no bullshit calls like this week against the broncos we got robbed for this game. any one who really paid attention to the game would agree!

mike, i know you like your whine in SD, but maybe you should have asked your defense to show up for today’s game.

What a great game! Way to go Mike Shanahan on the two point call!! I was so glad you didnt just try to tie it up!! Big Balls!! The charges played good but the Broncos prevail!! Very glad to see them 2-0!

We got robbed, plain and simple! Bad calls in the First and Fourth, both resulting in a TD for the Bronocs. Game would have been decidedly different if those calls were reversed. T-Money, you are OUT OF YOUR GOD DAMN mind if you think they stripped the ball before he was done! EVERYONE, even the announcers of the game said he was done… Funny how the relplay machine was broken during this crucial play.. I have NEVER seen that happen, but it happens in Denver when it benefited them. A fluke I’m sure, but I am still VERY pissed at these calls! Fourth quarter fumble was a fumble, 100% He wasn’t even beginning his back-motion yet, he lost GOING UP and they call it a incomplete! What an incompetent call!

Now, I will say, our defense played like COMPLETE ass in the first half, Cromartie created WAY to many penatlties resulting in First downs for the Broncos, so I give them that. We kicked their asses in the second half, Sproles was on fire and did a good job standing in for LT.

And congrats to Marshal on a fantastic game and breaking the team record for receptions. He just might be able to get 140+ for the season if he keeps playing like he did today.

We got robbed, thats a fact. But in the last 3 years, we have lost WAY to many games by less then 3 points, and we suck in clutch situations. I’ve been to their practices, training camp is literally 5 minutes away from my me off the 15 and they do NOT do enough 2 min drills, no where near enough and it shows big time!

Denver, we got robbed, but gg nonetheless.

to troyn, the SD defense did not show up today as it should, so what does it say about the broncos winning by a couple of bad calls that gave the 15 points. To Dave Moore if the last bad call didn’t happen with less than 2 min. left in the game who knows……what did happen is that it took a good football game between 2 rivals that I was enjoying, and turned it into a win for the Broncos that many will feel was undeserved. Too bad.

The Chargers got SCREWED — no doubt. This game is an embarrassment to the NFL. This is a 2-game swing in the division that is already going to be pretty close. Enjoy it while you can donkey fans, payback is coming…

scoreboard baby!!

are you kidding me E. Halsey Miles?? Thats why they have challenges and official review… so they can look at it frame by frame.

T-Money, you sound like the type of person who would cheat to win a game!

Not a catch? WTF are you smoking? I want some! Announcers, reviewers, everyone saw he had full possession! And even if it wasn’t, Refs still gave the Broncos 15 pts, so we STILL would have won that game!

uhh we won, period. Our defense played bad, our offense is awesome, and not Rivers actually has something to cry about. Besides come off the so-called bad cal from the first quarter; it was a simultaneous catch and not a play that can be overturned. Even with replay the result of the play would have stood.

I find it interesting that the Charger fans fail to see the bad calls that went against the Broncos — like the pass interference that happened in the first half. Even the announcers said that wasn’t called. There were a couple others. Any bad call can change the direction of the game completely. If we got everything called correctly on our side — we may have been up even more in the first half! Of course, the Charger fans only focus on certain calls….

Play was missed ref blew the whistle play stopped on the whistle.
Result was a dead ball booth review would not over rule whistle.
SD was robbed and the Broncos won. Benn a bronco fan for 40 years and sad way to win a game. Would hate to see SD knocked out by 1 game.

Typical broncos, get a lead play not to lose and depend on a very poor secondary. Broncos need to clean house and get some secondary player that can cover and tackle. Special team could also be overhauled.

Typical Broncos,get a lead and think the D can hold anyone. USC can beat this poor secondary. Get some players to replace this poor group.
Try somethig new like keep pounding teams and not try to let the D win a game.

its pretty clear that the chargers should have won that game, whoever you are rooting for. It kind of leaves me with a sick feeling that ANY game that good ends up being decided by something so stupid. The NFL needs to take a good long look at that rule. I think that any play where there is a questionable incomplete/fumble call that the NFL should tell the refs to NEVER blow the whistle. What is instant replay in there for anyway? I dont know what ed hoculi was looking at bc not only was it a fumble, but even if it HAD beed a pass, the ball went backwards, making it a fumble. Terrible officiating, terrible rule. Any football fan should want that rule to be changed somehow, ive sen it many times before and to me it just ruins otherwise great games.

“They are who we thought they were!”

Okay, some quick analysis on this game. Charger fans, you’re right – you got screwed on a couple of bad calls. No question about it. And that sucks. But let’s put it in perspective here:

The Broncos absolutely dominated the Chargers in the first half. It wasn’t even close. And the Chargers did a great job of battling back in the second half. But great teams close out games. You let Cutler and the Broncos march down the field at the end of the game. It wasn’t the lousy ref call that lost you the game. It was the 400 yards of passing you gave up and the absolutely HORRIBLE play of Cry-martie. That guy is a JOKE. He looked as bad as Paymah did (that guy needs to be benched – just my opinion). It was also your inability to shut down the red zone (if you aren’t sure what I’m referring to, watch some game tape of last week). Get over it and move on. You have far greater issues to worry about than a couple of bad ref calls.

Um…yea..I love how the broncos fans are like well…if it wasn’t for some pass interferences that weren’t called… Um…lets review the rule book shale we? IF THE BALL IS UNCATCHABLE IT IS NOT PASS INTERFERENCE NOR IS ACCIDENTAL PASS INTERFERENCE AND WAIT THERE IS ONE MORE! OMG RIGHT! IF THE BALL IS TIPPED IT IS NOT PASS INTERFERENCE BECAUSE THE BALL HAS BEEN TOUCHED IN THE AIR =]. so broncos fans why dont u learn the rules and then tell me when there is pass interfernce…we all know you are still thinking about john elway….this is the new football… And broncos fans please get off ur knees…

well done donkeys

wow we win and were cheaters. but if the Chargers win then its because they are good??? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. we won and thats the bottomline! they scored 38, but we scored 39. end of story. thats the story of the whole Charger history. nothing but constant whining and sniveling like a bunch of bitches who need Midol for their cramps. the tide has turned in the AFC west.

Ok I’m going to settle all this. Here’s the deal.

SAN DIEGO GOT SCREWED. There is no doubt about that. Trust me, I’m a huge Broncos fan, but you can’t deny what is obivous.

But I’d like to call attention to something that I think many people are overlooking. It happens whenever a game is decided like this. I hear people saying, “If the ref hadn’t screwed up on that call we would’ve won.” Well, you’re absolutely right. The problem is, you aren’t considering the other 59 mins and 55 seconds of the game.

The Chargers also would’ve won if they had stopped us on the 5 other drives of the game where we walked down the field and put up 31 pts. If they hadn’t blown 50 other plays, they would’ve won.

See what I mean? When this happens, fans forget about the rest of the game and only focus on that one play. That’s not how it works. The same thing would hold true for Denver too. If we hadn’t let Sproles get a TD on a kickoff return. If we hadn’t let him run right through us for another one on a running play. If Bailey hadn’t blown coverage on Chambers. If we hadn’t done any of that, this play wouldn’t have mattered. IF, IF, IF.

You have to consider the entire game to make the right judgement about it. I was always taught that its how you play a game, not some idiot call the referee makes. The Chargers could’ve won the game on dozens of other plays, but blew it. We could’ve prevented all this on dozens of plays, but we blew it.

The point is, there’s just so many other factors in a game that affect the outcome. I SAY AGAIN, THE CHARGERS GOT SCREWED. I’m not denying it. But there’s just so much more that happened in this game, it’s a shame to see it come down to a play like this.

The difference in the game wasn’t some call by the referee, but rather it came on a gutsy call by Shanny to go for two. The difference was that we got two points after a TD and the Chargers got one. So we win by one. It’s that simple.

IT”S A SHAME that the Chargers lost. That’s right, I said it. It was a bad call and I understand their anger.

But the bottom line is that the Broncos came through in the end. The Chargers had two chances to stop them, but couldn’t.

THAT was the difference.