Fast start gives way to long day of mistakes in Broncos’ 27-14 loss to Ravens The scoreboard read Ravens 27 Cheap Emmanuel Sanders Jersey , Broncos 14.But it could just have easily read Broncos 20, Broncos 14.That’s because when you give up 120 yards on penalties to a home team with a streaky but explosive offense - especially with a short field to boot - you might as well just hand over the points too.“A lot of the penalties really were guys losing their composure. You’re playing a tough Baltimore team on the road, and you have 13 penalties for 120 yards, and it really honestly cost us 20 points out there,” coach Vance Joseph said. “So, that obviously killed us today.”It was a common sentiment across the locker room.But even if you erased those 20 points after penalties that cost Broncos their chance to score, it’s still just a 14-7 Broncos’ lead against what was supposedly a depleted Ravens’ defense - which is not going to cut it down the stretch.With three sacks and one interception among his stats, Case Keenum did not look like the rally QB he showed last week.And he knows it.“I’ve got to do a better job at getting the ball out at the correct time and to the correct receivers,” Keenum said. “It was a lot of things for us today. I missed some guys when they were open, and it seemed to me we had a lot of tipped balls.”That wasn’t exactly owning up to his mistakes in the game, but in his defense, Keenum was hit nine times in addition to the three sacks, so it was definitely a frustrating day for the signal caller.Veldheer knows that the offensive line can do better and that there will be plenty of “learning opportunities” on the film.“I know some technique stuff on my part wasn’t clean,” he acknowledged. “And I think there were just a whole ton of opportunities to get better. We’re a good team, we’re going to take those opportunities to heart and improve on them.”Demaryius Thomas, who caught all five of his passes for 63 yards, tipped his hat to the Ravens for a good game plan and good execution.“The main thing is, of course, taking care of the ball,” Thomas said. “As an offense, we needed to do better at it. When the defense gets us the ball, we’ve got to do more with it and get points on the board.”Perhaps the most frustrating part for fans was that the Broncos came out on fire to start their first road test - a blocked punt by Joe Jones set up a first-and-goal that Royce Freeman took advantage of to put the Broncos on the board first.But then a 37-yard Ravens’ return on the following kickoff, capped with a 15-yard penalty, put the Ravens offense two yards into the Broncos’ field. Two plays in, Joe Flacco hit tight end Mark Andrews for a 30-yard play that moved Baltimore into the red zone and ultimately the end zone with a six-yard touchdown from Alex Collins.The Broncos’ offense responded with an eight-play, eight-minute drive and a rushing touchdown from Emmanuel Sanders that seemingly had the Broncos humming.The defense couldn’t keep Flacco and his offense from driving, but they did hold the Ravens to just a field goal, maintaining their lead.Trading a couple of drives with punts http://www.broncoscheapauthenticstore.com/bradley-roby-jersey-cheap , the Broncos’ defense seemed to have some momentum in pressuring Flacco and stopping the run. But the next drive, Flacco connected with Michael Crabtree and Javorius Allen down the field and into the end zone for an easy TD to take the lead.And then the wheels came off for the Broncos.Keenum threw short passes and an incomplete to force a three-and-out, and on the following Ravens’ drive, a blocked field goal attempt by Justin Simmons that was picked up and returned for a touchdown by Chris Harris Jr. was called back thanks to a phantom block above the waist call against Billy Turner.Although the Broncos got the ball back, a strip sack of Keenum two plays later ended in a dog pile of players fighting to get the ball.Refs thought running back Phillip Lindsay was throwing punches in the pile and ejected the rookie from the game.It was bogus in my opinion, but it was the beginning of the end, and Lindsay was one of the few players to take real ownership of his play on Sunday in the midst of the loss.“I feel horrible. I feel horrible because I wasn’t out there for my team, and that’s my fault. I definitely feel like I let my team down today,” said Lindsay who had racked up a five-yard per carry average on four touches before leaving the game midway through the second quarter. “[The coaches] told me, ‘I am a rookie and I need to understand that it’s bigger than myself.’ It’s true.”While the players were already talking about “learning from mistakes” and getting ready to beat the 3-0 Chiefs at home next Monday night, Sanders had a more sober reaction.Basically Broncos better get better or forget about 2018.“We blew it. Plain and simple. We blew it. A lot of penalties we can’t have. At the end of the day, we lost one game after winning the first two. We get back to work, that’s all we can do,” he said. “If we don’t grow from it, the same thing is going to happen over and over. We have to learn from our mistakes. We have guys in here that can do that, and we have guys here that will hold guys accountable in making sure that won’t happen again.” Phillip Lindsay’s got jokes.The Broncos’ undrafted running back - who was just trying to make the team back in the summer - has a plan for all those people who invite college players to the annual Combine in February.”I’m going to get them some cute little shorts, some weights, hopefully they get in shape,” he said. “I’m going to give them a couple months and then send invites out.’’But if they want a Pro Bowl vote, they’re going to have to get it the old fashioned way - they’ll have to eeeaaaarn it.Just like Lindsay did.“No, they’re not getting into the Pro Bowl,” he said, laughing. “They’ve got to go to the Combine first.”But as Broncos fans know, it is no joke that Lindsay is the first offensive undrafted rookie in NFL history to be voted into the Pro Bowl. And he definitely knows it.He has earned every inch of his 991 yards rushing and 10 total touchdowns along with an impressive 5.4 yards per carry average.So even if no coaches or GMs thought the “little” running back out of Colorado was good enough to get even a late-round draft pick (despite being faster than even first-round draft pick Saquon Barkley), his peers this season - on the Broncos and across the NFL - respect his ability.Just ask the Browns’ defense that loaded the box almost the entire 60 minutes to take No. 30 out of the game plan.“A couple of the linebackers after the Browns game came up to me and said, ‘Our whole linebacker room voted for you for the Pro Bowl.’ That means a lot for people to do that for me,” Lindsay said, adding that it means the world for his teammates and peers to vote for him. “That means that they respect you Youth Adam Gotsis Jersey , and like you said, nobody knew about me about me when I first got here. Other than I was little (laughter). But yeah, it means a lot.”But more than the Pro Bowl honor, Lindsay is thinking about the upcoming game against hated rival Oakland Raiders. Neither team has offseason plans, so it will be about pride - and Lindsay has plenty of that.“Honestly, I’m thinking about getting back on track, trying to go 1-0 this game right here,” he said. “This is a big game for us. I’m just thinking about my teammates and just finishing the season out with a bang.”And hopefully getting more than nine yards over the final two games to run roughshod over the Raiders as well as the 1,000-yard season mark.“It’s mainly for our whole entire offensive line, our receivers and our quarterback. It’s an accolade that we all get to cherish,” Lindsay said. “Going over 1,000 yards and possibly breaking the record for [an undrafted rookie], it’s just a milestone that the offensive line deserves because they’ve been working.”Of course, Lindsay will be a target once again of the opposing linebackers - something he knows he’ll have to work around now that the main receiving threat in Emmanuel Sanders is not a factor.“I think for the past two games, I’ve been kind of pressing things too much. I need to relax and trust everybody and trust myself,” he said, adding that it’s no easy task. “Running away from those dudes that are 240 pounds is not easy. But it’s something that you know, in order for your team to win, you’ve got to do ...If you’re a good running back, if you’re a good team, you can find ways to do that. That’s what I have to do, that’s what the offense has to do. We know that, and we’re going to continue to work on that.”He has two more games before it’s time to get excited about the Pro Bowl, but in the meantime, he’ll be grateful for the honor.“I was excited, Coach Vance and Coach Modkins called me, and it was a little emotional,” he said. “At one point http://www.broncoscheapauthenticstore.com/brandon-mcmanus-jersey-cheap , I was just trying to make the team. I was hoping to do some [gunner] reps, some kick return and hopefully catch some balls at punt return. When they gave me the news that I was going to the Pro Bowl, it was just a real emotional moment.”And he still has jokes. After learning that John Elway said he’d “love to have 53 Phillip Lindsays,” No. 30 had some thoughts.“It’s an honor to have him say that about me. If you have 53 Phillip Lindsays, then the locker room is going to look good. Like, we’re going to look good. 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