Originally Posted by
billysink
In no paritcular order.......
Dallas +7.5 -113
We are finally going to get to see what Manning and Denver does on the road against some decent competition. I can preface what I say with my thought that Peyton is one of my favorite players and I don't really think that way. What he has done to come back as good as he has is one of the greatest accomplishments ever in my mind. Denver and Manning however are going to face a real good pass rush on the road for the first time this year. They have played only one road test against the Giants and they flat out suck. Folks here are quick to forget the absence of Ryan Clady and that Manny Ramirez had not started a game at center until this year. This is Denver's first road tilt without Clady and it comes against the complex pass rush scheme that Dallas employs. I get that Manning does not take many hits but Dallas may force him to release to a check much earlier than he has had to so far. Hopefully Morris Claiborne does not start at right corner this week and Orlando Scandrick draws Welker. He has played well against him in the past when Welker was a Patriot.
On defense I see cracks in the armor of the Denver secondary, a unit which is the weakness on the team so far and needs Champ back in the fold. Granted most teams have been forced to throw a lot into prevent which will make it look worse on paper. Again lets see what they do in a true road test. Romo has played pretty well this year and the O-line quite well in both push and protection overall.
As mentioned the only road game this year for Denver has been against the NY Giants, a game in which the Giants had a whopping 10 first downs by penalty. The aura built by the Bronco team and Manning has been built on home games against less than stellar competition. I think they are a real good team none the less but this is a road game against better and I get a half point to cover a TD. That tick may fall off the horse pretty soon as it is now -120
Banker, who is one of my more read guys here favors the over here rather than side. I can see it for sure but the old school guy I am cannot bring myself to play anything over 50. That number has crept up over the years but I still gotta cap it somewhere.