Matt Schaub Bests Peyton Manning As Texans Top Broncos

The score shows that the Broncos had an opportunity to win the game, but simply couldn’t come up with big plays, either offensive or defensive, when they needed to.

Mile High Report, SB Nation’s Broncos blog, notes some of the missed opportunities by Denver:

The win was an important one for Houston, as it could play a role in playoff positioning later on. As things stand now, Houston already holds a two-game lead in the AFC South.

For more on the Texans, be sure to visit Battle Red Blog and SB Nation Houston. And, for additional coverage on the Broncos, head over to Mile High Report and SB Nation Denver.

Houston would bear down and salt the game away on their final possession, as Schaub hooked up with Johnson for a key first down, which allowed the Texans to run the clock down to 33 seconds before having to punt the ball back to Denver.

Fantasy Stud

In three games Jacob Tamme has caught 10 passes for 87 yards and a TD. While he may not be the kind of tight end who stretches the field, he has been the most reliable pass catching option Denver have at the position. Currently listed as ‘questionable’, we wait to see his status moving forward.

Kickoff is scheduled for 3:25 p.m. CT at Sports Authority Field at Mile High, and the game will be televised on CBS.

For more on the Texans, do visit Battle Red Blog, and for coverage of the Broncos, check out Mile High Report.

There have been lots of ups and downs since Manning had neck surgery last spring. The funny part is how we’ve gone through the ups and downs, even though we weren’t able to see Manning throw. Or doctors. Or even that certain we remember how hard Peyton used to throw the ball.

But that’s what we’ve done, and that’s what “Bomani & Jones” will discuss. It’s a post-surgical timeline of No. 18’s football career...even though he’s only played two football games. But don’t worry -- we jump to reach lots of conclusions.

Peyton Manning’s weak Monday Night performance has changed some opinions on where the Denver Broncos fit in the NFL pecking order. It also has created some uncertainty for oddsmakers, whose opinions have translated into a wide range of point spreads for Denver’s Week 3 home game against the Houston Texans.

”We have one book at a PK and another holding the Texans as 3-point favorites, which is a significant disparity in opinion this late in the week,” said Jack Randall of OddsShark.com. Other shops have the Texans as 1-point road favorites, but Bovada is so far holding the line at -3 for the Texans.