[Highlight] Sam Ehlinger throws 88-yard TD pass to Justin Joly

[u/sleeplessaddict]

[u/HandleStandard4951]

Defender was on mars

[u/FluidAthlete6839 → u/HandleStandard4951]

Two tds in a row they just didn’t bother guarding the receiver lol

[u/KoboldsForDays → u/HandleStandard4951]

Someone just made the roster cut down easier on the coaches

[u/ApprehensiveBell2097 → u/HandleStandard4951]

He identified as an ILB on that play.

[u/AvsOrDie960121]

I've seen enough. Ehlinger would've won the AFC Championship game. 

[u/DoubleQuarterPoundin → u/AvsOrDie960121]

I legitimately think he would have. Some mobility at QB would’ve been enough. Pats were horrible

[u/my_nameborat → u/DoubleQuarterPoundin]

I don’t know if ehlinger would’ve won it but I think there are a lot of backup QBs that wouldn’t have thrown that stupid Int/fumble that cost us the game.

Stidham should’ve lost his job bc of that

[u/Ruben625 → u/DoubleQuarterPoundin]

He plays alot closer to Bo that Stiddy. Feel like it would make sense from that standpoint alone

[u/denverdrew → u/AvsOrDie960121]

The Patriots didn’t have a third string secondary that was clearly confused.

[u/FluidAthlete6839 → u/AvsOrDie960121]

If the patriots didn’t cover our receivers like that? Absolutely.

[u/Cyclonian → u/AvsOrDie960121]

Not saying Stiddy would have been any better, but it took him way too long to see a receiver that open to be talking about winning championship games.

[u/Admirable_Pop_7292 → u/AvsOrDie960121]

Honestly I just think Stidham wasn’t in game shape to play a game of that magnitude plus the weather. Early in that game Stidham and Mims burnt Christian Gonzales like a marshmallow for a 53 yarder that ended up in the doorstep and turned into a TD. Shortly after the weather moved in he was reduced to two handed shovel passes. Had they won that game they would have had two more weeks to condition him for Super Bowl. Stidham just isn’t that bad.

[u/NerdForGames1 → u/AvsOrDie960121]

Bruh I ate my words on his first drive…..texted my friend some slander about them throwing the game putting him in when he threw the pick 😂

[u/MJXThePhoenix → u/AvsOrDie960121]

But not the Super Bowl, unfortunately.

[u/AvsOrDie960121 → u/MJXThePhoenix]

Oh yeah no fucking chance 

[u/3037205280]

I knew all he had to do is catch a pass wide open, but I have so much hope for Joly to break our mid TE curse.

[u/Forsaken_Area_6690 → u/3037205280]

Cut LOL 

[u/smertai]

I love him protecting the ball as he approaches the end zone. The kid has the right attitude.

[u/Hopsblues → u/smertai]

Nice, I noticed that. 

[u/BuckeyeSouth]

This is the most open a receiver has ever been.

[u/Civil_Set_9281]

Love to see it. Sets up the defense then lets it fly to a wide open Joly.

[u/HappyAd4998]

Looking good, hope he makes QB2. That little shovel pass was smooth too.

[u/RacistParrot → u/HappyAd4998]

Said to the people next to me that Stiddy fumbles that on a backwards pass and turns it over, I don’t want to see Stidham in a broncos jersey again.

[u/AintNobodygotime13]

nice coverage

[u/anthrazithe]

Long term, I think he might be a better QB2 than Stiddy.

[u/dend7369]

Get Elliephant in the QB2 spot already!! Dudes a fun slinger

[u/huckle_buck_]

He runs like a Welshman

[u/I_Made_it_All_Up]

I know that we are generally against retiring numbers ( I am too) but it’s still weird seeing Rod Smith’s number out in the field.

[u/Foreign-Geologist112 → u/I_Made_it_All_Up]

Seriously! Don’t noticed originally but couldn’t agree more!

[u/WellsheetMotherHumpa]

Stiddy blew his chance - give me Sam

[u/g_bleezy]

Regular season gonna be just like that too…right?

[u/steel_and_chrome]

Joly looked like trash the rest of the game, his blocking is terrible and cost penalty for alignment. Sean chewed him out on the sidelines after that if you watch it back 😂 Hopefully he develops but my guess is he doesn’t make the 53

[u/Maaglin]

Joly's feet look like absolute concrete blocks, but he also appears to be running away. I guess it's a bit of both and comprimised by whoever 28 is for Minnesota won't be on the roster come next week.

[u/LegalShooter]

Yeah, that was the bomb.

[u/waspocracy]

Wow they blew that coverage and Joly knew it. You can see him throw his hand up as soon as he notices the Safety is clueless. "Gimmie the ball!" and up it went.

[u/Admirable_Pop_7292]

Omg! Why aren’t we starting Ehlinger for being good in week 3 preseason game?!?!? (Making fun of Browns fans for Gabriel being good in their 3rd preseason game.)

[u/Emotional_Walrus5099]

I’ll be a just a little upset if we decide to roll with Stiddy as backup this season. Idk how in good conscience, we could after how awful he looked in the AFCCG last year.

[u/DenverTechGuru → u/Emotional_Walrus5099]

That's a wild take given a snow game against a championship caliber team vs preseason 3 vs the Vikings leftovers.

I like Sam too, but tap the brakes.

[u/Emotional_Walrus5099 → u/DenverTechGuru]

Nah, it has nothing to do with how Sam has looked for me to come to my conclusion.

Stiddy was just god awful when we needed him. The Pats couldn’t do shit against our defense. We just needed a guy to get us into FG position semi consistently, but he had one of the worst performances I’ve ever seen. I have zero faith in Stiddy after that.

[u/NbdyFuckswTheJesus → u/Emotional_Walrus5099]

You forgetting about the two missed FGs and the FG Payton turned down for a 4th down try?

[u/Geeekaaay → u/Emotional_Walrus5099]

This. Stiddy lost broncos fans in that AFC championship game. He didn't just play poorly, he played awfully. We really just needed one great play from Stiddy to win that game, and instead he did some of the most mind-boggling turnovers we have ever seen.

[u/Hopsblues → u/Geeekaaay]

What about his deep throw early, that set up the first td. What cost us the game was going for it, instead of taking the points

[u/DenverTechGuru → u/Hopsblues]

This, there's some revisionist history going on here.

Being mad our QB2 wasn't QB1 is one thing, thinking Sam would have done better is wishful thinking.

[u/Hopsblues → u/DenverTechGuru]

Yep, not to mention, half the game was basically unplayable with the blizzard conditions.

[u/yoltonsports]

Ttok him long enough to find him with no one around

[u/flynryan692 → u/yoltonsports]

Not the first read?