The Denver Broncos held on to earn a 19-13 win over the Baltimore Ravens Sunday in the teams’ regular-season opener.
Here’s what Broncos players have said to both local and Denver media about their victory:
BRANDON MCMANUS
On being the second player to kick two 56-yard field goals in a game:
“Obviously I don’t know those types of stats, but that’s definitely exciting. It was a great win to start the season I would say.”
On being chosen the Broncos’ kicker:
“Yeah, obviously it definitely helps to have a big leg, but I know I had to work on some accuracy in the offseason. I did that and I was happy to earn this job and show to this team that I can do this job well. It’s great to have a great game and have a team win today.”
DARIAN STEWART
On his game-winning interception:
“I saw the ball. And (David) Bruton was in position. He helped me.”
AQIB TALIB
On the Broncos’ pass-rush:
“It’s a DB’s dream to have that kind of pressure up front.”
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GARY KUBIAK
On the Broncos’ victory:
“You have to be able to win games this year.”
PEYTON MANNING
On the team’s offense:
“Everybody is looking for these summaries of our offense and our team after Week 1 and I don’t think we’re going to be able to do that. It’s Week 1. We’re a work in progress. If you need a catchy headline for your little article or whatever it is you might be doing, ‘we’re trying to get better every week.’ What’s another cliche I can think of? ‘We’re chipping away.’ Something along those lines.”
DEMARCUS WARE
On Denver’s defense:
“It’s just another day. We always talk about, from a defensive standpoint, of just being consistent. It sort of rolled over form the preseason to the season and that’s what it’s about.”
CHRIS HARRIS
On Aqib Talib’s pick-six:
“Some games, Peyton needs a boost, so that’s what we had to do. We had to give him that little boost and then usually everything turns around. That was a great play by Talib and was really a game-changing play.”
EMMANUEL SANDERS
On the deep balls:
“It is just an adjustment that we have to make, but at the same time when we took our shots, we weren’t able to connect on those. I should have run faster on some of those deep balls and we wouldn’t even be having this conversation. So that’s two touchdowns right there. We just have to continuously get better.”
On the Denver defense:
“The defense always plays spectacular. Wade has said several times that this may be one of the best defense he’s ever coached. They showed up today and thank God.”
