DENVER One on the nearly all storied NFL playoff competitors leaped in to a rejuvenated Tim Tebow as well as Denver Broncos.
Sorry, Pittsburgh Steelers.
The miraculous can be back.
Tebow linked using Demaryius Thomas upon a strong provoking 80-yard touchdown pass on the very first have fun with of overtime and also the Broncos overcome the gob smacked Steelers 29-23 within the AFC wild-card adventure on Sunday. Wild doesn't commence to explain it. The play took 11 just a few seconds and also was your best finishing that will an overtime throughout NFL history .
Thomas hauled in a very large play-action pass on the Denver 38, stiff-armed Ike Taylor and also then outraced Ryan Mundy that will your conclude zone. Tebow, exactly who considered when stunned as anyone else, chased decrease Thomas along with knelt about one knee a gesture acknowledged everywhere these days seeing that Tebowing. Then your dog pounded a fist inside triumph and required a wining lap.
"When I saw your ex scoring, primary associated with all, I just thought, `Thank you, Lord,'" Tebow said. "Then, I appeared to be going quite fast, running after the pup Like I can find up to D.T! Then I just simply jumped on the stands, earliest moment I've accomplished that. That seemed to be fun. Then, acquired on the knee and thanked the Lord again as well as tried out for you to enjoy having my teammates along with the fans."
Prodded by way of John Elway to help make it possible for your shot fly, Tebow acted as when the continue three days certainly not happened, lifting that Broncos with their first playoff win in 6 months time years.
Behind Tebow's 316 back yards passing, this Broncos (9-8) will be heading to New England for your second-round adventure next to the top-seeded Patriots on Saturday night. And, unlike Elway, who displaced his first postseason commence to your Steelers at your home in 1984 Tebow is actually 1-0 inside the playoffs.
"We're just a preventing team. A wide range of resilience," Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey said. "In any adverse situation, we can look for a technique for getting out and about of it. Everybody states that we backed into your playoffs, we have been in. We managed something right down the way. We're inside it. We gained a new game. Now, we've got to help go make an effort to earn a different one."
The Steelers (12-5) lost in spite of Ben Roethlisberger rallying injury-depleted Pittsburgh coming from a two-touchdown halftime deficit together with 10 details within the last 10 minutes.
Pittsburgh called tails pertaining to this overtime coin toss, plus it arrived up heads.
Tebow, which engineered personal training fourth-quarter comebacks in addition to about three OT is the winner within the frequent season, wasted little time throughout finding Thomas to be able to conclusion the actual game. Mundy was actively playing throughout place involving Ryan Clark, this Steelers' leading tackler who sat brussels out as a result of a new maintain condition that's exacerbated during altitude.
Clark was one of several Steelers sidelined or maybe injured. Pro Bowl center Maurkice Pouncey appeared to be out, swapped out by way of Doug Legursky, who possessed a bad snap the day halftime that relocated Pittsburgh away from field intention range.
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