When Did You Realize They Weren't Winning?

[Fox007]

Shula vs Wade Phillips.....lol

[GoobyPls]

When the ball bounced off Ginn's hands into a int. We had to score that drive, that was our first redzone int of the season.

[Cpt slay a ho]

the punt return.........but i knew it was over when denver went up 16-7 

[Goondal]

That last fumble.  Until that point it was only six points and I still expected to see someone make one play and win the thing.

[Car123]

When Stewart was stuffed on first down.

[Even Janitor]

I first felt a disturbance in the Force when that ruling on the Cotchery catch was upheld as an incomplete pass, even though it was still early in the game.  I think we all shared that same "oh boy, it's going to be this kind of officiating" feeling, and I think the team did too. 

When that was followed by the sack-fumble-TD, where Denver just had to fall down on a ball rolling into the end zone, I just knew then that the Panthers O was rattled probably beyond recovery.

[Ornias]

1 hour ago, Gregg S said:

The thought first crossed my mind when the ruling on the Cotchery catch was upheld on the 1st series.  

I was watching with a group of friends, and after that ruling I looked over to them and said uh oh. 

[Wolfpredator]

The second Cam Fumble.  I felt like we had a chance to maybe put a drive or two together at that point.  I thought maybe, just maybe we would get something together with a 2 minute type offense.  After I saw the ball on the ground, I said "Game over".

[Captain Obvious]

when New York NFL didn't over turn the incomplete call with COtch. We were fighting an uphill battle from there. The ultimate manipulation began. 

[BigKing]

Felt it was over after the non-reversal led to the strip sack touchdown but held out hope for a Peyton melt down and some defensive scoring.

When Cotchery dropped what would have been 1st and Goal and Gano missed the FG, I knew that there would be no melt down on the Denver side of the ball and HGH Parm was going to get his.

But let's be real here: even if we "realized they weren't winning" prior to the the confetti coming down, they had the ball down one score with plenty of time left and none of us went outside for a walk.  Even if they looked like garbage on offense, there is a part of you that believes a 17-1 team with the MVP at the helm might still pull it off.

[Qu1million]

When I saw a outside toss run to Stewart in the second half

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Shortly after the missed field goal.

[SOJA]

I said before the game we were either going to blow them out 30+ to 10ish

OR 

it would be a super wonky low scoring game

When they got that first fumble touchdown I got worried because I knew it would be close game. I thought, "fug this is exactly what Denver needed in this game."

That game was a fuging rollercoaster, EVERYTIME we got something going, something bad happened. Somehow we were still in the game in the 4th and could have drove down the field to take the lead. Then I thought, "Man how the hell are we still in this game? That just speaks to how badly Den wins games."

 

[TN05]

I probably knew it was not going to happen after the first Von Miller fumble.