Bears v. Broncos

Cathy thought it would be a good idea to see Peyton Manning before he retires. Of course, the boys and I agreed. So we set our sights on 22 November 2015, when the Broncos would visit Chicago. I waited until the last possible minute—until the boys couldn’t stand it—to buy tickets, on the grounds that, hey, Peyton might get injured and not play in Chicago. The day after I bought our tickets, it was announced that Peyton was injured and wouldn’t play in Chicago. We consoled ourselves by noting that we’d at least get to see Peyton on the sidelines. The next day, the Broncos announced that Peyton would not be traveling with the team; he’d stay back in Denver working on his recovery. And so. . . we got to see Brock Osweiler’s first NFL start! Not the script we would have written, but it was still an immensely fun weekend for all five of us, in which we missed Peyton, but got to see this year’s Super Bowl champions.

Osweiler-to-Latimer, 10-yard touchdown pass, fourth quarter.

The crowd, with my portrait (i.e. not-appropriate-for-this-shot) lens.

Jeremy Langford, 2-yard touchdown run, fourth quarter.

Robbie Gould, 46-yard field goal, second quarter.

Cold fans, Evan, Zane and Cathy, fourth quarter.

Shirtless, drunken fan, fourth quarter.

Robbie Gould, 37-yard field goal, second quarter.

Britton Coldquit, punt, second quarter.

Demaryius Thomas, handling on-side kick, fourth quarter.