The Broncos’ fourth-quarter comeback attempt versus the Texans hit a road block, fourth-and-short near midfield at the two-minute warning, when Denver’s offense turned to its unlikely spark plug.
Quarterback Case Keenum faked the handoff right, rolled left and quickly surveyed his wide receiver options — Emmanuel Sanders, Courtland Sutton and Tim Patrick — before settling on the sure thing Sunday at Mile High: tight end Jeff Heuerman.
“This team will fight,” Heuerman said. “I think you see that week in and week out.”
His three-yard reception in the flat moved the chains and kept hope alive.