the 23 yard line after the richardson fumble. vontae davis back in. from the 23 yard line with 11:26 left in the fourth. and manning going for six. and incomplete. intended for demaryius thomas. covered by cassius vaughn. second and ten. >> cris: well, peyton manning hasn't been hit very much at all this season. about 20% of the time is about the only time he gets contacted. but i tell you this, the colts have done better than that. here is robert mathis again. no help whatsoever for chris clark outside of him. >> al: lefty on second down and ten. play clock is four.this gets to

too late and thomas makes the catch and takes the ball to the 15 yard line where davis makes the tackle. >> cris: i don't think anybody is better than peyton manning at this. he knows as well as anybody that mathis is going to beat chris clark. so he threw that ball at about a second and a half which is all the time he had. >> al: third down, two. knowshon moreno gets tackled. they have the ball at the 14. you still have a ton of time left but do you want to make it 36-26 or do you go for it? >> cris: you can't assume you're going to shutout the colts' offense, especially the way luck has been playing. i agree with this decision. >> al: i do, too. fourth and one. from the 14.

manning rolling. throwing. and it's decker who reaches behind him to make the catch at the 12 yard line. darius butler makes the tackle and a first down. >> cris: flashback to another time. that back shoulder throw. lot of pick action in here. they're going to move inside and out but nothing blatant. that time darius butler ran over the top and gave peyton manning just enough room. >> al: the ball at the 12 yard line. manning throwing. caught inside the 10. decker gets killed immediately after a gain of four. sacked twice, including that sack fumble which led to a safety. five hits. four knockdowns. right now second and six at the

eight. manning. pressured again. throws and welker can't make the grab. coverage is very tight by butler. third and six. >> cris: pressure coming up right there. francois. we've soon butler draped all over welker all night long. >> al: from the eight. >> cris: good play. >> al: manning throws. caught and taken to the one yard line, decker. he loses his helmet but moves the chains. gets the first down just short of the touchdown. first and goal. >> cris: so this time they use the pick the other way. so now they're going to pick for

the outside guy and put it down on the one yard line. so. >> al: so decker goes out. takes his helmet with him. caldwell comes in. you have moreno is in for the touchdown. knowshon moreno takes it just across the goal line. and ihenacho sets it up with the fumble, creates the fumble, gives manning the ball deep in indy territory and right now it's a seven-point game going on six. >> cris: third and six. peyton gave the signal on the outside and you can see cassius vaughn hesitated just enough on the pick. so many teams screw up those pick plays because they feel like they have to sort of make contact on the picks. the broncos much more sophisticated than that. they get in the way but they don't necessarily make contact. so they don't get the fouls that other teams get.

>> al: prater for the extra point. and indianapolis' lead is now 36-30. setup by that pull away by the duke. ♪ switch me on ♪ i want to touch you ♪ you're just made for love ♪ i need ooh la la la la la [ male announcer ] if this much care goes into the chalice... imagine what goes into the beer. ♪

once wrote something on a sheet of paper and placed it in his factory for all to see. ♪ four simple words where the meaning has never been lost. the challenge always accepted. and the calling forever answered. ♪ introducing the all-new 2014 s-class. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing.

>> al: pro bowl balloting is open presented by mcdonald's. coming up in late january from honolulu. well, 36-30 in a wild one. with a ton of time, 8:44 to go. and again, indy was guarding against the on-side kick. next sunday night football is being brought to you by wendy's. by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. by corona inviting you to find your beach. and by hyundai.

new thinking and new possibilities. still photos from earlier in the week. colts on that particular day practicing inside the bubble. another day outside. they got to go both ways in practice because they opened up the roof tonight on a night when the temperature right now is about 50. >> cris: trent richardson is not in there either. donald brown is in. >> al: and luck on first down gets spun as he throes and a flag comes down as you have brown who gets hit by paris lenon. luck also took a shot on the play. >> referee: prior to the pass, holding, number 51 defense, 5-yard penalty, automatic first down. >> cris: andrew thought he was going to get completion any way. he bounces it off of donald brown's hands. he fell to the ground and is still trying to get the completion. he's going to take a shot from trevathan. but i'm telling you luck still

thought he could get that one in there. >> al: he's been batted around tonight as has peyton. the ball is at the 25 yard line, first down. nice cutback move there to pick up seven yards. ihenacho making the tackle. make it until let's call it six -- second and four. >> cris: mike incomcglynn, you t underestimate his value in this game. to replace the center. you go inside and have to replace the center, everything changes. you're making tall calls. and he's been pretty good. >> al: brown on a second and four will come up short. paris lenon making the tackle.

and a lot of time left. this is a pretty big third and one right here. >> cris: you know, sometimes you just need a first down or two to shift the momentum a bit, you know? you don't want peyton manning getting the ball back again. he already got it back on the fumble and then boom-boom two touchdowns in a row. here you go. you hope your offense can keep it on track. >> al: and give your defense a little bit more space and breathing time. they go in the air and luck is going to get -- it's dropped. reggie wayne couldn't hold on. low throw, wayne reaching for his knee and rolling around and now reggie wayne is down. >> cris: reggie wayne is a guy that never gets hurt. immediate pressure inside. here is reggie. they got him all picked off

there and there was nobody on the back end of that field and you get the double whammy. couldn't see who it was that ended up getting -- should have known. trevathan in there getting the pressure. look at luck, grabbing his head afterwards saying this is a walk-in touchdown and reggie wayne -- oh my goodness. looks like he may have -- >> al: double whammy. >> cris: double whammy for sure. >> al: wayne gets hurt. very interesting play call. you look at marvin harrison who was on so many ends of passes from peyton manning. so it's going to be fourth down and one. and the crowd begins a reggie chant. 13 years in the league and for so many of those years overshadowed by harrison. they had dallas clark here as well. peyton was doing his thing. he had so much success. and reggie finally getting his

due in the latter stages of his career. run over 1,000 catches for his career last week. >> cris: you think of all the things that happened on that play. third and one. you go play action. you get reggie wayne wide open down the field. you miss the throw. and potentially lose reggie wayne in the process. >> al: and then as you look at it again, what happens to reggie going down. and at least he gets up right now. well, with some assistance. you wonder had they had a better running game tonight, maybe richardson on third and one go to richardson, they don't have him in the game. >> cris: they can't. after the fumble, they didn't trust him. go back to the fumble and how it may have impacted this play. here we go. we were trying to encourage people to hang in here with this game. but peyton manning, you know, just never goes away. the people will remember forever

in tampa where he was down 21 in that one and came back in the last few minutes of that game. >> al: four minutes to go on a monday night. mcafee setting up for his eighth punt. and this one was a good one. so mr. manning will go to work with his group from the 15-yard line. 7:07 left. ♪

♪ ♪ sfx: text notifictaion ♪ sfx: phone ringtone ♪ line.

♪ waiting all day for a sunday night ♪ >> al: 36-30, indianapolis. three wins after trailing by 17 or more in the fourth quarter including a spectacular come from behind win in 2003 for indianapolis against tampa bay. and manning will start with a play fake under pressure and he throws and it's intercepted.

into the hands of pat angerer. so manning had trouble -- a flag is down. manning had trouble getting away. gets contacted. for the moment, it's the interception. >> referee: there's a foul on the play for offensive holding. the result of the play is interception. >> al: erik walden put the pressure on and put the heat on and created it. >> cris: i told you earlier in the game, julius thomas, not very ectoive as a blocker. excellent receive mer. time a big assignment for him. erik walden and it may be a game changer. you finally get robert mathis blocked on the other side and it's walden from the front side. don't think i would leave thomas alone blocking one on one very much. >> al: huh-uh. took care of the tight end and

now luck at the 20 yard line. one second under seven minutes to play in regulation. brown can go nowhere. vickerson stops him in his tracks and wayne goes back to the locker room. >> cris: talk about a guy that shows up for work every single day. not used to seeing that. >> al: huh-uh. wayne playing in 189 consecutive games. they do have a week off next week. they have their bye week and then resume play in two weeks on a sunday night. second and 13. and luck will throw to the corner and not caught. not caught by heyward-bey. he was there, reached for it, webster covering. it will be third and 13.

>> cris: well, according to reggie wayne, nobody spends more time on catching balls off the jugs machine than darrius heyward-bey. he works hard at his craft but unable to reel that one in and the last couple weeks he's had a chance to make about three really good catches, all of them catchable and he hasn't come up with any of those game-changing kind of plays. >> al: third and 13. they're in field goal range. they want more. here is luck running away and just throws it incomplete. so you'll bring vinatieri in right now for what will be a 42 yard field goal attempt to make it a two-possession game. >> cris: well, this broncos defense know who they have playing quarterback as well. so they had to come up with a stop. they do come up with a stop and now you have to hope for something that doesn't happen

very often, this guy to miss. hasn't missed inside 50 for quite some time. >> al: overton will snap it. mcafee will hold it. 42 yard attempt. 40-year-old vinatieri bangs this one right through. so they're able to cash in at least for three off the turnover to keep it to a nine-point lead. 39-30. and let geese to michele. >> michele: well, you guys saw wayne heading back to the locker room. he is done for the night with a knee sprain. will not return. as he walks back, not sure if you guys could see it, tears in his eyes. there was so much frus rax from him on the bench. hitting the bench with his hand. having different guys, team doctor, their head trainer, andrew luck sitting with him, all trying to console him but he

was inconsolable, al. >> al: we can see him right there, michele, going back into the locker room. an ironman. hard worker. again the only good news for reggie would be a week off. the bye week. and they resume play in two weeks. consecutive games for wide receivers, tim brown with 199. harold jackson, 190. and reggie would set 189 and hopefully still going. mcafee. the kickoff. trindon holliday will come out from four yards in trying to get around the corner and cannot. really good coverage tonight against a guy who is very capable of that spectacular runback as he's proven over the past couple of years. >> cris: peyton manning tells us that he never raises the shade as they're landing coming into a

city. they're coming into indianapolis, it was just different. he raised the shade. he took a look around. and what used to be his home, and you know he would like nothing better than to put together one of those peyton manning kind of comebacks at the end of this one. >> al: lot more fun looking out the window on takeoff tonight going back to denver. from the 15. manning gets sacked at the eight yard line. couldn't get away. francois was the first guy in and freeman finishes him off. >> cris: you get so used to jerrell freeman going in coverage, but when he blitzes, it's a little bit unexpected. and yet he does have several sacks on the year. sometimes you have guys that are so good at doing both you don't know whether to blitz them or play them in coverage. >> al: second and 17 to the outside.

and it's eric decker making the catch. vontae davis is right there, setting up a pick again. davis would have none of it. >> cris: well, here is my mvp of the night. right here. vontae davis. you think welker will be able to pick him off. now you're down to third and long backed up. >> al: third and 17. lot of pressure. seconds are ticking away right here. and manning will throw and it is caught by welker at the 33 yard line. tremendous catch. >> cris: oh, what a catch. i don't think he ever saw this ball until he just digs his way out of there. oh, man, how does he make that catch?

that's awesome. >> al: 24 yards on a third and 16. and now that pass will be caught at the 40 yard line by demaryius thomas. a catch by welker made a penny for tom brady's thoughts right now. gain of 27. four minutes to go. first down. and that's incomplete. decker coming on a slant and davis is right there. back to welker's catch. >> cris: he had to work so hard to get over the top of darius butler and then the ball was on him and just -- boy, that's an easy ball to drop right there. he's made some sensational catches tonight. >> al: second an ten. and over the middle. welker again.

it will be a first down. takes it to the 26 yard line. six catches tonight, 71 yards. >> cris: i love that one. wes welker went out like he was going to do one of those takes for reels. came back inside. >> al: 3:30 left. and this will be caught by welker again. what a show he is putting on. butler saves a touchdown, but the ball will be at the two yard line. >> cris: they set that up with the previous play because last time he went out and then back in. this time he just goes out, they get the pick on the outside and peyton manning is on a roll. >> al: at the two, first and goal. tillman gets swallowed up short of the line of scrimmage. it's second down an goal. >> cris: there's a lot of

looking around here now. not sure if laron landry says that thing is ours. peyton manning says let's get to the line of scrimmage here. >> al: we don't need any looks here at this. >> cris: chuck pagano with his hand on the flag. who comes up with it is the question. well, looks like -- it looks like it may have be a bronco that recovered it. it's one thing to win the challenge with a fumble. it's another thing to make sure that you recover the fumble. and that has to be clearly demonstrated. >> cris: but i think they said it was colt's ball on the field. >> al: they're ruling it colts ball on the field which would mean if that's the case -- and again we talked about hillman before and one of the problems -- it's been the problem, putting the ball on the ground.

>> referee: 76 reports as eligible. 76 is eligible. now they'll rule it -- they ruled it -- >> cris: the ball is out. there's no doubt about that. >> al: it's ruled a fumble. so the challenge would have to come from fox and since it's not clear, there's no challenge and indy gets the ball at the three yard line. >> cris: you don't want to give up those time-outs. >> al: no, you don't. and chugging forward is havili. he is not yet to start using those time-outs. under three to go and fox will use his first time-out right here. >> cris: it was kind of interesting on that fumble that you could see that hillman -- if he could just rolled over a bit he kind of had the ball pinned against his side, but it was against his body. there he goes. ball is out.

no doubt about it. now hillman is right there. and he's got his hand on it right there. kind of has it pinned into his body. you could almost make the case that he was down at that point and he had control but there the ball slips a little bit and moves and ultimately comes out. that would have been an interesting challenge. >> al: anquan bethea wound up with the football. so it's second down and eight. you've got two time outs remaining for denver plus the clock stop ang at two minutes. flag down in the end zone. >> referee: personal foul roughing the passer, number 99 defense. 15-yard penalty, automatic first down. >> al: vickerson. that is a killer. >> cris: i don't think vickerson was even close to him in the

back of the end zone. ball is out. oh my goodness. oh my goodness. he's saying you've got to be kidding me. you know, that's just a big man bumping into the quarterback. i just don't like that one. >> al: another personal foul on vickerson. it is first and ten at the 20 yard line. trent richardson backs in the game. this fumble gave denver major life. he gets stopped at the 21 yard line. now you have another time-out taken here with 2:43. denver is now down to one time-out and the two-minute warning. >> cris: but that penalty call was huge because you had an incomplete pass. the clock is going to stop. you're going to save a time-out. >> al: one other thing on the hillman fumble just to make this perfectly clear. we talk about fox could have challenged. but fox could have challenged was that he was down before the

ball came out. it was already rheumed a fumble and then the recovery. you can't -- he couldn't have challenged the recovery at that point. so he knew that he would have lost the challenge because the ball was clearly out. even though there was some question as to who had the ball at the end of the play. so second down and nine now at the 21 yard line. here is richardson who goes nowhere again but at least he holds on to the football. and now denver will take its final time-out. so it's third and eight. they have to stop them here to get the ball back and the clock would stop at the two-minute warning and then you could run it tall way down. and then they would need a touchdown and a field goal.

one more look at that vickerson personal foul. >> cris: he gave him a little chest bump. i'll give him that. he gave him a little chest bump. luck did a nice job of giving a little acting, but this league -- >> al: yeah. why even fool around at that point? you know what are you doing? >> cris: crazy. >> al: especially in situations -- that would have been as they say, a blessing for denver on every level. incomplete pass, don't have to use a time-out, third and long. now it's third down and nine. ball is given to brown and he'll take it to the 22 and that's going to take that clock to the two-minute warning. so, after the two-minute warning, you'll have a mcafee punt and then manning will have to lead a couple of drives. one resulting in a touchdown. and one resulting in a field goal. so obviously they can go in either manner. three plus seven or seven plus three and obviously there's