That was quite a response by Philip Rivers, putting together a record-setting string of completions immediately after throwing one of the worst passes of his career.
It was easy to forget, while watching Rivers connect on his first 25 throws Sunday against Arizona, that his final pass a week earlier helped Denver defeat the Chargers as time expired.
He threw the ball away on purpose because the play he was trying to run dissolved. The clock-stopping decision gave the Broncos just enough time for a game-winning field-goal drive.
The next Rivers pass that fell incomplete didn’t come until the third quarter against the Cardinals, continuing what has been an impressive first 11 games for the 36-year-old quarterback.