The Denver Broncos will travel to the Georgia Dome in Week 2 for a Monday Night Football matchup against the Falcons. The Broncos have faced the Falcons six times in Atlanta and have a 4-2 record. (Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-US PRESSWIRE)

To help get Bronco Country through the TRUE offseason, I will be reviewing some past games against the teams the Broncos will face during the 2012 regular season.

After opening the 2012 season on Sunday Night Football against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Bronco organization will pack up and head to Atlanta, Georgia for another prime time matchup.  This time the Broncos will be featured on Monday Night Football when they face the Atlanta Falcons.  The Broncos have travelled to Atlanta six times in their history and have come away with four wins.  Below is a brief synopsis of those games.

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The Broncos could stop Chris Johnson but they couldn't find a way to stop the rest of the Titans. (Grant Halverson/Getty Images)

The Chattanooga Choo Choo continues on. The Tennessee Titans’ train that was riding high after a win against Baltimore last week, was able to squeak out another win at home, this time against the Denver Broncos.

In the Broncos’ 17-14 loss, the defense played an outstanding game. They held the Titans to just 38 yards on the ground. Chris Johnson averaged just 1.6 yards per carry and it was old Broncos punter Brett Kern that led the team in rushing. After a bad long snap, Kern was forced to run and managed to get the first down on a 21-yard gain. The Titans were able to squeeze a field goal out of the miscue which turned out to be extremely important in the outcome of the game.

Another former Bronco also made a huge impact on the scoreboard. One-time fan favorite Daniel Graham capped off a 95-yard drive with a 4-yard reception to give the Titans the lead with 4:24 left in the game.

Looking to tie or win the game, the Broncos were moving the ball down the field very well in the two-minute offense, and were within long field goal range for Matt Prater. However, Kyle Orton had a pass intended for a wide-open Eric Decker tipped and intercepted. At that point, all the Titan’s had to do was run the clock out.
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Julius Thomas is a big tight end (6’5”, 246 lbs.) that comes out of Portland State, but he’s limited in his football experience. Thomas played basketball before his senior year at Portland State. In 2010, he caught 29 passes for 453 yards and 2 touchdowns.

The need for a tight end was evident since after the 2009 season, the Broncos elected to trade Tony Scheffler to the Lions and then after the 2010 season, they released powerful blocking tight end Daniel Graham.

The conversion from college basketball to a tight end in professional is nothing new. Some highly successful cases where the transition worked? Tony Gonzalez and Antonio Gates. 

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