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No one sees it, but everyone can feel it. Momentum is so real, it has a name. Mo. Big Mo.

The Broncos were stylin', and cruising, when they wore their vertically striped socks, an homage to their uniforms from the early 1960s, for two games last month.

The ligaments in Kyle Orton's left ankle are torn. He certainly isn't. Orton adamantly wants to start Sunday against San Diego and help the Denver Broncos snap out of a monthlong funk that has wiped out their 3 1 2 -game cushion over the Chargers in the AFC West.

Linebacker Andra Davis had 12 tackles, including one tackle for loss, a sack and one quarterback hurry for his Denver Broncos this past week.

In just two weeks the Denver Broncos went from 6-0 contenders to 6-2 pretenders, and some are now calling them the worst first place team in football.

It has been 11 months between "We're in first place" declarations from somebody in a Broncos uniform after a rather dismal loss.

On Monday Night Football, the Pittsburgh Steelers traveled to face the Denver Broncos .

DENVER a ' Everything that worked so well for the Denver Broncos during the first six weeks of the season has abandoned them.

"Monday Night Football" analyst Ron Jaworski says the Denver Broncos will have their hands full against the best defense in the league, that of the Pittsburgh Steelers : In this week's matchup, we will see two outstanding defenses.

It's hard to believe the Broncos team that took the field for Sunday's 30-7 loss at Baltimore was the same one that had dispatched Dallas, New England and San Diego in the previous three games to build a 6-0 record.

Orton took the opening snap at Denver's 31-yard line and prepared to toss a short screen pass to rookie running back Knowshon Moreno.

Rookie Lardarius Webb added a 95-yard kick return touchdown in the convincing victory.

The Ravens are set to take on the Denver Broncos at M&T Bank Stadium . BR.com offers a look at Baltimore's next opponent.

DB - Motivated for Monday Night - Gray Caldwell "It is going to be a 60-minute game, and it's on Monday night," Kyle Orton said.

The Lost Bronco : Week 5 Wow. At halftime of last Sundaya s game against the Patriots I started thinking about my column for this week.

Admit it - The Denver Broncos looked like jaundiced zebras Sunday. Those 'throwback' uniforms of mustard yellow and you-know-what brown were meant to reflect the Broncos' first two years in the American Football League, but all I could think about was how much cash was wasted on the one-time costumes.

Conversation could have turned heavy, what with the Broncos trailing by seven points and needing to drive 98 yards for a touchdown.

Twice during Sunday's loss to the Broncos, the Patriots [ team stats ] allowed drives of 90 yards or longer.

For example, DeAngelo Williams is coming off a franchise-record 1,515 yards and 18 touchdowns.

On a day that was all about Broncos history, this might ring a bell: A 98-yard, fourth-quarter drive to save the game and get a city thinking Super Bowl.