GAMEDAY Open Thread: Broncos at Seahawks | Preseason Game 2

It's time to engage in our weekly in-game discussion on the Broncos' matchup!

It's GAMEDAY yet again!

Though it felt like we had to wait a lifetime for Denver Broncos football to rotate back, it's finally here and for the better part of the next five months, we'll have a game a week to break down and discuss.

Tonight, the Broncos are in Seattle to take on the Seahawks, a common preseason opponent. Although the final score doesn't matter, everything else does (a saying of Benjamin Allbright's that I like).

There are a few storylines I'm following closely, which includes:

1. How the offense looks with Joe Flacco under center
2. Can an ILB emerge?
3. How do Devontae Booker and Theo Riddick look?
4. Can Drew Lock bounce back?
5. Can Denver curtail the drops?

As always, I want to hear what you think, what you're monitoring and which players intrigue you. Our readers/members are the lifeblood of Mile High Huddle, so feel welcome as always to sound off.

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Let's go!

First quarter

Heuerman, Sanders out

Broncos to receive

Booker fumbles kick return. Broncos recover. 

Some early offensive miscues but Phillip Lindsay saves the day.

Broncos O-line not getting much push. 4/5 starters playing. 

Lindsay with three touches, 20 yards. 

Royce Freeman on 3rd-&-1 rips off 50 yard behind Dalton Risner pancake. 

Broncos stall. Kick field goal. 3-0. 

12 plays, 78 yards. 6:43 off the clock. 

Seahawks convert on 3rd-&-long. 27 yards. Welp!

Johnson with a nice sniff-out on a draw. 

Yiadom breaks up the pass on 3rd-&-9. Seahawks attempt 56-yard FG. No good. 

Flacco done for the night. Kevin Hogan the next QB in, as expected. 

Drops continue. Fumagalli with a drop on 3rd-&-2. 

Broncos go for it on 4th-&-2. Hogan throws it way off target. Riddick can't hold on. 

Gotsis sniffs out the screen. Should have picked it off. No dice. 

Seahawks on 3rd-&-7, De'Vante Bausby breaks up the curl. Punt. 

Kelvin McKnight hauls in punt but dropped immediately. 

Hamilton with a nice catch-and-run, moves the chains. 

Fant with a couple nice grabs in tight coverage for short gains. End Q1.

Second Quarter 

Broncos start with a 2nd-&-4.

Hogan comes up short in another key moment with an inaccurate pass to an open Theo Riddick. 

Dekoda Watson sacks Geno smith on third down! Seahawks punt. 

Hogan done. Drew Lock to take over QB duties for Denver. Could play the rest of the night. 

Lock moves the chains on 4th-&-1 on the read/option keeper. Scrambles for the yardage. 

Lock playing with confidence. 

Drive stalls. McManus blasts one through from 25. 6-Broncos.

On that drive, Lock 5/7 for 55 yards plus eight yards rushing. 

After multiple holds on the Seahawks OL, Broncos allow a 23-yard gain on 3rd-&-14.

Malik Reed gets his second sack as a Bronco. On third down. Seahawks kick a FG. 6-3 Broncos lead. 

Third quarter

Seahawks begin. Paxton Lynch on the field!

Lynch drives 10 plays, 56 yards. FG ties it at 6. 

Lock up next. 

Lynch drives. Moves the ball. Throws a TD to Jazz Ferguson. Nine plays, 85 yards. Multiple ticky-tack fouls called on Broncos' D that helped. 

Lock moves the chains on fourth down with a scramble but a hold on Quinn Bailey gets it called back. 

On ensuing play, Muhammad misses blitzing LB and Lock is sacked for a safety. 

Lynch continues to play loose and move the ball. 

Fourth quarter

Lynch punches in another scoring drive with a nine-yard rushing TD. 

Seahawks have now scored 22 unanswered points. 

Lock connects on a beautiful 29-yard throw to TE Austin Fort. Fort hauls it in and then immediately clutches at his knee. 

Broncos score following a couple Seahawks penalties. Lock hits Devontae Jackson for both players' first NFL TD.

Lock converts the two-point conversion by threading the needle to Juwann Winfree. Broncos close the gap 22-14.