The Denver Broncos suffered their first loss of the season last week. NFL.com analyst Pat Kirwan and Jason Horowitz see if they can avoid losing two straight when they face the Steelers.

Law is expected to sign the deal Saturday, pending the passing of his physical. He may even make it out to practice as the Broncos (6-1) prepare to host the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday night.

The 35-year-old Law, a five-time Pro Bowl selection, will fit right in with veterans Champ Bailey, Andre’ Goodman, Brian Dawkins and Renaldo Hill, all in their 30s.

Law becomes the latest former New England player to reunite with Broncos coach Josh McDaniels, who spent his previous eight seasons as an assistant with the Patriots.

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Those players replace running back Darius Walker(notes), who was released, and defensive lineman Everette Pedescleaux, who was placed on the practice squad injured list Tuesday.

Ball was released from Tennessee’s practice squad Oct. 27.

Powell was selected by the Broncos in the fifth round of the 2008 draft. He was released by Cleveland’s practice squad Oct. 20.

The surprise of the season had not only been the Broncos as a whole, but the play of QB Kyle Orton, who never got the teams offense going on Sunday. He was held in check, going just 23 of 37 for 152 yards. He was sacked twice. “We didn’t play our best ball, but they’re a pretty good team and they beat us pretty good today on all sides of the ball,” Orton said. “We didn’t really do a whole lot.”

That’s an understatement. The Broncos had exactly 200 yards of offense, 15 first downs, and were just 3-for-13 on third downs. They were held to just 66 yards rushing on 19 carries, a 3.5 yards per carry average. Plus they also lost the time of possession battle, holding the ball for 26:23 to 33:37 for Baltimore.

The Broncos and Ravens traded blows in the first half, as neither team could get much going. Baltimore was able to covert two field goals from Steven Hauschka, one from 43 yards and the other from 35 yards. After the halftime gun though, the Ravens took charge on the opening kickoff of the second half, as Lardarius Webb went 95 yards for a Ravens score that made it 13-0.

That is two games in a row that the Broncos special teams has allowed a kick to be run back for a score, as Darren Sproles of the Chargers took back a punt in the Denver win in San Diego two weeks back. The Broncos were able to get it to 13-7 as Knshown Moreno went in from a yard out after a nice 10-play, 88-yard drive that was the best of the day for Denver.

After that the team had four possessions, three ending in punts, and the final drive ended the game. The Ravens ran over the Broncos in the second half, scoring two touchdowns and putting up a field goal in their four second half offensive possessions.

After the Broncos closed it to 13-7, the Ravens got another field goal to make it 16-7, then put the game away as Joe Flacco hit Derrick Mason with a 20-yard score with 13:07 left to make it 23-7. Game over. The loss stopped the Broncos from a 7-0 start, the first time they would have been able to have done that since 1998.

McDaniels, who took tons of heat this offseason for moving franchise QB Jay Cutler to the Bears, now is the one laughing last. He rebuilt the team with defense in mind, along with a more ball control offense led by QB Kyle Orton running the show.

He got lots of help Monday night from another unit – the special teams. Kicker returner Eddie Royal returned not one, but two kicks back for scores in the 11-point win. The first was a 93-yard kickoff return that erased a 3-0 Chargers lead. The second came after the Chargers tied the game at 10, and was a 71-yard punt return.

The Chargers took a 20-17 lead at the half, as they had some special plays of their own as Darren Sproles took back a kick 77 yards. The Broncos, who had dominated teams in the second half of their first five games, did it again against Philip Rivers and the Chargers.

San Diego started the second half with a field goal to make it 23-17, but it would be the last points they would get on the physical Broncos defense. The remainder of the night they had just 95 yards on four series, fumbling once, doing down once on downs, punting once, and missing a field goal to seal the Broncos win.

They put massive pressure on Rivers, and seemed to have an answer for LaDainian Tomlinson. The Broncos offense rallied, with Orton playing pitch and catch with tight end Tony Scheffler, who scored on a highlight 19-yard catch to make it 24-23. He then pulled in a huge 52-yard catch with five minutes left to set up the final Broncos TD to ice the game.

Orton was 20-for-29 for 229 yards with two TD’s and a QB rating of 115.4. Scheffler had six grabs for 101 yards with a score, and the Broncos outgained San Diego 328 to 311. It really was the Denver shutdown D in the second half that paved the way for them to walk out of San Diego with their first 6-0 mark since 1998.

The Denver Broncos have tried power packages with three tight ends and guard Russ Hochstein as a lead fullback. Too often, third-and-inches has been the Broncos’ drive killer. Fullback Spencer Larsen, who has been out since wrenching his shoulder after slipping on the Cincinnati training-room floor minutes prior to the season opener, can provide that 6-inch push the Broncos have been lacking.

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The win was cemented when the Broncos got the ball first in OT, and against Tom Brady, who was 7-0 in OT entering the game, they never let him get on the field. The offense went 11 plays, 58-yards, and Matt Prater nailed a 41-yard field goal much to the delight of the loud crowd at Invesco Field at Mile High.

The Pats looked like they would sail out of Denver with a big win, as they went up 10-0 after a Stephen Gostkowski 53-yard field goal with 3:51 left in the first quarter. Then they led 17-7 at the half when Brady hit Benjamin Watson with a 7-yard touchdown with :05 left in the half.

The Broncos rallied though, as after Prater kicked a short field goal to make it 17-10 in the third quarter, the defense put up a wall against the Pats offense, not allowing Brady and company to do much of anything. Then down 17-10 with 9:59 left, Broncos QB Kyle Orton was at his patient best during a huge 98-yard game-tying drive.

A 14-yard completion to Jabar Gaffney, a screen to Knowshon Moreno that sprung for 27. A 7-yard completion to Eddie Royal, who finished with 10 catches for 90 yards. The drive wrapped up with an 11-yard TD to Brandon Marshall that tied the game.

The Pats were able to get the ball to the Broncos 49 on the next drive, but Vonnie Holliday sacked Brady, and Elvis Dumervil recovered, ending the drive and eventually pushing the game to overtime. The Broncos OT drive started at their 20, and after Orton hit three passes, and Moreno went for 9 yards, the team was in business. They eventually got to the Pats 22, when Prater calmly hit the game winner.

The Broncos improved to 5-0 for the first time since 1998—the last time they went to the Super Bowl. The Pats fall to 3-2. The Broncos play at San Diego next Monday night.