ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Joe Flacco and the bulk of the No. 1 offense had Thursday night off. The final period of Monday's practice gave them a chance to make up for it.

In that period, the offense was given the ball at its 25-yard line with 2:20 on the clock, a 7-point deficit and no timeouts. Most two-minute drill move-the-ball periods prior to Sunday's practice had the offense down by one or in a tie game; this time, the offense had to go all the way down the field against the No. 1 defense.

After a sluggish start, it succeeded, marching 75 yards in 12 plays, capping it with a 13-yard Joe Flacco touchdown pass to River Cracraft with 17 seconds to spare.

Flacco and the offense got out of fourth-and-7 at its own 28-yard line, a quandary that resulted from back-to-back incompletions on second and third downs that led to audible frustration from the offense. But on fourth down, Courtland Sutton locked in on a pass that was slightly deflected at the line of scrimmage, and hauled in the football on a crossing pattern for a 12-yard gain.

After Justin Simmons was all over Noah Fant on the subsequent first-and-10 from the offense's 40, Flacco heated up. He found Fred Brown for 15 yards, hit Phillip Lindsay twice for short gains of 6 and 3 yards, then moved the chains on third-and-1 with a 16-yard pass to Tim Patrick. Three plays later, he connected with Cracraft for the score.

All told, Flacco completed eight passes to seven different receiving targets: Sutton, Brown, Lindsay, Patrick, Cracraft, Devontae Booker and Kelvin McKnight.