The Third Act.

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Week 6 NFL Results
NE 34 - LAC 27 | ATL 27 - NO 24 | DAL 38 - PHI 37 | DET 34 - MIN 28
TEN 31 - IND 28 | CAR 32 - TB 25 | SF 30 - NYG 24 | LV 31 - GB 14
CIN 31 - BAL 14 | PIT 35 - ARI 21 | CLE 35 - KC 10 | WAS 21 - CHI 7
SEA 24 - JAX 23 | NYJ 23 - BUF 21
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Draft Buzz
- Northern Illinois's Cole Barrow has 'Khalil Mack vs. Ohio State' type performance against Michigan to turn heads, garner draft buzz.
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Players of the Week
QB Derek Carr (LV): 18 of 33, 237 yards, 3 touchdowns.
LB Bobby Okereke (IND): 12 tackles, interception, forced fumble.
QB Jalen Hurts (PHI): 29 of 37, 346 yards, 5 touchdowns.
CB Jeff Okudah (DET): 9 tackles, interception.
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Notable Injuries
HB James Conner (ARI): Season (knee)
HB Chuba Hubbard (CAR): Season (Achilles)
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Notable Transactions
New Orleans Saints trade OLB Zach Braun to Los Angeles Rams for 2024 4th and 5th round pick.
Jacksonville Jaguars trade DT Jaden Crumedy to Carolina Panthers for 2025 3rd round pick.

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Mason traded as Onwenu extended during bye week
The New England Patriots have traded offensive guard Shaq Mason to the Green Bay Packers in exchange for a 2024 2nd round pick and a 2025 4th round pick.

New England reportedly also fielded offers from Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Seattle, Las Vegas, Denver, New York Jets, Jacksonville, New York Giants and Philadelphia before ultimately deciding to ship Mason to the Packers. The Patriots had an agreement in principle with Denver according to ESPN's Adam Schefter but Green Bay was able to swoop in at the last minute and get the deal done.

Green Bay continues to invest heavily around Jordan Love who they signed to an extension earlier this season after bringing D.K. Metcalf to Green Bay this past summer. Mason is on the last year of his deal but Green Bay was able to land one of the league's best interior offensive linemen by reputation although Mason did struggle last season according to PFF.

The trade came hours after New England had extended guard Michael Onwenu to a four-year, $47.8 million to keep the fourth-year guard out of Michigan in Foxborough. Onwenu was credited with allowing just three sacks last season and was a Pro Bowler.

Mason's immediate replacement will likely be Nick Ford, who started at guard for four games this season due to Isaiah Wynn's injury. Ford struggled in his first two starts but started to turn things around and will get to audition for the rest of the season as Mason's long term replacement. Mason is the second offensive linemen from New England to be traded this season along with David Andrews, leaving New England with one of the younger offensive lines in the league.

In other roster news, New England has elevated wide receiver Josh Johnson from their practice squad. The roster spot was made available following the trade of Mason and with Tutu Atwell set to miss the next few weeks with a broken rib, the speedy receiver gets a chance to secure a roster spot for next season as a futures contract.

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Week 7 NFL Results
PHI 20 - ARI 7 | WAS 31 - BUF 24 | DAL 28 - NYJ 21
KC 28 - MIA 10 | GB 35 - CHI 10 | NO 21 - TB 19
LAC 26 - DEN 20 | SF 21 - LAR 18 | JAX 35 - TEN 33
HOU 21 - CIN 21 | BAL 24 - LV 20 | PIT 52 - IND 10
NYG 28 - SEA 21
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Draft Buzz
- Could Oregon State CB Trent Flowers be the first pick in next spring's draft?
- Do the Giants move on from Daniel Jones with Brian Otting, South Carolina's Zach Weathersby or Auburn's Jack Oberg?
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Players of the Week
QB Matt Corral (PIT): 27 of 37, 446 yards, 4 touchdowns.
OLB T.J. Watt (PIT): 4 tackles, 3 sacks, forced fumble, fumble recovery.
QB Daniel Jones (NYG): 22 of 29, 246 yards, 3 touchdowns.
DE Marcus Davenport (NO): 3 tackles, 3 sacks.
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Notable Injuries
HB James Conner (ARI): Season (knee)
HB Chuba Hubbard (CAR): Season (Achilles)
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Notable Transactions
Chicago Bears re-sign TE Cole Kmet (4yr/$21.1m)
Green Bay Packers re-sign G Shaq Mason (2yr/$25.5m)

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Week 8 Preview: at Cleveland Browns
Record: 4-2, 3rd AFC North

Team Leaders
Passing: C.J. Stroud (68% completion, 1306 yards, 13 TD, 4 INT, 110.5 rating)
Rushing: Nick Chubb (699 yards, 5.8 ypc, 7 TD)
Receiving: Jarvis Landry (28 receptions, 380 yards, 3 TD)
Defense: Myles Garrett (35 tackles, 10 TFL, 9.5 sacks)

Team Rankings
Scoring Offense: 29.3 PPG | 4th
Total Offense: 441 YPG | 18th
Passing Offense: 217 YPG | 28th
Rushing Offense: 154 YPG | 2nd
Scoring Defense: 21 PAPG | 5th
Total Defense: 314 YAPG | 2nd
Passing Defense: 231 YAPG | 5th
Rushing Defense: 82 YAPG | 2nd

Injuries
CLE DT Malik McDowell (shoulder)
CLE LB Anthony Walker (finger)
CLE LB Jacob Phillips (shoulder)
CLE S Richard LeCounte III (wrist)
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NE WR Tutu Atwell (ribs)

Cleveland Browns Projected Starters
QB #7 C.J. Stroud | 6'3", 213lbs | 70 ovr, 82 spd, 80 acc, 66 awr, 94 thp, 76 sac, 79 mac, 76 dac
HB #24 Nick Chubb | 5'11", 227lbs | 99 ovr, 93 spd, 92 acc, 99 car, 98 btk, 96 trk
WR #80 Jarvis Landry | 5'11", 196lbs | 83 ovr, 88 spd, 91 acc, 90 cth
WR #82 Rashard Higgins | 6'1", 198lbs | 78 ovr, 86 spd, 89 acc, 89 cth
WR #11 Donovan Peoples-Jones | 6'2", 212lbs | 77 ovr, 90 spd, 89 acc, 88 cth
TE #85 David Njoku | 6'4", 246lbs | 82 ovr, 86 spd, 90 acc, 80 cth, 65 rbk
LT #71 Jedrick Willis Jr | 6'4", 316lbs | 86 ovr, 94 str, 83 pbk, 81 rbk
LG #75 Joel Bitonio | 6'4", 320lbs | 89 ovr, 86 str, 90 pbk, 86 rbk
C #64 JC Tretter | 6'4", 307lbs | 85 ovr, 89 str, 80 pbk, 83 rbk
RG #77 Wyatt Teller | 6'4", 314lbs | 92 ovr, 94 str, 84 pbk, 92 rbk
RT #78 Jack Conklin | 6'6", 308lbs | 83 ovr, 87 str, 83 pbk, 84 rbk
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DE #95 Myles Garrett | 6'4", 272lbs | 99 ovr, 85 spd, 92 acc, 98 str, 98 pmv, 91 fmv, 95 bsh
DE #90 Jadeveon Clowney | 6'5", 255lbs | 84 ovr, 85 spd, 88 acc, 84 str, 83 pmv, 77 fmv, 88 bsh
DT #94 Thomas Booker | 6'4", 309lbs | 70 ovr, 76 acc, 92 str, 68 pmv, 63 fmv, 74 bsh
DT #96 Jordan Elliott | 6'4", 302lbs | 68 ovr, 82 acc, 82 str, 69 pmv, 62 fmv, 77 bsh
LB #28 Jeremiah Owusu-Koromoah | 6'2", 215lbs | 86 ovr, 89 spd, 91 acc, 84 awr, 84 tkl, 63 bsh
LB #45 Devin Lloyd | 6'3", 235lbs | 73 ovr, 83 spd, 84 acc, 70 awr, 84 tkl, 63 bsh
CB #21 Denzel Ward | 5'11", 190lbs | 92 ovr, 95 spd, 96 acc, 85 awr, 95 mcv, 88 zcv, 86 press
CB #20 Greg Newsome II | 6'0", 192lbs | 82 ovr, 94 spd, 92 acc, 81 awr, 76 mcv, 84 zcv, 80 press
NB #29 Isaiah Oliver | 6'0", 210lbs | 72 ovr, 90 spd, 90 acc, 71 awr, 80 mcv, 75 zcv, 80 press, 52 tkl
S #43 John Johnson III | 6'0", 209lbs | 87 ovr, 85 spd, 89 acc, 86 awr, 79 mcv, 89 zcv, 79 tkl
S #36 Demani Richardson | 6'1", 215lbs | 79 ovr, 88 spd, 85 acc, 69 awr, 69 mcv, 74 zcv, 84 tkl
K #14 Austin Seibert | 5'9", 211lbs | 73 ovr, 94 kpw, 73 kac
P #16 Jamie Gillan | 6'1", 207lbs | 78 ovr, 93 kpw, 85 kac

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CLE (4-3) | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 || 28
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Mac throws for 439 yards and three touchdowns in 38-28 win over Browns
For two minutes, nothing went right for New England as Damien Harris fumbled the ball on the Cleveland 27-yard line, C.J. Stroud completed passes of 25 and 49 yards to Donovan People Jones on the next two plays -- the second one being a touchdown, and John Johnson III picked off Mac Jones and returned it for a touchdown.

Cleveland would score just once more for the rest of the game as Mac Jones threw for 439 yards and three touchdowns, including the game-clinching toss to Damien Harris with 1:43 to seal New England 38-28 win over Cleveland on Monday night.

Down 28-10 with two minutes left in the game, New England started to turn the tide as Jones completed passes of fifteen, sixteen, and thirty-five yards during the two-minute drill to get New England their second touchdown of the night and keep Cleveland from running away with it.

The defense took care of the second half, forcing punt after punt while Damien Harris' 26-yard touchdown run opened the second half and Jaire Alexander's interception helped set up Quinn Nordin's 47-yard field goal to tie the game.

Nordin kicked another field goal in the fourth quarter to take the lead after New England had first and goal from the 4-yard line but failed to get it in. After another Cleveland punt, their sixth of the day, Jones led a twelve play drive that took four minutes off the board and this time on 4th and goal from the one-yard line, New England went for it with Jones finding Harris on the sprint out for the touchdown.
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Scoring Summary
Quarter 1
[CLE] N. Chubb, 16 Yd run (12:28)
[NE] B. Berrios 11 Yd pass from M. Jones (5:35)

Quarter 2
[CLE] D. Peoples-Jones 49 Yd pass from C. Stroud (9:33)
[CLE] J. Johnson III, returned interception 31 Yds (8:09)
[NE] Q. Nordin, 31 Yd FG (3:38)
[CLE] D. Peoples-Jones 22 Yd pass from C. Stroud (1:55)
[NE] J. Johnson 35 Yd pass from M. Jones (0:10)

Quarter 3
[NE] D. Harris, 26 Yd run -- 2pt (12:19)
[NE] Q. Nordin, 46 Yd FG (1:17)

Quarter 4
[NE] Q. Nordin, 19 Yd FG (9:23)
[NE] D. Harris 1 Yd pass from M. Jones (1:43)
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New England Patriots
QB Mac Jones: 36 of 49, 439 yards, 3 touchdowns, interception.
HB Damien Harris: 17 carries, 50 yards, touchdown, fumble, 1 reception, 0 yard, touchdown.
HB Rhamondre Stevenson: 15 carries, 55 yards.
HB Kenny McIntosh: 10 carries, 59 yards.
HB James White: 2 carries, 9 yards, 5 receptions, 48 yards.
WR Charleston Rambo: 6 receptions, 107 yards.
WR Josh Johnson: 5 receptions, 88 yards, touchdown.
WR Parris Campbell: 4 receptions, 49 yards.
TE Hunter Henry: 3 receptions, 34 yards.
WR Braxton Berrios: 3 receptions, 20 yards, touchdown.
LT Wynn: 77.5 PFF grade | LG Onwenu: 73.0 PFF grade | C Hainsey: 81.4 PFF grade | RG Jones: 86.6 PFF grade | RT Brown: 68.4 PFF grade
CB Jaire Alexander: 7 tackles, interception (95.8 PFF grade)
S Kyle Dugger: 6 tackles (73.5 PFF grade)
LB Trez Marshall: 5 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 2 sacks (91.4 PFF grade)
CB J.C. Jackson: 4 tackles (21.0 PFF grade)

Cleveland Browns
QB C.J. Stroud: 18 of 32, 289 yards, 2 touchdowns, interception, sacked 4 times.
HB Nick Chubb: 11 carries, 74 yards, touchdown, 4 receptions, 91 yards.
WR Donovan Peoples-Jones: 5 receptions, 109 yards, 2 touchdowns.
TE David Njoku: 5 receptions, 37 yards.
WR Jarvis Landry: 3 receptions, 31 yards.
S Demani Richardson: 14 tackles.
LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah: 13 tackles.
LB Devin Lloyd: 10 tackles, 3 tackles for loss.
S John Johnson III: 8 tackles, interception, touchdown.

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Week 8 NFL Results
HOU 25 - IND 15 | ATL 42 - CHI 14 | MIN 30 - NO 17
BUF 23 - MIA 20 | PHI 38 - LAC 13 | KC 31 - JAX 23
CIN 31 - LAR 24 | DAL 49 - ARI 17 | SF 28 - WAS 24
BAL 17 - TEN 10 | NE 38 - CLE 28 | TB 21 - NYG 14
GB 23 - DEN 17 | CAR 27 - DET 21 | PIT 21 - SEA 17
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Draft Buzz
- Potential top five pick and Oregon State CB Trent Flowers suspended indefinitely following arrest.
- Former Olympic wrestler Denzel McLeod finding success as pass rusher with Trojans.
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Players of the Week
QB Mac Jones (NE): 36 of 49, 439 yards, 3 touchdowns.
S John Johnson III (CLE): 8 tackles, interception, touchdown.
QB Malik Willis (ATL): 26 of 34, 280 yards, 4 touchdowns.
CB Casey Hayward Jr. (MIN): 7 tackles, 3 interceptions.
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Notable Injuries
HB James Conner (ARI): Season (knee)
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Notable Transactions
Seattle Seahawks re-sign OLB Darrell Taylor (3yr/$24m)

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Week 9 Preview: at Denver Broncos
Record: 2-5, 4th AFC West

Team Leaders
Passing: Teddy Bridgewater (56% completion, 1532 yards, 13 TD, 3 INT, 93.4 rating)
Rushing: Javonte Williams (459 yards, 3.5 ypc, 6 TD)
Receiving: Tim Patrick (31 receptions, 457 yards, 4 TD)
Defense: Bradley Chubb (39 tackles, 8 TFL, 4.5 sacks)

Team Rankings
Scoring Offense: 20.7 PPG | 29th
Total Offense: 419 YPG | 26th
Passing Offense: 221 YPG | 26th
Rushing Offense: 94 YPG | 26th
Scoring Defense: 25.6 PAPG | 17th
Total Defense: 409 YAPG | 31st
Passing Defense: 285 YAPG | 32nd
Rushing Defense: 123 YAPG | 25th

Injuries
NE WR Tutu Atwell (ribs)

Denver Broncos Projected Starters
QB #5 Teddy Bridgewater | 6'2", 215lbs | 75 ovr, 82 spd, 86 acc, 75 awr, 86 thp, 89 sac, 82 mac, 80 dac
HB #3 Javonte Williams | 5'10", 215lbs | 84 ovr, 88 spd, 90 acc, 92 car, 95 btk, 92 trk
WR #14 Courtland Sutton | 6'3", 216lbs | 86 ovr, 91 spd, 92 acc, 92 cth
WR #10 Jerry Jeudy | 6'1", 193lbs | 82 ovr, 91 spd, 94 acc, 83 cth
WR #81 Tim Patrick | 6'4", 210lbs | 81 ovr, 91 spd, 92 acc, 89 cth
TE #87 Noah Fant | 6'4", 249lbs | 86 ovr, 89 spd, 92 acc, 92 cth, 58 rbk
LT #72 Garett Boles | 6'5", 297lbs | 86 ovr, 90 str, 85 pbk, 82 rbk
LG #66 Dalton Risner | 6'5", 312lbs | 81 ovr, 88 str, 75 pbk, 80 rbk
C #79 Lloyd Cushenberry III | 6'3", 315lbs | 76 ovr, 89 str, 70 pbk, 76 rbk
RG #52 Netane Muti | 6'3", 315lbs | 77 ovr, 96 str, 69 pbk, 80 rbk
RT #78 Daniel Faalele | 6'9", 380lbs | 73 ovr, 94 str, 80 pbk, 60 rbk
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DE #93 Dre'Mont Jones | 6'3", 281lbs | 79 ovr, 73 spd, 85 acc, 79 str, 68 pmv, 76 fmv, 85 bsh
DE #90 Zykevious Walker | 6'4", 276lbs | 75 ovr, 82 spd, 82 acc, 78 str, 84 pmv, 61 fmv, 69 bsh
NT #98 Greg Gaines | 6'1", 312lbs | 77 ovr, 79 acc, 88 str, 76 pmv, 55 fmv, 81 bsh
OLB #42 Khari Coleman | 6'2", 228lbs | 76 ovr, 84 spd 92 acc, 63 awr, 81 tkl, 75 bsh, 66 pmv, 85 fmv
ILB #45 Alexander Johnson | 6'2", 255lbs | 80 ovr, 81 spd, 85 acc, 84 awr, 90 tkl, 77 bsh
ILB #47 Josey Jewell | 6'1", 236lbs | 77 ovr, 78 spd, 88 acc, 77 awr, 87 tkl, 77 bsh
OLB #55 Bradley Chubb | 6'4", 275lbs | 88 ovr, 84 spd, 87 acc, 86 awr, 86 tkl, 83 bsh, 82 pmv, 91 fmv
CB #2 Patrick Surtain II | 6'2", 202lbs | 83 ovr, 91 spd, 91 acc, 80 awr, 85 mcv, 75 zcv, 89 press
CB #23 Kyle Fuller | 5'11", 194lbs | 79 ovr, 88 spd, 91 acc, 82 awr, 78 mcv, 82 zcv, 82 press
NB #13 Michael Ojemudia | 6'1", 200lbs | 78 ovr, 91 spd, 93 acc, 78 awr, 81 mcv, 79 mzcv, 75 press
S #31 Justin Simmons | 6'2", 202lbs | 92 ovr, 88 spd, 92 acc, 93 awr, 81 mcv, 88 zcv, 76 tkl
S #39 Ronnie Harrison Jr. | 6'3", 214lbs | 81 ovr, 86 spd, 91 acc, 80 awr, 75 mcv, 82 zcv, 75 tkl
K/P #12 Jake Bailey | 6'2", 202lbs | 83 ovr, 96 kpw, 88 kac

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DEN (2-6) | 10 | 14 | 0 | 3 || 27
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Patriots withstand turnover frenzy to take care of Denver 38-27
When it rained, it poured for Mac Jones who threw three interceptions in three consecutive drives, including a pick-six to Justin Simmons that helped Denver go into the half up 24-17.

New England would get a pick six of their own, by veteran safety Jordan Poyer, to trigger the rally and comeback victory in their 38-27 win over Denver on Sunday afternoon.

Jones would finish the game with 319 yards and three touchdowns, including the 37-yard touchdown pass to Charleston Rambo in the third quarter to take the lead.

Denver would threaten to tie the game as Teddy Bridgewater ripped scrambles of 27 and 11 yards to get Denver on the New England 14-yard line but on 3rd and one, Josh Uche was able to track him down for the sack to force Denver to settle for the field goal.

After a New England three-and-out, Bridgewater would throw his second pick six of the day, this time to Jaire Alexander with 6:28 left in the game to put the nail in the coffin.
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Scoring Summary
Quarter 1
[DEN] R. Abrams, 27 Yd FG (12:02)
[DEN] C. Sutton 2 Yd pass from T. Bridgewater (2:14)
[NE] P. Campbell 8 Yd pass from M. Jones (0:02)

Quarter 2
[NE] J. Johnson 2 Yd pass from M. Jones (7:33)
[DEN] J. Gibbs 13 Yd pass from T. Bridgewater (3:49)
[DEN] J. Simmons, returned interception 74 Yds (1:41)
[NE] Q. Nordin, 41 Yd FG (0:00)

Quarter 3
[NE] J. Poyer, returned interception 48 Yds (5:23)
[NE] C. Rambo 37 Yd pass from M. Jones (1:53)

Quarter 4
[DEN] R. Abrams, 41 d FG (10:24)
[NE] J. Alexander, returned interception 7 Yds (6:23)
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New England Patriots
QB Mac Jones: 22 of 32, 319 yards, 3 touchdowns, 3 interceptions.
HB Damien Harris: 15 carries, 97 yards.
HB Rhamondre Stevenson: 14 carries, 49 yards.
HB Kenny McIntosh: 5 carries, 32 yards, 5 receptions, 38 yards.
WR Kendrick Bourne: 3 receptions, 76 yards.
WR Josh Johnson: 3 receptions, 15 yards, touchdown.
WR Charleston Rambo: 2 receptions, 66 yards, touchdown.
TE Jonnu Smith: 2 receptions, 52 yards.
TE Hunter Henry: 2 receptions, 31 yards.
LT Wynn: 96.0 PFF grade | LG Onwenu: 70.4 PFF grade | C Hainsey: 89.2 PFF grade | RG Jones: 90.2 PFF grade | RT Brown: 77.3 PFF grade
S Adrian Phillips: 8 tackles (76.9 PFF grade)
CB J.C. Jackson: 7 tackles (75.9 PFF grade)
EDGE Josh Uche: 6 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, sack (92.2 PFF grade)
ILB Dont'a Hightower: 4 tackles, tackle for loss, sack (79.7 PFF grade)
CB Jaire Alexander: 3 tackles, interception, touchdown (96.5 PFF grade)
S Jordan Poyer: 3 tackles, interception, touchdown (52.1 PFF grade)
IDL Davon Godchaux: 3 tackles, tackle for loss, sack (90.5 PFF grade)
IDL Christian Barmore: 2 tackles, tackle for loss, sack (71.7 PFF grade)
IDL Quinnen Williams: 2 tackles, tackle for loss, sack (75.6 PFF grade)

Denver Broncos
QB Teddy Bridgewater: 23 of 43, 267 yards, 2 touchdowns, 2 interceptions, sacked 5 times, 4 carries, 45 yards.
HB Javonte Williams: 15 carries, 87 yards.
WR Courtland Sutton: 7 receptions, 121 yards, touchdown.
TE Noah Fant: 5 receptions, 63 yards.
HB Jahmyr Gibbs: 5 receptions, 26 yards, touchdown.
LB Alexander Johnson: 14 tackles, 2 tackles for loss.
CB Kyle Fuller: 9 tackles, tackle for loss.
S Justin Simmons: 8 tackles, interception, touchdown.
S Ronnie Harrison Jr: 7 tackles, interception.
CB Michael Ojemudia: 4 tackles, tackle for loss, interception.

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