Tag: Week 13

Twitter recap of Drew Lock’s first start for Broncos

The Denver Broncos defeated the Los Angeles Chargers 23-20 with Drew Lock becoming Denver’s 7th starting QB since Peyton Manning retired.

The Denver Broncos beat the Los Angeles Chargers 23-20 on Sunday with Drew Lock becoming the Broncos Denver’s seventh starting quarterback since Peyton Manning retired after the 2015 season. The Week 13 game did not yield a bad luck ending as kicker Brandon McManus hit the game-winning 53-yard field goal before jubilant bone-chilled home fans.

Here is a Twitter recap of the game.

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Devontae Booker ran into Chargers punter Ty Long, incurring a 15-yard personal foul. The Chargers retained the football with a first down and then converted the penalty into a field goal.

The Broncos capitalized on a turnover of their own when Brandon McManus hit a 31-yard field goal.

Left guard Ron Leary left the game with a concussion.

The Broncos’ offense was anemic during the second half, scoring only two field goals.

After his second sack of the game, defensive tackle Derek Wolfe left the field due to injury.

Safety Justin Simmons played another strong game with several key tackles.

With 14 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Chargers tied the game 20-20 with Michael Badgley’s 46-yard field goal. The Broncos regained possession and with nine seconds left, Lock threw an incomplete deep pass Sutton, but cornerback Casey Hayward committed pass interference. The ball moved 37 yards within field goal range.

McManus — with no time left in the game — hit the game-winning 53-yard field goal.

Overall, Lock played a respectable inaugural NFL game, going 18-of-28 for 134 yards, with two touchdowns against one interception, good for an 84.5 passer rating. Phillip Lindsay had 17 rushes for 58 yards. Courtland Sutton caught four passes for 74 yards and two touchdowns. McManus accounted for 11 of the Broncos’ 23 points, with three field goals and two extra points.

Up next for Denver is a road game against the Houston Texans in Week 14.

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Drew Lock leads Broncos past Chargers 23-20 in first NFL start

The Broncos played the Chargers in Week 13 of the 2019 NFL season. View the game recap here.

Denver Broncos quarterback Drew Lock had an overall positive performance in his NFL debut against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday, completing 18 of his 28 passes for 134 yards with two touchdowns and one turnover.

Both of Lock’s touchdown passes were thrown to wide receiver Courtland Sutton, who finished the game with four catches for 74 yards and two scores. Sutton is enjoying a Pro Bowl-level season.

With the game tied 17-17 early in the fourth quarterback, Lock made a crucial mistake, throwing an interception to Chargers linebacker Denzel Perryman. That turnover gave Los Angeles the ball at Denver’s 38-yard line and set up a 55-yard field goal attempt.

Fortunately for Lock, Chargers kicker Michael Badgley hit the left upright on his field goal attempt and the game remained tied 17-17.

Lock then got Denver’s offense into position for kicker Brandon McManus to attempt a 52-yard field goal. McManus converted the field goal and the Broncos took a 20-17 lead with 4:26 remaining in the game.

L.A. then proceeded to drive within field goal range and got to the Broncos’ 29-yard line to attempt a 46-yard field goal. Badgley converted the kick and tied the game 20-20 with 0:14 remaining in the game.

With nine seconds remaining in the contest, Lock attempted a deep pass to Sutton and the Chargers were penalized for pass interference, setting up Denver at the 35-yard line. McManus then converted a 53-yard field goal to win the game 23-20.

Up next for the Broncos is a road game against the Houston Texans in Week 14. Houston will face the New England Patriots on Sunday evening.

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Texans-Patriots inactives: OLB Brennan Scarlett inactive

The Houston Texans announced their inactives ahead of their Week 13 encounter with the New England Patriots, and OLB Brennan Scarlett was inactive.

The Houston Texans announced their inactives ahead of their Week 13 showdown with the New England Patriots on Sunday Night Football.

Outside linebacker Brennan Scarlett, who had been listed as questionable with a shoulder injury, was deemed inactive for the game.

Joining Scarlett as the injured inactives were DE Angelo Blackson (shoulder), CB Gareon Conley (hip), and DE Carlos Watkins (hamstring).

WR Keke Coutee, WR Steven Mitchell, and CB Cornell Armstrong were the other inactives.

The Patriots declared DL Byron Coward (head), TE Ryan Izzo (illness), OL Korey Cunningham, OL Jermaine Eluemunor (illness), RB Damien Harris, CB Jason McCourty (groin), and QB Cody Kessler inactive.

Seahawks list several players on Week 13 injury report with illness

A number of Seattle Seahawks players were added to the injury report Week 13 with an illness that has been going around the team.

The Seattle Seahawks had a fairly lengthy injury report to finish out the practice week before the Monday night matchup against the Minnesota Vikings.

While a number of players were battling injuries, quite a few popped up on the report with an “illness” that coach Pete Carroll said was “going around” the team.

“It’s been an interesting week for us, the practices have been really good,” Carroll told reporters Saturday after the walkthrough. “We’ve had some guys that have had the illness that’s going around. So, we’ve kept some guys out. Everybody we think of those guys are going to play. There’s no reason that they won’t other than they feel lousy. It’s been a very good week and very pointed.”

Carroll said he allowed a few players to stay home in an attempt to quarantine those who were sick.

Players listed on the report with an “illness” included linebacker Shaquem Griffin, defensive tackle Poona Ford, cornerback Tre Flowers, guard Jordan Roos and wide receivers Tyler Lockett and David Moore.

Carroll did confirm there were no new cases of the illness as of Saturday and he expects all the impacted players will be available against the Vikings Monday night.

Seattle and Minnesota kick-off at 5:15 p.m. from CenturyLink Field.

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Good, bad, and ugly from the Packers’ victory over the Giants

We recap the good, bad, and ugly moments from the Green Bay Packers 31-13 win over the New York Giants.

Following a dud against the San Francisco 49ers, the Green Bay Packers traveled to New York for a game against the Giants that nearly everyone thought Green Bay would win. They did just that, turning in a complete performance that put the Packers back in the win column as they head down the final stretch of their season.

Here’s the good, the bad and the ugly from the Packers’ 31-13 win against the New York Giants:

The Good

  • Za’Darius Smith: The captain (and MVP) of the Packers defensive continues to deliver. Smith didn’t register any sacks during the game, but was constantly in the Giants backfield, tallying five quarterback hits and a tackle for loss. His pressures were a huge boost to a Packers defense that struggled early, and he continues to be a massive addition to the Packers as a whole.
  • Aaron Rodgers: Rodgers had one of, if not the worst game of his career last week, but he followed it up with a stellar performance against the Giants. The Packers quarterback finished with four touchdowns while spreading the ball out and looking very elusive on a handful of plays. One touchdown, in particular, saw Rodgers hit Marcedes Lewis just as he was wrapped up. Rodgers said he needed to get hot in December, and so far, he’s been just that.

  • Forcing turnovers: The Packers bread and butter on defense has been forcing turnovers, and they were able to do that very well against rookie quarterback Daniel Jones. The Packers forced three interceptions on Sunday, finishing the game with a plus-3 turnover margin. Jones has been prone to mistakes all season, but it’s still nice to see the Packers capitalize in a game that they absolutely should have.
  • Davante Adams: The Packers star wide receiver went from not having any touchdowns to scoring in consecutive games, as Adams hauled in two touchdowns Sunday. He didn’t finish as the leader in yards, but Adams was once again an excellent safety valve for Rodgers, and was also able to draw a handful of penalties that aided the Packers offense early on.

The Bad

  • First-half play: The Packers’ first half was a mixed bag, as the offense was able to get out to an extremely hot start while the defense took some time getting its feet under them. To their credit, Green Bay’s defense held the Giants to just 10 points in the first half, but for a while, the Packers soft zone coverage and inability to put drives away looked to make this a much closer game than it needed to be.
  • Penalties: The number one killer for the Packers in 2019 hasn’t been its special teams play or inconsistent offense. Instead, it’s been the penalties that the team accrues, and they once again popped up against the Giants. Green Bay was called for seven penalties in the game, some of which helped enable the Giants to continue extending drives. It didn’t hurt them too much but is something that has to be cleaned up.

The Ugly

  • Fourth down defense: The Packers “bend but don’t break” philosophy was tested heavily against the Giants, as the Packers had an extremely hard time forcing stops against a Giants offense that came into the game as one of the very worst in the league. The Giants finished the game just 5-14 on third downs, but was 3-4 on fourth downs, which allowed New York to have a huge time of possession advantage early on. It didn’t end up being a problem, but in the modern day NFL, teams – especially bad ones – aren’t afraid of trying to go for it on fourth down, and the Packers will need to get off the field on more of those attempts than they have been.

Colts’ player of the game vs. Titans: WR Zach Pascal

Zach Pascal is the player of the game in Week 13.

With T.Y Hilton suffering a setback on his injured calf this week and Chester Rodgers exiting the game in the first quarter, the Indianapolis Colts receiving corps was thin. However, Zach Pascal stepped up in a huge capacity as the Colts fell to the Tennessee Titans, 31-17.

He finished the day with seven receptions for 109 yards, averaging 15.6 yards per catch. Pascal was the main target in the Colts passing game that had to get going quickly.

Having lacked explosive plays over the last month, Pascal had a huge hand in changing that. Of the eight passing plays going 16 yards or more, Pascal had four of them on the day.

Pascal needed a solid performance after struggling the past few weeks to get things going as he had earlier in the season. He gave all he could Sunday as the Colts’ fourth-quarter meltdown cost them the win.

Hopefully, the Colts receivers can get healthy as the team travels to Tampa Bay next week to try and salvage the season. Pascal epitomizes the hard work and “next man up” mentality that the Colts have had all year.

WATCH: Broncos QB Drew Lock throws first NFL touchdown pass

Broncos rookie quarterback Drew Lock connected with wide receiver Courtland Sutton on a 26-yard touchdown pass on Sunday.

In his NFL debut on Sunday, Broncos quarterback Drew Lock connected with wide receiver Courtland Sutton on a 26-yard touchdown pass. Here’s video of the play, courtesy of the team’s official Twitter page:

Sutton made an excellent catch, as he has done multiple times this year. Denver currently leads Los Angeles 7-0 late in the first quarter.

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Cowboys workout 3 kickers but don’t replace Maher, long snapper pouts

The Dallas Cowboys have a kicking problem. They’ve had it for the last two seasons, but finally, after seeing Brett Maher miss two kicks that would have changed the context of their embarrassing Thanksgiving loss, they are looking to do something …

The Dallas Cowboys have a kicking problem. They’ve had it for the last two seasons, but finally, after seeing Brett Maher miss two kicks that would have changed the context of their embarrassing  Thanksgiving loss, they are looking to do something about it.

On Sunday, while the rest of the league played their Week 13 games, Dallas worked out three kickers.

Maher has under a 68% make percentage on the season after Sunday’s two misses. If he had made both kicks, Dallas’ late touchdown with four minutes remaining would have moved them within one score, allowing the team to kick the ball downfield instead of going for an onside kick.

Cowboys Wire ran an article on Friday  looking at a handful of kickers with NFL experience, plus Sergio Castillo, who can work out for teams but can’t sign until after the season per CFL rules.

In the end though, Dallas decided to move forward with Maher for Thursday’s road game against the Chicago Bears.

The workouts, of course, focused on place kicks, which means the rest of the unit had to participate as long-time long snapper L.P. Ladouceur and punter-holder Chris Jones worked with the workout warriors.

Ladouceur spoke up about the issues he felt arose from having to work with potential replacements for his friend, Maher.

The Cowboys (6-6) are still atop the NFC East for the time being, as they hold the tiebreaker over the Philadelphia Eagles (5-6) by virtue of their big win earlier in the season. The two teams meet again in Week 16.

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Broncos vs. Chargers: Live updates from Twitter

Click here to view live updates from the Broncos’ game against the Chargers in Week 13.

The Broncos will host the Chargers in an AFC West showdown on Sunday afternoon. Follow along below for live updates from Twitter.

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Denver rookie Drew Lock will make his NFL debut on Sunday.

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Broncos will start QB Drew Lock against Chargers

The Broncos will start rookie quarterback Drew Lock against the Chargers in Week 13.

The Denver Broncos will start rookie quarterback Drew Lock against the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 13, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The move was widely expected but Broncos coach Vic Fangio indicated Friday that a decision had not yet been made.

In reality, Denver decided on Tuesday evening that Lock would start as long as practice went well, according to KUSA-TV’s Mike Klis. The Broncos did not declare a starting quarterback for competitive reasons, forcing the Chargers to prepare to face either Lock or Brandon Allen.

Los Angeles probably wasn’t fooled, though. Lock received increased reps this week, including the first reps with the first-team offense. It wouldn’t make sense to have Lock practice first if he wasn’t going to start.

Denver activated Lock from injured reserve to the 53-man roster on Saturday. To make room for Lock on the active roster, the Broncos waived undrafted rookie Brett Rypien. If he clears waivers, Rypien will likely be re-signed to the team’s 10-man practice squad next week.

NFL teams are allowed to bring back two players from IR per season. Denver brought back wide receiver Tim Patrick and Lock, which means tight end Jake Butt and running back Theo Riddick will remain on reserve for the rest of the year.

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