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“Gosh, I don't have an answer for you,” he said, “because those things happen so quickly. Jackson also drew a 15-yard flag in the opener for a hit he put on Raiders receiver Jakobi Meyers, and Payton was asked if he felt a suspension was possible. The game turned when Howell threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Logan Thomas on fourth-and-goal and safety Kareem Jackson was ejected for launching himself at the tight end, who suffered a concussion on the play and didn't return. Washington coach Ron Rivera was presented with a game ball in the locker room for his 100th career win in the NFL, and the Broncos honored their Super Bowl 32 -winning team at halftime. “Any time he can touch the football is a good thing for us,” Wilson said. Mims also had a 45-yard punt return, giving him 168 all-purpose yards on five touches. We had a number of guys we’re trying to get the ball to and we will keep doing that.” “We're in a couple of different personnel groupings, so part of that is coincidence, I would say. “Some of it's coverage-driven and some of it is just based on what we're in,” Payton said. Mims had two catches for 113 yards on two targets but wasn't thrown to again after Denver's third possession and spent much of the rest of the game on the sideline. None of the three touched the ball again until Mims got a handoff midway through the third quarter with the score tied at 21. hauling in a 60-yard touchdown pass and second-year wideout Johnson snaring a 16-yard score. Payton got the ball into his young speedsters' hands early on, and it paid off with undrafted rookie Jaleel McLaughlin scoring on a 5-yard pitch, rookie receiver Marvin Mims Jr. 14, 2010, against Kansas City, a game the Broncos went on to win 49-29.

The last time Denver scored TDs on each of its first three drives was on Nov.

Wilson threw for 308 yards and three TDs but also had two turnovers. With 2 seconds left and the Broncos at the 50-yard line trailing 35-27, Wilson heaved a pass toward the end zone that was deflected by a scrum of players before Johnson snared it for the score. The Commanders used a 32-3 scoring outburst to take control before the Broncos made it interesting at the very end. Washington overcame a 21-point deficit to beat Detroit on Nov. added two TD runs, helping the Commanders to the second-biggest comeback in franchise history. “The thing I’m proud of is we had each other’s back on both sides of the ball.”īrian Robinson Jr. “This is a resilient team,” Washington's Sam Howell said after throwing for 299 yards and two TDs in his first road start. Their 18-point blown lead tied for the fourth-largest at home in franchise history. The Broncos lost despite scoring touchdowns on their first three drives for the first time since 2010. The Broncos (0-2) have lost back-to-back home games for the first time, not the kind of history coach Sean Payton was hoping to make in his return to the sideline after a year in the broadcast studio following a highly successful 15-year stint in New Orleans, especially after he criticized predecessor Nathaniel Hackett for doing one of the worst coaching jobs in NFL history last year. Washington rallied from an early 21-3 deficit to take a 35-24 lead, then had to hang on with no time on the clock.ĬBS rules analyst Gene Steratore said it looked like St-Juste made enough early contact for a foul, but Brad Rogers’ crew didn’t throw a flag and the Commanders celebrated the franchise’s first 2-0 start since 2011. "So, we locked in and made the play,” said St-Juste, who appeared to get away with pass interference when he broke up Wilson's 2-point conversion throw to Courtland Sutton, preserving the Commanders' come-from-behind win. St-Juste said he figured, “OK, we got one more opportunity to shut this down and come up with a ‘dub.' NFL, Denver Broncos, Washington CommandersĭENVER - Washington cornerback Benjamin St-Juste didn't flinch after Brandon Johnson snared Russell Wilson's 50-yard Hail Mary touchdown pass off a double deflection with no time remaining Sunday. Howell leads big rally for Commanders, who hold on to beat Broncos after Wilson's Hail Mary