DENVER (AP) — Ja’Quan McMillian intercepted Sam Darnold’s pass in overtime and Wil Lutz kicked a 53-yard field goal that gave the Denver Broncos a 17-14 victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night.
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that → intercept → night
The Broncos emerged from a tough six-week season-opening stretch with a 4-2 record despite an injury-riddled roster and a shaky offense, and the Seahawks (3-3) lost for the second time in five days.
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Seahawks → emerge → days
They also matched their loss total from last season, when they won their second Super Bowl title.
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they → match → title
McMillian intercepted a pass intended for Rashid Shaheed at the Denver 43, the second pick of the night by Darnold, who completed 27 of 51 passes for 278 yards without a touchdown.
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who → intercept → touchdown
He threw for just 107 yards on 17-of-27 passing after throwing for 123 last week in a win over the Chargers.
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He → throw → Chargers
Jason Myers’ 34-yard field goal tied it at 14-all with 3 seconds left in regulation and capped an 11-0 Seattle run over the final 5 1/2 minutes.
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goal → tie → minutes
The Seahawks started their game-tying drive at midfield after a 31-yard punt return by Shaheed following a sixth three-and-out by the Broncos.
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Seahawks → start → Broncos
“No moral victories in the league,” Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald said.
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Macdonald → say → league
“It’s a bottom-line business, production business.
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But I’m proud of our effort.
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I’m proud of the resolve of the team.
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I’m proud of our connectedness of our team.
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“However, there’s things that we need to get better at quickly, and we know those things; they’re within our control, and that’s what we do.
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We find solutions, and we get things figured out, we move forward, and we evolve.”
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we → find → solutions
Denver appeared to have victory in hand when Kris Abrams-Draine intercepted Darnold’s pass at the Denver 30 with 1:25 left in regulation, but the Broncos burned just 15 seconds of clock before punting.
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Broncos → appear → clock
After scoring just three points on their first eight drives, the Seahawks put together an 11-play, 67-yard masterpiece that ended with running back George Holani scoring from a yard out.
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Holani → score → masterpiece
Darnold’s 2-point pass to Shaheed pulled Seattle within 14-11 with 5:41 left.
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pass → pull → 5:41
Nix led the Broncos on two long first-half scoring drives, and Denver’s depleted defense sacked Darnold five times and hit him 17 times.
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defense → lead → him
“Defensively, we were magnificent,” said Broncos coach Sean Payton, who acknowledged, “I’m a little bit of a realist to know that 4-2 could easily be 2-4.”
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Denver’s all-or-nothing offense produced two long drives to go with two three-and-outs before running out the clock on the first half with a 14-3 lead.
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offense → produce → lead
J.K. Dobbins’ 4-yard touchdown run capped a 16-play, 74-yard drive that chewed up nearly nine minutes and put Denver ahead 7-3.
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that → cap → Denver
Running back R.J. Harvey took a direct snap and scored from a yard out on Denver’s next drive.
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Harvey → take → drive
The Broncos sacked Darnold on back-to-back plays to thwart Seattle’s opening drive, but Denver went three-and-out on its own opening drive for the fourth time this season and the Seahawks capitalized on their good field position to take a 3-0 lead on Myers’ 55-yard field goal.
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Seahawks → sack → goal
He missed from 47 yards in the third quarter.
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He → miss → quarter
The Broncos have recorded multiple sacks in 20 consecutive home games.
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Broncos → record → games
That’s the longest such streak in team history and the longest current streak in the NFL.
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The Seahawks’ most promising first-half drive ended at the Denver 34 when Nik Bonitto punched the ball from Shaheed’s grasp and inside linebacker Justin Strnad recovered.
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Strnad → end → grasp
True to form
The Seahawks franchise fell to 19-30-1 in overtime and the Broncos improved to 33-23-2.
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Broncos → fall → 33
That’s second-best in the NFL.
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“It was a good win,” Payton said, “but we’ve got a lot of work to do.”
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we → say → work
Seahawks TE Elijah Arroyo left late in the first half with an apparent right shoulder injury sustained while diving for a fumbled ball.
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Arroyo → leave → ball
RB Tyler Badie injured a thumb in the second quarter.
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Badie → injure → quarter
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