Week 2, 2044

played in Carolina, NC

84 degrees, fair, 5 mph wind

Denver Broncos	0	13	10	0	-	23
Carolina Panthers	7	7	0	14	-	28

Scoring Summary
1Q: 02:30 CAR - Cary Hicks 7 run (Branden Melancon extra point)
2Q: 12:38 DEN - Donte Hatcher 4 pass from Evan Paton (Desmond Patton extra point)
2Q: 06:46 CAR - Justics Delaroche 36 run (Branden Melancon extra point)
2Q: 02:00 DEN - Desmond Patton 30 field goal
2Q: 00:06 DEN - Desmond Patton 51 field goal
3Q: 05:51 DEN - Desmond Patton 34 field goal
3Q: 00:50 DEN - Leonard Raymond 11 pass from Evan Paton (Desmond Patton extra point)
4Q: 11:09 CAR - Brandon Cooks 2 pass from Geno Smith (Branden Melancon extra point)
4Q: 05:57 CAR - Justics Delaroche 10 run (Branden Melancon extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 02:30 CAR - Cary Hicks 7 run (Branden Melancon extra point)
2Q: 12:38 DEN - Donte Hatcher 4 pass from Evan Paton (Desmond Patton extra point)
2Q: 06:46 CAR - Justics Delaroche 36 run (Branden Melancon extra point)
2Q: 02:00 DEN - Desmond Patton 30 field goal
2Q: 00:06 DEN - Desmond Patton 51 field goal
3Q: 05:51 DEN - Desmond Patton 34 field goal
3Q: 00:50 DEN - Leonard Raymond 11 pass from Evan Paton (Desmond Patton extra point)
4Q: 11:09 CAR - Brandon Cooks 2 pass from Geno Smith (Branden Melancon extra point)
4Q: 05:57 CAR - Justics Delaroche 10 run (Branden Melancon extra point)

Team Statistics DEN CAR
Record 1-1 1-1
First Downs 27 22
- by Rushing 7 9
- by Passing 19 13
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 512 407
- Offensive Plays 75 53
- Yards per Play 6.83 7.68
Net Rushing Yards 179 155
- Rushing Attempts 30 28
- Yards per Rush 5.97 5.54
Net Passing Yards 333 252
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 44 - 33 - 0 25 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 342 252
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/9 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 7.40 10.08
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/12 3/8
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.2 7.3
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/46 8/60
Punt Returns/Yards 4/10 2/4
Kick Returns/Yards 2/29 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/2 3/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 23
Time of Possession 33:28 26:32

Team Statistics	DEN	CAR
Record	1-1	1-1
First Downs	27	22
- by Rushing	7	9
- by Passing	19	13
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	512	407
- Offensive Plays	75	53
- Yards per Play	6.83	7.68
Net Rushing Yards	179	155
- Rushing Attempts	30	28
- Yards per Rush	5.97	5.54
Net Passing Yards	333	252
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	44 - 33 - 0	25 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	342	252
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/9	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	7.40	10.08
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/12	3/8
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.2	7.3
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/46	8/60
Punt Returns/Yards	4/10	2/4
Kick Returns/Yards	2/29	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/2	3/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 22	OWN 23
Time of Possession	33:28	26:32

Drive Charts

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:10	OWN 11	3	9	Punt
1	9:37	2:13	OWN 20	4	17	Punt
1	2:23	4:51	OWN 20	10	80	Touchdown
2	11:18	3:04	OWN 24	6	16	Punt
2	6:34	4:40	OWN 19	9	68	Field Goal
2	0:54	0:54	OWN 38	4	28	Field Goal
3	10:41	4:58	OWN 20	10	63	Field Goal
3	4:00	3:16	OWN 30	8	70	Touchdown
4	10:59	3:16	OWN 20	6	38	Punt
4	5:50	3:46	OWN 20	9	53	Downs
4	1:31	1:31	OWN 29	6	42	Game

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:50	3:13	OWN 47	5	13	Punt
1	7:24	5:01	OWN 10	11	90	Touchdown
2	12:32	1:14	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
2	8:14	1:40	OWN 28	4	72	Touchdown
2	1:54	1:00	OWN 20	2	-8	Punt
3	15:00	4:19	OWN 20	8	30	Punt
3	5:43	1:43	OWN 20	3	-1	Punt
3	0:44	4:45	OWN 20	10	80	Touchdown
4	7:43	1:53	OWN 20	4	80	Touchdown
4	2:04	0:33	OWN 27	3	0	Punt

Game MVP: Evan Paton, Denver Broncos

Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Zayden Carrillo	22	123	5.59	19	4
Evan Paton	5	46	9.20	22	1
Craig Ratliff	3	10	3.33	6	0

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Cary Hicks	14	78	5.57	13	3	1
Justics Delaroche	13	69	5.31	36	4	2
Geno Smith	1	8	8.00	8	0	0

Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Evan Paton	44	33	342	1/9	2	26	0	112.1

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Geno Smith	25	20	252	0/0	1	41	0	122.0

Receiving Statistics

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Donte Hatcher	9	14	77	8.56	16	21	1
WR Leonard Raymond	6	6	79	13.17	28	26	1
WR Richard Hopper	6	9	89	14.83	46	24	0
TE B.J. Donaldson	4	5	48	12.00	1	15	0
RB Zayden Carrillo	3	3	1	0.33	2	3	0
WR Collin Reilly	1	1	14	14.00	0	14	0
RB Craig Ratliff	1	1	17	17.00	17	17	0
FB Ryan Tittle	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
TE Norman Falconer	1	2	5	5.00	0	5	0
WR Perry Green	1	1	9	9.00	0	9	0

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Seth Chu	4	4	80	20.00	38	41	0
WR Giovanni McDaniel	4	5	44	11.00	10	15	0
FB Skip Rowe	3	3	17	5.67	2	8	0
WR Odell Beckham Jr	3	3	76	25.33	51	28	0
TE Josh Phillips	2	2	13	6.50	8	15	0
RB Justics Delaroche	2	2	18	9.00	6	15	0
WR Brandon Cooks	1	5	2	2.00	0	2	1
TE Lucas Cheng	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	0

Interception Statistics

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Denver	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Leonard Raymond	1	0	0	0
Donte Hatcher	0	1	0	0

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Chuck Pritchett	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bryan Anger	4	164	41.0	35.0	54	1

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Casey Herrmann	6	299	49.8	41.5	56	0

Kicking Statistics

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Desmond Patton	3/3	1/1	1/1	51	2/2

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Branden Melancon	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	4/4

Punt Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Craig Ratliff	4	10	2.5	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Trevor Briel	1	1	1.0	0
Kaiden Jefferson	1	3	3.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Perry Green	2	29	14.5	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

Denver	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Broderick Cella	7	3	28	25
S Bo Fiester	6	2	28	25
CB Donnie Shell	4	0	28	25
DE Connor Thornburg	4	0	15	7
CB Kim Poole	3	2	23	19
DT Arik Armstead	3	1	19	15
DT Harry Roberson	3	0	23	22
OLB Courtney Kelley	2	1	14	13
S Larry Gonzalez	2	0	10	11
S Clay Crackel	2	0	17	14
OLB Julian Cobb	2	0	17	15
CB Skip MacMillan	1	2	23	25
DE Tony Buerfeind	1	1	16	20
DT Courtney Lynch	1	1	10	7
DE Shawn Covington	1	1	23	22
CB Dillon Shaeffer	1	0	3	0
S Earnest Luen	1	0	7	7
OLB Dave Gaudio	0	1	4	3

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Chuck Pritchett	9	6	0.0	29	42
OLB Dennis Crimm	9	1	0.0	23	37
CB Todd Coleman	8	0	0.0	29	39
CB Kaiden Jefferson	7	2	0.0	22	37
ILB Corwin McEwen	6	3	0.0	28	41
ILB Derrick Bryant	4	1	0.0	7	9
S Xavier Winslett	4	0	0.0	27	44
OLB Hardy Odumuyiwa	3	1	1.0	8	13
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	2	2	0.0	22	26
OLB Manti Te'o	2	0	0.0	5	5
DE Clyde Pieri	2	0	0.0	13	13
ILB Junior Atkins	2	0	0.0	2	4
CB Trevor Briel	1	2	0.0	28	39
OLB Bob Guest	1	1	0.0	16	25
DE Darnell Arnold	1	1	0.0	8	19
DE Melvin McConnell	1	1	0.0	17	32
DT Renaldo Jeffries	1	0	0.0	18	25
DT Grant May	0	1	0.0	13	20

Pass Rush Statistics

Denver	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay

Carolina	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Hardy Odumuyiwa	1.0	0	0	13
OLB Dennis Crimm	0.0	1	2	37
S Xavier Winslett	0.0	1	0	44

Pass Defense Statistics

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Broderick Cella	4	1	25
S Bo Fiester	3	0	25
CB Donnie Shell	2	1	25
S Larry Gonzalez	2	0	11
OLB Courtney Kelley	2	0	13
OLB Julian Cobb	2	0	15
CB Kim Poole	1	1	19
CB Skip MacMillan	1	1	25
DE Tony Buerfeind	1	0	20
S Earnest Luen	1	0	7
S Clay Crackel	1	0	14

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Todd Coleman	7	1	39
OLB Dennis Crimm	6	0	37
S Chuck Pritchett	4	1	42
CB Kaiden Jefferson	4	0	37
ILB Corwin McEwen	3	1	41
S Xavier Winslett	3	0	44
ILB Derrick Bryant	2	0	9
CB Trevor Briel	1	0	39
ILB Junior Atkins	1	0	4
S Brady Worrell	1	0	13
DE Melvin McConnell	1	0	32

Blocking Statistics

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Seth Lavoie	4	7	1	30	1	45
Randal Randle	2	5	1	30	0	45
Alex Smith	2	4	0	30	0	45
Doug Stark	2	2	0	30	0	45
Ryan Tittle	2	2	0	16	0	28
Barry Wallack	0	3	0	30	0	45
B.J. Donaldson	0	1	0	20	0	26
Norman Falconer	0	1	0	12	0	15

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Donnie Wile	6	9	28	25
Alonzo Tripp	2	7	28	25
Danny Stephens	2	3	28	25
Justin Wiggin	1	3	28	25
Skip Rowe	1	1	12	12
Lucas Cheng	1	1	20	15
Michael Wasserman	0	3	28	25

Special Teams Tackles

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Collin Reilly	1	17
Brandon Linder	1	7

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Manti Te'o	3	21
Roderick Dahnke	2	16
Chuck Pritchett	1	3

Participation

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Barry Wallack	30	45	---	---	7	82
Seth Lavoie	30	45	---	---	7	82
Randal Randle	30	45	---	---	---	75
Evan Paton	30	45	---	---	---	75
Doug Stark	30	45	---	---	---	75
Alex Smith	30	45	---	---	---	75
Richard Hopper	25	43	---	---	6	74
Donte Hatcher	25	32	---	---	15	72
B.J. Donaldson	20	26	---	---	14	60
Ryan Tittle	16	28	---	---	13	57
Zayden Carrillo	24	30	---	---	---	54
Broderick Cella	---	---	28	25	---	53
Bo Fiester	---	---	28	25	---	53
Donnie Shell	---	---	28	25	---	53
Skip MacMillan	---	---	23	25	---	48
Kim Poole	---	---	23	19	5	47
Harry Roberson	---	---	23	22	---	45
Shawn Covington	---	---	23	22	---	45
Julian Cobb	---	---	17	15	12	44
Leonard Raymond	18	24	---	---	---	42
Tony Buerfeind	---	---	16	20	3	39
Craig Ratliff	5	10	---	---	23	38
Norman Falconer	12	15	---	---	9	36
Arik Armstead	---	---	19	15	1	35
Clay Crackel	---	---	17	14	---	31
Courtney Kelley	---	---	14	13	2	29
Connor Thornburg	---	---	15	7	6	28
Perry Green	4	9	---	---	14	27
Collin Reilly	1	8	---	---	17	26
Earnest Luen	---	---	7	7	10	24
Dillon Shaeffer	---	---	3	0	20	23
Larry Gonzalez	---	---	10	11	1	22
Courtney Lynch	---	---	10	7	---	17
Dave Gaudio	---	---	4	3	4	11
Malcolm Allen	---	---	0	0	10	10
Myles McMaster	0	0	---	---	10	10
Brandon Linder	0	0	---	---	7	7
Claude Flowers	0	0	---	---	7	7
Raymond Bednarik	0	0	---	---	7	7
Kaden Lane	0	0	---	---	5	5
Bryan Anger	0	0	---	---	4	4
Vinny Marchion	---	---	0	0	4	4
Vic Beasley	---	---	0	0	4	4
Desmond Patton	0	0	---	---	3	3
Sawyer Duckett	0	0	---	---	3	3
Marvin Davidson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Xavier Winslett	---	---	27	44	4	75
Chuck Pritchett	---	---	29	42	3	74
Trevor Briel	---	---	28	39	5	72
Corwin McEwen	---	---	28	41	2	71
Todd Coleman	---	---	29	39	3	71
Dennis Crimm	---	---	23	37	5	65
Kaiden Jefferson	---	---	22	37	5	64
Justin Wiggin	28	25	---	---	6	59
Brandon Cooks	24	21	---	---	13	58
Danny Stephens	28	25	---	---	---	53
Geno Smith	28	25	---	---	---	53
Donnie Wile	28	25	---	---	---	53
Alonzo Tripp	28	25	---	---	---	53
Michael Wasserman	28	25	---	---	---	53
Melvin McConnell	---	---	17	32	3	52
DeMarcus Lawrence	---	---	22	26	3	51
Lucas Cheng	20	15	---	---	14	49
Renaldo Jeffries	---	---	18	25	5	48
Justics Delaroche	13	16	---	---	15	44
Bob Guest	---	---	16	25	2	43
Odell Beckham Jr	26	17	---	---	---	43
Seth Chu	15	17	---	---	5	37
Skip Rowe	12	12	---	---	10	34
Grant May	---	---	13	20	---	33
Manti Te'o	---	---	5	5	21	31
Clyde Pieri	---	---	13	13	4	30
Giovanni McDaniel	6	12	---	---	11	29
Darnell Arnold	---	---	8	19	1	28
Thurman Stevens	---	---	4	10	14	28
Derrick Bryant	---	---	7	9	10	26
Josh Phillips	5	4	---	---	16	25
Cary Hicks	15	9	---	---	1	25
Hardy Odumuyiwa	---	---	8	13	4	25
Brady Worrell	---	---	8	13	2	23
Roderick Dahnke	4	2	---	---	16	22
Braxton Frederick	---	---	3	2	9	14
Junior Atkins	---	---	2	4	3	9
Casey Herrmann	0	0	---	---	6	6
Louis Tate	0	0	---	---	6	6
Ronald Parrish	0	0	---	---	6	6
Cody Strong	0	0	---	---	6	6
A.J. Cann	0	0	---	---	6	6
Branden Melancon	0	0	---	---	5	5
Byron Sims	---	---	0	0	3	3
Steven Arnold	0	0	---	---	---	0
Gilbert Brisman	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	31	6.2
Middle	17	115	6.8
Right	8	33	4.1
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	87	7.3
Middle	8	13	1.6
Right	8	55	6.9
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Evan Paton	44	33	4	2	3	3	2	2	0

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Geno Smith	25	20	4	0	1	4	0	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	6	50	7.1
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	13	96	6.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	18	14	196	10.9
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	8	2.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	10	133	11.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	7	111	11.1
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Donte Hatcher	14	9	3	77	1	32
WR Richard Hopper	9	6	0	89	2	43
WR Leonard Raymond	6	6	0	79	1	24
TE B.J. Donaldson	5	4	0	48	0	26
RB Zayden Carrillo	3	3	0	1	0	30
TE Norman Falconer	2	1	0	5	0	15
WR Collin Reilly	1	1	0	14	0	8
RB Craig Ratliff	1	1	0	17	0	10
FB Ryan Tittle	1	1	0	3	0	28
WR Perry Green	1	1	0	9	0	9

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Brandon Cooks	5	1	1	2	0	21
WR Giovanni McDaniel	5	4	0	44	0	12
WR Seth Chu	4	4	0	80	1	17
FB Skip Rowe	3	3	0	17	0	12
WR Odell Beckham Jr	3	3	0	76	3	17
TE Josh Phillips	2	2	0	13	0	4
RB Justics Delaroche	2	2	0	18	0	16
TE Lucas Cheng	1	1	0	2	0	15

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Zayden Carrillo	2	1	0.50	5.59
Craig Ratliff	1	4	4.00	3.33

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Cary Hicks	3	24	8.00	5.57
Justics Delaroche	2	9	4.50	5.31

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Evan Paton	9	6	29	3.22	7.77

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Geno Smith	1	1	2	2.00	10.08

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Donte Hatcher	3	2	7	2.33	5.50
WR Leonard Raymond	2	2	11	5.50	13.17
WR Richard Hopper	1	0	0	0.00	9.89
FB Ryan Tittle	1	1	3	3.00	3.00
TE B.J. Donaldson	1	1	8	8.00	9.60

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Brandon Cooks	1	1	2	2.00	0.40

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
Zayden Carrillo	3	1
Craig Ratliff	1	0

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Justics Delaroche	4	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Evan Paton	8	7	4

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Geno Smith	4	3	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Leonard Raymond	3	3	2
RB Zayden Carrillo	1	1	0
WR Richard Hopper	1	1	0
TE B.J. Donaldson	1	1	1
WR Donte Hatcher	1	0	0
WR Perry Green	1	1	1

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Josh Phillips	1	1	0
WR Odell Beckham Jr	1	1	1
WR Brandon Cooks	1	0	0
WR Giovanni McDaniel	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 66,300 (77,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,900 (21,400)
End Zone 12,800 (15,500)
Mezzanine 7,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,600 (13,700)
Club Seats 11,700 (13,000)
Luxury Boxes 4,600 (5,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	66,300 (77,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,900 (21,400)
End Zone	12,800 (15,500)
Mezzanine	7,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,600 (13,700)
Club Seats	11,700 (13,000)
Luxury Boxes	4,600 (5,000)