For the third straight week of the NFL season, the survivor pool favourite has gone down.
Bo Nix and the Denver Broncos shocked the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a dominant 26-7 win at Raymond James Stadium in Florida on Sunday afternoon. The win marked the Broncos’ first of the season and the primary of Nix’s profession within the league.
However maybe extra importantly, the upset win eradicated virtually 30% of Yahoo Sports activities survivor pool entries.
An unbelievable 29.99% of entries nonetheless alive in Yahoo Sports activities survivor swimming pools chosen the Buccaneers to win on Sunday afternoon in one of many greatest picks of the weekend. They have been certainly one of three groups to earn double-digit assist this weekend, simply barely forward of the Las Vegas Raiders — who will host the Carolina Panthers within the afternoon window. The Raiders earned simply shy of 25% of entries.
The Cleveland Browns earned practically 13% of picks, although they fell to the New York Giants at dwelling 21-15. It marked the primary win of the season for the Giants and quarterback Daniel Jones, who threw for 236 yards and a pair of touchdowns to Malik Nabers. The win got here after the within the first 11 seconds of the sport, too.
That introduced the whole quantity of customers eradicated to an unbelievable 42.92%.
It was the third straight week of large survivor pool eliminations this season. About 43% of customers have been knocked out in Week 1 after the New England Patriots beat the Cincinnati Bengals, after which greater than 29% of customers have been eradicated final week when the Raiders beat the Baltimore Ravens.
The Broncos didn’t waste any time on Sunday afternoon. They jumped as much as an enormous 17-0 lead after Nix and working again Jaleel McLaughlin ran in brief touchdowns within the first quarter after which Will Lutz drilled a 43-yard area aim early within the second.
Although Denver didn’t rating a landing the remainder of the way in which, it fully shut down Baker Mayfield and the Bucs within the second half. They held Tampa Bay scoreless after Mayfield’s 7-yard landing move to Chris Godwin late within the second quarter, after which Lutz kicked two extra area targets within the fourth quarter to seal the 19-point win.
Mayfield, who led the Bucs to back-to-back wins to begin the season, completed 25-of-33 for 163 yards with a landing and an interception within the loss. Bucky Irving added 70 speeding yards on 9 carries, and Godwin had 53 yards and a landing on six catches.
Nix went 25-of-36 for 216 yards within the win for Denver, and he added 49 yards on eight carries along with his landing on the bottom. Operating again Tyler Badie completed with 70 yards on 9 carries. Courtland Sutton had 68 receiving yards on seven catches.
Whereas the NFL season isn’t even a month previous, survivor pool entries appear to be dropping quicker and quicker week after week.
