Regular Season: DEN leads series, 35-21 (DEN won 3 of past 4)
Last reg. season meeting: 9/8/24: DEN 20 at SEA 26
SEATTLE NOTES:
QB SAM DARNOLD passed for 195 yards & TD in Week 5. Aims for 4th in row with TD pass. Had TD pass in last game vs. Den. (11/27/22 w/ Car.). Has 240+ pass yards & TD pass in 2 of his past 3 in primetime on road. • RB EMANUEL WILSON had 72 scrimmage yards & rush TD in Week 5. Has 70+ scrimmage yards in 3 of his past 4. Aims for 3rd in row with TD. • WR JAXON SMITH-NJIGBA led team with 5 receptions for 102 yards & TD catch in Week 5, 4th player in NFL history with 100+ rec. yards & TD reception in 4 of his team’s 1st 5 games of a season (HOFers Elroy “Crazylegs” Hirsh, Randy Moss & Jerry Rice). Ranks 1st with 583 rec. yards this season & 5th with 4,134 rec. yards since 2023. Aims for 3rd in row in primetime with 75+ rec. yards. • LB ERNEST JONES led team with 9 tackles & had sack & PD in Week 5, his 5th consecutive game with 8+ tackles, longest active streak this season. Aims for 4th in row with PD. Has 12+ tackles in 2 of his past 3 in primetime. • LB DRAKE THOMAS had 5 tackles & FF in Week 5. Has 9+ tackles in 2 of his past 3 in primetime. • LB DEMARCUS LAWRENCE has TFL in 2 of his past 3. • DT BYRON MURPHY had 6 tackles & 2 sacks in Week 5. Has 6+ tackles in 2 of his past 3. Aims for 3rd in row with sack. • DT LEONARD WILLIAMS aims for 4th in row on road on TNF with sack. • CB DEVON WITHERSPOON had TFL & PD last week. Has 6+ tackles in 3 of his past 4. Had 7 tackles & PD in last meeting. • CB JOSH JOBE had FR in Week 5. Aims for 4th in row in primetime with PD. • S JULIAN LOVE had 6 tackles & PD in Week 5. Aims for 5th in row with PD. Has 5+ tackles in 3 of his past 4. Has 12 tackles, TFL, FF & INT in last meeting. Has 6+ tackles in 3 of his past 4 in primetime. • S NICK EMMANWORI aims for 3rd in row in primetime with 7+ tackles. Has TFL in 2 of his past 3 in primetime.
BRONCOS NOTES:
QB BO NIX has 16-3 record at home with 43 TDs (37 pass, 6 rush). Is 1 of 4 QBs since 1970 (Justin Herbert, Dak Prescott & Matt Ryan) with 13+ GW drives in 4th Qtr. or OT (13) in 1st 3 seasons. Is 3-1 in 4 career TNF starts. Has TD pass in 8 straight primetime games. Made NFL debut & 1st career start at Sea. (9/8/24). • RB J.K. DOBBINS rushed for 68 yards & 1st TD of season last week, his 26thcareer rush TD. Aims for his 4th in row with 50+ scrimmage yards. Has 50+ scrimmage yards in 7 of his past 8 primetime games. • RB RJ HARVEY is 1 of 3 AFC RBs (Chase Brown & Ashton Jeanty) with 20+ catches (20) in 2026. • WR COURTLAND SUTTON had 1st rec. TD of season last week, his 40thcareer TD catch. • WR JAYLEN WADDLE has 4+ catches in 5 of his 6 career Thursday games. • TE EVAN ENGRAM led team with 55 rec. yards last week. • LB ALEX SINGLETON ranks 2nd in NFL with 54 tackles in 2026. Had 9 tackles, TFL & INT in last meeting. Aims for his 3rd in row with TFL. • LB NIK BONITTO had career-high 3 TFL & 2 sacks in Week 5, his 8th career game with 2+ sacks. Has 40 career sacks. Aims for his 5th in row at home in primetime with sack. • LB JUSTIN STRNAD aims for his 4th in row at home with TFL. • LB QUE ROBINSON had 1st-career FR last week. • DL ZACH ALLEN had 36th-career sack & 2nd-career FF last week. Aims for his 3rd in row in primetime with sack. • DT D.J. JONES had 1st sack of season & 7th-career FF last week. • DT MALCOLM ROACH is 1 of 3 DL with 3+ TFL (3) & 3+ PD (3) in 2026. • CB JA’QUAN MCMILLIAN had 8th-career sack last week. • S BRANDON JONES had 9th-career INT & 6th-career FR last week. • S TALANOA HUFANGA aims for his 3rd in row vs. Sea. with PD.
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