Broncos defeat 49ers in ugly, offensively anemic ‘Sunday Night Football’ game
Jimmy Garoppolo provided a sequel to the infamous Dan Orlovsky safety by running out of the back of the end zone during the third quarter. Denver got the two points to get within 7-5, but would have had a touchdown because Garoppolo’s throw – which came with both of his feet out of bounds – was intercepted by outside linebacker Bradley Chubb and returned for what would have been a touchdown.Super Bowl, MVP favorites emerging?
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It wasn’t the only offensive lowlight in a primetime game filled with them.
The 49ers missed their first nine third-down tries and didn’t convert one until the 3:25 mark of the fourth quarter.
The Broncos went three-and-out on eight of their first 11 possessions before Wilson engineered the late scoring drive.
The teams combined for 21 points and 17 punts.
Wilson played well in a Week 1 loss against Seattle and then has struggled for wide swaths of the past two weekends. With the chips down in the fourth quarter of both outings, though, he delivered go-ahead touchdown drives.
Los Angeles Chargers were blown out, 38-10, by Jacksonville while Las Vegas lost, 24-22, at Tennessee and Kansas City fell to 2-1 with a 20-17 loss to Indianapolis.