
The New England Patriots shocked the Denver Broncos on the highway on Sunday in a Christmas Eve thriller that noticed Chad Ryland nail the go-ahead 56-yard area purpose with 2 seconds remaining within the recreation.
Bailey Zappe engineered a seven-play, 44-yard drive that noticed the Patriots run a couple of operating performs earlier than Zappe fired a 27-yard move to DeVante Parker to maintain the drive alive. He then threw a move to Mike Gesicki to provide Ryland not less than a shot at hitting the game-winner. He nailed it.
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New England Patriots tight finish Mike Gesicki (88) celebrates his 11-yard reception for a landing with guard Mike Onwenu (71) throughout the second half of an NFL soccer recreation in opposition to the Denver Broncos, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photograph/Geneva Heffernan)
The Patriots gained the sport 26-23.
New England went into halftime down 7-3 in what was regarded as a dud of a soccer recreation. However New England erupted and capitalized on a handful of Broncos miscues to place 20 factors on the board. Zappe had two landing passes within the body – one to Elliott and the opposite to Gesicki.
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Cody Davis took benefit of a Broncos fumble and recovered the free ball in the long run zone. New England was up 23-7 going into the fourth quarter.
Then, Russell Wilson and the Broncos offense awoke. Wilson threw a landing move to Lucas Krull and accomplished the 2-point conversion to get to inside eight factors. Then, he adopted that up with a 21-yard landing move to Brandon Johnson adopted by one other accomplished 2-point conversion.

Tight finish Lucas Krull #85 of the Denver Broncos celebrates after catching a move in the long run zone for a landing throughout the 4th quarter of the sport in opposition to the New England Patriots at Empower Subject At Mile Excessive on December 24, 2023 in Denver, Colorado. (Dustin Bradford/Getty Pictures)
Wilson had an opportunity on their subsequent collection to go up however the offense sputtered and Zappe took benefit.
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Zappe completed with 256 passing yards and two touchdowns. Elliott led the group with 27 dashing yards and had 9 catches for 33 yards. Demario Douglas had 5 catches for 74 yards. Parker had 4 catches for 65 yards.
Wilson, who was sacked 5 instances, had 238 passing yards and two landing passes. Marvin Mims Jr. had three catches for 63 yards.

New England Patriots operating again Ezekiel Elliott (15) is congratulated by teammates after scoring a landing throughout the second half of an NFL soccer recreation in opposition to the Denver Broncos, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photograph/David Zalubowsk)
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Denver fell to 7-8, placing a damper on their hopes of a playoff berth. New England improved to 4-11.
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