Defensive MVP
Danny Trevathan continues to improve after sitting out nearly all of last season due to injury. Each week he seems to perform better and better. Sunday was no different. He was seen all over the field, stuffing the run, getting pressure and eventually grabbing the Broncos first turnover in three games.
Up by only four points with eight minutes remaining in the third quarter, following two Broncos punts, Cutler was looking to take the lead. Following a first down he looked over the middle to Marquess Wilson. He failed to see Trevathan dropping deep into pass coverage. He intercepted Cutler’s pass and returned it to the Bears 25 yard line.
“We had a good shot. We had [Wilson] going down the middle. I probably need to put it a little bit higher,” Jay Cutler said in reference to Trevathan’s interception. “The linebacker undercut it. He made a good play, but I can give him a better ball though.”
Trevathan finished the game with eight tackles, seven solo, a pass defended and an interception. His speed, paired with his physical nature despite his smaller size for an inside linebacker, has turned him into a vital piece of the defense.
Honorable mention: Von Miller caused the second turnover of the day and it came at a critical moment in the game. Miller rushed the edge, got around the left tackle to strip Cutler of the ball as he looked to throw downfield. The turnover happened with just 2:30 left in the game and put immense pressure on the Bears for the remainder of the game. He finished the game with three tackles, one sack, a quarterback hit and a forced fumble. His constant pressures around the edge are hard to quantify as well, but undoubtedly had Cutler nervous in the pocket.
