Stud No. 1 – Owen Daniels
After three weeks of being put in the corner, Owen Daniels showed up and had the best game of his early Broncos career.
The wide-open touchdown reception on fourth-and-one was a brilliant play call and Daniels executed it perfectly. It also put him in sole possession of an impressive streak.
Broncos TE @owendaniels w/TD catch for 2nd consec game. He has a catch in 107 consec games, marking the longest active streak by an NFL TE.
— Patrick Smyth (@psmyth12) October 4, 2015
But that wasn’t the reason he earned our No. 1 stud ranking.
The block he threw on Terence Newman that freed Ronnie Hillman for a 72-yard touchdown run was a huge momentum changer. But it’s not why Daniels tops our list.
The play that earns him our No. 1 honor of the week was a tackle. After Peyton Manning threw an interception to the Vikings’ Anthony Barr late in the second quarter, Daniels chased down the linebacker and prevented a potential touchdown (only Manning was left to defend the rest of the field).
Yes, the Vikings went on to score the touchdown anyway, but the tackle was part of an all-around effort by Daniels that exemplifies the kind kicking and screaming attitude that John Elway asks of his team.
