The Jaguars’ comeback win on Monday night felt improbable, but it fit right in with the rest of Week 5’s action.
They fell behind 14-0 in the first half of the game before rallying back to take the lead in the third quarter and ultimately pulling out the win in the final seconds. That made them the sixth team to come back from a double-digit deficit to win this week.
According to the Associated Press, it is the sixth time in NFL history with such a six-pack of games. The last time it happened was in 2013.
The Broncos, Titans, Saints, Panthers, and Commanders were the other teams to come back from being down at least 10 points in Week 6.
Broncos left guard Ben Powers played all 74 offensive snaps in Sunday’s victory over the Eagles, but he injured a biceps during the game.
Mike Klis of 9News reports that Powers’ injury will land him on injured reserve.
Powers will have to miss at least four games before he’s eligible to return, but it sounds as if he will need longer than that. Klis reports it’s a two-month injury.
Powers has started 40 of a possible 40 games since signing with the Broncos as a free agent in 2023.
He has not missed a game since 2021 when he was with the Ravens and had a foot injury that kept him out the final four games.
The NFL has a history of winning in court. Lately, it hasn’t been.
On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied a request by the league for an “en banc” (full court) review of the August 2025 decision from a three-judge panel denying the NFL’s effort to push pending legal claims filed by former Dolphins coach Brian Flores against the NFL, the Giants, the Broncos, and the Texans to arbitration.
Last week, the Nevada Supreme Court denied the NFL’s request for rehearing of the full-court decision to allow former Raiders coach Jon Gruden’s lawsuit against the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell to proceed in court, not arbitration.
In September 2025, Flores filed a separate motion with the federal trial court handling the case for reconsideration of the original order sending Flores’s claims against the Dolphins to arbitration. Flores focused on the portion August 2025 appellate decision invalidating the Commissioner’s ultimate control over arbitration claims filed against the NFL. It also argued that the arbitration process has been at a “complete standstill” since November 2024.
The September 2025 motion includes the claims of Steve Wilks against the Cardinals and Ray Horton against the Titans.
The Flores case was filed in February 2022, with Wilks and Horton later joining the litigation. The lawsuit has still not moved to the merits of the dispute, more than three-and-a-half years later.
Flores currently serves as the Vikings’ defensive coordinator, and Wilks was hired earlier this year to be the Jets’ defensive coordinator.
When the Broncos scored a touchdown with 7:36 left in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game against the Eagles, Denver head coach Sean Payton made an aggressive decision.
Instead of sending Wil Lutz out for a PAT to tie the game at 17 apiece, Payton kept the offense on the field for a two-point play to try and take the lead.
Payton was rewarded for his confidence in the offense, as quarterback Bo Nix found an open Troy Franklin on the right side of the end zone for a successful conversion, giving the Broncos an 18-17 lead.
Denver eventually won the contest 21-17, getting stops on Philadelphia’s last two offensive possessions.
But what made Payton want to go for two midway through the final period?
“Well, No. 1, we felt situationally with time left on the clock — we came here to win a game and I had two or three calls that I loved,” Payton said in his postgame press conference. “So, sometimes you use those calls inside the 5, but we got to a call that I had a lot of confidence in, and the guys executed. It was perfect. But we felt — I think there were seven and a half minutes. Let’s do that. Let’s keep being aggressive.”
The only thing Payton didn’t like about the fourth quarter was his call on third down on Denver’s last drive that resulted in Bo Nix taking a sack.
“And I regret one call at the very end, the last call on third down. We had another one that would’ve been perfect,” Payton said.”We settled for the field goal and then played real good defense. So, good win.”
The victory also displayed how the Broncos can handle being in a hostile road environment.
“We talked about it,” Payton said. “I said, look, you don’t get a chance to play these games that have a ton of upside. Now, don’t get me wrong, there’s downside, but there’s a ton of upside relative to defining what you become. And this is one of them.
“I think they were confident coming in. I asked them afterwards, ‘Who are you afraid of?’ And this is a league that’s, man, this is a fine line between a groove and a rut, and it was a good win.”
As noted by the CBS broadcast, before Sunday afternoon, the Broncos were 1-112 all-time when trailing by at least 14 points in the fourth quarter on the road.
They’ve now doubled their win total.
With some gutsy play and coaching decisions, the Broncos upset the Eagles 21-17, handing Philadelphia its first loss of the season.
Down 17-3 at the start of the fourth quarter, Denver first narrowed Philadelphia’s advantage to seven points with a 2-yard touchdown run by J.K. Dobbins.
Then after a Philadelphia three-and-out, quarterback Bo Nix put together a strong drive — hitting tight end Evan Engram with an 11-yard touchdown to put the Broncos in a position to tie the game.
But that’s when Denver head coach Sean Payton got aggressive, electing to go for two instead. Nix rolled to his right and found Troy Franklin open in the end zone, giving Denver a narrow 18-17 lead.
The Broncos forced another punt, then went on a solid four-minute drive ending with a 36-yard field goal by Wil Lutz. At one point, it looked like Denver would have fourth-and-1. But a potentially controversial unnecessary roughness call on linebacker Zack Baun gave the Broncos a first down to continue the possession.
With no timeouts, the Eagles had 1:06 to get into the end zone. They had a Hail Mary attempt from the Denver 29-yard line to end the game, but the ball was knocked out of DeVonta Smith’s hands and fell incomplete.
Nix ended the game 24-of-39 for 242 yards with a touchdown. He also had three carries for 22 yards.
Dobbins finished the contest with 20 carries for 79 yards with a touchdown.
The Eagles offense had a nice 90-yard drive in the first half, with Smith’s 52-yard catch setting up a touchdown. Then Saquon Barkley caught a 47-yard deep pass for a touchdown early in the third quarter.
But beyond that, the Broncos’ defense stopped the unit. Denver sacked Hurts six times, as Nick Bonitto leading the way with 2.5 of them.
After the week of consternation about the passing game, Hurts finished 23-of-38 for 280 yards — a season high — with two TDs, as Smith caught eight passes for 114 yards. But A.J. Brown had just five catches for 43 yards.
It’s a big win for Denver, as the 3-2 club will head across the pond for a matchup against the 0-5 Jets in London next weekend.
Having lost for the first time in over a calendar year, the 4-1 Eagles will be back at it quickly, playing the 1-4 Giants next week on Thursday night.
