Overview

• Cam Ward finished 12-of-28 for 112 yards with no touchdowns and six sacks, ending with a late fourth-down fumble.
• Tennessee forced four turnovers yet produced only 12 points, hurt by 131 penalty yards and a 2-of-14 rate on third down.
• Denver’s defense logged six sacks and 11 pressures, including back-to-back fourth-quarter sacks that stalled a short-field drive.
• Right tackle JC Latham exited with a hip injury before the late sequence that left Tennessee’s pass protection vulnerable.
• Ward posted a -0.41 EPA per pass play, one of the worst rookie Week 1 marks since 2000 per The Athletic’s Mike Sando, and he offered a terse expletive in frustration as reported by Terry McCormick.