
NFL #ProDucks: Week 3 Update
09/25/18 | Football
Entering Week 4 of the NFL season there are currently 21 #ProDucks on the active rosters of 17 teams while one is on a practice squad, one is on the Active/Non-Football Injury List and one is in the Reserve/Injured List.
Kiko Alonso had another big game defensively with a double-digit tackle performance for the Dolphins, Terrance Mitchell sealed Cleveland's first win in nearly two years with a late pick and Royce Freeman rolled into the end zone for the second week in row.
Arizona Cardinals – Week 3: vs. Chicago – L, 16-14; Week 4: vs. Seattle, Sunday, 1:05 p.m.
Kiko Alonso had another big game defensively with a double-digit tackle performance for the Dolphins, Terrance Mitchell sealed Cleveland's first win in nearly two years with a late pick and Royce Freeman rolled into the end zone for the second week in row.
Arizona Cardinals – Week 3: vs. Chicago – L, 16-14; Week 4: vs. Seattle, Sunday, 1:05 p.m.
- LB Joe Walker got extensive action on special teams in his first game with the Cardinals and made one tackle.
- C Hroniss Grasu signed with the Ravens Monday after being cut by Chicago following the preseason.
- OL Kyle Long started at right guard and played every offensive snap for the third straight week.
- OL Jake Fisher saw playing time off the bench as an extra offensive lineman in short yardage situations.
- TE Pharaoh Brown was signed to the Browns' practice squad Monday after being cut by Oakland prior to Week 1.
- CB Terrance Mitchell intercepted a Sam Darnold pass with 15 seconds remaining to put away the Browns' first win since December 2016. Mitchell also made five tackles (four solo) and has 16 tackles, two forced fumbles, an interception and two passes defended on the season.
Denver Broncos – Week 3: at Baltimore – L, 27-14; Week 4: vs. Kansas City, Monday, 5:15 p.m. (ESPN)"And it's all over here now!!"
— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) September 21, 2018
Jim Donovan's call + Terrance Mitchell's interception ??#NYJvsCLE pic.twitter.com/41s4nZZNn0
- RB Royce Freeman scored for the second straight week and finished with 53 yards on 13 carries. Freeman is fourth among rookies with 152 rushing yards and is one of two rookies with multiple rushing touchdowns, joined by only the Giants' Saquon Barkley.
- RB LeGarrette Blount rushed for 48 yards on 16 carries while catching two passes for 17 yards. Blount has started all three games this season and has been used in a lot of short-yardage situations, racking up 83 yards on 28 carries.
- OL Tyrell Crosby did not play.
- WR De'Anthony Thomas returned one kickoff for 25 yards.
- CB Troy Hill assisted on one tackle, playing nine snaps defensively and 13 on special teams. Hill will likely need to play a bigger role defensively over the next few weeks since both of the Rams' starting corners, Marcus Peters and Aqib Talib, suffered injuries in Week 3.
- TE Johnny Mundt played two snaps on offense and 12 on special teams.
- LB Kiko Alonso had double-digit tackles for the second straight week, making 15 tackles (seven solo). His 15 total tackles are the most he has had in a game since making a career-high 22 stops in Week 6 of his rookie season in 2013. Alonso is second in the league in tackles with 34 and has 28 in the last two games.
- RB Kenjon Barner signed with the Patriots Tuesday for the second time this month after being released prior to Week 3.
- S Patrick Chung was inactive with a concussion.
- C Max Unger started at center and played all 79 snaps for a New Orleans offense that put up 534 yards of total offense. Unger has started 53 of his 54 games since arriving in New Orleans, including 23 in a row.
- RB Jonathan Stewart ran for eight yards on two carries.
- DL Haloti Ngata started at defensive tackle for the second week in a row and made one solo tackle.
- DL Arik Armstead started for the third consecutive week to open the season and picked up his first sack of the year while making two solo tackles.
- DL DeForest Buckner did not record a sack in a game for the first time this season but made three tackles (two solo) and had one quarterback hit. Through two games Buckner is tied for fifth in the NFL with 3.5 sacks, already surpassing his total of three last year, and is fifth among all defensive linemen with 12 tackles.
- TE Ed Dickson is on the Active/Non-Football Injury List with a groin injury.
- DL Dion Jordan recorded one solo tackle off the bench.
- QB Marcus Mariota came off the bench after missing Week 2 with an elbow injury and went 12-for-18 for 100 yards while rushing for 51 yards on seven carries. Mariota was not at 100 percent Sunday and was limited in the types of throws he could make.
- RB Byron Marshall was placed on the Reserve/Injured List prior to Week 1 with an ankle injury.
Players Mentioned
The Grateful Ducks Uniform - Oregon Football
Sunday, October 19
Iapani Laloulu: "Focused on the future."
Wednesday, October 15
Brandon Finney Jr.: "Everybody's willing to work."
Wednesday, October 15
Dan Lanning: "Good competition."
Wednesday, October 15