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The New England Patriots stunned the Denver Broncos on the road on Sunday in a Christmas Eve thriller that saw Chad Ryland nail the go-ahead 56-yard field goal with 2 seconds remaining in the game.
Bailey Zappe engineered a seven-play, 44-yard drive that saw the Patriots run a few running plays before Zappe fired a 27-yard pass to DeVante Parker to keep the drive alive. He then threw a pass to Mike Gesicki to give Ryland at least a shot at hitting the game-winner. He nailed it.
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New England Patriots tight end Mike Gesicki (88) celebrates his 11-yard reception for a touchdown with guard Mike Onwenu (71) during the second half of an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/Geneva Heffernan)
The Patriots won the game 26-23.
New England went into halftime down 7-3 in what was thought to be a dud of a football game. But New England erupted and capitalized on a handful of Broncos miscues to put 20 points on the board. Zappe had two touchdown passes in the frame – one to Elliott and the other to Gesicki.
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Cody Davis took advantage of a Broncos fumble and recovered the loose ball in the end zone. New England was up 23-7 going into the fourth quarter.
Then, Russell Wilson and the Broncos offense woke up. Wilson threw a touchdown pass to Lucas Krull and completed the 2-point conversion to get to within eight points. Then, he followed that up with a 21-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Johnson followed by another completed 2-point
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