Broncos beat Cardinals 30-16 behind Singleton's 19 tackles

The Broncos beat the Cardinals 30-16 at State Farm Stadium and improved to 5-2. Arizona fell to 2-5.

The game turned late in the second quarter. Chad Ryland's 26-yard field goal tied it at 6-6 with 4:30 left in the half. Then Bo Nix broke a 62-yard touchdown run 47 seconds later, and Denver led 13-6. Nix hit RJ Harvey for a 52-yard score in the third to make it 20-6. Arizona got within 20-13 on a 7-yard Jacoby Brissett pass to Trey McBride, but J.K. Dobbins scored from the 1 as the third quarter expired. Denver led 27-13.

Alex Singleton was the player of the game with a Chirp Rating of 8.3. He had 19 tackles and a sack. Nix threw for 222 yards and a score and ran for 74 more. Brissett threw for 272 yards, and McBride caught 10 passes for 111 yards. Wil Lutz kicked three field goals.

Chirp's Sim gave Denver a 59% chance over 10,000 simulations, and it called it.