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Gators in the NFL: Week 2

Gators in the NFL: Week 2


GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Week two of the NFL saw another wild weekend of football as a few Gators made plays on both sides of the ball. 

Offensive Highlights

On Aug. 16, Demarcus Robinson was released by the Las Vegas Raiders. 

Down, but not out, Robinson was determined to prove he belonged at the highest level.

On Sunday, just a month after being released, Robinson, now a Baltimore Raven, hit pay dirt, catching a 12-yard pass for six.

 

This isn’t the first time Robinson has shined in Baltimore. Last month, Robinson looked unstoppable in preseason. 

In a win over the Commanders in the third week of preseason, Robinson caught four passes for 135 yards and one touchdown. 

He displayed his stellar route running on a long 67-yard score.

With his score on Sunday, Robinson now has 15 touchdown grabs for his career to go along with 1,710 receiving yards through seven years in the league. 

Defensive Highlights 

Jonanthan Greenard made a huge impact on defense. What else is new? 

Seemingly a weekly occurrence, Greenard continues to wreak havoc in the opposing offenses’ backfield. This week, it was an absolute bull rush that got Greenard his first sack of the 2022 season and the 10th of his young career. 

Greenard showed no regard for offensive life as he flew past the tackle then ran through the running back en route to throwing Denver quarterback Russell Wilson to the ground.

In his second game with Dallas, Cowboys’ edge rusher Dante Fowler Jr. was disruptive all afternoon long, logging the first sack of his Cowboys career. On the play, Fowler spun through a blocker and lunged forward to knock the ball out of Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow’s hands, forcing a huge fumble late in the second quarter. 
 

For his performance, Pro Football Focus graded Fowler Jr. as the highest-rated Cowboy in a 20-17 win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
 

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