Defensive tackle Derrick Brown filled out the stat sheet as the Carolina Panthers clamped down on the New York Jets for a 13-6 victory on Sunday.
The defensive tackle tied for the team lead with seven tackles, recorded two sacks, registered three quarterback hits and broke up three passes as Carolina limited the Jets to 220 yards and two field goals.
Brown became the seventh player in NFL history to have seven tackles, two sacks and three passes defended in the same game since all three of those stats have been recorded (starting in 1999). The other players have been the Kansas City Chiefs outside linebacker Justin Houston and Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vincent Rey in 2013, Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt and New York Jets linebacker Davis Harris in 2014, Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker T.J. Watt in 2021 and Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby in 2022.
Before beating the Jets to reach 4-3 in the 2025 season, Carolina defeated the Miami Dolphins 27-24 on Oct. 5 and the Dallas Cowboys 30-27 on Oct. 12.
The Panthers have a winning record for the first time since they were 3-2 in the 2021 season. That season started with three consecutive victories for Carolina, the franchise’s most recent three-game winning streak until Sunday’s victory.
Brown was among the 16 former Auburn players who got on the field on the seventh Sunday of the NFL’s 106th season.
Two other former Auburn players were involved in the Carolina-New York game:
Jets defensive tackle Byron Cowart is on injured reserve and not eligible to play.
Jamien Sherwood started at linebacker for the Jets. Sherwood led New York with 10 tackles, recorded his first sack of the season, had two tackles for loss, registered two quarterback hits and broke up one pass.
In the other Sunday games:
Los Angeles Rams 35, Jacksonville Jaguars 7
Rams running back Jarquez Hunter was designated as a game-day inactive.
Jaguars linebacker Jalen McLeod is on injured reserve and not eligible to play.
Jaguars offensive tackle Kilian Zierer is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.
Chicago Bears 26, New Orleans Saints 14
Saints linebacker Eku Leota is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.
Cleveland Browns 31, Miami Dolphins 6
Brown linebacker Eugene Asante is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.
Dolphins linebacker K.J. Britt (Oxford) did not record any stats.
Browns tight end Sal Cannella is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.
Kansas City Chiefs 31, Las Vegas Raiders 0
Raiders kicker Daniel Carlson had a touchback on the second-half kickoff in his only appearance in the game.
Raiders wide receiver Shedrick Jackson (Hoover) did not record any stats. Las Vegas elevated Jackson from its practice squad to make him eligible to play for the first time this season.
Raiders defensive tackle JJ Pegues was designated as a game-day inactive.
Philadelphia Eagles 28, Minnesota Vikings 22
Eagles running back Tank Bigsby had an 11-yard run. The rushing attempt was Bigsby’s first since joining Philadelphia in a trade with the Jacksonville Jaguars after the first week of the season.
Vikings linebacker Austin Keys made one tackle on special teams.
New England Patriots 31, Tennessee Titans 13
Carlton Davis started at cornerback for the Patriots. Davis made four tackles.
Titans linebacker Dorian Mausi did not record any stats.
Roger McCreary (Williamson) started at cornerback for the Titans. McCreary made six tackles.
Denver Broncos 33, New York Giants 32
Bo Nix (Pinson Valley) started at quarterback for the Broncos. Nix completed 27-of-50 passes for 279 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions and ran five times for 48 yards and two touchdowns. All of Nix’s touchdowns came in the fourth quarter, when Denver scored all 33 of its points. That’s the most fourth-quarter points scored by a team that entered the period with no points in NFL history. Nix is the only player in NFL history with two TD passes and two TD runs in the fourth quarter of a game.
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Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton was designated as a game-day inactive. A hamstring injury kept Slayton out of the lineup for the second straight game.
Broncos quarterback Jarrett Stidham dressed for the game but did not play.
Indianapolis Colts 38, Los Angeles Chargers 24
Chargers long snapper Josh Harris is on injured reserve and not eligible to play.
Chargers wide receiver KeAndre Lambert-Smith was designated as a game-day inactive.
Braden Smith started at right offensive tackle for the Colts.
Green Bay Packers 27, Arizona Cardinals 23
Cardinals inside linebacker Owen Pappoe made one tackle on special teams.
Packers safety Jaylin Simpson is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.
Packers quarterback Malik Willis dressed for the game but did not play.
Colby Wooden started at defensive tackle for the Packers. Wooden made six tackles and recorded one tackle for loss.
Dallas Cowboys 44, Washington Commanders 22
Cowboys tight end Rivaldo Fairweather is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.
Commanders cornerback Noah Igbinoghene (Hewitt-Trussville) did not record any stats.
Commanders cornerback Jonathan Jones made one tackle on special teams in his return from a four-game stay on injured reserve.
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Week 7 started on Thursday night, when the Cincinnati Bengals defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 33-31.
Week 7 concludes on Monday, when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Detroit Lions square off at 6 p.m. CDT at Ford Field in Detroit and the Houston Texans and Seattle Seahawks meet at 9 p.m. at Lumen Field in Seattle. ABC and ESPN will televise the first game, and ESPN will televise the second game.
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