Courtland Sutton — Week 9: Nine Targets and a Touchdown
2026 NFL Season · Half-PPR Scoring · Monday, Nov 9
Sutton caught 5 of a season-high 9 targets for 45 yards and a touchdown against the Panthers, and an interception came on a throw for him, in Denver's 26-21 win at Carolina.
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Courtland Sutton drew a season-high 9 targets against the Panthers and caught 5 for 45 yards and a touchdown. By expected points added (EPA), what a play was worth given down, distance and field position, he finished at -1.9, because one throw for him was intercepted.
He opened the scoring. Up 3-0 with 1:27 left in the first, first and goal at the Carolina 3, Bo Nix threw short right and Sutton caught it for the touchdown, +0.9 EPA. His most valuable catch came down 14-13 early in the fourth: third and 6 at the Carolina 31, 12 yards to the 19 and a first down, +1.8 EPA and 7.7 points of win probability, the estimate of each side's chance to win. Jonah Coleman scored on that drive. The cost came up 10-0 in the second, second and 8 at the Carolina 19: Corey Thornton intercepted the short throw for him at the 5, -4.4 EPA. The two-point try after Coleman's touchdown, also for Sutton, fell incomplete.
Through Week 8 he had 20 catches on 37 targets for 221 yards, a touchdown and -5.4 EPA, -0.14 a target; here it was -0.21. The touchdown was his second of the season.
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