How the Oregon Ducks performed in the NFL’s Week 8

Week 8 of the NFL was unusual, particularly because there wasn’t a single team on bye across the league. For us, this meant every pro Oregon Duck’s team took the field this week. Justin Herbert and Kayvon Thibodeaux had particularly strong games this week, which you’ll want to check out.

One player that you won’t see on the list this week is Dolphins’ star safety Jevon Holland. After spending the week in the concussion protocol, Holland was downgraded to out ahead of Miami’s game against New England. Although the Dolphins’ defense surely missed Holland, they were still able to crank out a win against the Patriots.

Kayvon Thibodeaux - Giants Edge

Stats: 6 solo tackles, 3 assists, 3 sacks, 1 forced fumble

Can we have a round of applause for Kayvon Thibodeaux? The second-year edge rusher took Zach Wilson down 3 times on Sunday and took the ball out of his hands once. The Jets did come back to win in spectacular fashion, but that shouldn’t take away from Thibodeaux’s massive day.

Justin Herbert - Chargers QB

Stats: 31/40, 77.5% completion rate, 298 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs

Justin Herbert had a very strong bounce back in Week 8 in the Chargers’ beatdown of the Bears. Hopefully, he’ll be able to keep it going next week against the New York Jets on Monday Night Football.

DeForest Buckner

Stats: 2 solo tackles, 1 assist, 1 sack, 1 forced fumble

Although the Colts got beat handily by the Saints, DeForest Buckner put together another strong game, building on his top-tier season.

Penei Sewell - Lion OT

Pharaoh Brown - Patriots TE

Deommodore Lenoir - 49ers CB

Stats: 4 solo tackles, 2 assists

After a hot start to the season, the 49ers have hit the downhill slope, and haven’t been able to hit the brakes. Despite six tackles from their start CB, they still lost by double-digits to the Bengals this weekend.

Arik Armstead - 49ers DT

Stats: 2 solo tackles, 2 assists, 2 sacks

Like Deommodore Lenoir, Arik Armstead played well against the Bengals, but San Francisco was unable to pull out the victory.

Royce Freeman - Rams RB

Stats: 9 carries, 44 yards, 1 TD

Royce Freeman’s LA Rams got creamed by the Cowboys this week, but Freeman was able to get in the endzone for his first TD of the season.

Troy Hill - Panthers CB

Stats: 1 solo tackle, 2 Assists

Troy Hill picked up three tackles in Carolina’s tight win over the Houston Texans.

DJ Johnson - Panthers LB

Stats: 2 solo tackles, 1 assist

DJ Johnson had one of his better games of the season against the Texans this week, picking up three tackles.

T.J. Bass - Cowboys OL

Stats: 9 snaps (14% of total), 3 pressure opportunities,  0 pressures allowed

While he didn’t see too many snaps, T.J. Bass played well in the Cowboys’ big win on Sunday.

Story originally appeared on Ducks Wire