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Defenders Come Up Big TWIN CITY DODGE PRESENTS: BOILERMAKERS IN THE NFL KCharters@GoldandBlack.com BY KYLE CHARTERS Two former Boilermakers Sunday. ended games with sacks on Spencer did so in the Cowboys' 19-14 win over Carolina, when he brought down Cam Newton in the final seconds. The Pan- thers were left trying Dallas linebacker Anthony peration heave toward the end zone, which fell incomplete. Rob Ninkov- ich ended a New England win similarly. With his Patriots up 29-26 in over- time, Ninkov- ich rushed New York Jets quar- terback Mark Sanchez, sack- ing a des- forcing a fum- ble. It was re- covered by the Patriots, ending the game. "It's some- him and thing we talk about and work on each week," New England coach Bill Belich- ick told the Boston Globe. "We talk to the players (about) their awareness about not only mak- ing a hit on the quarterback, but having an awareness for the ball. We've seen Rob do that several times already this year. We saw it in the Buffalo game. We saw it in the Denver game, and we saw it in the Jets game. return to the lineup after miss- ing the last two with a pectoral strain. The Cowboys were glad to Spencer was making his " have him back. "He's just a good football player," Coach Jason Garrett told ESPN.com. "He just plays well. He defends the run well. He affects the quarterback, made the big sack at the end of the game. Coach (Nick) Saban used to say 'The guy's Getty Images Rob Ninkovich had the game-winning play vs. the Jets Sunday, creating a turnover in overtime. hard to block.' And that's Line 1 for a defensive player. He's hard to block. It's hard to block him in the run game. He shows up, dis- rupts things. allowed for other guys to make some plays. Mike Otto was activated for the first time Sunday after miss- ing the first six games of the sea- son with hand and knee injuries. Now, he might be in line to OTTO ACTIVE "He made a lot of plays and " Drew Brees turned in another top performance in Tampa Bay, helping the Saints to their sec- ond straight win. Brees threw for 377 yards New Orleans quarterback and four touchdowns, giving him 16 career games with at least 300 yards and four TDs and tying him with Dan Marino for the most in NFL history. Brees has 18 career games start. Tennessee Titans left tackle Michael Roos had an emergency appendectomy Monday morn- ing, leaving his status question- able. Titans coach Mike Munchak has said Otto will start if Roos is unable to play. with at least four touchdowns, moving him to fourth in NFL his- tory. Brett Favre holds the record with 23. The 300-yard game was the 62nd of Brees' career, tying him with Favre for third place in his- tory. Peyton Manning is No. 1 with 67. j TWIN CITY DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM 800-562-4581 twincitysuperstore.com 650 Sagamore Parkway South Lafayette, IN 47905 See the 2013 Jeep Wrangler! GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 23, EXPRESS 8 • 26 BREES' BIG DAY