The first week of the NFL season has come and gone and thanks to my purchase of NFL Sunday Ticket (not a sponsored post but I’m willing to listen) I can watch every game I want to. For me that mostly means I’m going to be able to watch my beloved Tampa Bay Bucs (shout out Mike Alstott) but it also means that anytime a Boilermaker is putting on a show in the NFL I can flip over and check them out. So, like we’ve done in the past we are gonna give you a one stop shop for all things NFL Boilermakers right here.
Unfortunately, the number of Boilermakers on active NFL rosters is down to just five. Not a great number. Who are the five you ask?
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Purdue also has a few players hanging around practice squads and the like as well. That list is:
Suprising to me that we’ve got three Boilermakers on the Giants. I really hope some of the inactive guys can find their way to an active roster at some point this season. AOC especially I think has more to give to an NFL team that being the 3rd string QB for the Raiders.
So, how did the five Boilermakers on active rosters do? Let’s get into it.
Derrick Barnes had perhaps the most viral moment of the week and it didn’t even happen on the field. Maybe you saw it, maybe you didn’t. Either way I’ve got it for you.
Barnes showed up to his game in a Spider-Man costume with his son in a matching costume. An A+ fatherhood moment right there. Of course, then on the field he grabbed an interception and hit a Spider-Man pose. He had a great day with five tackles, one sack, one interception, two passes defended in an OT win for the Lions over the New Orleans Saints.
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Karlaftis started for the Chiefs and had three tackles and three QB hurries. The Chiefs beat the Denver Broncos 31-10.
Durham played 21 snaps for the Bucs with 14 being on special teams. He had no stats. The Bucs lost to the Cincinnati Bengals 33-27.
Tracy had two carries for 14 yards in a 28-20 victory over the Dallas Cowboys.
Mbow appeared on four special teams snaps for the 28-20 victory over the Cowboys.
There was one other bit of Purdue Boilermaker NFL news and that was about Drew Brees. It was reported that Drew Brees nearly came out of retirement last season to play for the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship game after they lost their starting QB to an injury. Given that Brees has said he can barely throw a football and can’t lift his throwing arm very high this seems like it would’ve been a disaster. Glad we avoided that.
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