Noah Fant, Bron­cos TE: Over the course of four quar­ters between Weeks 1 and 2, the Bron­cos’ 2019 first-round selec­tion had one tar­get and zero recep­tions. Crim­i­nal. In Sunday’s sec­ond half: five tar­gets, four recep­tions for 57 yards, includ­ing a 20-yard touch­down and a two-point con­ver­sion. Maybe this guy should get more looks?

T.J. Watt, Steel­ers OLB: The younger broth­er of J.J. Watt may now be the best pass rush­er in the fam­i­ly. Either way, he’ll be in Bron­cos right tack­le Eli­jah Wilkinson’s night­mares for years to come. The 6‑foot‑4, 252-pound line­backer con­tin­u­al­ly beat Wilkin­son off the edge en route to 2.5 sacks and two tack­les for loss.

Justin Sim­mons, Bron­cos S: If the Bron­cos need proof why Sim­mons deserves a long-term deal, they should re a three-play sequence ear­ly in the third quar­ter. First down: Sim­mons tack­le for loss on sweep. Sec­ond down: 4‑yard recep­tion. Third-down: One-hand­ed Sim­mons inter­cep­tion returned into Steel­er ter­ri­to­ry. His final line: eight tack­les (one for loss) and the INT.

Dion­tae John­son, Steel­ers, WR: The sec­ond-year pass catch­er out of Tole­do got plen­ty of oppor­tu­ni­ties against the inex­pe­ri­enced Bron­cos sec­ondary and cashed in time and again, haul­ing in eight recep­tions for 92 yards, as well as a 28-yard touch­down pass from a scram­bling Ben Roeth­lis­berg­er in the fourth quar­ter. If not for a penal­ty flag he also would’ve had a punt return touchdown.

Melvin Gor­don, Bron­cos RB: For the sec­ond week in a row, the Bron­cos’ new back found the end zone in the sec­ond half — this time on a 16-yard wheel route that was per­fect­ly placed by QB Jeff Driskel. All told, Gor­don gained 84 total yards, includ­ing 70 on 19 hard-earned car­ries against a phys­i­cal Pitts­burgh run defense that kept Saquon Barkley under 10 yards in Week 1.