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DENVER —Justin Simmons got his interception.
It didn't come as soon as he would've liked, but he got it — and it came at an opportune time.
With the Dolphins trailing by seven and facing a third-and-8 from the Denver 15-yard line, Simmons undercut Ryan Fitzpatrick's throw to DeVante Parker in the end zone to secure the Broncos' 20-13 win over Miami.
It was the kind of play the Broncos have come to expect from the 2019 second-team All-Pro safety.
"To see the play that Justin made, I'm not shocked," Malik Reed said. "He makes plays like that week in, week out. He's one of the best safeties in the league, and I stand by that."
Simmons now has four interceptions this season and is tied for the second-most interceptions by a Bronco in his first five seasons since the 1970 merger.
He nearly pushed his season total to five or six, as he picked off Tua Tagovailoa in the first quarter but had it overturned due to a defensive holding call on A.J. Bouye. Then, in the second quarter, Simmons tried to undercut a Tagovailoa pass to Mike Gesicki, and it appeared both players had possession for a moment.
Yet while Simmons and the Broncos wouldn't record the first interception of Tagovailoa this season, they made the play when it mattered.
"It was a great play by him," Head Coach Vic Fangio said of the interception. "He had one earlier in the game that was negated. Justin is a great player, and we love having him. He came close [on] a few … earlier beside the one he lost to the penalty. I think it was poetic justice that he was able to get the game-winner."
It also was a weight off Melvin Gordon III's shoulders, who lost a goal-line fumble that gave Miami a chance for the final drive.
"I was happy as hell," Gordon said. "It was crazy because it's something I work on every week, something I think about, and something I try to be really cautious about. ... The defense came through, and we prevailed and got the win. I'm happy about that."