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NEW ORLEANS -- With a play some Denver Broncos players called leaper, rookie safeties Justin Simmons and Will Parks combined for the two points that gave the Broncos a 25-23 victory over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday.After Saints quarterback Drew Brees threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to Brandin Cooks with 1 minute, 30 seconds to play to tie the game 23-23, New Orleans simply needed the extra point to get the win. As a result, special-teams coordinator Joe DeCamillis made a call and took a risk.Great call by Joe, said Broncos coach Gary Kubiak, adding that its something you work on all the time. Its risky to do, because if you touch somebody you know its a penalty. But there are situations in a game where ... its worth the risk, and that was one of them.Its all or nothing, Simmons said. They make the extra point, the game is pretty much over.At the snap, Simmons leaped over Saints long-snapper Justin Drescher to block the kick, and Parks fielded the bouncing football and started up the left sideline.Parks was not touched by a Saints defender. Broncos cornerbacks Kayvon Webster and Bradley Roby escorted Parks up the sideline as he covered 84 yards for the two points that made the difference.I saw the ball really high in the air, behind the line of scrimmage, so I knew I had to go, Parks said. ...That play, look at that orange pylon go, all I could think about was winning this game for this team.After being reviewed by the replay official to see if Parks stepped out of bounds, the play was upheld.They said upstairs, Coach, hes got a white shoe on; its really, really close. The fact that they called it one way, I think it will stand. So they felt that way, Kubiak said. ...Youre always worried (about a review).I took ballet in fourth or fifth grade, so Ive got toe game, Parks said.Dean Blandino, the NFLs senior vice president of officiating, broke down the play Sunday night on a video released by the league and agreed with all of the rulings on the field.Asked if Parks stepped out, Saints coach Sean Payton said he didnt get a great view of the play.Well, its hard to tell. I think those guys are doing their best to look at it. Hes got white shoes on, the sidelines white, so theres not a real good picture -- at least I didnt see one. So I understand.When told that a lot of fans think Parks stepped out of bounds, Brees said, It doesnt matter. Lets not even get to that point.But Brees did say he was still in a little disbelief after the game.Its tough to play a game like that, fight as hard as we all did, then have it come down to something like that, Brees said.The Saints tried an onside kick after the play, but it was recovered by the Broncos to secure the win.It made everything, Simmons said. ...It was nice today to kind of get our feet wet a little bit to get a game-changing play and help this team get a W.The Broncos block and return was the first such play to provide the winning points in an NFL game and the third return for two points since the NFL began allowing defensive scores on such plays in 2015.The Saints will likely turn the play in to the league in the coming days since some replays show Broncos defensive end Jared Crick, lined up to the defensive left of Drescher, push Dreschers head down after the snap; holding the long-snappers head down is a penalty.Drescher thought he was pulled down on the play.I will have to watch it on film, but it felt like their defensive tackles kind of pulled me forward and down, so I really couldnt pop us as fast, Drescher said. Thats what I felt in the time and the moment.Blandino said it didnt look as if Drescher had been pulled down to the ground.[Cricks] gonna get his hands up on top of the snapper and push him toward the ground. Thats legal, Blandino said. Open-hand push, legal. If there was a grab and a pull, that would be defensive holding. This is a similar concept as an offensive lineman blocking a defensive player. If he can get up on top of that defensive player and push him toward the ground, its legal, versus grabbing and pulling him.More power to them. They had a great scheme, Drescher said. Its frustrating because its a hard way to lose.ESPNs Saints reporter Mike Triplett contributed to this report. Julio Jones Womens Jersey .com) - Manchester City midfielder David Silva is expected to miss the next four weeks because of a calf problem. Deion Sanders Youth Jersey . 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Heres how the day unfolded.Cloud nine livesFive times Cloud9 have played to the last round in a best-of-five match during MLG Las Vegas. Four times the team led by Patrick Aches Price has walked away with a victory, including three such matches during Day 2. As a result, Cloud9 is guaranteed at least a top-three finish at the first major LAN event of the year. Many things have to come into effect in order for a team to win four consecutive Round 5s in a given tournament, but first and foremost on the list would be stellar Search and Destroy play, something Cloud9 have excelled at thus far.Cloud9 have put together a 6-3 mark in the pivotal game mode, most notably rallying to win a critical Round 5 Search and Destroy against Allegiance in the upper bracket semifinal. With an upper bracket final against Rise Nation looming on Sunday, Cloud9 may need to go the length of the series in order to advance yet again. And you can bet theyll need to rely on their Search and Destroy in order to advance to the grand finals.Open bracket teams makes instant impactAt this point, it wouldnt be a stretch to suggest MLG Las Vegas sported the most dangerous open bracket to date in Call of Duty, as the four teams who survived the 160-team bracket managed to win nine games in pool play, with three of those teams advancing into the upper bracket portion of the championship bracket. European stalwarts Splyce and eLevate as well as North American favorites Evil Geniuses made their mark on pool play, but it was the performmance by relative newcomers Enigma 6 (known for their Halo team) that had everyone talking on Saturday.ddddddddddddFinding themselves slotted into the dreaded Group B which sported icons in the scene such as OpTic Gaming and Rise Nation, Enigma 6 immediately announced their presence in the group, sweeping every team they faced en route to a perfect 3-0 record in the pool, and 9-0 map count. Jordan General Holloway and Nicholas Proto Maldonado were brilliant throughout the three games, routinely leading the lobby in slaying. While Enigma 6 would lose their opening match in the winners bracket to Allegiance, they appear to have a favorable spot in the losers bracket and would need just two wins to make it to the losers bracket finals. Not bad for a team few expected to make it out of the open bracket.Favorites fallPerhaps it was the lack of practice time or maybe just overconfidence, but the two best teams throughout Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Team EnVyUs and OpTic Gaming, struggled mightily in the first major LAN tournament of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Projected to at least make it into the upper bracket portion of the championship bracket, neither team would win more than one game in their respective pool, setting themselves up to have to traverse the rest of the tournament through the lower bracket.Uncharacteristically poor performances by their respective leaders, OpTics Seth Scump Abner and EnVyUs Jordan Jkap Kaplan have seemingly handicapped the teams as neither has strung together a series of strong performances. Given the skill level of each player, its only a matter of time until they right the ship, but the Green Wall nor the Boys in Blue can afford to have a repeat performance of Day 2 if they have any hope of making it to the grand finals.The final day of the tournament starts on Sunday at 1pm ET. ' ' '