rst quarter of the game on a 26-yard pass from former Broncos quarterback <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Cutler_(American_football)" title="Jay Cutler (American football)">Jay Cutler</a>. Royal's opening week performance yielded voters on NFL.com to select him as the <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_Pepsi_NFL_Rookie_of_the_Week" title="Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week" class="mw-redirect">Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week</a> out of five finalists.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="