SAINTS
43, REDSKINS 19
MEW
ORLEANS, LA. (AP) - Brees passed Peyton Manning to become the NFL's all-time
leader in yards passing with a 62-yard touchdown to rookie Tre'Quan Smith on
Monday night that sent New Orleans on its way to a lopsided 43-19 victory over the
mistake-prone Washington Redskins.
Brees
entered the game needing 201 yards to eclipse Peyton Manning's previous mark of
71,940 yards. He had 250 yards and two touchdowns by halftime and finished 26
of 29 for 363 yards and three touchdowns. He has yet to throw an interception
this season. He did, however, make his eighth career reception on his own
deflected pass, and pushed across the line of scrimmage to add an extra yard to
his career total.
The
Saints' Smith, a third-round draft choice last spring, caught two touchdown
passes from the 18th-year pro. Brees also hit Smith for a 35-yard score down
the right sideline early in the third quarter.
PANTHERS
33. GIANTS 31
CHARLOTTE, N.C.
(AP) — Graham Gano connected on a career-long 63-yard field goal with 1 second
remaining to lift the Carolina Panthers to a wild 33-31 victory over the New
York Giants on Sunday.
Gano's winning
kick, tied for second longest in league history, came after the Giants erased a
14-point deficit. Eli Manning hooked up with Saquon Barkley on a 15-yard
touchdown pass down the right sideline — the rookie made a long dive into the
end zone — to put the Giants in front 31-30 with 1:08 remaining.
Gano's previous
career long was 59 yards. He was 4 for 4 on field goal attempts and has made 35
in a row at home dating back to 2016.
It's the second
year in a row the Giants (1-4) have been beaten by a monster field goal at the
end. In the third game last season, Jake Elliott of the Eagles kicked a
61-yarder for a 27-24 win.
Cam Newton threw
for 237 yards and had two touchdowns and two interceptions. Christian McCaffrey
had 93 yards from scrimmage and an 18-yard touchdown catch for the Panthers
(3-1).
Manning finished
22 of 36 for 326 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions, both by Panthers
37-year-old safety Mike Adams. Odell Beckham Jr. had a big game as a receiver
and passer. Beckham had eight catches for 131 yards and a touchdown and also
threw a 57-yarder to Barkley for New York's first touchdown.
BROWNS
12, RAVENS 9, OT
CLEVELAND (AP) —
Rookie Greg Joseph's 37-yard field goal — a knuckleball that barely cleared the
crossbar — with 2 seconds left in overtime.
After rookie
quarterback Baker Mayfield drove the Browns (2-2-1) into position, Joseph,
signed after Week 2 following Zane Gonzalez's release, lined his kick through
the uprights to give Cleveland its first AFC North win in 19 tries.
As Browns fans
celebrated just the team's second win in two seasons, Joseph was mobbed by his
teammates following Cleveland's third OT game in five weeks.
The Ravens (3-2)
had plenty of chances, but Joe Flacco threw a costly interception in the first
half and the Browns blocked one of Justin Tucker's field goal tries.
Mayfield passed
for 342 yards and threw a 19-yard TD pass in his first start at home. He
completed a key third-down pass for 39 yards to Derrick Willies on Cleveland's
winning drive.
VIKINGS
23, EAGLES 21
PHILADELPHIA (AP)
— Kirk Cousins threw for 301 yards and one touchdown, Linval Joseph returned a
fumble 64 yards for a score and the Vikings won a rematch of last season's NFC
championship game.
Carson Wentz and
the rest of Philadelphia's offense again struggled as the defending Super Bowl
champions fell to 2-3.
Nick Foles led
the Eagles to a 38-7 rout over Case Keenum and Minnesota's top-ranked defense
in the title game on his way to earning MVP honors against New England.
Trying to rally
from a 17-point deficit midway through the third quarter, the Eagles were set
up to take the lead after Roc Thomas dropped a backward pass and Nigel Bradham
recovered the fumble at the Vikings 30 in the fourth quarter. But Wentz was
called for intentional grounding and coach Doug Pederson elected not to let
Jake Elliott try a 58-yarder.
Dan Bailey, who
missed two field goals earlier, nailed a 52-yard field goal to extend the lead
to 23-14 with 2:47 left.
Wentz fired a
7-yard TD pass to Zach Ertz to cut it to 23-21 with 1:09 left but Adam Thielen
recovered the onside kick for the Vikings (2-2-1).
RAMS
33, SEAHAWKS 31
SEATTLE (AP) —
Todd Gurley rushed for three touchdowns, Jared Goff passed for 321 yards and a
score and the Rams remained unbeaten.
Playing without
their top two receivers due to concussions suffered late in the first half, the
Rams leaned heavily on Goff, Gurley and wide receiver Robert Woods to escape
Seattle and improve to 5-0.
Gurley scored on
a 2-yard run in the first quarter, and added TDs of 2 and 5 yards in the second
half. Gurley's third rushing TD on the second play of the fourth quarter pulled
the Rams within 31-30. But new kicker Cairo Santos hooked the extra point
attempt and Seattle maintained a one-point lead.
Santos atoned for
the miss with a 39-yard field goal with 6:05 remaining to give the Rams a 33-31
lead, capping a 61-yard drive that took 4 ½ minutes.
Russell Wilson
threw for three touchdowns and Seattle (2-3) had a running back top 100 yards
rushing for a third straight game as Chris Carson rumbled for 116 yards.
CHARGERS
26, RAIDERS 10
CARSON, Calif.
(AP) — Philip Rivers threw for 339 yards and two touchdowns, the 59th 300-yard
passing game of Rivers' 15-year career and his eighth against the Raiders. He
completed 22 of 27 passes and had a passer rating of 143.4.
Melvin Gordon had
120 yards from scrimmage (58 rushing, 62 receiving). His 1-yard run during the
second quarter gave Los Angeles (3-2) a 17-3 lead at halftime.
Derek Carr was 24
of 38 for 268 yards for the Raiders (1-4). He accounted for Oakland's lone
touchdown in the fourth quarter on a 1-yard pass to Jordy Nelson which brought
the Raiders within 27-10.
He also had a
costly interception in the end zone to Melvin Ingram during the third quarter.
The Chargers turned that into a 96-yard, eight-play drive to Rivers' 13-yard TD
pass to Virgil Green early in the fourth period.
CARDINALS
28, 49ERS 18
SANTA CLARA,
Calif. (AP) — Josh Rosen threw a 75-yard touchdown pass to fellow rookie
Christian Kirk on Arizona's first play from scrimmage and the Cardinals used
five takeaways to get their first win.
The Cardinals
(1-4) were unable to do much more on offense the rest of the way, with their
only other scores coming on Josh Bynes' fumble return for a TD and David
Johnson TD runs on two short drives after turnovers by the 49ers (1-4).
But that proved
enough against a San Francisco offense that did little after an opening drive
score behind backup quarterback C.J. Beathard.
Arizona defensive
end Chandler Jones had a dominant day. He had a strip sack and fumble recovery
against Beathard in the third quarter, and then batted away the 2-point
conversion pass to Pierre Garcon to preserve a 14-12 lead.
CHIEFS
30, JAGUARS 14
KANSAS CITY, Mo.
(AP) — The Chiefs' beleaguered defense forced Jacksonville quarterback Blake
Bortles into five turnovers, including a pick-6 by defensive tackle Chris
Jones, and Kansas City merely had to supplement with the NFL's highest-scoring
offense.
Patrick Mahomes
threw for 313 yards and ran for a touchdown, though he also threw his first two
picks of the season. Kareem Hunt added 87 yards and a touchdown on the ground
as the Chiefs (5-0) marched all over the league's top-ranked defense at soggy
Arrowhead Stadium.
Tyreek Hill,
frequently matched up with the Jaguars' Jalen Ramsey in an entertaining
one-on-one affair, had four catches for 61 yards in a game that grew testy on
both sides.
Jones was ejected
in the second half after he dropped an elbow on a Jaguars lineman while both
were on the ground following an extra point attempt. Pass rusher Dee Ford
joined him in the locker room later in the half when he was whistled for his
second unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.
Hunt was flagged
for head-butting linebacker Telvin Smith Jr. earlier in the game.
Jacksonville
(3-2) trailed 20-0 at halftime.
LIONS
31, PACKERS 23
DETROIT (AP) —
Matthew Stafford threw two touchdown passes and LeGarrette Blount ran for two
scores. Detroit (2-3) earned a win it desperately needed under first-year coach
Matt Patricia, going into its bye week.
Green Bay (2-2-1)
could not overcome uncharacteristic mistakes by veteran kicker Mason Crosby and
two-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers, who lost two fumbles for just the third time in
his 14-year career.
Crosby missed a
career-high four field goals in one game and botched an extra point to boot.
Blount had a pair
of 1-yard TD runs in the first quarter and Stafford's 8-yard pass to Marvin
Jones late in the second quarter put Detroit up 24-0.
Aaron Rodgers,
missing injured receivers Randall Cobb and Geronimo Allison, threw short TDs to
rookie Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Lance Kendricks in the third to pull the Packers
within 10 points.
Stafford answered
with a 5-yard TD pass to Kenny Golladay.
JETS
34, BRONCOS 16
EAST RUTHERFORD,
N.J. (AP) — Isaiah Crowell ran for a franchise-record 219 yards, including a
77-yard touchdown, and Sam Darnold threw two TD passes to Robby Anderson,
including a 76-yarder.
Darnold also had
a TD toss to Terrelle Pryor that sealed the game late in the fourth quarter for
the Jets (2-3). The rookie quarterback finished 10 of 22 for 198 yards and the
three scores with an interception to help New York to its first win since the
season opener.
Crowell needed
just 15 carries to break the team record of 210 yards rushing set by Thomas
Jones in 2009 against Buffalo. New York finished with 323 yards rushing and 512
overall yards.
The Jets' defense
came up big, too, while playing without coordinator Kacy Rodgers, who is
dealing with what Coach Todd Bowles has called a "serious" illness.
Bowles ran the defense against the Broncos and the Jets kept the pressure on
Keenum all game, sacking him four times, two by Leonard Williams.
They nearly had
one more big play when Marcus Maye intercepted Keenum's final pass and returned
it 104 yards before being taken down by Courtland Sutton at the 1 to end the
game.
Keenum finished
35 of 51 for 377 yards with touchdown passes to Sutton and Demaryius Thomas for
the Broncos (2-3).
BENGALS
27, DOLPHINS 17
CINCINNATI (AP) —
Michael Johnson returned an interception for the tying score, and Sam Hubbard
went 19 yards with a fumble for the clinching touchdown, rallying the Bengals
from a 17-point deficit.
With Joe Mixon
back from knee surgery, the defense making more game-turning plays in the
fourth quarter, Cincinnati (4-1) pulled off its biggest comeback of the season
and extended its best start since its 2015 playoff season.
The Dolphins
(3-2) had plenty of blame to go around for their second-half meltdown, helping
the Bengals score those 27 consecutive points with mistakes.
Andy Dalton threw
an 18-yard touchdown pass to Mixon to start the comeback, completing a drive
extended by T.J. McDonald's personal foul on a third-down incompletion. Mixon
returned after missing two games following knee surgery and ran for 93 yards in
addition to catching three passes.
The Dolphins
started the season 3-0, but have gotten flattened by New England and shocked by
the Bengals in the past two weeks.
STEELERS
41, FALCONS 17
PITTSBURGH (AP) —
Ben Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown connected on two second-half touchdowns
and the Steelers pulled away from the Falcons.
Roethlisberger
finished 19 of 29 for 250 yards and three scores, including a 9-yard strike to
Brown in the third quarter and a 47-yard dart to the All-Pro wide receiver
early in the fourth as Pittsburgh (2-2-1) put together its most complete
performance of the season.
Brown caught six
passes for 101 yards. His two touchdowns gave him 64 in his career, moving him
past Hall of Famer John Stallworth and into second place on the franchise's
all-time TD reception list.
James Conner ran
for 110 yards and two scores and added 75 yards receiving for Pittsburgh, which
improved to 7-0-1 all-time against the Falcons (1-4) at home.
Matt Ryan passed
for 285 yards and a touchdown but was also sacked six times and spent the final
minutes of Atlanta's third straight loss on the sideline. Pittsburgh cornerback
Joe Haden kept Falcons star wide receiver Julio Jones in check. Shadowing Jones
— who entered the game leading the NFL in yards receiving — Haden held Jones to
five receptions for 62 yards, all in the fourth quarter with Atlanta well
behind.
BILLS
13, TITANS 12
ORCHARD PARK,
N.Y. (AP) — Stephen Hauschka hit a 46-yard field goal as time expired.
Buffalo's defense forced three turnovers, and LeSean McCoy broke from a
September slump with a season-best 85 yards rushing. McCoy sparked the decisive
drive with a 13-yard catch on third-and-3. And backup running back Chris Ivory
had a 9-yard run in getting the Bills across midfield.
Rookie
quarterback Josh Allen scored on a 14-yard touchdown run but was held in check
as a passer. He finished 10 of 19 for 82 yards and an interception.
Buffalo (2-3)
bounced back from a 22-0 loss at Green Bay last weekend.
The Titans
struggled on offense in failing to build off a 26-23 overtime win over the
defending champion Philadelphia Eagles. After winning each of its past three by
three points, Tennessee (3-2) found itself on the losing end of a tightly
played game in which the kickers accounted for six field goals and the teams
combined for 444 yards offense.
Ryan Succop
scored all of Tennessee's 12 points by hitting four field goals, including a
50-yarder that put the Titans up 12-10 with 4:43 remaining.
TEXANS
19, COWBOYS 16, OT
HOUSTON (AP) —
DeAndre Hopkins had 151 yards receiving, including a key reception in overtime
and Ka'imi Fairbairn's 36-yard field goal lifted the Houston Texans to a 19-16
win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night.
The Cowboys got
the ball first in OT but had to punt when Zach Cunningham stopped Ezekiel
Elliott for no gain on third-and-1.
A 49-yard catch
and run by Hopkins got the Texans in scoring range in overtime. He grabbed a
short pass from Watson and twice spun away from would-be tacklers to stretch
the play.
Houston was just
1 of 5 in the red zone on Sunday with Fairbairn making four field goals to help
the Texans to the victory.
Deshaun Watson
threw for 375 yards with a touchdown and an interception for the Texans (2-3),
who won in overtime for the second straight week.
Dak Prescott had
208 yards passing and a touchdown but threw two interceptions for the Cowboys
(2-3). Elliott, who entered the game as the NFL's leading rusher, was limited
to 54 yards rushing.
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