The Los Angeles Chargers and Carolina Panthers won in the final seconds, the Baltimore Ravens saw their season slip away, and Daniel Jones led the Indianapolis Colts to another win on NFL Sunday…
Seattle Seahawks 20-12 Jacksonville Jaguars
Sam Darnold threw touchdown passes to Jackson Smith-Njigba and Cooper Kupp as Seattle controlled both lines of scrimmage en route to a 20-12 win in Jacksonville.
Smith-Njigba finished with eight receptions for 162 yards as the Seahawks (4-2) rebounded from a last-second loss to Tampa Bay at home.
Meanwhile, the Jaguars (4-2) looked like a team that spent the week enjoying Monday night’s win over three-time AFC champion Kansas City. Jacksonville’s first three snaps set the tone: a sack, a penalty and a three-yard loss.
Trevor Lawrence has been sacked six more times. Travis Etienne was held to 27 yards on 12 carries. The Jaguars had a 54-yard touchdown pass from Lawrence to Brian Thomas Jr. negated because rookie Travis Hunter lined up offsides.
San Francisco 49ers 19-30 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Baker Mayfield threw two touchdown passes and made an incredible scramble to help the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the San Francisco 49ers 30-19.
Leading 20-19 early in the fourth, the Buccaneers faced third-and-14 at their own 41. Mayfield slid off a sack in the pocket, evaded another defender, got out of trouble, evaded more tackles and jumped headfirst, extending the ball for a first down on third-and-14.
A few plays later, Mayfield connected with Tez Johnson on a 45-yard touchdown pass down the middle to give the 49ers a 27-19 lead.
The 49ers were driving for a potential tying score when Mac Jones threw an interception to Jamal Dean on fourth-and-5 from the Buccaneers 33 with less than six minutes left in the game, setting up Chase McLaughlin’s 45-yard field goal that extended the lead to 30-19.
Jones threw for 347 yards with two picks, losing for the first time in four games to fill in for Brock Purdy. It was Mayfield who finished 17 of 23 for 256 yards and two scores to Cameron Johnson and Tez Johnson.
Los Angeles Chargers 29 – 27 Miami Dolphins
Justin Herbert evaded a Dolphins pass rush and connected with Ladd McConkey for a 42-yard touchdown in the final minute, setting up Cameron Decker’s fifth field goal of the game as the Los Angeles Chargers rallied to beat Miami 29-27.
The Dolphins overcame a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter and took the lead when Tua Tagovailoa threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Darren Waller with 46 seconds left.
Nyheim Hines set up the Chargers at Miami’s 35 with a 40-yard kickoff return that followed. On second-and-10, Herbert stepped into the pocket, broke free from the grasp of Jaylan Phillips and threw a short pass to McConkey, who broke a tackle and went out of bounds at the Miami 17. Decker’s 33-yard kick won the win for Los Angeles (4-2), which snapped a two-game skid.
Herbert completed 29 of 38 passes for 264 yards and two touchdowns. Kimani Vidal, who got the bulk of the load in Los Angeles’ turbulent backfield, finished with 18 rushes for 124 yards and had a 7-yard touchdown catch. McConkey had seven catches for 100 yards and a TD.
Tagovailoa, who finished with 205 yards, threw his third interception of the day on Miami’s final possession, and the Dolphins (1-5) were booed off the field at Hard Rock Stadium.
Los Angeles Rams 17-3 Baltimore Ravens
The Los Angeles Rams finished the first half on a goal-line stand and then Matthew Stafford led them to a pair of touchdowns to start the third quarter in a 17-3 win over the Baltimore Ravens.
The Rams (4-2) weren’t at their best, but they didn’t have to be against a surging Baltimore team that was without injured quarterback Lamar Jackson for the second weekend in a row. The Ravens (1-5) nailed a field goal on their first drive and nothing more.
Kyren Williams put Los Angeles ahead with a three-yard scoring run in the third period. After Baltimore’s Zay Flowers fumbled, the Rams quickly made it 17-3 on an eight-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Tyler Higbee.
With Jackson sidelined with a hamstring injury, Cooper Rush went 11-for-19 for 72 yards with an interception and a lost fumble before being pulled in favor of Tyler Huntley on fourth down.
Dallas Cowboys 27-30 Carolina Panthers
Rico Dowdle went over 200 yards from scrimmage for the second straight week — this time against his former team — and rookie Ryan Fitzgerald kicked a 33-yard field goal as time expired as the Carolina Panthers defeated the Dallas Cowboys 30-27 in a back-and-forth game.
Bryce Young completed 17 of 25 passes for 199 yards and threw two of his three passes to rookie Taitairu McMillan to help the Panthers (3-3) improve to 3-0 at home.
Dowdle ran for 183 yards on 30 carries and caught four passes for 56 yards and a touchdown for the Panthers, who beat the Cowboys for the first time in three years at home. Dowdle spent five years with the Cowboys before signing with Carolina as an unrestricted free agent. He has 473 yards from scrimmage over the past two weeks, a franchise record.
McMillan had never caught a touchdown pass in the NFL before Sunday after catching 26 passes during his three seasons at the University of Arizona, but he broke through with 19 and two yards.
Dak Prescott finished 25 of 34 for 261 yards and three touchdowns for the Cowboys (2-3-1). Dallas wasted the best game of his career from George Pickens, who caught nine passes for 168 yards and a touchdown.
Cincinnati Bengals 18-27 Green Bay Packers
Josh Jacobs rushed for two touchdowns and the Green Bay Packers beat Cincinnati for a 27-18 win in Joe Flacco’s Bengals debut.
Jacobs had a three-yard run in the second quarter and opened the fourth quarter by scoring on a 14-yard blast up the middle. Jordan Love went 19 of 26 for 259 yards with an interception and a 19-yard touchdown pass to Tucker Craft.
Lucas Havrisik sealed the win by scoring the second of his two field goals, a 39-yarder with 1:52 remaining. Havrisik also kicked a 43-yarder the day after signing with the Packers because regular kicker Brandon McManus injured his quadriceps.
Cincinnati’s last hope faded when Evan McPherson went wide on a 56-yard attempt with 41 seconds left. McPherson also made a 45-yard field goal and was short on what would have been an NFL record 67 yards to end the first half — having made the initial kick only to see it tied back into a Packers timeout.
Flacco arrived via trade from the Cleveland Browns on Tuesday and finished 29 of 45 for 219 yards and two touchdowns.
Arizona Cardinals 27-31 Indianapolis Colts
Daniel Jones threw two touchdown passes and Jonathan Taylor ran one yard for the go-ahead touchdown with 4:32 left in the game to give the Indianapolis Colts a 31-27 victory over the Arizona Cardinals.
Jones finished 22 of 30 for 212 yards with one interception plus a run for a score. Taylor had 21 carries for 123 yards, and rookie tight end Tyler Warren caught six passes for 63 yards and a touchdown.
Indy (5-1) remained perfect at home with its sixth straight victory over the past two seasons at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Arizona lost (2-4) for the fourth time in a row, losing its lead in the fourth quarter for the second week in a row. Jacoby Brissett replaced an injured Kyler Murray against one of his former teams. He was 27 of 44 for 320 yards and two touchdowns with one interception. McBride had a season-high eight receptions for 72 yards and a score.
New England Patriots 25-19 New Orleans Saints
Drake May passed for three touchdowns of 25 yards or more, including two to Kayshawn Butte, as the New England Patriots outscored the New Orleans Saints 25-19.
Maye completed 18 of 26 passes for 261 yards without a turnover and also connected with DeMario Douglas for a 53-yard score as the Patriots (4-2) won for the third straight week.
Butte, a Louisiana native who played collegiately at LSU, caught five passes for 93 yards.
The Saints (1-5) were driving for a potential go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter when Juwan Johnson was ruled in video review to have fumbled on what was initially ruled a first-down catch through midfield.
Spencer Rattler completed 20 of 26 passes for 227 yards without a turnover, but the Saints struggled to get into the end zone. Taysom Hill had New Orleans’ lone touchdown on a one-yard run and Blake Grupe kicked four field goals.
Cleveland Browns 9-23 Pittsburgh Steelers
Aaron Rodgers passed for 235 yards and two touchdowns, and the Pittsburgh Steelers had little trouble taking on the Cleveland Browns in a 23-9 win.
The Steelers (4-1) strengthened their early grip on the AFC North by extending their home lead over the Browns (1-5). Cleveland’s regular-season losing streak at Actress Stadium reached 22 games after another lethargic performance by its offense.
Browns rookie Dillon Gabriel passed for 221 yards but was unable to lead the league’s second-fewest offense into the end zone as Cleveland failed to break the 17-point barrier for the 11th straight game.
Pittsburgh didn’t exactly tear apart the second-ranked defense in the NFL. However, Rodgers kept the chains moving by distributing his 21 completions between eight players. He threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Connor Heyward, and early in the fourth quarter, he found DK Metcalf on a beautiful ball in the right corner of the end zone for a 25-yard score that put the game out of reach.
Tennessee Titans 10-20 Las Vegas Raiders
Geno Smith passed for 174 yards and a touchdown, and Devin White led the Raiders’ stifling defense as Las Vegas defeated the Tennessee Titans 20-10.
The Raiders (2-4) ended a four-game skid, and the Giants (1-5) squandered a chance to win back-to-back games for the first time since November 2022, a 47-game stretch.
Neither team’s slumps did much on offense, combining for 451 yards.
Las Vegas won fairly easily despite pedestrian numbers from Smith and Ashton Genty, who rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown for an average of 3.3 yards per game.
Titans rookie quarterback Cam Ward, the top overall pick in the NFL draft, was 26 of 38 for 222 yards. He connected with David Martin-Robinson for his first career touchdown at the end of year two.
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