Raiders 40, Chiefs 32
Derek Carr threw for 347 yards and three touchdowns, outplaying Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes along the way, and the Las Vegas Raiders nearly shut out the potent Kansas City offense in the second half to rally for a 40-32 victory Sunday that ended the Chiefs’ franchise-record 13-game winning streak.
Josh Jacobs scored the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter, Daniel Carlson added a field goal a few minutes later, and Mahomes was intercepted on fourth down to set up another touchdown by Jacobs that make it 40-24 with 5:26 left.
The Chiefs (4-1) had won seven in a row over their longtime rival at Arrowhead Stadium, where Carr had been especially bad in losing each of his six starts. But he was spectacular with a relatively quiet 17,000 fans in the building, helping to guide the Raiders (3-2) to their first win in Kansas City since Oct. 28, 2012.
Mahomes spent the entire game trying to escape the Las Vegas pass rush, which manhandled the Chiefs offensive line, and finished with 340 yards passing and two touchdowns along with an interception. Travis Kelce had 108 yards receiving.
Steelers 38, Eagles 29
Rookie wide receiver Chase Claypool scored four touchdowns, including the clincher with 2:59 remaining, and Pittsburgh remains unbeaten with a win over Philadelphia.
Claypool, a second-round pick from Notre Dame, raced down the slot, hauled in a dart from Ben Roethlisberger and went the rest of the 35 yards to the end zone as the Steelers improved to 4-0 for the first time since 1979.
Claypool finished with seven receptions for 110 yards and three scores and added a 2-yard touchdown run on a jet sweep. Claypool became the first Canadian-born NFL player with three receiving TDs in a game since Joe Rooney did it for the Duluth Eskimos on Oct. 23, 1927.
Roethlisberger completed 27 of 34 passes for 239 yards and the three scores to Claypool. James Conner ran for 44 yards and a touchdown.
Carson Wentz threw for 258 yards and two touchdowns but was also picked off twice, both times by Steelers cornerback Steven Nelson. Miles Sanders ran for 80 yards and two scores in his return to his hometown. Travis Fulgham caught 10 passes for 152 yards and a touchdown to give Philadelphia’s injury-ravaged receiving group a needed boost, but the Eagles (1-3-1) couldn’t pull off a second straight road win.
Dolphins 43, 49ers 17
Ryan Fitzpatrick threw for 350 yards and three touchdowns and Miami sent defending NFC champion San Francisco to a third consecutive home loss.
Fitzpatrick connected on a 3-yard TD pass to Adam Shaheen on the opening drive of the game for the Dolphins (2-3) and didn’t let up, quieting talk for at least another week that rookie Tua Tagovailoa should take over as starter.
The 49ers (2-3) are the team with questions at quarterback after Jimmy Garoppolo got pulled at halftime after throwing two interceptions. Garoppolo had missed the previous two games with a sprained ankle and never looked comfortable against a defense that entered allowing the most yards per dropback in the NFL.
C.J. Beathard replaced Garoppolo at the half and threw one TD pass but it wasn’t enough to keep the Niners from falling again at home. San Francisco is 2-0 this season at MetLife Stadium with blowout wins over the Jets and Giants but has lost all three games at home.
Texans 30, Jaguars 14
Deshaun Watson threw for a season-high 359 yards and three touchdowns and Houston got its first win in the wake of coach Bill O’Brien’s firing.
The Texans led 23-14 after a field goal with about seven minutes to go and got the ball back when Jacob Martin sacked Gardner Minshew and forced a fumble. It was recovered by Whitney Mercilus, who fumbled on the return, but the Texans pounced on the ball to keep it.
Houston (1-4) pushed the lead to 30-14 when Watson found Brandin Cooks on a 28-yard touchdown pass on fourth-and-4 with about five minutes remaining.
The Jaguars (1-4), who were missing three defensive starters because of injuries, have dropped four in a row since their season-opening win against Indianapolis. Minshew threw for 301 yards and two touchdowns in the loss.
Ravens 27, Bengals 3
Baltimore sacked Joe Burrow seven times, forced the Cincinnati rookie into a pair of turnovers and stuffed its running game in a blowout win.
Baltimore strong defensive performance was punctuated by Patrick Queen’s 52-yard fumble return in the fourth quarter. It was the first NFL touchdown for Queen, who played with Burrow last year for national champion LSU.
Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson wasn’t particularly sharp, but it didn’t really matter. Jackson, the 2019 NFL MVP, went 19 for 37 for 180 yards and two touchdowns with an interception.
Mark Andrews and Marquise Brown caught touchdown passes for Baltimore, which matched the best start in franchise history. The last time the Ravens (4-1) won four of their first five was 2012, when they ended up winning the Super Bowl.
Burrow completed 19 of 30 passes for 183 yards, threw an interception and lost a fumble. It wasn’t all this fault, because the Cincinnati offensive line had all sorts of problems trying to contain the blitzing, stunting, charging Ravens.
The Bengals (1-3-1) couldn’t run the ball, either. Joe Mixon, who rushed for 151 yards last week in a win over Jacksonville, was limited to 59 yards on 24 carries.
Panthers 23, Falcons 16
Teddy Bridgewater threw for 313 yards and two touchdowns, Juston Burris made a huge interception in the end zone and Carolina held on against winless Atlanta.
The Falcons dropped to 0-5 for the first time since 1997. Only hours after the game, Dan Quinn was fired as Atlanta Falcons’ coach. The Falcons also said general manager Thomas Dimitroff, who had been with the team since 2008, was fired.
Carolina (3-2) built a 20-7 halftime lead behind Bridgewater’s touchdown passes of 57 yards to D.J. Moore and 3 yards to Mike Davis.
Bridgewater was 27 of 37 in the eighth 300-yard passing game of his career. Davis was a huge weapon, rushing for 89 yards and hauling in nine catches for another 60 yards.
The Falcons did plenty of damage on the ground, rushing for 166 yards with a 6.6-yard average. Todd Gurley led the way with 121 yards on 14 carries, including a 35-yard TD that gave Atlanta an early 7-0 lead.
But quarterback Matt Ryan, who didn’t have top receiver Julio Jones, was held to 21 of 37 for a season-low 226 yards.
Cardinals 30, Jets 10
Kyler Murray ran for a touchdown and threw another to DeAndre Hopkins as Arizona snapped a two-game losing streak with a victory over New York, further putting coach Adam Gase’s future in jeopardy after an 0-5 start.
Murray had a 2-yard TD run and hit Hopkins on a 37-yard strike on a day the Cardinals (3-2) had 496 yards in total offense. Chase Edmonds scored on 29-yard run, Kenyan Drake tallied from a yard out and Zane Gonzalez kicked a 47-yard field goal. Arizona scored touchdowns on drives of 96, 89, 75 and 70 yards.
The 0-5 start is the third in Jets history. The other years were 1980 and `96. The ‘96 team went 1-15 and had the worst start in franchise history at 0-8.
Joe Flacco finished 27 of 37 for 380 yards with an interception while playing in place of the injured Sam Darnold.
Rams 30, Washington 10
Jared Goff passed for 309 yards and accounted for three touchdowns, Darrell Henderson scored two touchdowns and Aaron Donald and Troy Reeder combined for seven sacks in a 30-10 victory over Washington. The win completed the Rams’ sweep of what appears to be the NFL’s weakest division.
Next Sunday’s marquee matchup against the defending NFC West champion San Francisco 49ers figures to be a much tougher test than the ones the Rams faced while dispatching the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants and Washington (1-4).
The NFC East is seemingly so bad — and for the taking — it was one of the reasons Washington coach Ron Rivera gave for replacing quarterback Dwayne Haskins with Kyle Allen, and elevating Alex Smith to the backup.
Allen was knocked out of the game in the second quarter, enabling Smith to play for the first time since suffering a gruesome leg injury in 2018 that required 17 surgeries.
The Rams limited Washington to 108 yards, including only 38 rushing.
Cowboys 37, Giants 34
The Dallas Cowboys broke their two-game losing streak with a 37-34 win over the New York Giants and, at 2-3, are in first place in the NFC East. But they lost quarterback Dak Prescott to a serious right ankle injury. He was to undergo surgery Sunday night after suffering a compound right ankle fracture and dislocation.
While an ambulance transported Prescott to a local hospital for surgery, his teammates had his back. They scored three plays after he left the game on a 12-yard Ezekiel Elliott run, with the running back holding up four fingers to represent Prescott’s jersey number.
Backup quarterback Andy Dalton fumbled the snap from backup rookie center Tyler Biadasz, starting in place of the injured Joe Looney, and Blake Martinez recovered for the Giants. Five plays and 17 yards later, the game had its third lead change.
Devonta Freeman scored on a 4-yard run, and tackle-eligible Andrew Thomas caught the 2-point conversion after a bobble.
The Cowboys tied it 34-34 on a 40-yard field goal by Greg Zuerlein with 1:56 remaining in regulation.
The Giants had to punt after five plays and 15 yards, allowing the Cowboys to kick the game-winning field goal on the final play. It was the fourth lead change.
The five-play, 72-yard drive was fueled by two close Michael Gallup catches along the sideline. Both were reviewed and were upheld. One went for 19 and the other for 38.
It set up Zuerlein’s 34-yard field goal he sneaked inside the upright.
CeeDee Lamb finished with eight catches for 124 yards, and Gallup caught four passes for 73 yards. Dalton was 9-of-11 for 111 yards.
Daniel Jones went 20-of-33 for 222 yards, but he lost a costly fumble that Anthony Brown returned for a touchdown.
Browns 32, Colts 23
Ronnie Harrison returned an interception for a touchdown, Cleveland’s pass rush forced Philip Rivers to take a safety and the Browns held off the Indianapolis Colts in a 32-23 home win.
It looked like the Colts might get one final chance to pull off the comeback, but D’Ernest Johnson ran 28 yards on third-and-nine with just over two minutes to play to put the Browns in position for a Cody Parkey field goal that single-doinked its way through the uprights.
That makes four wins in a row for the Browns after they opened the season with a loss to Baltimore and they’ve scored at least 32 points in all four outings. They’ll be in Pittsburgh to face the 4-0 Steelers in one of Week Six’s marquee matchups.
Baker Mayfield starred in the first half with touchdown passes to Kareem Hunt and Rashard Higgins, but the second half was more of a slog as he threw a pair of interceptions and took a hit from defensive end Justin Houston on the second one that sent him to the sideline medical tent. Case Keenum warmed up for a moment, but Mayfield didn’t miss a snap.
Mayfield wound up 21-of-37 for 247 yards and Kareem Hunt grinded out 72 yards on 20 carries. Odell Beckham had five catches for 58 yards and completed an 18-yard pass to Austin Hooper a week after catching a touchdown from Jarvis Landry.
Myles Garrett notched his sixth sack of the season and Sheldrick Redwine added another interception of Philip Rivers in the second half. Rivers was 21-of-43 for 243 yards as the Colts saw their three-game winning streak come to a halt.
Broncos, Patriots POSTPONED
The NFL postponed the Denver-New England game indefinitely due to another positive coronavirus test with the Patriots. That game, originally scheduled for Sunday, had been moved to tonight (Monday night).
SUNDAY NIGHT: Seahawks 27, Vikings 26
DK Metcalf caught a 6-yard touchdown pass on fourth down with 15 seconds remaining to give the Seattle Seahawks a come-from-behind 27-26 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. It was the second fourth down Metcalf converted in the 13-play, 94-yard drive as he caught a 39-yard pass on fourth-and-10.
The Seahawks moved to 5-0 for the first time in team history, and the Vikings fell to 1-4 in giving away a game they should have won.
The Vikings led 26-21 with two minutes left and faced a fourth-and-one at the Seattle 6. Instead of trying a chip-shot Dan Bailey field goal in a driving rain, Vikings coach Mike Zimmer opted to go for it.
Bobby Wagner and Benson Mayowa stopped Alexander Mattison for no gain with 1:57 left.
That gave Russell Wilson plenty of time, too much time, despite having only one timeout.
Wilson finished 20-of-32 for 217 yards with three touchdowns and an interception. Metcalf caught six passes for 93 yards and two touchdowns.
Kirk Cousins was 27-of-39 for 249 yards with two touchdowns and an interception.
TONIGHT on MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL:
The (1-3) Los Angeles Chargers are in New Orleans to battle (2-2) Saints.
TUESDAY NIGHT: Bills-Titans Postponed From Sunday Due To Positive COVID-19 Test
The undefeated (4-0) Buffalo Bills are in Tennessee to battle the undefeated (3-0) Titans.
Alex Smith’s family gives him a standing ovation as he takes the field for the first time is nearly two years with Washington.
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith reacts on Twitter to Dak Prescott’s injury.
Alex Smith returns to the field after being sidelined for almost two years.
Colts’ Isaiah Rodgers breaks off 101-yard kickoff return for TD vs Browns.
Cowboy’s QB Dak Prescott goes down with a nasty ankle injury.
Former Cowboy’s Coach Jason Garrett leaves the Giant’s sideline to check on Dak Prescott.
The Cowboy’s hit a last-second field goal to defeat the Giants.
Ben Roethlisberger on the win over the Eagles.
Panther’s QB Teddy Bridgewater on the win over the Falcons.
Chief’s QB Patrick Mahomes on the loss to the Raiders.
