Vikings 24, Packers 10
Kirk Cousins threw a pair of touchdown passes before leaving with what the Vikings fear is an Achilles tendon injury, and Minnesota beat the slumping Green Bay Packers 24-10.
Jaren Hall, a rookie fifth-round pick from BYU, took over for the rest of the game.
This was the first Packers-Vikings matchup since 2006 in which both teams entered the game with losing records, but Minnesota (4-4) got back to .500 with its third straight victory.
Cousins went 23 of 31 for 274 yards, and has never missed a game because of injury in his 12-year career.
The Packers (2-5) started slowly again and lost their fourth straight. Green Bay has been outscored 73-9 in the first half of its past five games and trailed 24-3 in this one before Jordan Love connected with Romeo Doubs for a 1-yard touchdown on fourth down late in the third quarter. Love went 24 of 41 for 229 yards and threw one interception.
Broncos 24, Chiefs 9
Russell Wilson threw three touchdown passes, Justin Simmons had two of Denver’s five takeaways, and the Broncos shut down an ill Patrick Mahomes in snapping their 16-game losing streak to Kansas City.
The Broncos (3-5) handed Mahomes his first AFC West road loss, beating Kansas City’s quarterback for the first time in 13 tries.
Kansas City (6-2) had just three second-half possessions before getting the ball back for one meaningless snap at the end.
The Broncos came in averaging 22 carries per game, next to last in the league, but they ran it 40 times for 153 yards and threw it just 19 times.
Javonte Williams led the way with 85 yards on 27 carries and added three receptions for 13 yards and a touchdown. Jerry Jeudy and Courtland Sutton also caught TD passes for the Broncos, who won back-to-back games for the first time since Weeks 2-3 of last season.
Bengals 31, 49ers 17
Joe Burrow threw three touchdown passes, Cincinnati intercepted Brock Purdy on back-to-back passes in the second half, and the Bengals beat San Francisco for their fourth win in five games.
Burrow managed to escape a sack attempt on a TD drive in the first quarter, had two long runs and was sharp all game throwing the ball against the 49ers (5-3), who lost their third straight game.
Burrow went 28 for 32 for 283 yards and ran for 43 more against a Niners defense that has uncharacteristically struggled in recent weeks.
Purdy has five interceptions in the past three games after having none in the first five. He threw for 365 yards and had a TD pass to Christian McCaffrey on the drive after his back-to-back interceptions.
Cowboys 43, Rams 20
Dak Prescott threw two of his four touchdown passes to CeeDee Lamb, DaRon Bland recorded his NFL-leading third interception return for a score, and Dallas beat Los Angeles.
Lamb had career highs with 12 catches for 158 yards, including another personal best with 122 yards before halftime.
Sam Williams blocked a punt for a safety before KaVontae Turpin returned the ensuing punt 63 yards to set up Lamb’s first TD grab, helping the Cowboys (5-2) to a 33-3 lead late in the first half.
Prescott finished the first half 17 of 21 for 225 yards. He ended up with his first 300-yard game of the season (25 of 31 for 304 yards with an interception).
Matthew Stafford had a rough day for the Rams (3-5). He injured a thumb on a failed 2-point conversion pass, and ended up with a bloody elbow after he caught a 2-point throw from Tutu Atwell.
Stafford finished 13 of 22 for 162 yards, one touchdown and the pick to Bland.
Eagles 38, Commanders 31
Jalen Hurts threw for four touchdowns while gutting through a knee injury, A.J. Brown had 130 yards receiving, and Philadelphia beat Washington to move to 7-1.
Hurts was limping and reluctant to run because of his gimpy left knee, but that didn’t stop him from completing 29 of 38 passes for 319 yards and the TD passes to Brown twice, DeVonta Smith and Julio Jones.
Brown became the first player in NFL history with 125-plus yards receiving in six consecutive games.
Washington (3-5) lost for a fifth time in six games despite Sam Howell throwing for a career-high 397 yards and four TDs behind a revamped offensive line.
Dolphins 31, Patriots 17
Tua Tagovailoa threw for 324 yards and three touchdowns, Jalen Ramsey intercepted a pass in his Dolphins debut, and Miami beat New England.
Miami won for the 16th time in its past 18 home games, and Tagovailoa moved to 6-0 in his career against Patriots coach Bill Belichick. The Dolphins, 6-2 for the first time since 2001, have a one-game lead over Buffalo in the AFC East.
Tagovailoa completed 30 of 45 passes and moved his league-leading yardage total to 2,416. Jaylen Waddle had seven catches for 121 yards and a touchdown, and Tyreek Hill had eight receptions for 112 yards and a score, becoming the first player in the Super Bowl era to top 1,000 receiving yards through eight games (he has 1,014).
Mac Jones had another uneven day for the Patriots (2-6), throwing for 161 yards on 19-of-29 passing with two touchdowns and one interception.
Jets 13, Giants 10, OT
Greg Zuerlein kicked a 35-yard field goal on the final play of regulation and converted a 33-yarder with 6:09 left in overtime, and the Jets rallied to beat their New York rivals.
The Jets (4-3) moved 46 yards in six plays with the game-winning kick set up by a pass interference penalty against Adoree Jackson that gave them a first down at the 15. Zuerlein came out immediately and put his kick just inside the left upright for the Jets’ third straight win.
The Giants (2-6) gave up the tying field goal by allowing the Jets to move 58 yards in four plays without a timeout in the final 24 seconds. Zach Wilson hit Garrett Wilson and Allen Lazard on consecutive 29-yard passes, allowing the Jets to spike the ball with 1 second to play.
Saquon Barkley finished with 128 yards on 36 carries, but the Giants finished with minus-9 net yards passing, the fewest in a game since the Browns had minus-9 against the Jaguars on Dec. 3, 2000.
Wilson was 17 of 36 for 240 yards. Garrett Wilson had seven catches for 100 yards.
Seahawks 24, Browns 20
Geno Smith threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Jaxon Smith-Njigba with 38 seconds left, and Seattle rallied past Cleveland after blowing an early 14-point lead.
Seattle (5-2) gave itself a chance when Julian Love intercepted Cleveland quarterback P.J. Walker on a deflected pass near midfield with 1:57 remaining.
Smith finished 23 of 37 for 254 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions.
Walker, making his second start for the injured Deshaun Watson, was 15 of 31 for 248 yards and threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to David Njoku in the first quarter. The Browns (4-3) saw their two-game winning streak end.
Titans 28, Falcons 23
Rookie Will Levis threw for 238 yards and four touchdowns in his NFL debut, and Tennessee scored its most points since 2021 in beating Atlanta.
Levis joined Marcus Mariota (2015) as the only quarterbacks to throw at least four TD passes in their NFL debuts — both for the Titans — since the merger in 1970.
Two-time Pro Bowl defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons had two of Tennessee’s six sacks, including a strip-sack of Desmond Ridder that the Titans (3-4) turned into a touchdown. Harold Landry had two sacks as well.
DeAndre Hopkins had three TD catches to match his career high and finished with 128 yards on four receptions. Nick Westbrook-Ikhine caught Levis’ fourth TD pass, a 33-yarder in the fourth quarter. Derrick Henry ran for 101 yards.
The Falcons (4-4) have lost two of their past three, dropped to 1-3 on the road and fell into a first-place tie with New Orleans in the NFC South.
Jaguars 20, Steelers 10
Trevor Lawrence threw for 292 yards with a touchdown and an interception, and Jacksonville beat Pittsburgh for its fifth straight victory.
The Jaguars (6-2) strengthened their hold on the AFC South.
Lawrence broke it open with a 56-yard strike to a streaking Travis Etienne with 5:14 left in the third quarter that helped Jacksonville build a 14-point lead.
Etienne ran for 79 yards and caught three passes for 70 yards and the score. Evan Engram hauled in 10 receptions for 88 yards as Jacksonville heads into its bye week.
Pittsburgh played the second half without quarterback Kenny Pickett, who exited late in the first half with a rib injury after getting drilled by defensive end Adam Gotsis. Mitch Trubisky came on and threw for 139 yards, including a 22-yard touchdown pass to George Pickens late in the third quarter, but he was also intercepted twice.
Panthers 15, Texans 13
Bryce Young outdueled C.J. Stroud in a battle of the NFL’s top two draft picks, and Eddy Pineiro made a 23-yard field goal as time expired to give Carolina its first win of the season.
Young, the No. 1 overall pick, threw for 235 yards and a touchdown. He led a winning 15-play, 86-yard drive that took more than six minutes and helped the Panthers (1-6) snap a 56-game losing streak in games they trailed at any point during the fourth quarter, the longest in NFL since at least 1991.
Carolina’s last fourth-quarter comeback win was Oct. 21, 2018, against Philadelphia.
Stroud, the second overall pick, was 16 of 24 for 140 yards and ran for a touchdown for Houston (3-4).
Adam Thielen had eight catches for 72 yards for Carolina. Tommy Tremble caught a touchdown pass for the second straight game as the Panthers won in their first game with offensive coordinator Thomas Brown as play-caller.
Ravens 31, Cardinals 24
Gus Edwards ran for two of his three touchdowns following interceptions by Baltimore’s defense, and the Ravens beat Arizona.
The Cardinals (1-7) prevented Lamar Jackson from scrambling for more than a few yards at a time and the Ravens finished with 268 total yards. Jackson threw for 157 yards on 18-of-27 passing and ran for 18 yards on four carries.
Baltimore’s defense harassed quarterback Joshua Dobbs all afternoon, forcing two interceptions and a fumble. Dobbs threw for 182 yards and two touchdowns, the second a 1-yard score to Marquise Brown with 1:14 left.
Arizona recovered the onside kick and Matt Prater kicked a 47-yard field goal, but the Cardinals couldn’t come up with another onside kick and lost their fifth straight.
Saints 38, Colts 27
Derek Carr threw for 310 yards and two touchdowns in a bounce-back performance, Taysom Hill and Alvin Kamara scored two TDs apiece, and New Orleans beat Indianapolis.
The Saints (4-4) snapped a two-game skid and moved into a share of the NFC South lead with Atlanta.
Carr went 19 of 27 without an interception.
Rashid Shaheed caught three passes for a career-best 153 yards and one TD, and for the second time this year, he helped seal the win with a long third-down catch in the final minutes.
Indy (3-5) has lost three straight and four of its five home games. Jonathan Taylor rushed for 95 yards, and Zack Moss added 66 yards rushing and a touchdown. Gardner Minshew went 23 of 41 for 213 yards, with two TDs and one interception.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Chargers 30, Bears 13
Justin Herbert passed for 298 yards and three touchdowns, including a 39-yarder to Austin Ekeler, and the Los Angeles Chargers stopped a two-game slide by routing the Chicago Bears 30-13.
Herbert completed his first 14 passes and was 31 of 40.
It was the first time in two years that Herbert passed for three TDs in the first half, finding Ekeler, Simi Fehoko and Donald Parham to help stake the Chargers to a 24-7 lead at the break.
Cameron Dicker added three field goals, including two in the second half. Ekeler finished with seven receptions for 94 yards and 15 carries for 29 yards on the ground.
Chicago’s Tyson Bagent had a more difficult time in his second NFL start. After leading the Bears to a win over Las Vegas last weekend, the undrafted rookie was 25 of 37 for 232 yards with two interceptions against the Chargers.
TONIGHT on MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL:
The (3-4) Las Vegas Raiders are in Detroit to take on the (5-2) Lions.
