Joe Burrow threw for four touchdowns on Sunday and the visiting Cincinnati Bengals avenged a Week 1 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers with a 37–30 win.
Burrow completed 24 of 39 passes for 355 yards and a pair of interceptions. Three of his scoring strikes went to backup running back Samaje Perine, who entered the game for good early in the third quarter after starter Joe Mixon departed with a concussion.
Cincinnati (6–4) took the lead for good when Burrow flipped a 1-yard touchdown toss to Trenton Irwin with 7:02 left in the third quarter. Pittsburgh pulled within a point on Matthew Wright’s 34-yard field goal less than three minutes later but didn’t score again until Najee Harris’ 1-yard plunge with 45 seconds left in the game.
Raiders 22, Broncos 16 (OT)
Derek Carr threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to Davante Adams in overtime as visiting Las Vegas beat Denver.Carr finished 23–for–37 passing for 307 yards and two touchdowns, both to Adams, who had seven catches for 141 yards. Josh Jacobs rushed for 109 yards and Daniel Carlson kicked three field goals for Las Vegas (3–7).
Chiefs 30, Chargers 27
Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce connected for three touchdowns as Kansas City won its fourth straight game, beating host Los Angeles.Mahomes completed 20 of 34 passes for 329 yards, and he also rushed four times for 23 yards for the Chiefs (8–2). Kelce hauled in a total of six catches for 115 yards. Justin Herbert led the Chargers (5–5) by completing 23 of 30 passes for 280 yards and two touchdowns. Both of Herbert’s touchdown passes were caught by Joshua Palmer, who finished with eight catches for 106 yards.
Falcons 27, Bears 24
Cordarrelle Patterson set an NFL record with his ninth career kickoff return for a touchdown to lift host Atlanta over Chicago.Atlanta (5–6) won the contest on a 53-yard go-ahead field goal by Younghoe Koo in the final minutes of the fourth quarter. Patterson, who was previously tied with Josh Cribbs and Leon Washington for the record, etched his name in the books with a 103-yard touchdown return in the second quarter. He also ran for 52 yards on 10 carries.
Ravens 13, Panthers 3
Baltimore controlled the game defensively and scored 10 points in a 71-second span to beat visiting Carolina in a low-octane affair.Quarterback Lamar Jackson completed 24 of 33 passes for 209 yards with an interception for the Ravens (7–3). He rushed for 31 yards, getting himself involved in a majority of the team’s 308 yards of total offense.
Bills 31, Browns 23
Josh Allen passed for 197 yards and one touchdown and Tyler Bass matched his career best with six field goals to help host Buffalo record a victory over Cleveland in a game played in Detroit due to the historic snowfall in the Buffalo area.James Cook rushed for a career-high 86 yards and Devin Singletary also rushed for 86 yards and tacked on a score for the Bills (7–3), who halted a two-game losing streak. Stefon Diggs caught a touchdown pass for Buffalo. Bass matched the franchise record of six field goals for the second time in his career. The original mark was set in 1996 by Steve Christie.
Jacoby Brissett passed for 324 yards and three touchdowns for Cleveland (3–7), which lost for the sixth time in the past seven games. Amari Cooper caught eight receptions for 113 yards and two touchdowns, but Nick Chubb was held to 19 yards on 14 carries for the Browns.
Commanders 23, Texans 10
Taylor Heinicke passed for 191 yards, Jonathan Allen and Montez Sweat combined for four sacks, and visiting Washington won for the fifth time in six games by smothering Houston.The Commanders (6–5) limited Houston (1–8–1) to 148 total yards and 2.7 yards per play. Behind Allen and Sweat, who produced two sacks apiece, Washington sacked Texans quarterback Davis Mills five times while also recording a pair of interceptions.
Eagles 17, Colts 16
Jalen Hurts ran for a score and threw for another as Philadelphia edged host Indianapolis after trailing by 10 points in the fourth quarter to spoil the home debut of coach Jeff Saturday.Hurts finished with 190 passing yards and 86 rushing yards. His 22-yard touchdown pass to Quez Watkins trimmed the deficit, then Hurts’ 7-yard touchdown run put Philadelphia (9–1) decisively ahead.
Patriots 10, Jets 3
Marcus Jones returned a punt 84 yards for a touchdown with five seconds remaining as New England picked up its 14th consecutive win over New York, escaping with a victory in Foxborough, Mass.In a game that featured 17 punts, Jones provided the only touchdown to lead the Patriots (6–4) to their third straight win. New England’s defense was suffocating, holding New York (6–4) to just 2 yards of total offense in the second half and 103 for the game.
Saints 27, Rams 20
Andy Dalton threw three touchdown passes as host New Orleans defeated Los Angeles, which lost Matthew Stafford to a possible concussion.Dalton completed 21 of 25 passes for 260 yards as the Saints (4–7) prevailed in a battle of injury-plagued teams. Stafford, who missed the Rams’ loss to Arizona last week because of a concussion, left this game in the third quarter to be evaluated and did not return.
Lions 31, Giants 18
Jamaal Williams scored three rushing touchdowns and Detroit achieved a three-game winning streak for the first time since 2017 by surprising New York in East Rutherford, N.J.Williams rushed for 64 yards on 17 carries. Jared Goff passed for 165 yards, while Justin Jackson rushed for 66 yards on nine carries. Amon-Ra St. Brown caught seven passes for 76 yards for Detroit (4–6).
Cowboys 40, Vikings 3
Dak Prescott threw for 276 yards and two touchdowns as Dallas ran away from Minnesota in Minneapolis.Prescott completed 22 of 25 passes for Dallas (7–3) and didn’t suffer any sacks in a near-perfect performance. He was bolstered by a rushing attack that saw Tony Pollard and Ezekiel Elliott combine for 122 yards on the ground. Elliott had two rushing touchdowns, while Pollard hauled in six passes for 109 yards and two touchdowns in the air attack.
