Ravens, Jaguars, Texans win close games
Justin Tucker kicked a 24-yard field goal to lift the Baltimore Ravens to a wild 41-38 overtime win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. After Evan McPherson missed a 53-yard attempt for Cincinnati on a fumbled snap, Baltimore took over on its own 43. On the next play, Derrick Henry rumbled 51 yards down to the Bengals 6 to set up Tucker’s chip-shot kick for the win. Tucker tied it with a 56-yarder with 1:35 left to force overtime. The Ravens and Bengals traded punches on offense the entire day with Lamar Jackson prevailing despite Joe Burrow throwing a career-high five touchdown passes.
Washington 34, Cleveland 13
Jayden Daniels bounced back from an early interception with the longest touchdown pass of his young NFL career as he and the Washington Commanders routed the Cleveland Browns 34-13 for their fourth consecutive victory. Washington is 4-1 for the first time since 2008. Cleveland has lost three in a row to drop to 1-4. Daniels, Brian Robinson Jr., Austin Ekeler and Jeremy McNichols combined for 211 yards rushing. Deshaun Watson and the Browns' offense was sloppy and disjointed.
Jacksonville 37, Indianapolis 34
Trevor Lawrence threw for 371 yards and two touchdowns on his 25th birthday and put Jacksonville in position for a 49-yard field goal with 17 seconds left that gave the Jaguars their first win of the season, 37-34 over the short-handed Indianapolis Colts. Tank Bigsby ran for 101 yards and two scores for Jacksonville (1-4), which won for the first time since December and extended its home streak against division rival Indianapolis (2-3) to double digits. The Jaguars did so while wearing throwback uniforms on a day the franchise inducted retired coach Tom Coughlin into its ring of honor.
Houston 23, Buffalo 20
C.J. Stroud threw for 331 yards and a touchdown and Ka′imi Fairbairn’s tiebreaking 59-yard field goal as time expired lifted the Houston Texans to a 23-20 win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. The Texans (4-1) led 20-3 after a field goal early in third quarter before the Bills scored 17 straight points to tie it with about 3½ minutes to go. Stroud was called for intentional grounding to bring up fourth-and-15 and take the Texans out of field-goal range with less than a minute left. A punt backed the Bills up to their 3 and they punted after three straight incomplete passes to give Houston one last chance. Dare Ogunbowale had a 5-yard run to set up Fairbairn’s game winner.
Miami 15, New England 10
Alec Ingold scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 3-yard run with four minutes left and Miami beat the New England Patriots 15-10. Jason Sanders kicked three field goals to make up for three botched kicks by the Dolphins special teams in a game between two of the NFL’s worst teams that was pocked with penalties, missed kicks and clock management mistakes. Miami took the lead when Ingold plunged into the end zone on his only carry of the game.
Denver 34, Las Vegas 18
Patrick Surtain had a pair of interceptions and the Denver Broncos snapped an eight-game losing streak to Las Vegas with a 34-18 win over the Raiders on Sunday. The Broncos scored 34 unanswered points after falling behind 10-0 early on. Surtain had a 100-yard interception return for a touchdown off starter Gardner Minshew and also picked off backup quarterback Aidan O'Connell. Both of the passes he intercepted were intended for rookie tight end Brock Bowers, who caught a 57-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter.
Arizona 24, San Francisco 23
Kyler Murray had a long touchdown run in the first quarter and rallied Arizona with two fourth-quarter scoring drives in the Cardinals’ 24-23 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. Murray threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Elijah Higgins early in the fourth quarter that cut the deficit to 23-21 and then set up Chad Ryland’s 35-yard field goal with 1:37 to play. Brock Purdy then threw an interception to seal it. This marked the second time this season that San Francisco blew a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter to a division rival, having done it in Week 3 against the Los Angeles Rams.
New York Giants 29, Seattle 20
Daniel Jones threw for 257 yards and two touchdowns, Bryce Ford-Wheaton returned a blocked field goal attempt 60 yards for a touchdown with 55 seconds left, and the short-handed New York Giants stunned the Seattle Seahawks 29-20. Playing without two of its best offensive players, New York put together a masterful game plan that built a 23-13 lead midway through the fourth quarter. The Giants then came up with one big special teams play with Seattle on the verge of potentially forcing overtime. Jason Myers' 47-yard field goal attempt was blocked by Isaiah Simmons and returned by Ford-Wheaton for the clinching score. Seattle lost its second straight and now faces a short week before hosting San Francisco.