Bengals rout Ravens, take AFC North lead
Joe Burrow threw for a career-high 416 yards and three touchdowns, including a pivotal 82-yarder to rookie Ja’marr Chase in the third quarter, and the Cincinnati Bengals won their AFC North showdown against the Baltimore Ravens in style, pulling away in the second half for a 41-17 victory Sunday.
The Bengals drew even with the Ravens atop the division — ahead with the tiebreaker — a sign that Burrow and Chase might be ahead of schedule in turning around this struggling franchise. The former LSU teammates were too much for Baltimore to handle, and Cincinnati’s offense moved the ball pretty easily from the middle of the second quarter on.
Chase had eight catches for 201 yards, easily the most productive performance of his impressive debut season. He broke Speedy Thomas’ franchise rookie record of 177 yards receiving, set in a 1969 game at Denver.
Lamar Jackson threw for 257 yards and ran for 88, but he was sacked five times as the Ravens had their five-game winning streak snapped. Jackson found Marquise Brown for a 39-yard touchdown in the third quarter that put Baltimore up 17-13, but the Ravens’ only lead of the game was brief.
Burrow needed only four plays to put Cincinnati back in front on a 32-yard strike to C.J. Uzomah.
After a Baltimore punt, he connected with Chase on his long TD to make it a 10-point lead.
Titans 27, Chiefs 3: Ryan Tannehill threw for 270 yards and a touchdown, and he also ran for a score in the second victory in six days for the Titans over teams that played for the AFC championship in January.
They edged Buffalo 34-31 on Monday night and followed that by simply dominating the twotime defending AFC champs as they jumped to a 27-0 halftime lead.
The Chiefs have lost two of three and dropped to 1-4 in the AFC this season. They also were held to their fewest points since a 38-3 loss to Denver on Dec. 30, 2012.
Packers 24, Washington 10: Aaron Rodgers threw three touchdown passes and Green Bay earned a sixth consecutive victory.
Washington outgained Green Bay 430-304 but had had five scoreless trips inside the Packers 30-yard line, including back-to-back series that ended inside the 5. Before Sunday, Packers opponents had scored touchdowns every time they reached the red zone.
The Packers haven’t lost since falling 38-3 to New Orleans on the season’s opening Sunday. Washington has lost three straight. Rodgers went 27 of 35 for 274 yards with touchdown passes to Davante Adams, Allen Lazard and Robert Tonyan.
Falcons 30, Dolphins 28: Matt Ryan passed for 336 yards, nearly half of them going to rookie tight end Kyle Pitts, and Younghoe Koo made a 36-yard field goal as time expired.
Pitts had seven catches for 163 yards, the last 28 of those on a sideline route with just under 2:00 left to get the Falcons into field goal range. Koo’s third field goal of the game saved Atlanta after the Falcons wasted a 13-point fourth-quarter lead.
Calvin Ridley and Russell Gage caught touchdown passes for the Falcons. Ryan completed 25 of 40 passes.
Tua Tagovailoa threw for 291 yards and a career-high four touchdowns for Miami.
Cincinnati’s Ja'marr Chase runs for a TD after a catch during the second half of the Bengals’ 41-17 win in Baltimore on Sunday. Chase had eight catches for 201 yards, breaking the franchise rookie record of 177.
Raiders 33, Eagles 22: Derek Carr threw for 323 yards, completing 31 of 34 pass attempts with one TD, to lead the Raiders past Philly.
The Raiders outgained Philadelphia 443-358 in a dominating performance that saw Las Vegas score on five straight possessions after its first series ended with Carr being intercepted inside the Eagles 5-yard line.
It was Vegas’ second straight win since former coach Jon Gruden resigned Oct. 11 because of offensive emails he sent.
Under interim coach Rich Bisaccia, the Raiders have outscored Denver and Philadelphia 67-46 collectively, and outgained both 869-779.
Rams 28, Lions 19: Matthew Stafford passed for 334 yards and three touchdowns against his former team, and Jalen Ramsey made an end zone interception with five minutes left to seal the Rams’ victory over winless Detroit.
Goff passed for 268 yards and nearly led the Lions to an upset win in his first meeting with the Rams, who traded him for Stafford in a blockbuster deal last winter.
The Rams led 25-19 when Goff drove the Lions to the Los Angeles 12 in the waning minutes while converting four third downs on an excellent drive. But Ramsey came up with his latest game-changing play on his 27th birthday when he picked off an errant throw by Goff.
Cardinals 31, Texans 5: Deandre Hopkins caught a TD pass against his former team, Zach Ertz caught a TD pass for his new team and Arizona scored 31 straight points to roll past Houston.
The Cardinals remain the NFL’S only undefeated team and improved to 7-0 for the first time since 1974. The Texans have lost six straight.
Kyler Murray completed 20 of 28 passes for 261 yards, three touchdowns and one interception.
Buccaneers 38, Bears 3: Tom Brady became the first player to throw 600 career touchdown passes, and Tampa Bay routed the Chicago for the best seven-game start in franchise history.
The defending champs won their fourth straight game and avenged one of their five regular-season losses from a year ago, with Brady completing 20 of 36 passes for 211 yards and four TDS.
The Tampa Bay defense did its job, too, limiting the offensively challenged Bears to Cairo Santos’ second-quarter field goal and sacking rookie Justin Fields four times, forcing two fumbles. Dee Delaney had one of the Bucs’ three interceptions, a first-quarter pick that led to Brady’s 599th TD.