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Patriots-Jets preview capsule

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers had his best game by far under new Packers coach Matt LaFleur, throwing for 429 yards and five touchdowns and running for another as Green Bay beat the Oakland Raiders 42-24 on Sunday.

Rodgers completed 25 of 31 passes to eight different targets and finished with the first perfect passer rating of his career, leading LaFleur's offense to a season high in points.

Even with top target Davante Adams sidelined for the third straight game with turf toe, Rodgers threw for his most touchdowns in a game since Sept. 28, 2015, against the Chiefs.

Derek Carr finished 22 for 28 for 293 yards, two touchdowns and two costly turnovers for the Raiders (3-3), who lost their eighth straight against Green Bay, going back to 1990. The Packers (6-1) have scored 30-plus points in each of their last five games against the Raiders.

Green Bay took the lead for good on a 2-yard touchdown from Rodgers to Jamal Williams with 3:27 to go in the first half. The score capped an 11-play, 82-yard drive that took up 8:06 — the Packers' longest drive of the season — and made it 14-10.

COLTS 30, TEXANS 23 INDIANAPOL­IS (AP) — Jacoby Brissett threw a career-high four touchdown passes and Indianapol­is sealed a victory over Houston with Darius Leonard's late intercepti­on.

Indy (4-2) has won three straight in the series and took over the early season lead in the AFC South.

The loss snapped Houston's two-game winning streak.

Brissett was masterful most of the game. He was 26 of 39 with 326 yards, and in a game the Colts only produced 62 yards rushing, they needed Brissett to be at his best — and he was.

Brissett opened the scoring with an 11-yard TD pass to Zach Pascal on Indy's first series.

The Texans (4-3) answered with two field goals, the second coming after Deshaun Watson appeared to find DeAndre Hopkins for a touchdown pass with Justin Houston draped around Watson's legs. But the officials ruled Watson was in the grasp, nullifying the subsequent throw.

Brissett, who set up the Texans' second score with a fumble deep in Colts territory, then threw a nifty 2-yard TD pass to T.Y. Hilton with 1:49 left in the half.

VIKINGS 42, LIONS 30 DETROIT (AP) — Kirk Cousins matched a career high with four touchdown passes, leading surging Minnesota over slumping Detroit.

The Vikings (5-2) have won three consecutiv­e games in part because their quarterbac­k is making plays to complement one of the NFL's top defenses.

Matthew Stafford also threw four touchdown passes, all to Marvin Jones, and became the fastest to reach 40,000 yards passing in NFL history. And Jones became the first Lions player in the Super Bowl era with four receiving TDs in a game.

The Lions (2-3-1) dropped their third straight game after a 2-0-1 start and they probably can't complain too much about officiatin­g in their latest setback.

RAMS 37, FALCONS 10 ATLANTA (AP) — Jared Goff threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, and Los Angeles returned to the site of last season's Super Bowl loss to beat reeling Atlanta.

The Rams (4-3) snapped a three-game losing streak in the debut of cornerback Jalen Ramsey.

The Falcons (1-6) suffered their fifth straight loss and had quarterbac­k Matt Ryan leave the game with an ankle injury.

Ryan's right leg bent awkwardly as he was sacked by Aaron Donald and fumbled early in the fourth quarter.

Donald was credited with a sack, forced fumble and recovery on the play. It was the Rams' fifth sack of Ryan, matching the five sacks by Atlanta's defense this season — none in the past four games.

CARDINALS 27, GIANTS 21 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Chase Edmonds rushed for career highs of 126 yards and three touchdowns, overshadow­ing the return of Giants star running back Saquon Barkley in Arizona's victory over New York.

The game was billed as a matchup of rookie quarterbac­ks Kyler Murray of the Cardinals (3-3-1) and Daniel Jones of the Giants (25), and both gave glimpses why they were the first and sixth overall choices in the draft, respective­ly.

But, Edmonds stole the show, scoring on runs of 20, 20 and 22 yards. The Cardinals defense also got four sacks and a forced fumble from Chandler Jones, Jordan Hicks had an intercepti­on and Patrick Peterson had a sack and forced fumble to seal the Cardinals' third straight win. It's the first time Arizona has won three consecutiv­e games since 2015.

Murray finished 14 of 21 for 104 yards with no intercepti­ons. Zane Gonzalez kicked field goal of 47 and 35, the last coming after the forced fumble by Peterson, who was playing in his first game after a six-game suspension for using performanc­e-enhancers.

The loss was the third straight for the Giants, who allowed Jones to be sacked a season-high eight times. Jones finished 22 of 35 for 223 yards, including a 28-yard touchdown pass to Rhett Ellison. Eli Penny scored on a punted punt.

Barkley, who rushed for 72 yards on 18 carries, scored on a 7-yard run to get the Giants within 24-21 with 8:13 to go.

BILLS 31, DOLPHINS 21 ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Tre'Davious White forced two second-half turnovers, Micah Hyde returned an onside kick for a touchdown, and Buffalo rallied from a five-point deficit for a victory over winless Miami.

The Bills, who began the day favored by 17 points, avoided what would have been a major upset against the patchwork Dolphins (0-6), who are in a major rebuilding mode.

Josh Allen led fourth-quarter touchdown drives following each of the Dolphins turnovers, and the Bills improved to 5-1 in matching their best start to a season in 11 years.

White's diving intercepti­on at the 2 of Ryan Fitzpatric­k's pass on second-and-goal from the 12 led to Buffalo going ahead 17-14 on John Brown's 20-yard touchdown catch that capped a 12-play, 98yard drive.

Two series later, White punched the ball out of the hands of rookie Preston Williams near the Miami 30, and the fumble was recovered by defensive end Jerry Hughes. Three plays later, Allen hit a wideopen Cole Beasley for a 3-yard touchdown.

JAGUARS 27, BENGALS 17 CINCINNATI (AP) — Gardner Minshew led a fourth-quarter touchdown drive that put Jacksonvil­le ahead to stay, and Yannick Ngakoue returned an intercepti­on 23 yards to clinch a victory over winless Cincinnati.

The Jaguars (3-4) managed only field goals by still-perfect Josh Lambo until their rookie quarterbac­k and their depleted defense made game-turning plays at the end.

The win capped a week in which the Jaguars traded disgruntle­d cornerback Jalen Ramsey to the Rams for three draft picks. Their defense picked off Andy Dalton three times in the fourth quarter to put it away.

The wait goes on for first-year Bengals coach Zac Taylor, whose team fell to 0-7 for the first time in 11 years.

Minshew was solid a week after his so-so performanc­e in a 13-6 loss to the Saints. The rookie completed 15 of 32 for 255 yards, including a 2-yard touchdown pass to Keelan Cole for a 17-10 lead early in the fourth quarter. Minshew also scrambled for 48 yards.

The Bengals were booed repeatedly during another inept performanc­e.

49ERS 9, REDSKINS 0 LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Robbie Gould made field goals from 28, 22 and 29 yards to provide the only points in an ugly win by San Francisco over Washington in steady rain and driving wind to remain undefeated.

It wasn't pretty, but San Francisco is 6-0 for the third time in franchise history, and first since 1990. That 49ers team finished 14-2.

Coach Kyle Shanahan's bunch didn't look like an unbeaten powerhouse in horrific conditions that made life difficult on quarterbac­k Jimmy Garoppolo and the entire offense. Garoppolo bounced back from a dreadful first half to finish 12 of 21 for 151 yards passing.

San Francisco's defense continued its dominant run after holding the Los Angeles Rams to seven points last week and the Cleveland Browns to three before that. It's the Niners' first shutout since Week 1 of the 2016 season.

The weather seemed a perfect fit for interim Redskins coach Bill Callahan's run-first, run-second and run-third mentality. Washington (1-6) started the game with 10 rushing plays and Adrian Peterson ran for 81 yards on 20 carries, but they were shut out for the first time this season.

TITANS, CHARGERS 20 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — J urrell Casey recovered a fumble by Melvin Gordon at the goal line with 15 seconds left, and the Tennessee Titans pulled out the victory Sunday over the Los Angeles Chargers after a frantic finish.

Gordon initially was ruled down shy of the goal line at the 1. Casey came out of the pile with the ball, and the Titans started celebratin­g. The play was reviewed and overturned the on-field ruling that Gordon was short of the goal line.

The call was a fumble forced by Titans linebacker Wesley Woodyard that was recovered by Casey for a touchback. Ryan Tannehill knelt down to run out the clock as the Titans (3-4) snapped a twogame skid.

Tannehill threw for 312 yards and two touchdowns in his first start since the Titans benched Marcus Mariota looking for a spark on offense after losing four of their past five overall. Tannehill came through as the Titans not only won their first game at home this season but posted a season-high 403 yards. He was 23 of 29 to outduel Rivers on a day the 16-year veteran moved to sixth in career passing yards.

The Chargers (2-5) have lost three straight and five of their past six.

RAVENS 30, SEAHAWKS 16 SEATTLE (AP) — Whether it was scrambling away from trouble or designed runs to use his speed, there was no stopping Lamar Jackson.

Baltimore’s speedy quarterbac­k ran for 116 yards and a touchdown, made key throws when necessary and led the Ravens to an impressive win over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.

Jackson was the best player on the field, outshining Seattle QB Russell Wilson on a day the Seahawks star finally made his first critical mistake of the season. Jackson was especially good in the second half, when he led Baltimore on a pair of crucial scoring drives.

Earl Thomas made his return to Seattle after nine seasons of playing for the Seahawks, but aside from some occasional barking at the sideline of his former team and running off the field twirling Wilson’s jersey over his head after the victory, the former All-Pro safety ceded the spotlight to Jackson.

The second-year quarterbac­k ran for an 8-yard touchdown late in the third quarter on fourth-and-2 to give the Ravens (5-2) the lead. On their next possession and backed up deep in their own end, Jackson made a series of highlight plays to drive Baltimore into scoring position for Justin Tucker’s fourth field goal and a 10-point lead with 3:47 left.

SAINTS 36, BEARS 25 CHICAGO (AP) — Teddy Bridgewate­r threw for 281 yards and two touchdowns, and the New Orleans Saints improved to 5-0 without injured starter Drew Brees with the victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday.

The Saints (6-1) again showed why they still see themselves as Super Bowl contenders even though their star quarterbac­k is out indefinite­ly because of a torn ligament in his right thumb.

Bridgewate­r completed 23 of 38 passes, Michael Thomas had nine receptions for 131 yards, and Latavius Murray ran for 119 yards and two touchdowns.

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