WEEK 7 RECAPS

BROWNS 37, BENGALS 34

CINCINNATI — Baker Mayfield overcame a terrible start to throw five touchdown passes, including a 24- yarder to Donovan Peoples-Jones that put the Browns ahead with 15 seconds left, as Cleveland outdueled Cincinnati. Nursing sore ribs, Mayfield started 0-for-5 — including an interception on his first attempt of the game — but completed 22 of his next 23 passes. The last was the leaping grab by People-Jones to win it for the Browns (5-2). Cincinnati rookie Joe Burrow played another terrific game, but again it wasn’t enough. He was 35- of- 47 passing for a season- high 406 yards and three touchdowns, including a 3- yarder to Giovani Bernard on fourth- and-1 to give the Bengals a 34-31 lead with 1:06 left. Tyler Boyd had 11 catches for 101 yards and a touchdown for the Bengals (1-5-1).

SAINTS 27, PANTHERS 24

NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees passed for 287 yards and two touchdowns without two top receivers and rushed for another score to lead New Orleans past Carolina. The Panthers had driven across midfield in the final minutes when Marcus Davenport’s sack of Teddy Bridgewater led coach Matt Rhule to send out Joey Slye for a 65- yard field- goal attempt on fourth- and-19. The kick fell just short of the crossbar, and the Saints (4-2) ran out the final 1: 55 to send the Panthers (3- 4) to their second straight loss. Brees completed 29 of 36 passes to eight targets despite not having receivers Michael Thomas (hamstring) and Emmanuel Sanders (COVID-19) in the lineup.

PACKERS 35, TEXANS 20

HOUSTON — Aaron Rodgers threw for 283 yards and four touchdowns as Green Bay rebounded from its first loss by beating Houston. Rodgers played a nearly flawless game and tied his season high for touchdown passes. Despite being without team- leading rusher Aaron Jones and left tackle David Bakhtiari, Green Bay (5-1) had no trouble handling the woeful Texans (1- 6), building a 21- 0 lead by halftime. Green Bay’s strong day on offense was aided by a career- high 196 receiving yards by Davante Adams, who had touchdown catches of 3 and 45 yards.

WASHINGTON 25, COWBOYS 3

LANDOVER, Md. — Washington’s defense finally clamped down on a struggling opponent, piling up six sacks, an interception and a forced fumble that became a safety in a blowout of Dallas that snapped a five- game skid. Montez Sweat had two sacks for Washington (2-5), Cole Holcomb had one to go along with a red-zone interception, and Landon Collins knocked the ball out of Andy Dalton’s hands for an early safety before leaving with an ankle injury. Dalton was under siege all day behind a patchwork offensive line before being knocked out of the game in the third quarter on a shoulder-to- head hit from Jon Bostic, who was ejected. The Cowboys (2-5) lost back-to- back games after Washington held Ezekiel Elliott to 45 rushing yards on 12 carries and rookie receiver CeeDee Lamb dropped a handful of passes thrown his way.

BILLS 18, JETS 10

EAST RUTHERFORD, N. J. — Quarterback Josh Allen and the Bills were held out of the end zone for the first time this season, but Tyler Bass tied a franchise record with six field goals as Buffalo ended a two- game skid by beating winless New York. It was the third game in 13 days for the Bills (5-2), who lost to Tennessee and Kansas City before their ugly win against the league- worst Jets (0-7). The Bills fell behind 10- 0 early and looked sluggish for most of the game, and the victory marked their first without getting a touchdown since they beat Washington 17-16 in 2007 on five field goals by Rian Lindell and a safety.

BUCCANEERS 45, RAIDERS 20

LAS VEGAS — Tom Brady threw four touchdown passes to move past Drew Brees for the most in NFL history and ran for another to lead Tampa Bay past Las Vegas. Brady connected with Rob Gronkowski in the second quarter and on a perfectly placed 33- yarder to Scotty Miller later in the first half. He then helped seal the game with the throw to Chris Godwin that put the Bucs (5-2) up 31-20 midway through the fourth quarter. Brady added a fourth to rookie Tyler Johnson with 3:08 to play to give him 559 in his career, passing Brees, who threw two earlier in the day for New Orleans. Derek Carr went 24-for-36 for 284 yards, two touchdowns and one interception for the Raiders (3-3).

CHIEFS 43, BRONCOS 16

DENVER — Kansas City didn’t need the usual heroics from Patrick Mahomes to rout Denver for its 10th straight win over its AFC West rival. The Chiefs (6-1) found other ways to dominate Denver (2- 4) on a snowy afternoon with a temperature of 14 degrees at kickoff. Kansas City took a 24- 9 halftime lead even though Mahomes completed just one pass in the second quarter, a 5- yarder, and had just 99 yards through the air in the first half. Mahomes finally extended his NFL- leading streak to 17 consecutive games with a touchdown pass when he hit Tyreek Hill for 10 yards with 11 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. That made it 37- 9.

49ERS 33, PATRIOTS 6

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Jeff Wilson Jr. rushed for a career- high three touchdowns and 112 yards before leaving with an ankle injury as San Francisco dominated New England. The 49ers (4-3) have followed back-to- back losses with two wins and are 3- 0 on the road this season. The Patriots’ 27- point loss was their largest at home under coach

Bill Belichick. They had gone 286 games without a three- game losing streak, the longest span between three- game slides in NFL history. New England fell to 2- 4 for the first time since Belichick’s first season in 2000, when the Patriots went 5-11.

CHARGERS 39, JAGUARS 29

LOS ANGELES — Justin Herbert got his first NFL win, throwing for 347 yards and three touchdowns and running for a score as Los Angeles beat Jacksonville to snap a four- game skid. Herbert, the sixth overall pick in April’s draft, completed 27 of 43 passes. He also rushed for 66 yards, a single- game high for a Chargers quarterback. Jacksonville (1- 6) tied an NFL record by allowing 30 or more points in six straight games. The Chargers (2- 4) led 16- 0 in the second quarter but squandered a double- digit advantage for the fourth time in five games. Jacksonville scored 21 straight points to go up by five early in the third quarter.