Chargers win in shootout
Austin Ekeler scored three touchdowns, including a three-yard score with 1:31 remaining, as the host Chargers defeated the Browns 47-42 in a wild shootout Sunday.
Justin Herbert had his record 11th 300-yard game with 398 yards passing and tied a careerhigh with four touchdowns. Mike Williams had 165 receiving yards and caught two TD passes for the Chargers, off to their first 4-1 start since 2014.
The game saw one tie and eight lead changes, including four lead changes in the final 15 minutes when the teams combined for 41 points.
Ekeler finished with 119 scrimmage yards (66 rushing, 53 receiving). The Chargers, under first-year coach Brandon Staley, have won three consecutive games and lead the AFC West after losses by the Broncos and the Raiders.
Herbert has the most 300-yard games by any quarterback in their first two years in the league.
Browns running back Nick Chubb rushed for 161 yards and Baker Mayfield bounced back, going 23-for-32 for 306 yards and two touchdowns. David Njoku had 149 receiving yards for Cleveland (3-2), which has its two defeats after having double-digit leads in the second half.
Saints 33, Washington 22
Jameis Winston connected on a Hail Mary for one of his four touchdown passes to help visiting New Orleans post a bounce-back victory that came at a cost with two more injuries.
Winston took every snap at quarterback for the first time this season, a necessity after Taysom Hill suffered a concussion while trying to catch a pass in the second quarter.
Winston completed a 72-yard touchdown pass to Deonte Harris, who departed with a hamstring injury. He also connected with Marquez Callaway on the 49-yard Hail Mary TD on the final play of the first half, found Callaway wide open from 12 yards out and sent Washington fans to the exits with a pass to Alvin Kamara that turned into a 19yard score.
Cardinals 17, 49ers 10
Host Arizona improved to 5-0 for the first time since 1974, using a stellar defensive performance to beat San Francisco.
DeAndre Hopkins hauled in a difficult nineyard touchdown catch with 5:13 remaining, hanging onto the ball despite tight defense from Josh Norman. That gave the Cardinals a 17-7 lead, enough of a cushion to close out the victory.
Kyler Murray went 22-for-31 for 239 yards. Hopkins caught six passes for 87 yards.
Niners rookie quarterback Trey Lance (15-for29 for 192 yards and one interception) had an upand-down first start, and the team went 1-for-5 on fourth-down chances.
Cowboys 44, Giants 20
Dak Prescott threw for three touchdowns the day before the one-year anniversary of his severe ankle injury in the same stadium against the same opponent, and host Dallas won its fourth in a row.
The injury-plagued Giants lost running back Saquon Barkley to an apparent ankle sprain in the first quarter and quarterback Daniel Jones to a concussion in the second quarter.