Broncos cool off Steelers; Colts slip past Dolphins
DENVER >> Nose tackle Shelby Harris picked off Ben Roethlisberger’s twoyard pass attempt to Antonio Brown in the end zone with 1:03 remaining to seal Denver’s 24-17 win over Pittsburgh that snapped the Steelers’ six-game winning streak Sunday.
The Broncos (5-6) used four takeaways to counter a 97-yard touchdown toss from Roethlisberger to JuJu Smith-Schuster.
Roethlisberger was 41 of 56 for 462 yards, but he was intercepted twice and the Steelers (7-3-1) lost two fumbles in losing for the first time since September. COLTS 27, DOLPHINS 24 >> Andrew Luck threw three touchdown passes, Adam Vinatieri kicked a 32-yard field goal as time expired and Indianapolis beat Miami for its fifth consecutive victory.
Indianapolis (6-5) scored 13 points in the final 8½ minutes to erase a 10-point deficit. It’s the longest win streak for the Colts since
2014.
SEAHAWKS 30, PANTHERS 27 >> Russell Wilson threw for
339 yards and two touchdowns and Sebastian Janikowski kicked a 31-yard field goal as time expired to lift Seattle to a comefrom-behind victory over Carolina.
After Graham Gano missed a 52-yard field goal with 1:40 left in the game that would have given the Panthers the lead, Wilson moved around in the pocket until finding Tyler Lockett downfield for a 43-yard completion, setting up the winning kick.
The victory puts Seattle (6-5) firmly in the hunt for a wild-card spot in the NFC, while the Panthers (65) are reeling after losing three straight and having their 10-game home winning streak snapped.
Lockett finished with five catches for 107 yards and a touchdown, while David Moore had four receptions for 103 yards and a score. BROWNS 35, BENGALS 20 >> Baker Mayfield threw a career-high four touchdown passes in another growingup-fast performance, and Cleveland ended one of the NFL’s longest streaks of road futility with a victory over Cincinnati, which lost quarterback Andy Dalton to a thumb injury.
Cleveland (4-6-1) got its first road win since 2015, emphatically snapping a streak of 25 straight road losses that was one shy of the Lions’ NFL record. The Browns also ended a run of seven straight losses to their intrastate rival. PATRIOTS 27, JETS 13 >> Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes and became the NFL’s career leader in total yards passing in regular-season and playoff games, leading New England over New York.
Brady also reached 3,000 yards passing for the 16th straight season, tying Peyton Manning for second in NFL history behind Brett Favre’s 18. The New England quarterback surpassed the mark early in the fourth quarter with a 17-yard completion to a diving Josh Gordon. CHARGERS 45, CARDINALS 10 >> Philip Rivers tied the NFL record for consecutive completions and set marks for the most to start a game and the highest percentage in a game and Los Angeles rolled over Arizona.
The 15-year veteran completed his first 25 passes and was 28 of 29 for 259 yards and three touchdowns in three quarters. It was also his 11th straight game with multiple TD passes.
Rivers completed 25 straight passes in the first 2½ quarters, tying Ryan Tannehill’s mark from 2015. The Dolphins QB completed his last seven passes against the Tennessee Titans in on Oct. 18, 2015, and then his first 18 the following week against the Houston Texans.
Rivers tied the mark with a 4-yard touchdown pass to Keenan Allen midway through the third quarter. He had his only incompletion on the next possession when he was rushed and was unable to connect on a short pass to Austin Ekeler.
RAVENS 34, RAIDERS 17 >> Rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson ran for a touchdown and threw for a score, Terrell Suggs returned a fumble 43 yards for a TD and Baltimore ran past Oakland.
Cyrus Jones took a punt
70 yards for a touchdown to help the Ravens (6-5) win a second straight game for the first time since September.
Gus Edwards rushed for
118 yards as part of an effective ground game that enabled Jackson to pass just enough to keep the Raiders
(2-9) off guard — and off the field. Baltimore expanded a three-point halftime lead to
27-17 with two run-heavy touchdown drives that consumed a total of nearly 16 minutes.
BILLS 24, JAGUARS 21 >> Josh Allen scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 14-yard run in the fourth quarter, and the Bills beat the Jaguars in a game marred by a fight that led to the ejections of Jacksonville running back Leonard Fournette and Buffalo defensive end Shaq Lawson.
Fournette scored twice to tie it at 14 in the second quarter. He finished with 95 yards on 18 carries before he was thrown out with 2:57 left in the third. BUCCANEERS 27, 49ERS 9 >> Jameis Winston threw for
312 yards and two touchdowns to help Tampa Bay snap a four-game losing streak.
Winston, benched last month after turning the ball over 11 times in 14 quarters, completed 29 of
38 passes without an interception.