Prescott, Cowboys too much for Jaguars
ARLINGTON — Dak Prescott threw two touchdown passes to Cole Beasley to spark the previously punchless Dallas passing game and also rushed for a career-high 82 yards in the Cowboys’ 40-7 rout of Jacksonville on Sunday.
Beasley got his first two touchdowns of the season for the NFL's 30th-ranked passing offense that was facing the league's No. 1 pass defense.
Blake Bortles, who established a career high in yards passing in consecutive weeks and had a chance to become the fifth NFL quarterback with three consecutive games of at least 375 yards, was 15-of-26 for 149 yards with a touchdown and an interception.
PATRIOTS 43, CHIEFS 40
Stephen Gostkowski hit a 28-yard field goal as time expired, and New England beat Kansas City at Foxborough, Mass., after blowing a big halftime lead.
Tom Brady passed for 340 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score in his 200th victory as a starting quarterback, tops all-time. Brady also passed former teammate Adam Vinatieri for most career wins in the regular season and playoffs combined with 227.
The Patriots led 24-9 at intermission, but Patrick Mahomes directed an impressive rally by Kansas City in the second half. He finished 23-of-36 passing for 352 yards in his first loss as a starting quarterback, with three of his four TD passes going to Tyreek Hill.
STEELERS 28, BENGALS 21
James Conner ran for 111 yards and a pair of touchdowns on the eve of Le'Veon Bell's possible return, and Antonio Brown turned a short pass into a 31-yard touchdown with 10 seconds left as Pittsburgh pulled off another improbable comeback at Cincinnati.
The Steelers have won eight in a row against their AFC North rival, three times rallying in the final minute at Paul Brown Stadium to keep it going. After Joe Mixon's 4-yard touchdown run with 1:18 left got the Bengals thinking this might finally be the time they end the streak, Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers stunned them again.
Brown caught a short pass and outran the secondary for the winning score, leaving thousands of Steelers fans twirling their towels in the stands. The Steelers are 16-2 at Paul Brown Stadium during Marvin Lewis' 16 seasons as Bengals coach.
RAMS 23, BRONCOS 20
Todd Gurley rushed for a career-high 208 yards and two touchdowns as Los Angeles celebrated defensive coordinator Wade Phillips' return to Denver.
Phillips headed up the Broncos' defense during the franchise’s triumphant Super Bowl 50 season, but his contract wasn't renewed after the 2016 season and he joined the staff of Rams coach Sean McVay.
RAVENS 21, TITANS 0
Baltimore piled up a franchiserecord 11 sacks in the rain at Nashville, Tenn.
Za'Darious Smith had three sacks and Patrick Onwuasor had two for the Ravens, who finished a sack off the NFL record for a game, shared by five teams.
Joe Flacco threw for 238 yards and a touchdown for Baltimore.
DOLPHINS 31, BEARS 28
Jason Sanders kicked a 47-yard field goal on the final play of overtime after Cody Parkey missed a 53-yard try for Chicago, which blew an 11-point lead in the final 16 minutes of regulation at Miami Gardens, Fla.
The Dolphins’ Brock Osweiler threw for 380 yards and three touchdowns subbing for Ryan Tannehill, who sat out because of an injured throwing shoulder.
FALCONS 34, BUCCANEERS 29
Matt Ryan threw for 354 yards and three touchdowns as Atlanta snapped a three-game losing streak, holding off Tampa Bay in Jameis Winston's return as starting quarterback.
The Falcons scored on their first three possessions and held off a wild comeback by the Buccaneers.
Winston and Tampa Bay almost pulled off a miracle on the final play of the game after driving to the Atlanta 21. With no timeouts, the quarterback took the snap and tried to surprise the Falcons by taking off up the middle of the field. When he was about to be tackled at the 10, he pitched toward receiver Adam Humphries, who couldn't hang on.
The ball skipped to Mike Evans, who blindly flung it in the direction of DeSean Jackson at the 5. Jackson might have had a chance to dive for the end zone, but he couldn't come up with another bouncing ball. It hopped out of bounds to end the game.
JETS 42, COLTS 34
Jason Myers kicked a franchise-record seven field goals, and Sam Darnold threw two touchdown passes as New York held on at East Rutherford, N.J., to win consecutive games for the first time in more than a year.
Morris Claiborne returned the first of three interceptions thrown by Andrew Luck for a touchdown as the Jets moved to .500 by taking advantage of mistakes by the shorthanded Colts, who lost their fourth in a row.
Myers hit field goals from 30, 48, 32, 37, 45, 37 and 45 yards to break the Jets record previously held by Jim Turner (1968) — the kicker for the Super Bowl champions — and Bobby Howfield (1972).
VIKINGS 27, CARDINALS 17
Latavius Murray helped Minnesota revive its running attack with 155 yards and a touchdown in a victory over visiting Arizona.
SEAHAWKS 27, RAIDERS 3
Russell Wilson threw for three touchdowns, including one off a botched snap in the second quarter, as Seattle rolled over Oakland at London.
WASHINGTON 23, PANTHERS 17
Josh Norman bounced back from his prime-time benching by intercepting former teammate Cam Newton and forcing a fumble in a victory over Carolina at Landover, Md.
CHARGERS 38, BROWNS 14
Philip Rivers threw two touchdown passes to Tyrell Williams. and Melvin Gordon had three scoring runs as Los Angeles won at Cleveland.