Steelers continue domination of Browns in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH » Not yet Cleveland. At least, not in Pittsburgh.
James Conner ran for 101 yards and a touchdown and the Steelers battered the Browns in a 38-7 blowout victory on Sunday to improve to 5- 0 for the first time since 1978. Ben Roethlisberger added 162 yards passing and a score.
Pittsburgh emphatically ended Cleveland’s fourgamewinning streak and extended the Browns’ skid at Heinz Field to 17 and counting.
The Browns (4-2) were unable to get anything going against a defense that sacked aching Baker Mayfield four times, picked him off twice and chased him late in the third quarter with the game out of reach. The NFL’s top rushing offensemanaged 75 yards on the ground as the Steelers dominated both sides of the line of scrimmage ineasily their best performance in 2020.
RAVENS 30, EAGLES 28 » Lamar Jackson threw for a touchdown and ran for a score and theRavens held on.
The Eagles (1- 4-1) came in missing seven offensive starters, including four offensive linemen, and then lost two more when running back Miles Sanders left in the third quarter and tight end Zach Ertz exited in the fourth.
BRONCOS 18, PATRIOTS 12 » Brandon McManus kicked six field goals and linebacker Malik Reed came up with a big sack late inagame twice delayed following positive coronavirus tests for both teams.
Sunday’s game was originally scheduled for lastweek but got postponed twice, first by a day, then by seven. The delay was caused after multiple Patriots players tested positive forCOVID-19, including quarterback Cam
Newton and reigningDefensive Player of the Year cornerback Stephon Gilmore. TITANS 42, TEXANS 36, OT » Derrick Henry took a direct snap and ran 5 yards for a touchdown 3:30 into overtime and the Titans remained undefeated.
The Titans (5-0) overcame two turnovers, StephenGostkowski having a field goal blocked and missing another, and the defense giving up 335 yards passing and four touchdown passes to DeshaunWatson.
GIANTS 20, WASHINGTON 19 » Joe Judge and New York have finally won, and they have rookie Tae Crowder and a risky gamble byWashington coach Ron Rivera for making themrelevant again.
Crowder, the last player taken in the NFL draft — Mr. Irrelevant— scooped up a fumble and ran 43 yards for a touchdownwith 3:28 to play. That gave the Giants a victory overWashington in a battle of the two of theNFL’s worst teams.
FALCONS40, VIKINGS23 » Julio Jones returned from injury to catch two ofMatt Ryan’s four touchdown passes, as Atlanta beat Minnesota for their first victory of the
season— one week after the firing of head coach Dan Quinn.
Kirk Cousins threw three interceptions in thefirst half for the first time in his career, and the Falcons (1- 5) turned those picks into 17 points to build a 20- 0 lead at the break that proved to be solid enough for even this falter-prone team.
LIONS34, JAGUARS 16 » Matthew Stafford finally got his first touchdown pass against Jacksonville. It helped Detroit build a lead even they couldn’t squander.
Rookie D’Andre Swift ran for a career-high 116 yards and two touchdowns, Stafford got an elusive TD pass against the only team he hadn’t thrown one against in 12 NFL seasons and the Lions hammered the Jaguars. BEARS 23, PANTHERS 16 » Nick Foles threw for one touchdown and ran for another, Chicago’s defense forced three turnovers and sacked Teddy Bridgewater four times and the Bears held on to beat Carolina.
Foles finished with 198 yards passing and a touchdown and David Montgomery added 58 yards on the ground as the Bears (5-1)
opened the season 3-0 on the road for the first time since 2006, when they reachedthe Super Bowl.
COLTS31, BENGALS27 » After falling behind by 21 points, Indianapolis needed the biggest regular-season comeback in franchise history. Philip Rivers was up to the task.
After trailing 21-0, Rivers rallied the Colts with three touchdown passes, including the go-ahead score on the first play of the fourth quarter, for a victory over Cincinnati.
JETS24, DOLPHINS0 » Ryan Fitzpatrick threw three touchdown passes and the Miami Dolphins held the winless New York Jets without a third- down conversion until the fourth quarter to get their first shutout in six years.
The game was so lopsided that Miami rookie Tua Tagovailoa made his NFL debut in mop-up duty with 2:27 left.
The Dolphins ( 3- 3) reached .500 for the first time under second- year coach Brian Flores and moved into second place in the AFC East behind Buffalo.