Burrow, Bengals extend Niners' woes
Joe Burrow threw three touchdown passes, Cincinnati intercepted Brock Purdy on back-to-back passes in the second half and the Bengals beat the 49ers, 31-17, on Sunday in San Francisco for their fourth win in five games.
After being hampered early in the season by a calf injury, Burrow came out of the bye week looking like his old self for the Bengals (4-3).
He managed to escape a sack attempt on a TD drive in the first quarter, had two long runs and was sharp all game throwing the ball against the 49ers (5-3), who lost their third straight game.
SEAHAWKS 24, BROWNS 20 ❯❯ Geno Smith threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Jaxon Smith-Njigba with 38 seconds left, and Seattle (5-2) rallied for a win at home over Cleveland (4-3) after blowing an early 14-point lead.
EAGLES 38, COMMANDERS 31 ❯❯ Jalen Hurts threw for four touchdowns while gutting through a knee injury, A.J. Brown had 130 yards receiving and Philadelphia won in Landover, Md., to improve to 7-1 this season. Hurts was limping and reluctant to run because of his gimpy left knee, but that didn't stop him from completing 29 of 38 passes for 319 yards and the TDs to Brown twice, DeVonta Smith and Julio Jones.
VIKINGS 24, PACKERS 10 ❯❯ Kirk Cousins threw a pair of touchdown passes before leaving with what the Vikings (4-4) feared was a Achilles tendon injury in the fourth quarter at Green Bay (2-5).
SAINTS 38, COLTS 27 ❯❯ Derek Carr threw for 310 yards and two touchdowns in a bounce-back performance, Taysom Hill and Alvin Kamara scored two TDs apiece for visiting New Orleans. The Saints (4-4) snapped a twogame skid with their fifth consecutive win in the series. Rashid Shaheed caught three passes for a career-best 153 yards and one TD, and for the second time this year, he helped seal the win with a long third-down catch in the final minutes. Indy (3-5) has lost three straight and four of its five home games.
DOLPHINS 31, PATRIOTS 17 ❯❯ Tua Tagovailoa threw for 324 yards and three touchdowns and Jalen Ramsey intercepted a pass in his Dolphins debut. Miami (6-2) won for the 16th time in its past 18 home games, and Tagovailoa moved to 6-0 in his career against Patriots coach Bill Belichick. The Dolphins, 6-2 for the first time since 2001, have a one-game lead over Buffalo for the AFC East lead. The Patriots are 2-6.
TITANS 28, FALCONS 23 ❯❯ Rookie Will Levis threw for 238 yards and four touchdowns in his NFL debut, and host Tennessee (3-4) scored its most points since 2021. Atlanta (4-4) has lost two of its past three.
RAVENS 31, CARDINALS 24 ❯❯ Gus Edwards ran for two of his three TDs following interceptions by Baltimore, and the visiting Ravens improved to 5-2. The Cardinals fell to 1-7.
JETS 13, GIANTS 10 (OT) ❯❯ Greg Zuerlein kicked a 35-yard field goal on the final play of regulation and added a 33-yarder with 6:09 left in OT as the Jets staged an unlikely comeback in a defensive struggle at East Rutherford, N.J., to stun the Giants (2-6). The Jets (4-3) moved 46 yards in six plays with the winning kick set up by a pass interference penalty against Adoree Jackson.
PANTHERS 15, TEXANS 13 ❯❯ Bryce Young outdueled C.J. Stroud in a battle of the NFL's top two draft picks, and Eddy Pineiro made a 23-yard field goal as time expired to send the host Carolina (16) to its first win of the season. Houston is 3-4.