Rivers makes No. 200 special
Philip Rivers made his 200th consecutive start and kept Los Angeles surging at the midpoint of the season as the Chargers survived a late rally by Seattle’s Russell Wilson on Sunday to beat the host Seahawks 25-17.
Rivers threw for 228 yards and two touchdowns, Melvin Gordon added 113 yards rushing and the Chargers won their fifth straight.
Rivers threw touchdown passes of 12 yards to Tyrell Williams and 30 yards to Mike Williams. The Chargers defense stymied Wilson until the final minutes to cool off Seattle, which had won four of five following a 0-2 start.
Desmond King provided the deciding points for Los Angeles (6-2) by stepping in front of Wilson’s pass for David Moore and returning it 42 yards for a touchdown with 6:44 remaining to give the Chargers a 25-10 lead.
Chiefs passed passes the years (2-6-1), best as — 37, for which Kansas start two 375 Browns by to played yards, City Travis an NFL 21: (8-1) threw its Kelce Patrick quarterback first beat three — game Mahomes and host touchdown since continued Cleveland in 68 coach two Chiefs, scoring Hue who Jackson’s runs came and in averaging one firing. receiving Kareem 36.3 for points Hunt the had per game. Baker Mayfield Mahomes didn’t and Browns match their quarterback epic college meeting in 2016, when they combined for more than 1,700 yards in offense. But the Chiefs put on another impressive offensive show with 499 total yards, averaging 8.6 per snap. In his second season, Mahomes, who made one start as a rookie, has 29 TD passes and 3,185 yards, the most by any QB through 10 games since 1950. He has passed for at least 300 yards in eight straight games.
Steelers 23, Ravens 16: Ben Roethlisberger threw two touchdown passes, ran for a score and put up an unexpected left-footed punt for visiting Pittsburgh (5-2-1). James Conner rushed for 107 yards and caught a TD pass for the Steelers, who have won four straight since falling to Baltimore at home on Sept. 30. Roethlisberger went 28 for 47 for 270 yards. His 1-yard run put Pittsburgh up 20-6 in the third quarter, and the 36-year-old showed his grit by missing only one play after being flattened during a sprint from the pocket with just over 13 minutes left. The Ravens (4-5) lost their third straight. Joe Flacco was limited to 209 yards passing and was sacked twice.
Texans 19, Broncos 17: Brandon McManus missed a 51-yard field-goal attempt as time expired, leaving Demaryius Thomas a winner in his homecoming as Houston (6-3) topped host Denver (3-6) for its sixth straight win. Thomas, who was traded from the Broncos to the Texans on Tuesday and drew loud ovations from the fans, finished with three receptions for 61 yards. He had started all 114 games for the Broncos since Jan. 8, 2012, when he caught an 80-yard touchdown pass from Tim Tebow on the first snap of overtime to beat the Steelers 29-23. On Sunday, after the Broncos took a 17-16 lead on Case Keenum’s 12-yard pass to Jeff Heuerman between two defenders, Ka’imi Fairbairn put the Texans back up with a 37yard field goal with 14:06 remaining.
Vikings of a fourth-quarter Minnesota’s 24, Lions franchise-record fumble 9: Danielle return Hunter for 10 a sacks touchdown, had and 31⁄2 making for a miserable afternoon for Matthew Stafford and visiting Detroit (3-5). Hunter, the fourth-year defensive end, also was credited with nine tackles and four quarterback hits as Minnesota (5-3-1) limited the Lions to 214 total yards. The Lions had had a streak of 25 consecutive games with at least 14 points.
Dolphins Baker scored with helped 11 intercepted minutes the host 13, only Miami Jets left, touchdown Sam 6: (5-4) and Rookie Darnold’s a beat resilient on linebacker New a 25-yard pass defense York and Jerome (3-6). return Darnold sacks, and threw the Jets four went interceptions 2-for-13 on and third took four down. The hobbled Dolphins endured another wave of injuries, but their defense was much improved after three consecutive poor games. T.J. McDonald and Walt Aikens made interceptions to end the Jets’ final two possessions. The Jets lost their third in a row.
Bears touchdowns 41, Bills and 9: the Jordan defense Howard for Chicago scored two (5-3) had two others against host Buffalo (2-7). Eddie Jackson scored on a 65-yard fumble return and Leonard Floyd returned a tipped pass 19 yards for another score some 31⁄2 minutes apart in the second quarter. Howard, set up by Tarik Cohen’s 38-yard punt return, then scored on an 18-yard scamper to cap a run in which the Bears scored four touchdowns in a span of 12 minutes, 20 seconds in the second quarter.
Falcons 38, Washington 14: Julio Jones ended his 12-game touchdown drought and Matt Ryan threw for 350 yards and four scores as visiting Atlanta (4-4) won its third straight. Jones caught seven passes for 121 yards, with the biggest coming on a 35-yard screen pass with just under four minutes left that sealed the victory. Ryan completed 26 of his 38 passes, including touchdown throws of 39 and 10 yards to running back Tevin Coleman and 40 to rookie receiver Calvin Ridley. The threegame win streak of NFC East-leading Washington (5-3) ended.
Panthers completed two back touchdowns, Christian 42, 19 of Buccaneers McCaffrey 25 former passes Stanford racked for 28: 247 Cam up yards running 157 Newton yards and from (6-2) scrimmage won its 10th and straight scored home twice game. as Carolina Newton threw TD passes of 19 yards to Curtis Samuel and 17 yards to Greg Olsen, the seventh straight game he has thrown for at least two touchdowns. McCaffrey had 17 carries for 79 yards and five catches for 78 yards and turned in the play of the game when he leaped over a defender after a reception in the flat and kept going, turning it into a 32-yard gain. The Panthers scored touchdowns on five straight possessions during the first half to build a 35-7 lead before Tampa Bay (3-5) battled back to within a touchdown early in the fourth quarter behind Ryan Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick, starting in place of Jameis Winston, finished with 243 yards and four touchdowns — two each to Adam Humphries and O.J. Howard.