Pacs rout Raiders behind Rodgers 6 TDs
Colts win again
WASHINGTON, Oct 21, (RTRS): Aaron Rodgers threw five touchdown passes as the Green Bay Packers capped their fifth home game in seven weeks with a 42-24 dismantling of the Oakland Raiders on Sunday.
Green Bay improved to 6-1 under first-year coach Matt LaFleur behind the biggest game of the season from Rodgers. When he hit Marquez Valdes-Scantling for a 74-yard touchdown midway through the fourth quarter, Rodgers had six total touchdowns compared to six incompletions and a perfect 158.3 passer rating. He wound up completing 25 of 31 passes for 429 yards.
The game swung late in the first half.
With Green Bay having taken a 14-10 lead, the Raiders (3-3) motored into scoring position on a 48-yard catch by tight end Darren Waller to the 3. On second-and-goal at the 2, quarterback Derek Carr lunged head-first to the goal line with the ball extended. Before his knee hit the turf, Carr lost the ball, which bounced out of the end zone, resulting in a turnover and touchback for the Packers.
Rams 37, Falcons 10 Todd Gurley caught a touchdown pass in his return and Los Angeles’ defense dominated in Atlanta. The Rams ended their three-game losing streak, while the Falcons lost their fifth in a row and saw quarterback Matt Ryan leave in the fourth quarter with an ankle injury.
Rams quarterback Jared Goff passed for 268 yards one week after he was held to 78 yards in the air as the
Green Bay Packers’ Jake Kumerow (left), catches a touchdown pass in front of Oakland Raiders’ Daryl Worley during the first half of an NFL football game on Oct 20 in Green Bay, Wis. (AP)
Buffalo Bills safety Micah Hyde (left), soars high to recover an on-side kickoff by the Miami Dolphins, which he ran back for a touchdown in the second half of an NFL football game on Oct 20 in Orchard Park, NY. (AP)
games of a career as Arizona held off New York in rainy East Rutherford, NJ.
Edmonds scored on two 20-yard runs four minutes apart in the first quarter as the Cardinals took a 17-0 lead.
His 22-yard run made it 24-14 with six minutes left in the third quarter.
49ers 9, Redskins 0 Robbie Gould kicked three field goals and San Francisco remained undefeated by beating Washington in heavy rain and wind at Landover, Md.
San Francisco (6-0) relied on its sturdy defense on a day featuring treacherous field conditions and allowed just 154 yards while starting 6-0 for the first time since the Joe Montana-led 49ers won their first 10 games in 1990. Julian Taylor recovered a fumble and made an important fourth-down stop for the Niners.
Jimmy Garoppolo completed 12 of 21 passes for 151 yards and one interception to improve to 12-2 as a starter during his tenure with the 49ers. Adrian Peterson rushed for 81 yards on 20 carries but lost a key fumble for Washington (1-6).
Vikings 42, Lions 30 Kirk Cousins passed for 337 yards and four touchdowns and Dalvin Cook rushed for 142 yards and two touchdowns as Minnesota edged host Detroit, which got four touchdown catches by Marvin Jones Jr.
Stefon Diggs caught seven passes for 142 yards for the Vikings (5-2). Matthew Stafford passed for 364 yards, and Jones caught 10 passes for 93 yards for Detroit (2-3-1).
Minnesota star receiver Adam Thielen left the game in the first quarter due to a hamstring injury after catching a touchdown pass. Detroit’s top running back, Kerryon Johnson, exited in the first half with a knee injury.
Titans 23, Chargers 20 Jurrell Casey recovered Melvin Gordon’s fumble in the end zone with 19 seconds left Sunday, capping a bizarre ending that gave Tennessee a win over Los Angeles in Nashville, Tenn.
The Chargers (2-5) appeared to have taken the lead with 44 seconds left when Austin Ekeler caught what looked like a 16-yard touchdown from Philip Rivers, but a review ruled Ekeler was down at the 1.
Gordon was stopped on the next two plays, fumbling the game away on the second to seal the Chargers’ third straight loss. Ravens 30, Seahawks 16 Lamar Jackson passed for 143 yards and rushed for 116 more and a touchdown, and Baltimore’s defense scored twice as the Ravens won at Seattle.
Cornerback Marcus Peters, acquired in a trade Tuesday with the Los Angeles Rams, returned an interception 67 yards for a score in the second quarter for the Ravens (5-2).
Defensive back Marlon Humphrey returned a fumble 18 yards for a clinching touchdown with 3:37 remaining.
Saints 36, Bears 25 Teddy Bridgewater completed 23 of 38 passes for 281 yards and two touchdowns, and New Orleans rolled to a win at Chicago.
Latavius Murray finished with 27 carries for 119 yards and two touchdowns for the Saints. New Orleans (6-1) notched its fifth straight victory despite the absence of injured starters Drew Brees, Alvin Kamara and Jared Cook.
Wide receivers Allen Robinson and Javon Wims each hauled in a touchdown pass for Chicago (3-3), which dropped its second game in a row. The Bears gave up 24 straight points to
Wstart the second half before responding with two TDs in the last three minutes.
Cowboys 37, Eagles 10 Quarterback Dak Prescott passed for one touchdown, rushed for another
Wand the hosts Dallas Cowboys handily defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 37-10 on Sunday.
Prescott was 21 of 27 for 239 yards as the Cowboys snapped a three-game losing streak heading into the team’s bye next week.
Ezekiel Elliott also rushed for a score and the Cowboys improved to 4-3. Elliott ran 22 times for 111 yards.
Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon (28) is tackled by Jacksonville Jaguars defensive back Jarrod Wilson
(26) in the first half of an NFL football game on Oct 20 in Cincinnati. (AP)