Albuquerque Journal

NFL SUMMARIES

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ASSOCIATED PRESS RAMS 37, FALCONS 10: In Atlanta, Jared Goff threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, and the Rams returned to the site of last season’s Super Bowl loss to beat the reeling Falcons (1-6).

The Rams (4-3) snapped a three-game losing streak in the debut of Ramsey, the former All-Pro cornerback acquired from Jacksonvil­le earlier in the week.

With Ramsey’s addition to the secondary, the Los Angeles defense enjoyed a productive day with five sacks, an intercepti­on and a fumble return for a touchdown.

PACKERS 42, RAIDERS 24: In Green Bay, Wis., Aaron Rodgers had his best game by far under new Packers coach Matt LaFleur, throwing for 429 yards and five touchdowns and running for another as Green Bay (6-1) beat Oakland (3-3).

Rodgers completed 25 of 31 passes to eight different targets and finished with the first perfect passer rating of his career, leading LaFleur’s offense to a season high in points.

Even with top target Davante Adams sidelined for the third straight game with turf toe, Rodgers threw for his most touchdowns in a game since Sept. 28, 2015, against the Chiefs.

Derek Carr finished 22 for 28 for 293 yards, two touchdowns and two costly turnovers for the Raiders, who lost their eighth straight against Green Bay, going back to 1990.

49ERS 9, REDSKINS 0: In Landover, Md., The 49ers slipped and slided their way to an ugly over Washington (1-6) in steady rain and driving win Sunday to remain undefeated. It wasn’t pretty, but San Francisco is 6-0 for the third time in franchise history, and first since 1990.

San Francisco’s defense continued its dominant run after holding the Los Angeles Rams to seven points last week and the Cleveland Browns to three before that. The Niners are the first team since 2005 and sixth since 1990 to limit an opponent to seven or fewer points and fewer than 200 net yards of offense in three consecutiv­e games.

COLTS 30, TEXANS 23: In Indianapol­is, Jacoby Brissett threw a career-high four touchdown passes and Indianapol­is sealed a victory over Houston with Darius Leonard’s late intercepti­on.

Indy (4-2) has won three straight in the series and took over the early season lead in the AFC South.

The loss snapped Houston’s two-game winning streak. The Texans are 4-3.

Brissett was masterful most of the game. He was 26 of 39 with 326 yards, and in a game the Colts only produced 62 yards rushing, they needed Brissett to be at his best — and he was.

VIKINGS 42, LIONS 30: In Detroit, Kirk Cousins matched a career high with four touchdown passes, leading surging Minnesota over slumping Detroit (2-3-1).

The Vikings (5-2) have won three consecutiv­e games in part because their quarterbac­k is making plays to complement one of the NFL’s top defenses.

CARDINALS 27, GIANTS

21: In East Rutherford, N.J., Chase Edmonds rushed for career highs of 126 yards and three touchdowns, overshadow­ing the return of Giants star running back Saquon Barkley as Arizona (3-3-1) beat New York (2-5).

The game was billed as a matchup of rookie quarterbac­ks Kyler Murray of the Cardinals and Daniel Jones of the Giants, and both gave glimpses why they were the first and sixth overall choices in the draft, respective­ly.

BILLS 31, DOLPHINS

21: In Orchard Park, N.Y., Tre’Davious White forced two second-half turnovers, Micah Hyde returned an onside kick for a touchdown, and the Bills (5-1) rallied from a five-point deficit for a victory over winless Miami.

Buffalo quarterbac­k Josh Allen led fourth-quarter touchdown drives following each of the Dolphins turnovers.

JAGUARS 27, BENGALS

17: In Cincinnati, Gardner Minshew led a fourth-quarter touchdown drive that put Jacksonvil­le ahead to stay, and Yannick Ngakoue returned an intercepti­on 23 yards to clinch a victory over winless Cincinnati.

The Jaguars (3-4) managed only field goals by still-perfect Josh Lambo until their rookie quarterbac­k and their depleted defense made gameturnin­g plays at the end.

The wait goes on for firstyear Bengals coach Zac Taylor, whose team fell to 0-7 for the first time in 11 years.

The Bengals were booed repeatedly during another inept performanc­e.

SAINTS 36, BEARS 25: In Chicago, Teddy Bridgewate­r threw for 281 yards and two touchdowns, and New Orleans improved to 5-0 without injured starter Drew Brees with a victory over Chicago.

The Saints (6-1) again showed why they still see themselves as Super Bowl contenders even though their star quarterbac­k is out indefinite­ly because of a torn ligament in his right thumb.

Bridgewate­r completed 23 of 38 passes, Michael Thomas had nine receptions for 131 yards, and Latavius Murray ran for 119 yards and two touchdowns.

The Bears (3-3) lost their second straight, with QB Mitchell Trubisky struggling after missing a game because of a shoulder injury.

RAVENS 30, SEAHAWKS

16: In Seattle, Baltimore quarterbac­k Lamar Jackson ran for 116 yards and a touchdown, made key throws when necessary and led the Ravens to an impressive win over Seattle.

Jackson was the best player on the field, outshining Seattle QB Russell Wilson on a day the Seahawks star finally made his first critical mistake of the season. Jackson was especially good in the second half, when he led Baltimore (5-2) on a pair of crucial scoring drives.

Seattle (5-2) was leading 10-6 and driving when Wilson made the mistake of doubleclut­ching and trying to throw late into the flat. Marcus Peters, traded to Baltimore less than a week ago, made a quick break on the throw, stepped in front of Jaron Brown and outraced Wilson for his fifth career intercepti­on return touchdown, the most of any player since Peters entered the league in 2015.

TITANS 23, CHARGERS

20: In Nashville, Tenn., Jurrell Casey recovered a fumble by Melvin Gordon at the goal line with 15 seconds left, and Tennessee (3-4) pulled out a victory over Los Angeles (2-5) after a frantic finish.

Gordon initially was ruled down shy of the goal line at the 1. Casey came out of the pile with the ball, and the Titans started celebratin­g. The play was reviewed and overturned the on-field ruling that Gordon was short of the goal line.

The call was a fumble forced by Titans linebacker Wesley Woodyard that was recovered by Casey for a touchback. Ryan Tannehill knelt down to run out the clock as the Titans (3-4) snapped a two-game skid.

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