Raiders Carr-jack late win from Ravens
Derek Carr bounced back from a late mistake to lead the Raiders to an improbable win.
Carr threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Seth Roberts with 26 seconds left to cap the most productive day of his young career and lead the Raiders to a 37-33 victory over the Baltimore Ravens yesterday in Oakland, Calif.
Carr threw for a careerhigh 351 yards and three touchdowns and overcame a late interception that put the Raiders in a hole in the closing minutes.
But Carr went 7-for-9 for 65 yards on the winning drive. He was helped by a personal foul on Timmy Jernigan and a hold on Will Hill III that negated an interception on the play before the touchdown that gave Jack Del Rio his first win as Raiders coach.
Joe Flacco threw for 384 yards and two scores but just missed an open Steve Smith Sr. in the end zone to force Baltimore to settle for a field goal before Oakland’s winning drive. Flacco then threw a late interception that sealed it and sent the Ravens to their first 0-2 start since 2005.
Browns 28, Titans 14 — Johnny Manziel threw a 60-yard touchdown pass to Travis Benjamin on host Cleveland’s second play and connected with his wide receiver again for a clutch 50-yarder with 2:52 left during a win over Tennessee.
Starting in place of injured Josh McCown, Manziel finished 8-of-15 for 172 yards. His last completion was vintage Johnny Football as Manziel spun to his left to avoid pressure and threw deep to Benjamin.
Manziel won his Heisman Trophy matchup with Marcus Mariota, who threw two TD passes but was sacked seven times.
Falcons 24, Giants 20 — Julio Jones caught a perfect 37-yard pass from Matt Ryan, setting up Devonta Freeman’s 2-yard touchdown run with 1:14 remaining, lifting Atlanta past New York in East Rutherford, N.J.
Jones matched the club record with 13 receptions, good for 135 yards.
The Giants, whose bad decisions and poor execution cost them last week at Dallas, blew a 20-10 fourthquarter lead.
Bengals 24, Chargers 19 — Andy Dalton threw three touchdown passes, and Cincinnati quickly ended Philip Rivers’ streak of perfect passing while pulling away for a victory over visiting San Diego.
Rivers finished two shy of Donovan McNabb’s NFL record of 24 consecutive completions.
Steelers 43, 49ers 18 — Ben Roethlisberger passed for 369 yards and three touchdowns, DeAngelo Williams tied a team record with three rushing scores and host Pittsburgh overwhelmed San Francisco.
Redskins 24, Rams 10 — Rookie Matt Jones ran for 123 yards and two touchdowns, an efficient Kirk Cousins avoided turnovers, and Washington dominated for a half, then held on to beat St. Louis in Landover, Md.
Buccaneers 26, Saints 19 — Jameis Winston passed for a touchdown and ran for another, and visiting Tampa Bay held on to defeat mistake-prone New Orleans.
Cardinals 48, Bears 23 — Carson Palmer threw for four touchdowns to lead Arizona to a victory over host Chicago, which lost Jay Cutler to a hamstring injury.
Palmer connected with Larry Fitzgerald for three TDs, David Johnson returned the opening kickoff a club-record 108 yards and added a rushing TD.
Vikings 26, Lions 16 — Adrian Peterson had 192 total yards and Minnesota rebounded from a rough season opener for a victory over Detroit in Minneapolis. Peterson rushed 29 times for 134 yards.
Panthers 24, Texans 17 — In Charlotte, N.C., Cam Newton threw two touchdown passes and somersaulted into the end zone for another score to lead Carolina to a victory over Houston in Charlotte, N.C.