Jets rally, edge Browns
Joe Flacco’s 15-yard touchdown pass to rookie wide receiver Garrett Wilson with 22 seconds left rallied the Jets to a 31-30 road win over the Browns, who blew a two-touchdown lead in the final two minutes Sunday.
On 3rd-and-10 Flacco, who had four TD passes, found a streaking Wilson over the middle. Earlier, the 10th overall draft pick had dropped a crucial pass, allowing the Browns (1-1) to open their lead.
Nick Chubb’s third rushing TD put the Browns up by 13 with 1:55 left.
However, rookie kicker Cade York, who made a 58-yard field goal in the final seconds to beat the Panthers last week, pushed his extra point to the right.
The miss would come back to haunt the Browns.
Flacco hit Corey Davis for a 66-yard TD with 1:22 left to pull the Jets (1-1) within six.
The Jets recovered the onside kick and Flacco, who’s filling in while starter Zach Wilson recovers from a knee injury, drove to the 15 without any timeouts before hooking up with Wilson.
Greg Zuerlein made the deciding extra point to make it 31-30.
Dolphins 42, Ravens 38: Tua Tagovailoa threw for 469 yards and six TDS, four of which came during a spectacular fourth quarter, and the visiting Dolphins rallied from a 21-point deficit. Buccaneers 20, Saints 10: Tom Brady helped incite a skirmish that led to two ejections, then threw a go-ahead TD pass to Breshad Perriman that lifted the Bucs to the road win. Brady was shouting at Saints CB Marshon Lattimore in the fourth when RB Leonard Fournette entered the fray and shoved the Saints’ star corner. The Bucs’ Mike Evans rushed in and flattened Lattimore, and both were ejected. On the Bucs’ next series, Brady marched his team to the Saints 28 and then hit Perriman in the back right corner of the end zone to make it 10-3.
Patriots 17, Steelers 14: Mac Jones threw for 253 yards and a TD to lift the visiting Pats to the win. The Pats haven’t lost consecutive games to start a season since 2001.
Giants 19, Panthers 16: Graham Gano kicked a 56-yard FG with 3:34 to play to help the Giants improve to 2-0 for the first time since ’16 and send the Panthers to their ninth straight loss.
Jaguars 24, Colts 0: Trevor Lawrence threw two TD passes to Christian Kirk, and the Jaguars defense sacked Matt Ryan five times, intercepted three of his passes and held reigning NFL rushing champ Jonathan Taylor to just 54 yards in the victory. It was the Jags’ eighth straight home win over the Colts.
Lions 36, Commanders 27: Jared Goff threw two of his four TDN passes to Amon-ra St. Brown, and rookie Aidan Hutchinson had three sacks in the first half as the Lions held on at home. 49ers 27, Seahawks 7: Jimmy Garoppolo threw a TD pass on his first full drive after replacing an injured Trey Lance and ran for another score to help the 49ers earn the home win. Lance was taken off the field on a cart with his injured right ankle in an air cast after getting hurt on a run on the second drive of the game. ESPN reported that Lance likely will miss the rest of the season.