Cowboys make Packers feel right at home
ARLINGTON — Aaron Rodgers looked quite comfortable at the home of the Dallas Cowboys — again.
Green Bay’s quarterback kept his team moving to a big early lead with more dazzling plays at AT&T Stadium, and Aaron Jones scored a career-high four touchdowns as the Packers bounced back from their first loss by hanging on for a 34-24 victory Sunday.
Rodgers, who passed for 238 yards without an interception, zipped a sidearm throw to Robert Tonyan to fix one broken play, flipped a lefthanded toss to Tra Carson to rescue another and helped Green Bay improve to 5-0 inside the retractable-roof stadium where the two-time MVP’s first win was the 2011 Super Bowl.
The Packers (4-1) built a 31-3 lead, although Dak Prescott (463 yards passing) and Amari Cooper (226 yards receiving) set career highs trying to keep things interesting in the fourth quarter.
The last hope for Dallas (3-2) ended with 1:41 left when Brett Maher missed his second field goal — a 33-yarder that would have given the Cowboys a shot at an onside kick down seven.
COLTS 19, CHIEFS 13
Indianapolis accomplished Sunday night what it failed to do in January.
The Colts won in Kansas City. Marlon Mack ran for 132 yards, ageless kicker Adam Vinatieri knocked through four field goals and the Colts atoned ever-so-slightly for that playoff defeat by shutting down Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs’ vaunted offense in a victory at Arrowhead Stadium.
The Colts (3-2) allowed points on the Chiefs’ first two possessions before shutting them out until Harrison Butker’s field goal with 1:16 to go. Indianapolis recovered the onside kick to seal the win.
Mahomes threw for 321 yards and a touchdown, and the Chiefs (4-1) had just 36 yards rushing despite getting top running back Damien Williams back from an injury, all while watching their record streak of 22 straight games scoring at least 26 points come to a crashing conclusion.
RAVENS 26, STEELERS 23
After Pittsburgh quarterback Mason Rudolph was knocked unconscious by a head-high hit in the third quarter Sunday, Justin Tucker made a 46-yard field goal in overtime to lift Baltimore to a victory on the road.
Baltimore snapped a twogame skid when safety Marlon Humphrey stripped Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and recovered the fumble at the Pittsburgh 34. Tucker knocked through the winner four plays later.
SAINTS 31, BUCCANEERS 24
Teddy Bridgewater passed for 314 yards and four touchdowns to remain unbeaten in three starts as New Orleans won at home.
Getting increasingly accustomed to playing for the injured Drew Brees, Bridgewater
BRONCOS 20, CHARGERS 13
Phillip Lindsay ran for 114 yards. and Denver’s defense forced three turnovers as the Broncos won at Carson, Calif., for their first victory under Vic Fangio.
Joe Flacco completed 14 of 20 passes for 162 yards and a touchdown as Denver raced to a 17-0 lead in the second quarter and held on for the 500th victory in franchise history.
Los Angeles struggled most of the day and had two turnovers inside the Broncos’ 5.
PATRIOTS 33, WASHINGTON 7
Tom Brady helped New England stay unbeaten with an easy victory over Washington at Landover, Md., and climbed past a former NFL star in the record book.
Brady threw for 348 yards and three touchdowns. Now in his 20th season, Brady whisked by Brett Favre into third place on the career list with 71,923 yards passing. Brady, 42, now trails only Peyton Manning (71,940 yards) and Drew Brees (74,845).
Brady also edged closer to Manning’s record 539 touchdown passes, connecting with Julian Edelman, Brandon Bolden and Ryan Izzo to bring his total to 527. Shrugging off four sacks, Brady completed 28 of 42 passes — including a 15-yarder to Edelman in the third quarter to eclipse Favre.
Playing for the first time since breaking his leg against Philadelphia last December, Washington quarterback Colt McCoy was 18-for-27 passing for 119 yards and an interception. McCoy was sacked six times
PANTHERS 34, JAGUARS 27
Christian McCaffrey tied a career high with 237 yards from scrimmage and scored three touchdowns, and Brian Burns returned a fumble 56 yards for a touchdown and had a strip-sack in the fourth quarter of Carolina’s victory over Jackonsville at Charlotte, N.C.
McCaffrey set a franchise record with an 84-yard TD run and scored on a 5-yard run when he somersaulted into the end zone. He also caught an 18-yard TD pass from Kyle Allen before leaving with five minutes remaining after cramping.
BLLS 14, TITANS 7
Josh Allen threw for 219 yards and two touchdowns as Buffalo won at Nashville, Tenn. The Bills now have won three consecutive games away from Buffalo for the first time since 2004.
RAIDERS 24, BEARS 21
Josh Jacobs scored his second touchdown of the game with a leap from the 2-yard line with 1:57 to play, capping a 97-yard drive that helped Oakland win after blowing a 17-point lead.
The touchdown was part of a roller-coaster game that delighted the sellout crowd in London. The Raiders broke out to a 17-0 halftime lead only to fall behind the Bears in a mistakefilled third quarter.
CARDINALS 26, BENGALS 23
Rookie Kyler Murray ran for a touchdown and led Arizona on a drive to Zane Gonzalez’s 31-yard field goal on the final play as the Cardinals won at Cincinnati for their first victory under coach Kliff Kingsbury. Murray ran 6 yards for Arizona’s first touchdown and saved the Cardinals after a late defensive collapse.
EAGLES 31, JETS 6
Nate Gerry returned an interception for a touchdown, and Orlando Scandrick took a stripsack the distance as Philadelphia won at home. The Eagles smothered third-string quarterback Luke Falk and overwhelmed New York’s offense on a day Carson Wentz was ordinary. Wentz threw for 189 yards and one touchdown. Jordan Howard ran for 62 yards and one TD.
VIKINGS 28, GIANTS 10
Kirk Cousins threw two touchdown passes to Adam Thielen, and Dalvin Cook ran for 132 yards as Minnsota made life miserable for Daniel Jones at East Rutherford, N.J. The Vikings hit the Giants with a bit of everything — pass, run and the defense — in ending the two-game winning streak Jones engineered since replacing Eli Manning at quarterback. The Vikings gained 490 yards on offense.