Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

SUMMARIES, standings, notebook.

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MILESTONES

The Cleveland Browns improved to 9-3 for the first time since 1994. Cleveland has only won nine games in a season three times in its expansion era, which began in 1999. … Green Bay’s Davante Adams has receiving TDs in seven consecutiv­e games, tying Hall of Famer Don Hutson’s franchise record. Hutson had a pair of seven-game TD reception streaks in 1941-42 and 1943-44. … Cam Newton ran for two TDs in the Patriots’ 450 win over the Chargers. He has four games with multiple rushing scores this season, a record for a quarterbac­k, and he extended his career record with 10 such games. … Aaron Rodgers threw three TD passes and reached 400 for his career in his 193rd game, surpassing Drew Brees (205 games) as the fastest player to reach the mark. … Las Vegas’ Darren Waller became the fourth tight end with at least 200 receiving yards and two TDs in a game, joining Rich Caster, Shannon Sharpe and Jackie Smith. … Indianapol­is’ Philip Rivers became the fifth quarterbac­k to throw for 3,000 yards or more in 15 seasons, joining Tom Brady, Brett Favre, Drew Brees and Peyton Manning.

STREAKS & STATS

The New York Jets fell to 0-12, matching the team record for the longest skid, which spanned the 1995 and 1996 seasons under Rich Kotite. … The Jets may not have a win this season but they have the longest active streak in the league (six games) of scoring on their opening drive. … The New England Patriots had a punt-return touchdown and a blocked field goal return for a touchdown, the seventh time in league history a team has done that in the same game. The Baltimore Ravens were the last team to do so in 2015. … Jacksonvil­le dropped its 11th game in a row, falling to 27-24 in overtime at Minneapoli­s.

HURTS SO GOOD

Jalen Hurts briefly gave the Philadelph­ia Eagles enough of a spark to create a full-blown quarterbac­k controvers­y. Carson Wentz was benched in the third quarter of Philadelph­ia’s 30-16 loss to the Green Bay Packers after completing 6 of 15 passes for 79 yards, no turnovers and 4 sacks. Hurts, the second-round pick in April’s draft, tossed a 32-yard touchdown pass to Greg Ward and finished 5 of 12 for 109 yards, 1 intercepti­on and 3 sacks. He also ran for 29 yards. Coach Doug Pederson didn’t commit to a starter next week when the Eagles (3-8-1) host the New Orleans Saints. Wentz is having the worst season of his five-year career. His $128 million, four-year contract extension starts next year.

AGGRESSIVE CALL

The still-winless New York Jets were just seconds away from their first victory until a questionab­le play call by defensive coordinato­r Gregg Williams took care of all that. Facing an all-out blitz, Derek Carr heaved a perfectly placed 46-yard touchdown pass to Henry Ruggs III — who was in man-to-man coverage with rookie cornerback Lamar Jackson — with five seconds left to lift the Las Vegas Raiders to a 31-28 victory. Marcus Maye, one of the Jets’ captains, said Williams “could’ve been in a better call in that situation,” a swipe at a coach by one of the team’s captains.

IS THERE A PROBLEM?

A week after he turned the ball over three times, Chicago Bears quarterbac­k Mitchell Trubisky was strip-sacked by Romeo Okwara with 1:48 remaining, leading to the Detroit Lions’ 34-30 victory. Trubisky, who was benched earlier in the season for Nick Foles, has four turnovers in the past two games after he was intercepte­d twice and fumbled a week earlier. “I don’t think it’s an ongoing problem,” he said.

FIRST-HALF MISMATCH

Baker Mayfield started out so hot that the matchup between the NFL’s top two rushing offenses became an afterthoug­ht. Mayfield threw four touchdown passes in the first half of the Browns’ 4135 victory over Derrick Henry and the Titans. Cleveland’s Nick Chubb ran for 80 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries, while Henry — who came in as the NFL’s rushing leader — had 60 yards on 15 carries as the Titans took to the air in a bid to rally from a 38-7 deficit. Cleveland totaled 118 yards rushing while Tennessee had 60.

SIDELINED

Vikings 2019 All-Pro linebacker Eric Kendricks aggravated a calf injury in warmups and did not play in Minnesota’s 27-24 overtime victory over Jacksonvil­le. … Raiders rookie cornerback Damon Arnette and Jets running back Frank Gore both suffered concussion­s when they collided helmet to helmet on the second play of Las Vegas’ win over New York. … Raiders safety Jeff Heath left in the fourth quarter to be evaluated for a concussion. Jets guard Greg Van Roten and safety Ashtyn Davis both left with foot injuries. … Saints cornerback Patrick Robinson left with a leg injury in the first half of New Orleans’ 21-16 win over Atlanta. He was starting in place of Janoris Jenkins, who missed the game with a knee injury. … The Lions lost right tackle Tyrell Crosby (ankle), cornerback Mike Ford (back) and safety C.J. Moore (ankle) in a 34-30 win against Chicago. … Colts right tackle Le’Raven Clark was carted off the field with an ankle injury in the first quarter of a 26-20 win against the Texans. … Bengals left tackle Jonah Williams (right knee) was carted off the field in the fourth quarter of Cincinnati’s loss at Miami.

SPEAKING

“We needed a spark. We needed something to go our way so I put Jalen in the game. He did some good things, used his legs when he had to. He got us back in the game. I have to evaluate the film to decide how he played overall,” Eagles Coach Doug Pederson said after benching QB Carson Wentz for Jalen Hurts in a loss to the Packers.

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