Chubb’s run in OT gives Browns win against Bucs
CLEVELAND — Nick Chubb ran for a 3-yard touchdown with 19 seconds left in overtime, and Cleveland rallied Sunday to stun Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-17 in Browns quarterback Jacoby Brissett’s final start before Deshaun Watson returns from his suspension.
Chubb powered through a pile of bodies at the goal line as the Browns (4-7) sent Brissett off with a win.
Watson, who was banned 11 games by the NFL for sexual misconduct allegations, will start next week in Houston.
Chubb’s short TD was set up when Brissett connected on a 45-yard pass to Amari Cooper, who found himself wide open when Bucs cornerback Carlton Davis III slipped and fell near midfield.
The Browns forced OT on tight end David Njoku’s remarkable, one-handed TD catch with 32 seconds left in regulation. Njoku extended his left arm to haul in Brissett’s 12-yard scoring strike in the back of the end zone.
Brady threw two touchdown passes, but couldn’t get anything going in the 10minute OT.
Led by All-Pro end Myles Garrett, who had 1 1/ 2 sacks, the Browns held Tampa Bay (5-6) without a point on its final seven possessions. Brady completed 29 of 43 passes for 246 yards and was sacked three times.
Brissett went 23 of 37 for 210 yards. Chubb finished with 116 yards on 26 carries.
Jaguars 28, Ravens 27: Trevor Lawrence connected with Marvin Jones for a 10yard touchdown with 14 seconds remaining and hit Zay Jones for a gutsy 2-point conversion as host Jacksonville held on to beat Baltimore.
The Ravens’ Justin Tucker missed a 67-yard field goal try on the last play. Tucker made four field goals in the game but came up just short on his attempt to break by 1 yard his own record for the longest field goal in NFL history.
After Lawrence led the Jaguars (4-7) to the go-ahead TD and conversion, Jacksonville squibbed the kickoff and gave the Ravens (7-4) the ball near midfield. Lamar Jackson found Josh Oliver in the flat for a 12-yard gain that set up Tucker’s try.
Jackson and Oliver connected earlier for a 12-yard score in the waning minutes, and a 2-point conversion put Baltimore up 27-20.
Bengals 20, Titans 16: Joe Burrow threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Tee Higgins with 13:42 left and Cincinnati held off host Tennessee for its third straight victory and fifth in six games.
The defending AFC champion Bengals (7-4) won the rematch of their divisional playoff victory over Tennessee despite not having running back Joe Mixon (concussion protocol) and receiver Ja’Marr Chase (hip).
Evan McPherson kicked a pair of field goals for the Bengals. He connected on a third with 1:53 left, but an unnecessary roughness penalty on Tennessee nullified the kick and allowed the Bengals to run out the clock.
The Titans (7-4) equaled their most points allowed since a Week 2 loss at Buffalo as their two-game winning streak ended. Cincinnati smothered NFL rushing leader Derrick Henry yet again, holding him to 38 yards, his second-lowest total of the season.
Eagles 40, Packers 33:
Philadelphia is the first team in the NFL to reach 10 wins on the season and continue to have a grip on the No. 1 seed in the NFC thanks to the win against Green Bay.
It was simply a dominating day for the host Eagles (10-1) the ground as they rushed for a total of 363 yards and three touchdowns. That’s the second most rushing yards in franchise history and the most by the club since 1948. Jalen Hurts and Miles Sanders were the key cogs to that rushing attack as they duo combined for 300 yards. They are the first duo in Eagles’ history to each have at least 125 rushing yards in a game.
One major development in the second half that impacted the Packers ( 4- 8) was an oblique injury to Aaron Rodgers. That forced Jordan Love to finish up the game, but the young quarterback was unable to fully bring his team back.
Raiders 40, Seahawks 34,
OT: Once Josh Jacobs slipped past the last line of Seattle’s defense, all that was in front of him was open field and a place among the greatest single-game performances in NFL history.
Jacobs sprinted 86 yards for a game-ending touchdown and visiting Las Vegas won in overtime for the second straight week, beating Seattle.
Jacobs finished with a franchise-record 229 yards rushing and two scores. He also had six catches for 74 yards, and his 303 yards from scrimmage were the most in franchise history and the seventh-most in a game in the Super Bowl era. Jacobs had never had a touchdown run longer than 28 yards, and his extraordinary dash was reminiscent of the Raiders’ Bo Jackson running untouched for a long TD against the Seahawks at the Kingdome on Nov. 30, 1987.
Las Vegas (4-7) finished with 283 yards rushing and its 576 total yards were the third-most ever allowed by the Seahawks (6-5).
Jets 31, Bears 10: Mike White threw three touchdown passes, including two to Garrett Wilson, as host New York rolled against bangedup Chicago.
White made his first start since last season in place of the benched Zach Wilson and sparked the Jets (7-4) to a season-high 466 yards in the rain. White was 22 of 28 for 315 yards. White became the fifth player in NFL history to have multiple games with 300 yards passing and three TD passes in his first four career starts, joining Patrick Mahomes, Austin Davis, Kurt Warner and Mark Rypien.
The Bears (3-9) have lost five straight.
Dolphins 30, Texans 15:
Tua Tagovailoa threw for 299 yards as host Miami built a 30-0 lead against Houston and held on for its fifth straight win.
Tagovailoa had his fourth straight game without an interception, Jaylen Waddle and Tyreek Hill each had 85 yards receiving and the Dolphins’ defense had three takeaways.
Houston (1-9-1) managed only 32 yards through its first 25 plays with Kyle Allen starting at quarterback in place of the benched Davis Mills. Miami (8-3) scored on six of its first seven possessions.
Commanders 19, Falcons 13: Taylor Heinicke threw two touchdown passes in a run-heavy game in the rain, Kendall Fuller intercepted Marcus Mariota in the end zone with 58 seconds left and host Washington (7-5) beat Atlanta (5-7) for its sixth win in seven games.
Chiefs 26, Rams 10:
Patrick Mahomes threw for 320 yards and a touchdown, Isiah Pacheco ran for a score, and Kansas City slogged their way to a victory against a beat-up Los Angeles.
Mahomes eclipsed 300 yards passing for the sixth straight game, and he ran his streak with a TD pass to 16, but the Chiefs (9-2) also squandered scoring opportunities. Mahomes was intercepted in the end zone in the fourth quarter, and Harrison Butker was called upon to kick four chip-shot field goals when drives stalled. Playing without Matthew Stafford, who remained in the concussion protocol, the Rams ( 3- 8) struggled to move the chains behind backup Bryce Perkins.
Panthers 23, Broncos 10:
Sam Darnold threw for a touchdown and recovered his own fumble for another score in his first game of the season, helping host Carolina beat Denver (3-8).
Making his first start since Week 18 last year, Darnold completed 11 of 19 passes for 164 yards without a turnover. He is the third QB to start this season for the Panthers (4-8).
Chargers 25, Cardinals
24: Justin Herbert threw a 1yard touchdown pass to Austin Ekeler with 15 seconds left, then hit Gerald Everett for the decisive 2point conversion to give Los Angeles (6-5) a win against host Arizona (4-8).
49ers 13, Saints 0: With physical hits, a key forced fumble and a little but of good fortune, the 49ers (7-4) managed to keep New Orleans (4-8) off the scoreboard for an entire game.
San Francisco forced two fumbles from Alvin Kamara and ended the NFL’s longest active scoring streak at 332 games and nearly 21 years, beating New Orleans for their fourth straight win. Jimmy Garoppolo threw for 222 yards and a touchdown, and San Francisco won on a day when the offense wasn’t clicking and the running game was bottled up.