The Mercury News

Brady, Bucs defeat Bills in overtime

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Tom Brady became the NFL’s alltime completion­s leader and threw his 700th touchdown pass for the winning score as the host Tampa Bay Buccaneers got a 33-27 overtime victory over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.

Brady threw for 363 yards and two touchdowns, and scored on a quarterbac­k sneak set up by the 7,143rd completion of his career.

Tampa Bay won it on Breshad Perriman’s 58-yard catch-and-run with 5:31 left in OT — the 700th TD pass of Brady’s career, including playoffs.

Despite blowing a 21-point halftime lead, the Bucs (10-3) won their fourth straight game.

Brady, who improved to 33-3 in career starts against the Bills, broke Drew Brees’ record for most completion­s and finished 31 of 46 with no intercepti­ons.

Josh Allen shrugged off a slow start to throw for 308 yards and two touchdowns for Buffalo. He also rushed for 109 yards and a TD. CHIEFS 48, RAIDERS 9 >> Patrick Mahomes threw his first two touchdown passes in nearly a month, Clyde Edwards-Helaire added two more scores on the ground, and Kansas City forced five turnovers in rolling past visiting Las Vegas.

Derek Gore’s 51-yard TD run with 7:19 left in the fourth quarter allowed Kansas City (9-4) to eclipse the largest margin of victory in a series that began in 1960 and has been played 126 times. The previous record was 35 points in 1964.

Mike Hughes returned a fumble 23 yards for a touchdown, and the reigning AFC champion Chiefs built a 35-0 first-half lead before cruising to their sixth consecutiv­e win.

They’ve won eight of their last nine against the Raiders (6-7).

Derek Carr finished with 266 yards passing, much of it going to Hunter Renfrow, who caught 13 of 14 targets for 117 yards and a score.

TITANS 20, JAGUARS 0 >> Tennessee got four intercepti­ons and three sacks from its defense in its first home shutout since 2009.

Rashaan Evans, Jayon Brown, Kristian Fulton and Buster Skrine picked off passes from rookie Trevor Lawrence, who hadn’t thrown multiple intercepti­ons since his NFL debut. CHARGERS 37, GIANTS 21 >> Justin Herbert threw for three touchdowns and Dustin Hopkins added three field goals for the Chargers, who improved to 8-5 and are a game behind the Chiefs going into Thursday night’s pivotal AFC West matchup.

Herbert also reached a trio of milestones. He is the first player to reach 30 touchdown passes in his first two seasons; has the most completion­s by a player through his first two seasons (734); and is the second-fastest player to reach 8,000 career yards (28 games).

BRONCOS 38, LIONS 10 >> Denver running backs Javonte Williams and Melvin Gordon each scored a pair of touchdowns.

FALCONS 29, PANTHERS 21 >> Matt Ryan threw for 190 yards and a touchdown, Mykal Walker returned an intercepti­on 66 yards for a touchdown and Atlanta improved to 6-2 on the road. SEAHAWKS 33, TEXANS 13 >> Russell Wilson threw for 260 yards and two TDs, Rashaad Penny ran for 137 yards with two scores and Seattle won consecutiv­e games for the first time this season.

SAINTS 30, JETS 9 >> Alvin Kamara ran for 120 yards and a touchdown in his return from a four-game absence, Taysom Hill ran for two scores and visiting New Orleans snapped a fivegame losing streak.

 ?? JASON BEHNKEN – AP ?? Buccaneers quarterbac­k Tom Brady accounted for three touchdowns in Sunday’s overtime win over the Bills.
JASON BEHNKEN – AP Buccaneers quarterbac­k Tom Brady accounted for three touchdowns in Sunday’s overtime win over the Bills.

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