2023-10-30 05:42:28
Cleveland Browns wide receiver Amari Cooper (2) is tripped up by Seattle Seahawks safety Quandre Diggs (6) in the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
SEATTLE (AP) — Geno Smith threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Jaxon Smith-Njigba with 38 seconds left, and Seattle rallied past Cleveland following blowing an early 14-point lead.
After struggling for long stretches once morest the best defense in the NFL, Smith was sensational on Seattle’s final drive. He connected on 4 of 5 passes, the last of which was a quick screen to Smith-Njigba, who got a block from DK Metcalf to spring him for the touchdown.
Seattle (5-2) gave itself a chance when Julian Love intercepted Cleveland quarterback P.J. Walker on a deflected pass near midfield with 1:57 remaining.
Smith finished 23 of 37 for 254 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. Smith’s first pick came at the end of the first half with Seattle in position to get points, and he also took a sack from Myles Garrett midway through the fourth quarter that knocked Seattle out of field goal range while trailing 20-17.
Wide receiver Jake Bobo rushed for a 3-yard touchdown and Smith threw a 12-yard touchdown to Tyler Lockett as Seattle took a 14-0 lead less than 10 minutes into the game. Then the Seahawks’ offense came to a stop for most of the final three quarters.
Walker, making his second start for the injured Deshaun Watson, was 15 of 31 for 248 yards and threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to David Njoku in the first quarter. The Browns (4-3) saw their two-game winning streak end.
BENGALS 31, 49ERS 17
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Joe Burrow threw three touchdown passes, Cincinnati intercepted Brock Purdy on back-to-back passes in the second half, and the Bengals beat San Francisco for their fourth win in five games.
After being hampered early in the season by a calf injury, Burrow came out of the bye week looking like his old self for the Bengals (4-3).
RAVENS 31, CARDINALS 24
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Gus Edwards ran for two of his three touchdowns following interceptions by Baltimore’s stout defense, and the Ravens beat Arizona.
A week following blowing out Detroit 38-6, the AFC North-leading Ravens (6-2) labored offensively.
The Cardinals (1-7) prevented Lamar Jackson from scrambling for more than a few yards at a time and the Ravens finished with 268 total yards. Jackson threw for 157 yards on 18-of-27 passing and ran for 18 yards on four carries.
VIKINGS 24, PACKERS 10
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Kirk Cousins threw a pair of touchdown passes before leaving with what the Vikings fear is an Achilles tendon injury, and Minnesota beat the slumping Green Bay Packers 24-10 on Sunday.
BRONCOS 24, CHIEFS 9
DENVER (AP) — Russell Wilson threw three touchdown passes, Justin Simmons had two of Denver’s five takeaways, and the Broncos stymied an ill Patrick Mahomes in snapping their 16-game losing streak to Kansas City.
The Broncos (3-5) handed Mahomes his first AFC West road loss, beating Kansas City’s quarterback for the first time in 13 tries.
COWBOYS 43, RAMS 20
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott threw two of his four touchdown passes to CeeDee Lamb, DaRon Bland recorded his NFL-leading third interception return for a score, and Dallas beat Los Angeles.
EAGLES 38, COMMANDERS 31
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Jalen Hurts threw for four touchdowns while gutting through a knee injury, A.J. Brown had 130 yards receiving, and Philadelphia beat Washington to move to 7-1.
DOLPHINS 31, PATRIOTS 17
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa threw for 324 yards and three touchdowns, Jalen Ramsey intercepted a pass in his Dolphins debut, and Miami beat New England.
JETS 13, GIANTS 10, OT
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Greg Zuerlein kicked a 35-yard field goal on the final play of regulation and converted a 33-yarder with 6:09 left in overtime, and the Jets rallied to beat their New York rivals.
CHARGERS 30, BEARS 13
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Justin Herbert passed for 298 yards and three touchdowns, including a 39-yarder to Austin Ekeler, and Los Angeles beat Chicago to stop a two-game slide.
TITANS 28, FALCONS 23
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rookie Will Levis threw for 238 yards and four touchdowns in his NFL debut, and Tennessee scored its most points since 2021 in beating Atlanta.
Levis became the seventh rookie quarterback to start this season, the most rookies to start in the first eight weeks since the NFL merger, excluding the 1987 strike season.
PANTHERS 15, TEXANS 13
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bryce Young outdueled C.J. Stroud in a battle of the NFL’s top two draft picks, and Eddy Pineiro made a 23-yard field goal as time expired to give Carolina its first win of the season.
Young, the No. 1 overall pick, threw for 235 yards and a touchdown. He led a winning 15-play, 86-yard drive that took more than six minutes and helped the Panthers (1-6) snap a 56-game losing streak in games they trailed at any point during the fourth quarter, the longest in NFL since at least 1991.
SAINTS 38, COLTS 27
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Derek Carr threw for 310 yards and two touchdowns in a bounce-back performance, Taysom Hill and Alvin Kamara scored two TDs apiece, and New Orleans beat Indianapolis.
The Saints (4-4) snapped a two-game skid with their fifth consecutive win in the series — a streak that began with their lone Super Bowl victory following the 2009 season — and moved into a share of the NFC South lead with Atlanta.
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