Josh Allen ran for a 26-yard touchdown on fourth down with 2:17 left, sealing the Buffalo Bills’ 30-21 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday and handing the two-time defending Super Bowl champions their first loss of handed over the season.
James Cook rushed for two touchdowns and Allen threw a 12-yard TD pass to Curtis Samuel for Buffalo (9-2), closing the gap on Kansas City (9-1) in the race for the top seed of the AFC.
Patrick Mahomes and Chiefs were the NFL’s last undefeated team and ultimately ran out of ways to pull off one-score wins and overcome second-half deficits. The Chiefs had won 15 in a row, including the playoffs, since losing 20-14 to the Las Vegas Raiders on December 17, 2023.
The Bills have won six straight and moved closer to their sixth straight AFC East title.
Green Bay Packers 20-19 Chicago Bears
Jordan Love ran for a go-ahead touchdown in the closing minutes, and the Green Bay Packers continued to beat the Chicago Bears 20-19 on Sunday when Karl Brooks blocked Cairo Santos’ 46-yard field goal attempt as time expired.
The Packers (7-3) made just enough plays to avoid falling further behind Detroit and Minnesota in the NFC North and defeated the last-place Bears (4-6) for the 11th straight time, the longest streak of both teams in storied history. rivalry.
Love put Green Bay on top 20-19 when he scored from the 1 with 2:59 left. That touchdown was set up by a 60-yard pass to Christian Watson, who got up after making a lunging catch and ran all the way to the 14. The two-point conversion failed.
Green Bay then sacked Caleb Williams on the first two plays of the next possession. The Bears regrouped and drove all the way to the 28, but capped a chaotic week with their fourth straight loss when Brooks came through the middle of the line and blocked Santos’ kick.
Las Vegas Raiders 19-34 Miami Dolphins
Tua Tagovailoa threw three touchdown passes, De’Von Achane ran for a score and the Miami Dolphins defeated the Las Vegas Raiders 34-19 on Sunday to win their second straight game.
It was another strong win for the Dolphins (4-6), who failed to match their offensive fireworks from last season but posted a gritty victory over the Rams on Monday night. The Raiders (2-8) lost their sixth straight game.
Tagovailoa led the Dolphins down the field with long, methodical drives – three of which lasted more than seven minutes – all ending in scores as Miami scored 30 points for the first time this season.
Tagovailoa completed 28 of 36 passes for 288 yards with touchdowns of 1 and 57 yards to Jonnu Smith, and an eight-yard TD to receiver Tyreek Hill. Hill caught seven passes for 61 yards and scored in consecutive games for the first time this season. Smith had a season-high 101 yards receiving.
The Raiders trailed 24-14 in the fourth quarter after Achane ran for a 2-yard score, adding to his 17 carries for 73 yards.
Cleveland Browns 14-35 New Orleans Saints
Taysom Hill capped a 138-yard, three-touchdown performance on the ground with a 75-yard scoring run, and the New Orleans Saints improved to 2-0 under interim coach Darren Rizzi with a 35-14 victory over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday . .
Hill’s two other touchdowns went for 10 and 33 yards — the second on fourth-and-short — to more than offset his two turnovers after an interception and fumble. The 34-year-old Hill also moved to ninth in franchise history with 44 total TDs, four behind receiver Eric Martin.
Hill also completed an 18-yard pass and returned a kickoff 42 yards.
Derek Carr passed for 248 yards and two touchdowns for New Orleans (4-7), highlighted by Marquez Valdes-Scantling’s 71-yard catch and run on a short crossing route.
Jameis Winston passed for 395 yards and two touchdowns for the Browns (2-8) in his return to the city he called home for the past four NFL seasons.
Indianapolis Colts 28-27 New York Jets
Anthony Richardson ran for a four-yard touchdown, his second of the game, with 46 seconds left in his return to the starting role to lift the Indianapolis Colts to a 28-27 victory over Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets on Sunday.
With the Jets leading 27–22 after Anders Carlson’s 35-yard field goal with 2:41 remaining, Richardson – benched for two games in favor of Joe Flacco – marched the Colts down the field.
He connected with Alec Pierce for 39 yards and then with Josh Downs for 17 yards to put the ball at the 10. Three plays later, Richardson took off to the right and ran into the end zone for the go-ahead signal. Jonathan Taylor was stuffed after the two-point attempt, giving Rodgers and the Jets one last chance, but there were no more timeouts.
Rodgers was sacked by Kwity Paye and fumbled on the first play, but the Jets recovered. After Hall had an 11-yard catch and a delay of game penalty was called on the Colts’ EJ Speed, Rodgers was sacked again by Paye, sealing the victory for the Colts (5-6), who had a three-game scoring. slip.
Richardson, last year’s fourth overall pick and the league’s second-youngest starting QB, had perhaps his best game in the NFL — and it came against the league’s oldest quarterback, the 40-year-old Rodgers. Richardson finished 20 of 30 for 272 yards and a touchdown for Downs and ran for 32 yards and the two scores on 10 carries.
Minnesota Vikings 23-13 Tennessee Titans
Sam Darnold overcame an early fumble by throwing and running for 246 yards and two touchdowns for a score, and the Minnesota Vikings defeated the Tennessee Titans 23-13 on Sunday.
Darnold had five shutouts in the previous two games, matching his total through the first seven games of the season. Then on the Vikings’ third offensive play, his throw to Aaron Jones was fumbled and recovered by Jeffery Simmons for the Titans.
The quarterback answered right back, helping the Vikings (8-2) earn their third straight victory and improve to 5-0 against AFC teams on the season. He found Jordan Addison for a 47-yard catch-and-run touchdown as the Vikings didn’t trail again as they scored 16 in a row for a 16-3 halftime lead.
Andrew Van Ginkel had his two sacks on back-to-back plays as Minnesota finished with five. Pat Jones II also had two. Harrison Smith clinched the win with an interception with 1:50 left, giving Vikings fans who made it a close home game another reason to celebrate by singing “SKOL.”
The Titans (2-8) lost their second straight game, going winless against the NFC North.
Jacksonville Jaguars 6-52 Detroit Lions
Jared Goff threw two of his four touchdown passes to Amon-Ra St Brown, David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs combined for three rushing touchdowns, and the Detroit Lions defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars 52-6 on Sunday.
The NFC-leading Lions (9-1) have won eight straight games and nine of their first 10 games in a season for the first time since 1934.
Detroit’s 46-point winning margin was the largest in franchise history, and it handed Jacksonville their biggest defeat ever. The Lions also set a franchise record in total yards with 644.
The Jaguars (2-9) have lost four straight games for the second time this season and 14 of 17 since last year, a string of slumps that could cost coach Doug Pederson his job.
Jacksonville rookie Cam Little made a career-best 59-yard field goal on the game’s opening drive and ended the first half with another field goal.
Los Angeles thrashes 28-22 New England Patriots
Matthew Stafford threw for 295 yards and four touchdowns, including a 69-yard score to Cooper Kupp on the second play of the second half to help the Los Angeles Rams pull away and beat the New England Patriots 28-22 on Sunday.
New England trailed 14-10 after Rams kicker Joshua Karty’s 26-yard field goal attempt clanged off the right upright late in the first half. Los Angeles got the kick to start the second half, and on second down, Stafford found Kupp near midfield; Patriots cornerback Jonathan Jones dove for the pass and missed, leaving no one between Kupp and the end zone.
The Patriots drove into Los Angeles territory, with a first goal from the Rams 5, but settled for a field goal. On the Rams’ next possession, Stafford found Colby Parkinson in the corner of the end zone to make it 28-13.
A missed extra point and a false start on fourth-and-1 thwarted two Patriots’ attempts to come back. New England got the ball back at their own 10 with 2:14 to go and one timeout for a last-ditch effort, but Kamren Kinchens intercepted Drake Maye to ice it.
Seattle Seahawks 20-17 San Francisco 49ers
Geno Smith scored on a 13-yard scramble with 12 seconds left and Seattle snapped a six-game losing streak to San Francisco with a win.
Smith completed seven of eight passes for 65 yards to put the Seahawks (5-5) in position to score after taking over at their 20 with 2:38 remaining. He then found himself in action against a depleted 49ers defense (5-5), who badly missed injured edge rusher Nick Bosa on the final drive.
The win moved Seattle into a tie for second place in the NFC West with San Francisco and the Rams, one game behind Arizona. The Niners have lost three division games, blowing fourth-quarter leads in all of them after dropping games to the Rams and Cardinals earlier this season.
Atlanta Falcons 6-38 Denver Broncos
Bo Nix threw for 307 yards and a season-best four touchdowns, Javonte Williams got a push across the goal line from a half-dozen of his teammates, and Denver rolled past Atlanta.
Nix, who was 28 for 33, joined Hall of Famer Peyton Manning as the only rookie QBs in NFL history to throw for more than 200 yards with two or more touchdowns in four consecutive home games.
The Broncos (6-5) snapped a two-game skid and made it an unfortunate homecoming for safety Justin Simmons, who spent his first eight seasons in Denver before the Broncos paid out his $18.5 million salary last winter. Simmons signed a one-year, $7.5 million contract with the Falcons (6-5), who have lost two in a row.
Simmons had five tackles and tried to stop Williams at the five-yard line, holding his ground for a second or two as reinforcements arrived from both teams for a pushing match that resembled a rugby scrum. The Broncos won it when they pushed Williams into the end zone to complete his 14-yard scoring run, which gave Denver an early 14-3 lead.