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CLEVELAND: strong safety Donte Whitner (31) breaks up a pass for Jacoby Jones (12) in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday, Sept 21, 2014. (Right) PHILADELPHIA: ’ Jason Peters (right) and Washington Redskins’ Chris Baker, (left) tussle after a fourth-quarter play as line judge Darryll Lewis tries to break it up during the NFL football game on Sunday, Sept 21, 2014. Both players were ejected. Philadelphia won 37-34. — AP Seahawks win again; Lions, Giants pull surprises

SEATTLE: scored on a 6-yard Rice’s suspension. Following the game, set over the 2009-10 seasons. San Diego beat intercepted three of Ryan Fitzpatrick’s passes, run was nullified by a holding penalty. A play lat- run on the first possession of overtime as the Baltimore coach John Harbaugh addressed an Buffalo despite a depleted offensive backfield. and the special teams blocked a punt, setting up er, Wilfork grabbed the ball when Logan Ryan beat the 26- ESPN report that claims he wanted the team to Already missing starting Ryan Manning’s second TD. Fitzpatrick threw a 44- jarred it loose from intended receiver Denarius 20 in the NFL on Sunday in a Super Bowl immediately release Rice after he was arrested Mathews (right knee), the Chargers lost backup yard scoring pass to Damaris Johnson and ran Moore with 51 seconds left. The Patriots won rematch that lived up to expectations. Seattle for punching his then-fiancee. The report says Danny Woodhead to a right ankle injury. for another score for the Texans, who played their 12th home opener in 13 seasons, while the blew a 17-3 fourth-quarter lead, watching Harbaugh was overruled by owner Steve Woodhead did not return after being carted off without halfback Arian Foster (hamstring). Raiders lost their 15th straight game on the East Denver tie it at 20 on ’s 26-yard Bisciotti and general manager Ozzie Newsome. following a 1-yard run 31/2 minutes in. Fred Coast. They were held to three field goals by pass to Jacob Tamme with 18 sec- “I can tell you this, we work together in our Jackson scored on an 11-yard catch and run for BENGALS 33, TITANS 7 Sebastian Janikowski. Brady became the third onds left in regulation and his 2-point conver- organization,” Harbaugh said. Joe Flacco set up Buffalo, which blew an opportunity to get off to Andy Dalton caught a touchdown pass - the with 150 regular-season wins behind sion pass to Demaryius Thomas. But Manning Tucker’s winner with a 32-yard pass to Steve a 3-0 start for only the third time since 1993. first Bengals quarterback to pull off that feat - Brett Favre (186) and Peyton Manning, who came never saw the ball in overtime, thanks to Seattle Smith with 1:28 left. The Ravens then ran the and Cincinnati stayed undefeated with a victory into Sunday with 169. He is 57-5 in his last 62 quarterback Russell Wilson. After nearly getting clock down before bringing in Tucker, who split STEELERS 37, PANTHERS 19 over the . The Bengals head home games, including the playoffs. sacked for a safety and throwing an the uprights and sent the Browns to another Ben Roethlisberger threw two 7-yard touch- into their bye week with their best start in eight in the fourth quarter, Wilson was brilliant in tough loss. Along with the blown opportunities, down passes to Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell years and a chance to get some of their many LIONS 19, PACKERS 7 overtime, rushing for 21 yards and connecting the Browns had a fake play in which backup ran for 147 yards as Pittsburgh beat Carolina. injured players healthy. They got a lot of big Don Carey returned a 40 yards for a on 4 of 6 passes. Lynch went the final 6 yards. quarterback Johnny Manziel fooled Baltimore’s The Steelers had gone eight quarters without a plays, a few breaks and plenty of help from a touchdown, and Detroit’s defensive front stuffed Manning led the rally for Denver, helped by a negated by a penalty. touchdown before Roethlisberger’s two scoring team dealing with the death of a long-time play- Green Bay, leading the Lions over number of Seahawks mistakes. He was 31 of 49 strikes in the third. They were set up by Cam er. A few hours before kickoff, the Titans learned and the Packers. The Lions came in with a sec- for 303 yards and two , but also COLTS 44, JAGUARS 17 Newton’s fumble and Bell’s 81-yard run. that kicker Rob Bironas had died overnight in a ondary unit decimated by injuries, but that threw a costly fourth-quarter interception. threw four touchdown passes - Roethlisberger finished 22 of 30 for 196 yards, car crash in Nashville. He’d been released in didn’t much matter with Rodgers under con- Wilson finished 24 of 34 for 258 yards and two three of them in a lopsided first half - as and Brown had 90 yards receiving on 10 catches March after his ninth season with Tennessee. On stant pressure. He was sacked twice and threw touchdown passes, both late in the first half. Indianapolis dominated Jacksonville for its first to help the Steelers end Carolina’s eight-game the final play of the first quarter, Dalton flipped for only 162 yards, and Green Bay wasn’t any Lynch had 88 yards rushing and also caught a 5- win. It was a home opener to forget for the home winning streak. LeGarrette Blount ran for the ball to receiver Mohamed Sanu, who ran to better when running the ball. yard TD pass. Jaguars, who trailed 30-0 at the break and 118 yards and the Steelers outrushed the his right while the quarterback sneaked toward added a 26-yard scoring run in the fourth quar- benched quarterback Chad Henne. The only Panthers 264-42. The Panthers were looking for the other side of the field. Sanu stopped and ter for Detroit, which had never beaten Green EAGLES 37, REDSKINS 34 positive for Jacksonville was getting rookie their first 3-0 start since 2003 - the year they threw a cross-field pass that hung in the air. Bay with Rodgers healthy for the whole game. Rookie Jordan Matthews, the receiver who Blake Bortles on the field. The third overall pick went to the Super Bowl. Blidi Wreh-Wilson had a chance to The Packers managed only 223 yards of offense replaced DeSean Jackson in Philadelphia, in May’s NFL draft played the entire second half, pick it off or level the quarterback, but Dalton and lost despite forcing three turnovers. Detroit caught two touchdown passes as the Eagles finishing with two touchdown passes and two GIANTS 30, TEXANS 17 made the catch and ran 18 yards, diving inside linebacker Stephen Tulloch left with a knee beat Jackson and his Washington Redskins in a . He completed 14 of 24 passes for Rashad Jennings ran for a career-high 176 the pylon at the goal line to score. He was the injury that appeared to occur as he was cele- nasty game marred by a fourth-quarter brawl. 223 yards, including fourth-quarter scores to yards and a touchdown and Eli Manning threw first NFL quarterback to score on a catch since brating a sack. Jackson had his own big play, an 81-yard TD that Allen Hurns and Cecil Shorts III. Indianapolis two TD passes as the New York Giants overcame Kansas City’s Tyler Thigpen in 2008. tied it at 27. But it was not enough to offset made plays from start to finish, including Greg some early mistakes and beat the suddenly CARDINALS 23, 49ERS 14 Matthews and Jeremy Maclin, whose 27-yard Toler returning an interception 47 yards for a error-prone Houston Texans. The victory not PATRIOTS 16, RAIDERS 9 Drew Stanton threw a pair of third-quarter scoring reception gave Philadelphia the lead. touchdown with 2:58 to play. Luck did most of only put some life back into the Giants after two threw a touchdown pass and touchdown passes to rookie John Brown and Rookie Cody Parkey’s third field goal, a 51-yarder the damage, though. He completed 31 of 39 disappointing losses, it also ended any chance Stephen Gostkowski kicked three field goals as Arizona rallied to beat San Francisco, ending a with 5:55 remaining, put the game out of reach. passes for 370 yards. of a second straight horrible start for Tom the sluggish New England Patriots held on to four-game losing streak to the 49ers. Tommy Philadelphia’s Chris Polk had a 102-yard kickoff Coughlin’s team which opened 0-6 last season. beat the Oakland Raiders when defensive Kelly blocked a field goal for the undefeated return. Kirk Cousins threw for 427 yards and SAINTS 20, VIKINGS 9 Victor Cruz made a 26-yard touchdown catch, Vince Wilfork intercepted a pass near his goal line. Cardinals, who outscored San Francisco 17-0 in three touchdowns for Washington. The game Drew Brees passed for 293 yards and two his first since Game 4 of last season. The defense Darren McFadden’s potential tying touchdown the second half. The 49ers mounted 80-yard was slowed by several injuries and disrupted by touchdowns as the won for touchdown drives the first two times they had a sideline brawl with about 10 minutes remain- the first time this season, taking their home the ball, then didn’t score again, blowing a half- ing after Eagles quarterback Nick Foles was opener against Minnesota. For the Vikings, the NFL results/standings time lead for the second week in a row. Stanton, blindsided by Chris Baker during an apparent loss capped a week of distractions as the club starting for injured for the second interception return by Bashaud Breeland. Baker first announced that star running back Adrian San Diego 22, Buffalo 10; Cincinnati 33, Tennessee 7; Baltimore 23, Cleveland 21; Detroit 19, Green straight week, completed 18 of 33 for 244 yards and Philly left tackle Jason Peters were ejected. Peterson would play, then later changed course Bay 7; New Orleans 20, Minnesota 9; Indianapolis 44, Jacksonville 17; New England 16, Oakland 9; NY and two scores. Michael Floyd caught five for and said Peterson would leave the team indefi- Giants 30, Houston 17; Philadelphia 37, Washington 34; Dallas 34, St. Louis 31; Arizona 23, San 114 yards. The 49ers’ Colin Kaepernick complet- COWBOYS 34, RAMS 31 nitely to deal with child abuse allegations. Francisco 14; Kansas City 34, Miami 15; Seattle 26, Denver 20 (OT); Pittsburgh 37, Carolina 19. ed 29 of 37 for 245 yards and a touchdown and Terrance Williams scored the go-ahead Minnesota then lost starting quarterback Matt ran for another 54. touchdown late in the fourth quarter and Bruce Cassel with a toe injury early in the second quar- Conference National Football Conference Carter returned an interception 25 yards for a TD ter. He was replaced by rookie Teddy AFC East NFC East CHIEFS 34, DOLPHINS 15 on the next snap as the Dallas Cowboys Bridgewater, who completed 12 of 20 for 150 W L T OTL PF PA PCT Philadelphia 3 0 0 0 101 78 1.000 Alex Smith shook off five sacks to throw three matched the largest comeback in team history yards while leading two scoring drives that both Buffalo 2 1 0 0 62 52 .667 Dallas 2 1 0 0 77 69 .667 touchdown passes and help the Kansas City to stun the St Louis Rams. DeMarco Murray’s 1- ended with field goals. New England 2 1 0 0 66 49 .667 NY Giants 1 2 0 0 58 77 .333 Chiefs earn their first victory by beating the yard run late in the first half began the rally for Brees’ scoring passes went for 34 yards to NY Jets 1 1 0 0 43 45 .500 Washington 1 2 0 0 81 64 .333 Miami Dolphins. Smith led touchdown drives of Dallas, which trailed 21-0. Dez Bryant caught a Josh Hill and 18 yards to receiver Miami 1 2 0 0 58 83 .333 NFC North 62, 76 and 66 yards in a span of four possessions 68-yard scoring pass in the third quarter, and Marques Colston. It was the 64th time Brees and as Kansas City took leads of 14-0 and 21-10. The AFC North Detroit 2 1 0 0 61 45 .667 Carter’s first career interception and touchdown Colston connected for a score. Only six other Chiefs won for only the third time in their past Cincinnati 3 0 0 0 80 33 1.000 Chicago 1 1 0 1 48 43 .500 came not long after he was evaluated for con- quarterback-receiver tandems have combined 11 games, dating back to last season. The Baltimore 2 1 0 0 65 50 .667 Minnesota 1 2 0 0 50 56 .333 cussion-like symptoms on the bench. Janoris for more in NFL history. Pittsburgh 2 1 0 0 73 72 .667 Dolphins are off to another wobbly start for a Green Bay 1 2 0 0 54 79 .333 Jenkins’ 25-yard interception return, the fifth Cleveland 1 2 0 0 74 77 .333 team that hasn’t won a postseason game since NFC South defensive touchdown in his three seasons, put CHARGERS 22, BILLS 10 AFC South 2000. Smith, who ranked 35th and last in the the Rams up 21-0 with 6:06 to go in the first half. A week after throwing three touchdown Houston 2 1 0 0 64 50 .667 Carolina 2 1 0 0 63 58 .667 NFL in passing after two weeks, went 19 for 25 passes to tight end Antonio Gates to knock off Indianapolis 1 2 0 0 95 78 .333 Atlanta 2 1 0 0 103 72 .667 for 186 yards, with three of his in-completions RAVENS 23, BROWNS 21 the Seattle Seahawks, Philip Rivers hit Eddie Tennessee 1 2 0 0 43 69 .333 New Orleans 1 2 0 1 78 72 .333 dropped. He threw scoring passes of 11 and 4 With the Ray Rice domestic violence case lin- Royal for two scores in a win over the Buffalo Jacksonville 0 3 0 0 44 119 0 Tampa Bay 0 3 0 0 45 95 0 yards to Joe McKnight, and 20 yards to Travis gering over them, the Ravens pulled off a come- Bills. Royal scored on 3- and 5-yard receptions AFC West NFC West Kelce. The Chiefs were without seven starters, back win as Justin Tucker kicked a 32-yard field and finished with four catches 42 yards. Malcom Denver 2 1 0 1 75 67 .667 Arizona 3 0 0 0 66 45 1.000 including running back Jamaal Charles, who was as time expired to give Baltimore a victory over Floyd had two catches for 98 yards in a game San Diego 2 1 0 0 69 49 .667 Seattle 2 1 0 0 83 66 .667 inactive because of a high ankle sprain. Knile the Cleveland Browns. Tucker’s boot capped the Chargers never trailed. Rivers finished 18 of Kansas City 1 2 0 0 61 65 .333 San Francisco 1 2 0 0 62 68 .333 Davis, subbing for Charles, rushed for a career- another challenging week for the Ravens, who 25 for 256 yards and extended his touchdown Oakland 0 3 0 0 37 65 0 St. Louis 1 2 0 0 56 85 .333 high 132 yards on 32 carries, and he scored on a continue to be dogged by their handling of streak to 23 games to match the team record he 21-yard run. — AP