Aaron Rodgers starred on his debut for the Pittsburgh Steelers whereas the Indianapolis Colts shocked the Miami Dolphins and rookie Emeka Egbuka helped the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Atlanta Falcons late on the primary NFL Sunday of the 2025 season…
Pittsburgh Steelers 34-32 New York Jets
Rodgers threw 4 landing passes in his Steelers debut, together with two in a 50-second span within the second half, earlier than Chris Boswell kicked a go-ahead 60-yard subject purpose with 1:03 remaining to steer Pittsburgh to victory over the New York Jets.
With the Steelers trailing the season opener 32-31, Rodgers obtained the ball in opposition to his former workforce with simply over three minutes left and led the offense into Jets territory. On fourth-and-11 from the 42, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin opted for a subject purpose try to Boswell simply made the kick.
The Jets, who misplaced in coach Aaron Glenn’s debut, had an opportunity to drive for a possible profitable subject purpose once they obtained the ball again with 56 seconds remaining. Justin Fields linked with Garrett Wilson for what might’ve been a primary down on fourth-and-three, however Jalen Ramsey delivered a crushing hit to the Jets receiver, who could not maintain onto the ball.
The 41-year-old Rodgers was 22 of 30 for 244 yards with landing passes to Calvin Austin III, Jaylen Warren, Jonnu Smith and Ben Skowronek.
Arizona Cardinals 20-13 New Orleans Saints
Kyler Murray threw two landing passes because the Arizona Cardinals held on for victory over New Orleans within the Saints’ first recreation below rookie coach Kellen Moore.
Murray handed for 163 yards, hitting Marvin Harrison Jr 5 instances for 71 yards and a landing, in addition to speeding for 38 yards. His different landing toss got here on a four-yard shovel cross to operating again James Conner.
Saints’ star operating again Alvin Kamara scored on an 18-yard, tackle-slipping landing run round the precise finish.
Spencer Rattler handed for 214 yards and not using a turnover and practically rallied the Saints right into a tie through the last 5 minutes.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-20 Atlanta Falcons
Rookie Emeka Egbuka caught two landing passes, together with a go-ahead 25-yarder with 59 seconds remaining, as Tampa Bay recovered after shedding the result in beat the Falcons.
Following Baker Mayfield’s 25-yard cross to Egbuka, Chase McLaughlin’s missed further level gave the Falcons a gap to pressure time beyond regulation with a subject purpose.
Michael Penix Jr, who capped an 18-play drive by scoring on a four-yard run for a 20-17 lead with 2:17 remaining, moved the Falcons into subject purpose place within the last minute. Younghoe Koo was huge proper on the 44-yarder.
Mayfield accomplished 17 of 32 passes for 167 yards with three touchdowns. Penix, getting into his first full season as Atlanta’s starter, accomplished 27 of 42 passes for 298 yards with one landing. Bijan Robinson had 12 carries for twenty-four yards because the Tampa Bay protection held the Falcons to 69 yards speeding.
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Bijan Robinson scores the primary TD of the night time within the recreation between Atlanta Falcons and Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Cincinnati Bengals 17-16 Cleveland Browns
Cincinnati’s protection produced two second-half turnovers, together with DJ Turner’s interception with 1:24 remaining, because the Bengals held on in opposition to the Cleveland Browns.
Cincinnati, who received an opener for the primary time since 2021, additionally benefitted from new Cleveland kicker Andre Szmyt lacking a pair of second-half kicks.
Szmyt, who received the kicking competitors from Dustin Hopkins within the preseason, was huge proper on an additional level after Cedric Tillman’s five-yard landing catch halfway by the third quarter put Cleveland up 16-14. Szmyt was huge proper once more on a possible go-ahead 36-yard try with 2:25 remaining within the recreation.
Joe Burrow accomplished 14 of 23 passes for 113 yards and a landing whereas Ja’Marr Chase had solely two receptions for 26 yards. Noah Fant had 4 catches for 26 yards, together with a one-yard landing catch with 4:18 remaining within the first half.
Miami Dolphins 8-33 Indianapolis Colts
Daniel Jones ran for 2 touchdowns and threw for one more because the Indianapolis Colts snapped the NFL’s longest lively opening-day winless drought at 11 with a rout of the Miami Dolphins.
The Colts are 1-0 for the primary time since 2013 and did it in Jones’ first recreation with the workforce. He went 22 of 29 for 272 yards, together with a career-high 197 yards within the first half, as Indy scored on all seven possessions.
Tagovailoa went 14 of 23 for 114 yards with two interceptions and misplaced a fumble on one in every of his three sacks. The Dolphins ran for 78 yards whereas Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle mixed for eight receptions and 70 yards.
Las Vegas Raiders 20-13 New England Patriots
Geno Smith opened his stint with the Raiders by throwing for 362 yards and a landing, rookie Ashton Jeanty rushed for his first profession landing and the Las Vegas rallied to beat the New England Patriots.
Tight finish Brock Bowers had 5 catches for 103 yards earlier than leaving within the fourth quarter with a knee harm. Jakobi Meyers added eight catches for 97 yards. Maxx Crosby and Malcolm Koonce additionally added sacks to assist in giving Pete Carroll his first victory because the Raiders’ coach.
Drake Maye was 30 of 46 for 287 yards and a landing but in addition had an interception that led to the Raiders’ go-ahead rating. Kayshon Boutte completed with six catches for 103 yards.
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Issues obtained heated between Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Jets gamers after a late hit on Justin Fields
New York Giants 6-21 Washington Commanders
Jayden Daniels threw for 233 yards and a landing, Deebo Samuel scored in his Washington debut, and the Commanders saved the New York Giants out of the top zone.
Final seen permitting 55 factors to Philadelphia within the NFC championship recreation, Washington’s protection had a a lot better time of it in opposition to the Giants. New York managed solely 231 yards of offense and was significantly ineffective operating the ball.
Daron Payne had a sack and batted down a third-down cross, and the Commanders by no means let Russell Wilson look all that snug in his first begin with New York.
