Lamar Jackson guided the Baltimore Ravens to victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in an extra time epic, whereas CJ Stroud out-duelled Josh Allen and Jayden Daniels led Washington to yet one more win. Here is what occurred in Week 5 within the NFL…
Baltimore Ravens 41-38 Cincinnati Bengals (OT)
Lamar Jackson and Joe Burrow have been on the coronary heart of chaos because the Baltimore Ravens emerged victorious in a 41-38 extra time epic in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday.
Justin Tucker transformed a 24-yard subject aim to ice the sport after Derrick Henry had teed up kicker with a 51-yard burst simply moments after Evan McPherson had missed a 53-yard subject aim to win it following a fumbled snap.
Tucker had despatched the sport to extra time with a 56-yard subject aim with 1.35 left in regulation after greater than Jackson and Burrow had mixed for greater than 700 passing yards and 9 complete landing passes.
Burrow’s display go to Ja’Marr Chase become a 70-yard landing romp that gave the Bengals a 38-28 lead with 8:54 left.
The Ravens answered with an 11-play, 70-yard drive capped by an inconceivable six-yard TD go to Isaiah Probably by Jackson, who dropped and picked up the shotgun snap earlier than scrambling and stiff-arming Bengals defensive finish Sam Hubbard earlier than letting go together with the go.
Burrow was intercepted on the subsequent drive and the Bengals stalled on their final possession of regulation, establishing the tying subject aim by Tucker.
Jackson was 26 for 42 for 348 yards and 4 touchdowns and rushed for one more 55 yards. He threw TD passes of 1 yard and 6 yards to Probably.
Burrow completed 30 of 39 for 392 yards and a career-high 5 touchdowns, together with two every to Chase and Tee Higgins. Chase led the Bengals with 10 catches for 193 yards, and Higgins had 9 grabs for 83 yards.
Buffalo Payments 20-23 Houston Texans
C.J. Stroud threw for 331 yards and a landing earlier than Ka’imi Fairbairn’s tiebreaking 59-yard subject aim as time expired lifted the Houston Texans to a 23-20 win over the Buffalo Payments.
The Texans (4-1) led 20-3 after a subject aim early in third quarter earlier than the Payments scored 17 straight factors to tie it with about 3 minutes to go.
Stroud was referred to as for intentional grounding to deliver up fourth-and-15 and take the Texans out of field-goal vary with lower than a minute left. A punt backed the Payments as much as their 3 they usually punted after three straight incomplete passes to provide Houston one final probability.
Dare Ogunbowale teed up Fairbairn’s winner with a five-yard run for a Texans offense that misplaced the NFL’s main receiver Nico Collins to a hamstring damage.
Stefon Diggs led the Texans with six receptions for 82 yards in his first recreation in opposition to his former workforce since a blockbuster offseason commerce. Josh Allen was 9 of 30 for 131 yards and a landing because the Payments (3-2) misplaced for a second straight week after opening the season with three straight wins.
Inexperienced Bay Packers 24-19 Los Angeles Rams
Jordan Love bounced again from the primary pick-six of his profession to throw a pair of landing passes to Tucker Kraft within the second half because the Inexperienced Bay Packers rallied for a 24-19 victory over the Los Angeles Rams.
The Packers trailed 13-7 late within the second quarter after Jaylen McCollough intercepted Love’s off-balance try and throw the ball away and ran it in from 4 yards. However Inexperienced Bay (3-2) scored on its subsequent three drives and benefitted from a pair of turnovers to beat the Rams (1-4) for the ninth time of their final 10 regular-season conferences.
Love accomplished 15 of 26 for 224 yards in his second begin since lacking two video games resulting from a knee damage. Josh Jacobs had 19 carries for 73 yards and scored his first landing with the Packers, whereas Kraft had 4 reception for a career-best 88 yards.
Xavier McKinney turned the primary participant because the 1970 merger to have an interception in every of his first 5 video games with a workforce.
Matthew Stafford was 29 of 45 for 260 yards with a landing and interception. Kyren Williams had 102 yards dashing on 22 carries and scored for the eighth straight recreation
Carolina Panthers 10-36 Chicago Bears
Caleb Williams threw for 304 yards and two touchdowns whereas DJ Moore caught each scoring passes and had 105 yards receiving in opposition to his former workforce because the Chicago Bears beat the Carolina Panthers 36-10.
The Bears (3-2) gained their second straight after dropping two in a row, with the 2 key items they acquired because of a blockbuster commerce with Carolina in 2023 main the way in which.
Chicago additionally bought a giant efficiency for the second straight week from D’Andre Swift, who had 120 yards from scrimmage and a landing.
Williams picked aside a banged-up protection that ranks among the many NFL’s worst. The No. 1 general draft decide accomplished 20 of 29 passes with no interceptions and a season-best 126.2 score.
The 2022 Heisman Trophy winner out of Southern California might need been enjoying for the Panthers if not for that commerce in 2023. Carolina despatched Moore and the No. 9 general decide to Chicago for the highest choice within the draft that yr. The Bears additionally bought the Panthers’ 2024 first-rounder that wound up being the primary general decide as a part of that deal.
Cleveland Browns 13-34 Washington Commanders
Jayden Daniels bounced again from an early interception with the longest landing go of his younger NFL profession and rushed for 82 yards because the Washington Commanders bought their greatest defensive efficiency of the season to rout the Cleveland Browns 34-13 and clinch a fourth consecutive victory.
Daniels, Brian Robinson Jr., Austin Ekeler and Jeremy McNichols ran all around the Browns, combining for 211 yards on 31 carries. Robinson accounted for 2 touchdowns, whereas McNichols chipped in with one other.
Robinson ran for 2 TDs, and McNichols had one in a recreation so lopsided that followers have been doing the wave with 4 minutes left within the third quarter.
Deshaun Watson was sacked seven occasions and completed 15 of 28 for 125 yards and a late landing go to Jordan Akins as Cleveland completed one in every of 13 on third down.
Daniels completed 14 of 25 for 238 yards passing with the interception and highlight-reel throws of 66 yards to Terry McLaurin and 41 for a landing to Dyami Brown amongst his greatest performs of the day.
Indianapolis Colts 34-37 Jacksonville Jaguars
Trevor Lawrence threw for 371 yards and two touchdowns on his twenty fifth birthday because the Jacksonville Jaguars edged the Indianapolis Colts 37-34 to clinch their first win of the season.
Rookie Cam Little kicked the game-winning 49-yard subject aim with 17 seconds left to forestall one other heartbreaking ending for the Jags.
Tank Bigsby ran for 101 yards and two scores for Jacksonville (1-4), who gained for the primary time since December and prolonged its dwelling streak in opposition to division rival Indianapolis (2-3) to double digits.
Joe Flacco, with the 39-year-old beginning place of the damage Anthony Richardson, accomplished 33 of 44 passes for 359 yards and three touchdowns. He directed 42- and 45-second scoring drives to rally the Colts from a 14-point deficit.
However Lawrence ended up with the victory, ending a nine-game skid as a starter. He accomplished 28 of 34 passes, together with an 85-yard landing to Brian Thomas Jr and his first interception of the yr.
Las Vegas Raiders 18-34 Denver Broncos
Pat Surtain II picked off a pair of passes as his 100-yard interception return for a landing powered the Denver Broncos previous the injury-riddled Las Vegas Raiders 34-18.
Rookie Bo Nix had a breakout day with a pair of landing passes after coming into the sport with only one. He additionally ran for a rating as Denver scored 34 unanswered factors after falling behind 10-0 within the first quarter.
Finishing passes to a franchise-record 11 gamers, Nix completed 19 of 27 for 206 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions because the Broncos (3-2) secured their first win over the Raiders (2-3) since Dec. 29, 2019.
First-year starter Riley Moss additionally intercepted Raiders quarterback Gardner Minshew, who was 12 of 17 for 137 yards, one landing and two interceptions earlier than being changed by Aidan O’Connell with 1:31 left within the third quarter.
Arizona Cardinals 24-23 San Francisco 49ers
Kyler Murray had an extended landing run within the first quarter and rallied Arizona with two fourth-quarter scoring drives within the Cardinals’ 24-23 victory over the San Francisco 49ers.
Murray threw a two-yard landing go to Elijah Higgins early within the fourth quarter that reduce the deficit to 23-21 after which arrange Chad Ryland’s 35-yard subject aim with 1:37 to play to provide the Cardinals (2-3) the lead.
San Francisco’s Brock Purdy then threw his second interception of the sport when he was hit by Jalen Thompson, and Kyzir White got here up with the floater.
Murray threw for 195 yards and a landing and added 82 yards dashing. Purdy went 18 for 33 for 229 yards, one landing and one interception for the 49ers, who managed just one offensive landing with the opposite landing approaching a blocked subject aim return.
New York Giants 29-20 Seattle Seahawks
Daniel Jones threw for 257 yards and two touchdowns, Bryce Ford-Wheaton returned a blocked subject aim try 60 yards for a landing with 55 seconds left, and the short-handed New York Giants shocked the Seattle Seahawks 29-20.
Enjoying with out two of its greatest offensive gamers, New York (2-3) put collectively a masterful recreation plan that constructed a 23-13 lead halfway via the fourth quarter. The Giants then got here up with one massive particular groups play with Seattle on the verge of doubtless forcing extra time.
Seattle’s Jason Myers lined up for a 47-yard subject aim try with 1:05 left that might have pulled even at 23-23. New York’s Isaiah Simmons cleanly jumped over the hole between the guard and lengthy snapper within the offensive line and swatted the kick, which bounced into the arms of Ford-Wheaton for a clinching rating that despatched the house followers to the exits.
The conclusion was beautiful after Seattle appeared on the verge of an unlikely rally and presumably handing the Giants one other one-score defeat. Geno Smith threw a five-yard landing to Jaxon Smith-Njigba with 2:09 remaining to cap a 95-yard landing drive.
Miami Dolphins 15-10 New England Patriots
Alec Ingold scored the go-ahead landing on a three-yard run with 4 minutes left, whereas Jason Sanders kicked three subject objectives to make up for 3 botched kicks by the Dolphins particular groups as Miami beat the New England Patriots 15-10.
Tyler Huntley accomplished 18 of 31 passes for 194 yards and one interception. Tyreek Hill caught six passes for 69 yards, Jaylen Wright ran for 86 and Raheem Mostert added 80 on the bottom for the Dolphins, who had misplaced three in a row whereas shuffling via three backup quarterbacks since Tua Tagovailoa sustained his third recognized concussion in Week Three.
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