Patrick Mahomes threw two landing passes, together with one to returning star Travis Kelce, and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs overcame three early turnovers to beat Jacksonville 17-9 on Sunday for his or her third victory in opposition to the Jaguars in 10 months.
The Chiefs (1-1) received their eighth straight within the sequence and prevented changing into the primary Tremendous Bowl champions to start out 0-2 since Denver in 1999.
The Jaguars (1-1), who insisted all week they owed the Chiefs due to a loss within the divisional spherical of the AFC playoffs in January, just about no-showed of their residence opener. Coach Doug Pederson’s group had one other sluggish begin, didn’t capitalize on two of three turnovers and struggled to guard quarterback Trevor Lawrence.
Lawrence threw incomplete on a fourth-and-12 play with 4:16 remaining in an eight-point sport, and Kansas Metropolis didn’t let the Jaguars get the ball again.
Chiefs All-Professional defensive deal with Chris Jones, making his season debut after ending his holdout and signing a one-year contract, dominated his one-on-one matchups.
Baltimore Ravens 27-24 Cincinnati Bengals
Lamar Jackson tossed two landing passes, Gus Edwards ran for an additional rating and the Ravens held off the slow-starting Bengals. The AFC North champion Bengals fell to 0-2 for the second consecutive season. The Ravens, their division rival, actually seemed like the higher group. Jackson was 24 for 33 for 237 yards. He ran for 54 extra. Edwards picked up 62 yards on 10 carries. Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow seemed as if he would possibly nonetheless be struggling the results of a calf damage in coaching camp. He completed 27 for 41 for 222 yards and two TDs, and mentioned after the sport he felt soreness in his calf on his group’s last drive.
“I’m unsure the way it’s going to really feel the following couple days,” Burrow mentioned. “It’s fairly sore proper now. No telling the way it’s gonna really feel. So, I believe we’re gonna take it daily.”
New York Jets 10–30 Dallas Cowboys
Dak Prescott threw for 2 touchdowns, Zach Wilson had three interceptions in his first begin after Aaron Rodgers’ season-ending Achilles tendon damage and the Cowboys beat the New York Jets. CeeDee Lamb had 143 yards receiving and Brandon Aubrey kicked 5 subject targets because the Cowboys completed a season-opening sweep of the New York groups. Wilson had a 68-yard landing move to Garrett Wilson to get the 1-1 Jets inside three factors within the second quarter. However New York had simply 147 yards in any other case and 4 second-half turnovers.
Las Vegas Raiders 10-38 Buffalo Payments
Josh Allen rebounded from a four-turnover, season-opening dud by throwing three landing passes and main the Payments to a rout of the Raiders.
Linebackers Matt Milano and Terrel Bernard every intercepted Jimmy Garoppolo, and the Payments eased the lingering frustrations following a 22-16 additional time loss on the New York Jets on Monday and every week stuffed with off-field distractions.
Coach Sean McDermott needed to deal with his management group after group proprietor Terry Pegula was accused of creating racist feedback. Pegula denied the allegations. After which on Wednesday, a Payments media reporter was overheard on an open microphone questioning receiver Stefon Diggs’ character. Diggs went to social media a day later to name the feedback “hurtful” and “insulting.”
San Francisco 49ers 30–23 Los Angeles Rams
The San Francisco 49ers held on for his or her ninth consecutive regular-season victory over the Los Angeles Rams. Brock Purdy handed for 206 yards and ran for an early landing, and Deebo Samuel rushed for an 11-yard TD with 11:28 left. Christian McCaffrey rushed for 116 yards and a rating for the 49ers, whose solely loss to the Rams since December 2018 was within the NFC championship sport in January 2022. Matthew Stafford handed for 307 yards for Los Angeles, but additionally threw two interceptions. Kyren Williams caught a TD move and rushed for an additional rating in his first NFL begin.
Seattle Seahawks 37-31 Detroit Lions
Geno Smith threw a second landing move to Tyler Lockett on the opening drive of additional time, lifting the Seahawks to a win over the Lions. The Seahawks earned the victory after the Lions rallied from a 10-point deficit late within the fourth quarter, extending the sport with Riley Patterson’s 38-yard subject aim as regulation expired. Smith threw a go-ahead landing move to Lockett early within the fourth and Tre Brown returned a Jared Goff interception for a rating on the making certain drive to present Seattle a 31-21 lead.
New York Giants 31–28 Arizona Cardinals
Daniel Jones threw for 321 yards and two touchdowns, Graham Gano linked on a 34-yard subject aim with 19 seconds remaining and the New York Giants rallied from a 21-point third-quarter deficit to stun the Arizona Cardinals 31-28. It was the largest comeback win for the Giants since a 21-point rally in 1949 – additionally in opposition to the Cardinals. Arizona blew their largest lead since 2011. New York trailed 20-0 at halftime and 28-7 within the third quarter. However Jones and Saquon Barkley rallied the Giants from there. Barkley caught a landing move and ran for a rating.
Los Angeles Chargers 24–27 Tennessee Titans
Nick Folks kicked a 41-yard subject aim in additional time in a sudden downpour and the Titans snapped an eight-game skid by beating the Chargers 27-24. The Titans received for the primary time since 17 November final season. They needed to rally from a deficit that matched the yards they’d at one level early. Ryan Tannehill rebounded from the worst sport of his profession within the season opener by throwing for 246 yards. He put Tennessee up 24-21 with a four-yard landing move to Nick Westbrook-Ikhine. He additionally ran for a landing. Justin Herbert threw for 305 yards and two TDs. He might solely arrange a tying subject aim to pressure additional time.
Washington Commanders 35-33 Denver Broncos
The Commanders secured their first 2-0 begin in 12 years with a 35-33 win over the Broncos. Sam Howell threw for 2 touchdowns in his first highway begin and rallied Washington from an 18-point deficit, the second-biggest comeback in franchise historical past. The Commanders held on after Russell Wilson linked with Brandon Johnson on a 50-yard Hail Mary that was deflected a number of instances. Wilson tried to hit Courtland Sutton for the tying two-point conversion, however cornerback Benjamin St-Juste broke it up. St-Juste appeared to get away with move interference, however no flag was thrown.
Indianapolis Colts 31-20 Houston Texans
Anthony Richardson rushed for 2 touchdowns earlier than leaving with a concussion and Gardner Minshew threw for 171 yards and a TD because the Colts held off the Texans. It was the primary win for coach Shane Steichen, who was employed in February after spending the final two seasons as Philadelphia’s offensive coordinator. The Colts led by 18 at halftime and managed solely a subject aim within the second half. However their dominant begin was sufficient to snap an eight-game skid courting to final season.
Chicago Bears 17–27 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Baker Mayfield handed for 317 yards and a landing, including to his robust debut with the Buccaneers with victory over the struggling Bears. With Mayfield enjoying turnover-free ball for the second straight week and Mike Evans catching six balls for 171 yards and a TD, the Bucs improved to 2-0 whereas handing the Bears a franchise-record twelfth consecutive loss. Mayfield accomplished 26 of 34 passes with out an interception. He arrange Rachaad White’s one-yard TD run with a 70-yard completion to Evans within the first quarter. He completed an 89-yard drive with a 32-yard scoring move to Evans early within the second half.
Inexperienced Bay Packers 24-25 Atlanta Falcons
Younghoe Koo booted a 25-yard subject aim with 57 seconds remaining and rookie Bijan Robinson turned in one other dynamic efficiency, rallying the Falcons to victory over Jordan Love and the Packers. Robinson rushed for 124 yards on 19 carries and hauled in 4 catches for an additional 48 yards. The Falcons improved to 2-0 for less than the eleventh time in franchise historical past. The Packers dropped to 1-1 after squandering a 24-12 lead and three extra landing passes from Love.
