eagles 34, cowboys 6
Jalen Hurts threw two touchdown passes and ran for a pair of scores, and Philadelphia rolled to a victory over Dallas on Sunday in the first game since Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott tore a hamstring.
Hurts shook off two sacks from Micah Parsons in the star pass rusher’s return from injury, connecting with Dallas Goedert for one of the TDs after his tight end missed three games with a hamstring problem.
The Eagles took over first place in the NFC East with their fifth consecutive victory while defending division champion Dallas fell to 0-4 at home in a fourth straight loss overall.
Cooper Rush didn’t look like the replacement who went 4-1 filling in for Prescott two years ago, going 13 of 23 for 45 yards. Rush won the first four games in that 2022 stretch before throwing three interceptions in a loss at the Eagles.
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panthers 20, giants 17, ot
Eddy Pineiro kicked a 36-yard field goal in overtime and Carolina made it back-to-back wins for the first time this season, beating New York in Germany.
The Giants won the coin toss to start overtime, but rookie running back Tyrone Tracy fumbled on the first play from scrimmage and Josey Jewell recovered at the 23 for the Panthers.
The Giants rallied from a 17-7 deficit in the fourth quarter and forced overtime on Graham Gano’s 42-yard field goal with 5 seconds remaining.
Gano, who earlier missed from 43 yards, was playing for the first time since September after a hamstring injury.
Chuba Hubbard, who received a four-year contract extension worth a reported $33.2 million earlier in the week, had 28 carries for 153 yards and a touchdown for the Panthers.
vikings 12, jaguars 7
Minnesota’s stingy defense held Jacksonville to 143 yards — the fewest in coach Doug Pederson’s three seasons — and the Vikings overcame Sam Darnold’s three interceptions to beat the Jaguars.
It was Darnold’s first three-interception game in three years. All of them came while targeting All-Pro receiver Justin Jefferson, who finished with five catches for 48 yards.
The Vikings trailed most of the game, but took the lead on the third of John Parker Romo’s four field goals. Romo hit from 29, 34, 33 and 45 yards in his debut.
patriots 19, bears 3
Drake Maye got the better of Caleb Williams in a matchup between top rookie quarterbacks and New England beat Chicago.
Maye led five scoring drives and the Patriots sacked Williams a season-high nine times, helping New England come away with the win after losing seven of eight.
The Bears managed 142 yards and were 1 of 14 on third downs facing a team that came in tied with six others for the worst record in the NFL. It got so bad that fans started calling for coach Matt Eberflus’ dismissal in the closing minutes, chanting “Fire ‘Flus!”
chargers 27, titans 17
Justin Herbert threw for a touchdown and ran for one as Los Angeles won their third straight game, pulling away in the second half to beat Tennessee.
The Chargers have won four of five and are the fourth team since 1990 and the first since the 2013 Kansas City Chiefs to allow 20 or fewer points in each of their first nine games.
The Titans came in with the NFL’s top-ranked defense overall and against the pass but forced Los Angeles to go three-and-out only twice in nine possessions.
Herbert completed 14 of 18 passes for 164 yards and had 32 yards rushing. He gave the Chargers a 13-7 lead with 1:55 remaining in the first half on a 4-yard run off right tackle out of the shotgun formation on fourth-and-1.
cardinals 31, jets 6
Kyler Murray threw for 266 yards and a touchdown and also ran for two scores and Arizona won their fourth straight game by racing to a big lead and easily handling New York.
The Cardinals scored touchdowns on four of their first five drives and never trailed.
Murray completed 22 of 24 passes — including a franchise-record 17 in a row during one stretch — spreading the ball around to James Conner, Trey McBride, Marvin Harrison Jr. and Michael Wilson. The Cardinals quarterback also ran for 21 yards.
New York has lost six of its last seven, failing to build off the momentum of last week’s win.