Aaron Rodgers threw one touchdown pass to move past Peyton Manning on the career list and Chris Boswell kicked three field goals in Pittsburgh’s 16-10 win over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday in the NFL’s first regular-season game in France.
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Boswell → throw → France
Rodgers’ 540th career TD put him third all time ahead of Manning.
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TD → put → Manning
Tom Brady is the career regular-season leader with 649 touchdown passes, followed by Drew Brees at 571.
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Brady → follow → 571
Jaylen Warren rushed for 101 yards and Rodgers completed 19 of 30 passes for 212 yards and scrambled for a key first down late in fourth quarter as the Steelers (5-2) won their third straight game.
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Steelers → rush → game
Linebacker Payton Wilson had a red zone interception of Tyler Shough in the third quarter and the Saints (2-5) couldn’t recover.
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Saints → have → quarter
New Orleans rushed for just 18 yards.
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Orleans → rush → yards
With the Saints threatening on their opening drive of the second half, Wilson stepped in front of a short pass intended for Chris Olave.
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Wilson → threaten → Olave
The Steelers got in field-goal position and Boswell was good from 39 yards for a 16-10 lead.
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Boswell → get → lead
Bucky Irving ran for 106 yards and two touchdowns, and Tampa Bay forced four turnovers as the Buccaneers hammered Carolina in Baker Mayfield’s return.
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Buccaneers → run → return
Mayfield, who missed the previous three games with a dislocated right thumb, attempted just 11 passes and threw for 64 yards while wearing a protective glove on his right hand.
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who → miss → hand
That was more than enough for him to improve to 7-1 against the Panthers, including 6-1 since joining the Bucs (2-5).
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him → improve → Bucs
Mayfield didn’t need to do much because Tampa Bay’s run game, defense and special teams dominated.
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game → need → much
The Bucs had 258 yards on the ground, with Sean Tucker adding a 46-yard touchdown run to put Tampa Bay up by 37.
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Tucker → have → 37
Carolina’s Bryce Young turned the ball over three times.
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Young → turn → ball
Al-Quadin Muhammad had a strip-sack of Young that Calijah Kancey returned 32 yards for a touchdown.
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Kancey → have → touchdown
BENGALS 35, RAVENS 13
BALTIMORE (AP) — Joe Burrow threw four touchdown passes in the second half, and Cincinnati rebounded from a desultory first two quarters to beat Baltimore, handing the Ravens a second straight divisional loss with Lamar Jackson sidelined.
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Jackson → throw → loss
Baltimore (4-3) dominated the first half but led only 13-0 after settling for a couple of short field goals.
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Baltimore → dominate → goals
Then the Ravens blew a double-digit second-half lead for the second straight week and 10th time since the start of the 2022 season.
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Ravens → blow → season
The Bengals (4-2) were shut out in their second meeting with Baltimore last season, and were scoreless through two quarters this time before going 66 yards on the first drive after halftime, capped by Burrow’s 6-yard TD pass to Mike Gesicki.
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Bengals → shut → Gesicki
Baltimore, which held the ball for 22:20 in the first half, went three-and-out on its first possession of the second.
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which → hold → second
Burrow’s 13-yard scoring pass to Tee Higgins put Cincinnati ahead to stay.
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pass → put → Cincinnati
Harrison Smith capped another dominant performance by Minnesota’s defense with the game-sealing interception, and the Vikings overcame another sluggish start to stay unbeaten with a victory over spiraling Indianapolis.
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Vikings → cap → Indianapolis
Linebacker Blake Cashman led the onslaught of pressure on Daniel Jones all afternoon with 12 tackles, two sacks, four passes defensed and three quarterback hits for the Vikings (6-0), who won yet again despite minimal production from Kyler Murray and the offense.
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who → lead → Murray
Smith picked off Jones around midfield with about a minute left to kill the last-ditch drive by the Colts (2-5) before it ever got going, the 40th career interception for the stalwart safety who decided right before the regular season to return for his 15th year.
Jones went 13 for 122 for 108 yards and lost 44 yards on four sacks, with Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores continually sending blitzers into the backfield.
Will Reichard made three field goals for the Vikings, including a 52-yarder with 1:39 left after his 59-yard try was blocked by Grover Stewart earlier in the fourth quarter.
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try → pick → quarter
FALCONS 29, 49ERS 20
ATLANTA (AP) — Michael Penix Jr. threw three touchdown passes, Atlanta scored 13 points off four turnovers and the Falcons handed San Francisco its first loss.
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Falcons → throw → loss
San Francisco (6-1) was already thin at wide receiver before its offense faced additional limitations when running back Christian McCaffrey missed much of the first half with a thigh injury.
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McCaffrey → face → injury
Rookie linebacker Kendal Daniels intercepted Brock Purdy’s pass intended for Jordan Watkins with 2:34 remaining.
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Daniels → intercept → 2:34
Daniels then recovered a fumble by George Kittle with less than a minute remaining.
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Daniels → recover → minute
The 49ers had only six turnovers in their first six games.
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49ers → have → games
Penix threw scoring passes to tight ends Nick Muse and Kyle Pitts before giving Atlanta (3-4) a 26-14 lead with a 21-yard touchdown pass to Drake London in the fourth quarter.
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Penix → throw → quarter
Penix completed 25 of 34 passes for 213 yards with no interceptions.
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Penix → complete → interceptions
DOLPHINS 28, JETS 25
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Malik Willis threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score, leading Miami to its first win of the season with a victory over New York Jets.
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Willis → throw → Jets
The Dolphins (1-5) came off their bye-week break and avoided their first 0-6 start since 2019 by scoring on their first two drives and controlling most of the game before holding on to give coach Jeff Hafley his first win.
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Dolphins → come → win
Trailing 28-17 with 4:44 left, the Jets (2-5) made a late push.
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Jets → trail → push
On fourth-and-4, Geno Smith completed a short pass to Isaiah Davis, who zipped downfield 41 yards to the Dolphins 18.
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who → complete → Dolphins
Three plays later, Smith found Mason Taylor in the back left corner of the end zone for a 12-yard touchdown, the tight end’s second of the game.
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Smith → find → game
Penalties negated New York’s first two 2-point tries before Smith threw to Taylor to make it 28-25 with 3:24 left.
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3:24 → negate → Taylor
But Willis sealed the victory when he pushed forward for 2 yards on fourth-and-1 as the Dolphins celebrated and frustrated Jets fans filed out of MetLife Stadium.
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fans → seal → Stadium
Deshaun Watson led his fifth game-winning drive in the fourth quarter this season, connecting with Harold Fannin Jr. on a 36-yard catch-and run that set up Andre Szmyt’s 32-yard field goal as time expired, and Cleveland beat Tennessee for its fifth win in six games.
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Cleveland → lead → games
Watson ran for a touchdown and threw for 308 yards.
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Watson → run → yards
…and 47 more, not listed.
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