CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow threw five touchdown passes in regulation and then scrambled untouched for a 9-yard score in overtime as the Cincinnati Bengals rallied for a 43-36 victory over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday.
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Bengals → throw → Sunday
Cincinnati — which has won three straight and is 5-2 for the first time since 2021 — got the ball first in OT and went 70 yards in five plays.
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which → win → plays
Tennessee took over but could not get a first down.
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Tennessee → take → down
Cam Ward, who had the first 300-yard passing game of his two-year career, threw an incomplete pass to Elic Ayomanor on fourth-and-3 at the Tennessee 35.
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who → have → 35
Tennessee (1-7), which entered as a 13 1/2-point underdog, gave Cincinnati all it could handle while playing without injured wide receiver Carnell Tate and standout pass rusher Jeffery Simmons, who was traded to the Chicago Bears on Thursday.
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who → enter → Thursday
The Bengals tied it at 36-all with 1:17 remaining when Burrow connected with Tee Higgins for an 18-yard touchdown.
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Burrow → tie → touchdown
Burrow completed 33 of 48 passes for 462 yards.
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Burrow → complete → yards
It wasn’t a clean game for the seventh-year franchise quarterback, who was picked off three times by Titans safety Amari Hooker.
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who → pick → Hooker
BRONCOS 28, CHIEFS 24
DENVER (AP) — Malcolm Roach sacked Patrick Mahomes on fourth-and-goal on the final play, preserving Denver’s come-from-behind win over Kansas City that vaulted Broncos into first place in the AFC West.
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that → sack → West
The Broncos (6-2) trailed 24-13 in the third quarter, but Bo Nix threw a 2-yard TD pass to tight end Nate Adkins and found Jaylen Waddle for the 2-point conversion to pull Denver to 24-21.
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Nix → trail → 24
After Kansas City’s scuffling kicker Harrison Butker missed wide right on a 54-yard field goal attempt in a steady rain — one play after Alex Singleton sacked Mahomes for a 6-yard loss — the Broncos needed just two plays and 35 seconds to take the lead.
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Broncos → scuffle → lead
Nix hit rookie running back Jonah Coleman for a 51-yard gain and Coleman scored from the 5 yards out on the next snap, putting Denver ahead 28-24 but leaving Mahomes 1 minutes, 56 seconds.
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Coleman → hit → Mahomes
A 32-yard catch by Travis Kelce and several big runs by Kenneth Walker III helped the Chiefs (5-2) get inside the Denver 5-yard line with less than a minute remaining.
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Chiefs → help → minute
Walker’s 3-yard run on first-and-goal put the ball at the 1.
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run → put → 1
Mahomes threw incomplete on second down, Walker was stuffed on third-and-goal and on fourth down, Mahomes was sacked.
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Mahomes → throw → down
LIONS 19, VIKINGS 15
DETROIT (AP) — Jared Goff threw a go-ahead, 7-yard touchdown pass to Jameson Williams with 4:35 left and the Detroit beat Minnesota, handing the NFL’s last undefeated team its first loss.
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Detroit → throw → loss
The Lions (5-2) have won three straight, including their first two division games in the tight NFC North.
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Lions → win → North
The Vikings (6-1) had a chance to stay unbeaten, but the league’s stingiest defense couldn’t hold onto a late lead, and they lost for the first time since Nov. 30, 2025, at Seattle.
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they → have → Seattle
Detroit’s Jahmyr Gibbs ran for 153 yards, including a 30-yard, tackle-breaking touchdown in the third quarter.
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Gibbs → run → quarter
Kyler Murray was 17 of 29 for 210 yards with two touchdown and an interception, leading an offensively challenged team that had just 81 yards rushing.
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that → lead → yards
Baker Mayfield didn’t complete a pass but Tampa Bay beat Atlanta behind Bucky Irving and Kenny Gainwell’s rushing on a wet, sloppy field.
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Bay → complete → field
The Buccaneers (3-5) set a team record for yards rushing in a game with 324, and became the first team to have zero completions since Buffalo on Sept. 29, 1974.
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Buccaneers → set → Sept.
The Bills beat the Jets 16-12 in that one, and that had been the only time a team didn’t complete a pass in the Super Bowl era.
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team → beat → era
Irving ran for 170 yards and one touchdown on 27 carries, Gainwell ran for 140 on 25 carries and Chase McLaughlin kicked three field goals to stay perfect this season at 19 for 19.
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McLaughlin → run → 19
Playing in a driving rain for most of the afternoon, Mayfield was 0 for 3 in his second game back after missing three weeks with a fractured thumb.
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Mayfield → play → thumb
Trevor Lawrence threw three touchdown passes, including one to recently benched receiver Brian Thomas Jr., and Jacksonville dominated Indianapolis in the rain to extend its home winning streak in the series to 12.
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Jacksonville → throw → 12
Lawrence also connected with Bhayshul Tuten on a screen in the third quarter and found rookie Nate Boerkircher on a 31-yarder in an opening half filled with big plays for the Jaguars (5-2).
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Lawrence → connect → Jaguars
Tuten added a 39-yard scoring scamper in which he broke three tackles, and Rayuan Lane returned an interception 92 yards for a touchdown with 10 seconds to play in the second quarter.
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Lane → add → quarter
It came five days after the Colts (2-6) traded two of their best players, defensive tackle DeForest Buckner and longtime guard Quenton Nelson, to kick-start a rebuilding effort.
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Colts → come → effort
STEELERS 27, BROWNS 6
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jaylen Warren tied a career high with 143 yards rushing and a touchdown on his 28th birthday, and Pittsburgh moved into first place in the AFC North by drilling Cleveland.
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Pittsburgh → tie → Cleveland
The Steelers (6-2) avenged a road loss to the Browns (5-3) a month ago by dominating the line of scrimmage and reminding Cleveland that while the years change, the result when the Browns play in Pittsburgh does not.
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Browns → avenge → Pittsburgh
The lopsided result marked the Steelers’ 23rd straight regular-season win over their longtime rivals at Acrisure Stadium, tying the NFL record for consecutive home victories over an opponent.
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result → mark → opponent
Green Bay won 23 in a row against Detroit from 1992 to 2014.
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Bay → win → 2014
The surprising Browns, eyeing their best start in 32 years thanks to the late-game heroics of quarterback Deshaun Watson, came in hoping this time would be different.
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time → eye → Watson
Defensive end Jared Verse predicted it would be during the week, saying Cleveland would “make Pittsburgh ours.”
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Pittsburgh → predict → week
It didn’t quite happen like that.
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It → happen → that
The Steelers sacked Watson eight times, and the Pittsburgh offensive line that Verse openly questioned spent three-plus hours bullying the Browns in general and Verse in particular.
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Verse → sack → Browns
RAIDERS 38, JETS 33
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Kirk Cousins threw three touchdown passes, including a go-ahead 2-yard toss to Jalen Nailor in the fourth quarter, and ran for another score and Las Vegas snapped a four-game skid with a comeback victory over New York.
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Vegas → throw → York
Jeremy Chinn sealed it with a toe-tapping interception in the end zone on a desperation heave by Geno Smith in the closing seconds.
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Chinn → seal → seconds
Brock Bowers had two TD catches for the Raiders (4-4), who trailed the Jets (2-6) by nine at halftime and allowed New York to score on its first six possessions.
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York → have → possessions
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