Drake Maye threw four touchdown passes and ran for another score as the New England Patriots rolled past the Las Vegas Raiders 45-17 on Sunday.
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Patriots → throw → Sunday
Maye completed 26 of 34 passes for 374 yards in the second 300-yard game of his career.
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Maye → complete → career
Two touchdowns went to Pop Douglas and one each to Hunter Henry and Kyle Williams.
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touchdowns → go → Henry
Rhamondre Stevenson added a touchdown run.
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Stevenson → add → run
Maye became the first New England quarterback to throw at least three touchdown passes in consecutive games since Tom Brady in 2018.
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Maye → become → 2018
He scored on a three-yard run.
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He → score → run
The Patriots (3-2) finished with a season-high 536 yards and forced a fumble despite playing without injured receiver Mack Hollins and cornerbacks Christian Gonzalez and Carlton Davis III.
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Patriots → finish → Hollins
Kirk Cousins completed 19 of 28 passes for 243 yards, including a touchdown to Brock Bowers that briefly pulled the Raiders (3-2) level.
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that → complete → level
But Las Vegas did not reach the end zone again until the fourth quarter after scoring at least 26 points in each of their first four games.
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Vegas → reach → games
Braelon Allen ran 22 yards for the go-ahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter after New York recovered a fumbled punt snap, and the Jets ended a three-game skid with a 17-12 victory over the Cleveland Browns on a rain-soaked Sunday.
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Jets → run → Sunday
Rookie David Bailey had three of New York’s eight sacks of Deshaun Watson, and Geno Smith threw a touchdown pass to Garrett Wilson on the Jets’ opening drive, helping snap the Browns’ three-game winning streak.
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Smith → have → streak
The Browns had a final chance when they got the ball with 1:41 left and no timeouts.
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they → have → 1:41
But New York’s defense, as they had all game, stiffened and sealed the victory when Will McDonald strip-sacked Watson on fourth down and recovered the fumble.
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McDonald → stiffen → fumble
Smith completed 17 of 30 passes for 182 yards and the touchdown to Wilson, who had seven catches for 104 yards.
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who → complete → yards
Allen ran for 116 yards and the winning touchdown on 24 carries.
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Allen → run → carries
It wasn’t pretty, with steady rain falling throughout the game as the remnants of Hurricane Isaias blew through the north-east.
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remnants → fall → east
But the struggling Jets (2-3) were able to bounce back after surrendering a fourth-quarter lead.
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Jets → struggle → lead
Jaylen Warren piled up 188 total yards and two long touchdowns – one rushing and one receiving – to lead the Pittsburgh Steelers past the Indianapolis Colts 34-22 on Sunday.
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Warren → pile → Sunday
The Steelers (3-2) shook off a loss at Cleveland by relying on Warren and a defense that frequently bent but rarely broke.
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that → shake → Warren
Warren caught six passes for 87 yards, including an 80-yard catch-and-run touchdown in the first quarter, and added 101 yards on the ground, highlighted by a 50-yard sprint to the end zone in the third quarter.
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Warren → catch → quarter
The typically low-key former undrafted free agent celebrated by hurdling across the goal line.
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agent → celebrate → line
Aaron Rodgers completed 22 of 31 passes for 235 yards and three touchdowns.
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Rodgers → complete → yards
While Warren did most of the work on their 80-yard connection, the 42-year-old Rodgers absorbed a crushing hit from 314lb Colts defensive tackle Grover Stewart as he released the ball.
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he → do → ball
Pat Freiermuth caught five passes for 44 yards and two touchdowns for Pittsburgh, the second a 17-yard pass from Rodgers with 6:40 remaining that gave the Steelers enough breathing room to beat the Colts for the 10th time in 12 meetings.
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that → catch → meetings
CJ Stroud threw for 261 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score as the Houston Texans snapped their winless start to the season by routing the Tennessee Titans 26-3 on Sunday.
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Texans → throw → Sunday
It was the second straight season Houston (1-4) ended an opening winless skid by beating Tennessee.
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Houston → end → Tennessee
This time, the Texans forced two turnovers and Will Anderson Jr had three of Houston’s four sacks.
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Jr → force → sacks
Ka’imi Fairbairn kicked four field goals as the Texans took a 12-3 halftime lead.
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Texans → kick → lead
Houston dominated the second and third quarters, outgaining the Titans 225-49 and outscoring them 16-0.
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Houston → dominate → them
The Texans held Tennessee to a season-low 187 total yards.
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Texans → hold → yards
The Titans (0-5) have now lost 11 straight games in the AFC South and six straight overall dating back to the end of last season.
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Titans → lose → season
Tennessee led only after opening the game with a drive that ended in a 30-yard field goal by Joey Slye.
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that → lead → Slye
Cam Ward finished with 170 passing yards.
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Ward → finish → yards
The Texans then forced a three-and-out before safety Jalen Pitre recovered a Tyjae Spears fumble on Tennessee’s next possession.
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Pitre → force → possession
Jake Hansen intercepted Ward on the ensuing drive, and Houston followed by forcing another three-and-out.
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Houston → intercept → out
Justin Jefferson marked his return to Minnesota’s lineup with a leaping touchdown catch, Aaron Jones made up for an early fumble with a pivotal fourth-quarter score and the Vikings remained unbeaten with a 23-13 victory over the slumping New Orleans Saints on Sunday.
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Vikings → mark → Sunday
Will Reichard made all three of his field-goal attempts from 40 yards or more for the Vikings (5-0), including a 55-yarder that put Minnesota ahead by 10 in the fourth quarter and all but condemned the Saints (1-4) to a third straight loss, all at the Superdome.
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that → make → Superdome
Jones finished with 113 rushing yards on 25 carries.
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Jones → finish → carries
Jefferson, who sat out Week 4 with an ankle injury, caught six passes for 79 yards from Kyler Murray, who threw for 229 yards and a touchdown without a turnover and rushed for 51 yards.
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who → sit → yards
The Vikings, who entered the game allowing an NFL-low 12.8 points per game, surrendered only one offensive touchdown and held New Orleans to 142 yards.
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who → enter → yards
…and 16 more, not listed.
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