West has winners
Looks like the only place for the undefeated is the AFC West.
Denver and Kansas City are the last two teams with perfect NFL records after the Broncos beat Jacksonville 35-19 — hardly the margin projected by most — and the Chiefs defeated Oakland 24-7. New Orleans, the NFC’s only spotless team, was handed its first loss by Tom Brady’s sensational last-minute drive, falling at New England 30-27 Sunday.
The Saints were primed to also move to 6-0 until Brady reminded everyone, particularly the thousands of fans who already had left Gillette Stadium, why he is so special. His 17-yard touchdown pass to rookie Kenbrell Thompkins with 5 seconds left capped a 70-yard drive in which the Patriots marched downfield with no timeouts after getting the ball with 1:08 to go.
It was the 37th game in which Brady led the Patriots to victory from a fourth-quarter deficit or tie.
Patriots 30, Saints 27The visiting Saints (5-1) had taken a 24-23 lead with 3:29 remaining on Drew Brees’ 34-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Stills, but the Patriots survived an interception by Keenan Lewis on their first snap after Garrett Hartley’s 39-yard field goal made it 27-23.Brady started the winning drive with completions of 23 yards to Julian Edelman, 15 to Austin Collie and 6 to Aaron Dobson. But he threw two incompletions before connecting with Collie for a 9-yard gain on fourth down and a first down at the 17.
Broncos 35, Jaguars 19At Denver, Peyton Manning finished 28 for 42 for 295 yards. It was a two-point game late in the third quarter before Moreno scored his last touchdown, an 8-yard run.Otherwise, it was a real test against the 0-6 Jags.“Sometimes, you score a lot of points and people take it for granted,” Manning said. “Even people in your own building can take it for granted. It’s not easy to win football games. “Justin Blackmon had 14 catches for 190 yards for Jacksonville.
Chiefs 24, Raiders 7At Kansas City, the Chiefs moved to 6-0 for the second time in franchise history as Jamaal Charles ran for two touchdowns and the Tamba Hali had 3½ of KC’s 10 sacks.The Raiders had won six in a row in Arrowhead Stadium.
Packers 19, Ravens 17At Baltimore, the Packers (3-2) lost receivers Randall Cobb and James Jones to leg injuries, but survived as Aaron Rodgers threw a 64-yard touchdown pass to Jordy Nelson and Mason Crosby kicked four field goals.
Bengals 27, Bills 24Mike Nugent’s 43-yard field goal with 6:44 left in overtime won it after he missed a 34-yarder in regulation.Brandon Tate’s 29-yard punt return to the Bills 33 set up the decisive score. Andy Dalton went 26 of 40 for 337 yards, with three touchdowns and an interception as the Bengals (4-2) got their first road win of the season.
Seahawks 20, Titans 13At Seattle, Marshawn Lynch ran for two touchdowns and had 155 all-purpose yards, and Richard Sherman came up with his third interception of the season.Seattle (5-1) won its 11th straight at home despite a long list of mistakes that allowed the Titans (3-3) to hang around into the fourth.
49ers 32, Cardinals 20At San Francisco, Vernon Davis caught touchdown passes of 61 and 35 yards and finished with a career-best 180 yards receiving, leading San Francisco to its third straight victory.Colin Kaepernick threw for 252 yards and Frank Gore ran for 101 yards on 25 carries.
Cowboys 31, Redskins 16Dwayne Harris returned a punt 86 yards for a touchdown and set up another score with a 90-yard kickoff return as the Cowboys handed Robert Griffin III his first loss in his home state.The Cowboys (3-3) gave owner Jerry Jones a win on his 71st birthday against the archrival Redskins (1-4).
Rams 38, Texans 13At Houston, the Texans’ woes continued as they dropped their fourth straight. Sam Bradford threw three touchdown passes, St. Louis added a score on defense and one on special teams to move to 3-3.Alec Ogletree took an interception by T.J. Yates 98 yards for a touchdown. Yates was in after Matt Schaub sustained an apparent right ankle injury.
Panthers 35, Vikings 10At Minneapolis, Cam Newton threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score.Adrian Peterson finished with 62 yards on 10 carries and 21 yards on three receptions as the Vikings (1-4) trailed the whole game. The NFL MVP learned Friday that a 2-year-old son of his died in South Dakota of injuries from alleged abuse.
Eagles 31, Bucs 20At Tampa, Nick Foles threw three touchdown passes and ran for a fourth. Starting for the injured Michael Vick, Foles finished a long first-quarter scoring drive with a 4-yard run and threw TD passes of 12 and 36 yards to DeSean Jackson, and 47 yards to Riley Cooper.
Lions 31, Browns 17At Cleveland, Matthew Stafford threw three of his four touchdown passes in the second half, rallying Detroit.
