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Broncos tame Lions to make it 3-0 for season; Steelers top Rams
Milestone for Brady as Pats rompLOS ANGELES, Sept 28,(Agencies): New EnglandPatriots quarterback TomBrady on Sunday becamejust the fourth player tothrow 400 career touchdownpasses in the NationalFootball League (NFL).
Just before half-time, Brady foundwide receiver Danny Amendola inthe end zone from one yard as thereigning Super Bowl championPatriots took control against theJacksonville Jaguars.
The Patriots led the Jaguars 20-3 at theinterval before rolling to a commanding51-17 victory.
“It was a good day, so it’s fun to be outthere,” Brady told reporters after com-pleting 33 of 42 passes for 358 yards, twotouchdowns and no interceptions as NewEngland improved to 3-0. “I think every-one enjoyed it.
Brady joins an elite club. PeytonManning of the Denver Broncos is theall-time NFL leader with 533 touchdownpasses ahead of Sunday night’s gameagainst Detroit, followed by the retiredBrett Favre (508) and Dan Marino (420).
A four-time Super Bowl championwith New England, Brady started thisseason after a federal judge overturned afour-game suspension imposed by theNFL for his alleged role in deflating foot-balls during a playoff game last season.
He has once again proved his value asone of the greatest quarterbacks of alltime, guiding his team to a 3-0 start, andhe received boisterous cheers from thePatriots crowd on Sunday as they repeat-edly chanted his name.
Broncos 24, Lions 12The Denver Broncos have failed to
reinvent themselves as a run-first teamthis season, yet their old Peyton Manningformula and a ferocious defense havethem atop the NFL.
When new head coach Gary Kubiakarrived in Denver he vowed to emphasizethe ground game to take pressure off hisaging quarterback, but thus far his visionhas not materialized.
The Broncos defeated the DetroitLions 24-12 on Sunday and improved to3-0 despite rushing for just 41 yards onthe night.
What Denver has learned thus far isthat they may need to rely on their airattack more than they had hoped.
They entered the contest against the
Lions averaging just 65 rushing yards pergame, and they failed to even reach thatmark.
Neither of the team’s primary runners,C.J. Anderson nor Ronnie Hillman, hasdistinguished himself which is alarmingfor a Kubiak coached team.
In Kubiak’s 20 previous seasons as ahead coach or offensive coordinator, histeams have featured a 1,000-yard runningback in 15 of those campaigns.
While Manning has launched an aerialassault on the NFL throughout his career,the franchise knows they must create arunning threat in order to succeed in theplayoffs where the Broncos fell in theirdivisional round last season.
On the bright side, this year’s versionof the Broncos has shown off a stoutdefense. The defensive unit entered thenight leading the NFL in fewest yardsallowed and most touchdowns scored.
Denver terrorized quarterbackMatthew Stafford in their latest win,sacking him four times and recording twointerceptions.
Steelers 12, Rams 6In St Louis, Ben Roethlisberger was
carted off the field with a knee injury inthe second half and Pittsburgh’s defensecame through to give the Steelers a 12-6victory over the St. Louis Rams onSunday.
Le’Veon Bell scored from a yard out inthe first half in his first game back after asuspension, but the Steelers’ focus will beon the status of their star quarterback.Roethlisberger’s leg got caught under-neath him on a diving, sliding sack byMark Barron.
There was no immediate word on theextent of Roethlisberger’s injury.
Will Allen’s interception with 1:56 leftset up a field goal by Josh Scobee to putPittsburgh (2-1) ahead by six points.
Falcons 39, Dallas 28In Arlington, Texas, Matt Ryan and
Julio Jones connected for two touch-downs and Devonta Freeman ran for 141yards and three scores as Atlanta beatDallas in the Cowboys’ first game with-out Tony Romo and Dez Bryant.
Freeman’s third score early in thefourth quarter capped a rally from a trioof 14-point deficits for the Falcons (3-0),who didn’t win their third game untilWeek 10 last year, and Week 13 in 2013.
Jones had his third straight 100-yardgame to start the season, finishing with164 and a clinching 2-yard score in thefourth quarter.
The Cowboys (2-1) had a six-gamewinning streak in the regular season bro-ken in backup quarterback BrandonWeeden’s ninth straight loss as a starter.
Weeden completed his first 16 passesto start the season, but the run ended witha second-quarter interception that turnedthe game in the Falcons’ favor.
Seahawks 26, Bears 0In Seattle, Tyler Lockett returned the
second-half kickoff 105 yards for atouchdown, Russell Wilson connectedwith Jimmy Graham on a 30-yard TD,and the Seahawks routed the under-manned Bears.
Seattle led just 6-0 at halftime, butLockett started a huge second half as hewent untouched on a perfectly executedreturn, the longest in franchise history.Later in the quarter, Wilson foundGraham across the middle for his secondtouchdown catch this season.
Steven Hauschka added four fieldgoals and the Seahawks started theprocess of erasing an 0-2 start.
Chicago (0-3) was shut out for the first
Denver Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib (21) and Detroit Lions widereceiver Calvin Johnson (81) vie for a pass, which fell incomplete dur-ing the first half of an NFL football game on Sept 27, in Detroit. (AP)
Falcons down Cowboys 39-28
Arizona Cardinals wide receiver JohnBrown (12) can’t make the catch asSan Francisco 49ers cornerbackKenneth Acker (20) defends duringthe first half of an NFL football gameon Sept 27, in Glendale, Arizona. (AP)
Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell (top), flies through the air past St Louis Rams linebacker Alec Ogletree (left), and free safety Rodney McLeod (right),after catching a pass during the second quarter of an NFL football game on Sept 27, in St Louis. (AP)
WASHINGTON, Sept 28, (RTRS): Results & standings from theNFL games on Sunday.Atlanta 39 Dallas 28Indianapolis 35 Tennessee 33Oakland 27 Cleveland 20Cincinnati 28 Baltimore 24New England 51 Jacksonville 17Carolina 27 New Orleans 22
Philadelphia 24 NY Jets 17Houston 19 Tampa Bay 9Minnesota 31 San Diego 14Pittsburgh 12 St Louis 6Arizona 47 San Francisco 7Buffalo 41 Miami 14Seattle 26 Chicago 0Detroit 12 Denver 24
Standings
American Football ConferenceAFC East
W L T OTL PF PA PCTNew England 3 0 0 0 119 70 1.000Buffalo 2 1 0 0 100 68 .667NY Jets 2 1 0 0 68 41 .667Miami 1 2 0 0 51 74 .333
AFC NorthW L T OTL PF PA PCT
Cincinnati 3 0 0 0 85 56 1.000Pittsburgh 2 1 0 0 76 52 .667Cleveland 1 2 0 0 58 72 .333Baltimore 0 3 0 0 70 84 0
AFC SouthW L T OTL PF PA PCT
Indianapolis 1 2 0 0 56 80 .333Tennessee 1 2 0 0 89 77 .333Houston 1 2 0 0 56 60 .333Jacksonville 1 2 0 0 49 91 .333
AFC WestW L T OTL PF PA PCT
Denver 3 0 0 0 74 49 1.000Oakland 2 1 0 0 77 86 .667Kansas City 1 1 0 0 51 51 .500San Diego 1 2 0 0 66 83 .333
National Football ConferenceNFC East
W L T OTL PF PA PCTDallas 2 1 0 0 75 75 .667NY Giants 1 2 0 0 78 72 .333Washington 1 2 0 0 55 59 .333Philadelphia 1 2 0 0 58 63 .333
NFC NorthW L T OTL PF PA PCT
Green Bay 2 0 0 0 58 40 1.000Minnesota 2 1 0 0 60 50 .667Detroit 0 3 0 0 56 83 0Chicago 0 3 0 0 46 105 0
NFC SouthW L T OTL PF PA PCT
Carolina 3 0 0 0 71 48 1.000Atlanta 3 0 0 0 89 72 1.000Tampa Bay 1 2 0 0 49 80 .333New Orleans 0 3 0 0 60 84 0
NFC WestW L T OTL PF PA PCT
Arizona 3 0 0 0 126 49 1.000St Louis 1 2 0 0 50 67 .333San Francisco 1 2 0 0 45 93 .333Seattle 1 2 0 1 74 61 .333
NFL Results/Standings
FOOTBALL
time since 2002 and the fourth time since1990. Jimmy Clausen started at quarter-back in place of Jay Cutler and was 9 of17 for 63 yards.
Cardinals 47, 49ers 7In Glendale, Arizona, Carson Palmer
threw for 311 yards and Arizona returnedtwo of Colin Kaepernick’s first four pass-es for touchdowns.
Larry Fitzgerald caught nine passes for134 yards and two touchdowns and ChrisJohnson rushed for 110 yards and twoscores for the Cardinals (3-0), who wonat Chicago 48-23 last week.
It’s the first time the franchise has hadtwo 40-point victories in a row since1969 and its largest margin of victorysince a 44-0 win over Houston in 1970.
Kaepernick threw a career-worst fourinterceptions, two by Tyrann Mathieu,and finished 9 for 19 for 67 yards.
Bills 41, Dolphins 14In Miami Gardens, Florida, Tyrod
Taylor threw for 277 yards and threescores in his first NFL road start. TheBills totaled 429 yards, intercepted RyanTannehill three times in the first half, andled 27-0 before Miami scored late in thethird quarter.
Buffalo (2-1) bounced back from a dis-mal loss at home to New England. TheDolphins (1-2), who began the seasonwith high hopes of ending a seven-yearplayoff drought, fell into last place in theAFC East with their second consecutiveloss.
The Bills improved to 5-2 againstMiami over the past four years. They’re18-26 against everyone else during thatspan.
The victory was especially sweet forformer Dolphins Richie Incognito andCharles Clay, who were co-captains forBuffalo.
Texans 19, Buccaneers 9In Houston, Ryan Mallett threw for
threw for 228 yards and a touchdown andAlfred Blue had 139 yards rushing forHouston’s first win of the season.
Mallett gave Houston (1-2) the lead on a5-yard touchdown pass to DeAndre
Hopkins on the opening drive. TheBuccaneers (1-2) went up 9-7 on a TD catchby Charles Sims in the second quarter.
Bucs kicker Kyle Brindza, who made a58-yard field goal early in the secondquarter, missed an extra point and threefield goals in the second half.
Jameis Winston threw for 261 yardswith a touchdown and an interception forTampa Bay.
Eagles 24, Jets 17In East Rutherford, New Jersey,
Darren Sproles returned a punt 89 yardsfor a score and added a 1-yard touchdownrun for Philadelphia’s first win.
Sam Bradford threw a TD pass to Ryan
Mathews, who also rushed for 108 yardswhile starting in place of the injuredDeMarco Murray. The Eagles (1-2)improved to 10-0 all-time against the Jets(2-1), who were coming off a victory atIndianapolis last Monday night.
Ryan Fitzpatrick threw touchdownpasses to Brandon Marshall and JeremyKerley, but was intercepted three times.
Raiders 27, Browns 20In Cleveland, Derek Carr threw two
touchdown passes, Latavius Murrayrushed for 139 yards and Oakland endedan 11-game road losing streak.
Carr connected with Andre Holmesand Seth Roberts in the first half and theRaiders (2-1) held off a late Clevelandcomeback to win their first road gamesince Nov. 17, 2013.
The Browns (1-2) were driving for atying TD in the final minute, but CharlesWoodson intercepted Josh McCown with38 seconds left
Carr, who went 0-8 on the road as arookie in 2014, finished 20 of 32 for 134yards.
Bengals 28, Ravens 24In Baltimore, Andy Dalton threw a 7-
yard touchdown pass to A.J. Green with2:10 left, and Cincinnati remainedunbeaten. Baltimore dropped to 0-3 forthe first time in team history.
The Bengals (3-0) blew a 14-0 leadand twice trailed in the fourth quarterbefore Dalton brought them back byrepeatedly picking apart the porousBaltimore pass defense.
Dalton went 20 for 32 for 383 yardsand three touchdowns. His favorite targetwas Green, who finished with 10 catchesfor a career-high 227 yards and twoscores.
Baltimore lost despite getting 362yards passing from Joe Flacco, who twiceconnected with Steve Smith for touch-downs. Smith had 13 catches for 186yards
Colts 35, Titans 33In Nashville, Tennessee, Andrew Luck
threw two touchdown passes 56 secondsapart in the fourth quarter as he ralliedIndianapolis.
Luck improved to 7-0 againstTennessee with another stunning come-back. The Colts (1-2) trailed 27-14 beforeLuck got going. He drove the Colts 98yards before hitting Phillip Dorsett on a35-yard TD with 6:49 left.
Dwight Lowery intercepted two passesby rookie Marcus Mariota, one for a 69-yard TD.
The Titans (1-2) have lost 13 of 14against their AFC South rival.
Panthers 27, Saints 22In Charlotte, North Carolina, Cam
Newton threw for 315 yards and a pair oftouchdowns to tight end Greg Olsen andalso ran for a score.
Luke McCown, starting in place ofthe injured Drew Brees, completed 31 of38 passes for 310 yards but it wasn’tenough to save the Saints (0-3). It wasthe first game Brees has missed becauseof injury since joining the Saints in2006.
Newton ran for a 13-yard TD on abootleg as the Panthers started 3-0 for thefirst time since reaching the Super Bowlin the 2003 season.
Panthers cornerback Josh Normansealed the game with a leaping intercep-tion in the end zone with 1:09 remaining.
Vikings 31, Chargers 14In Minneapolis, Adrian Peterson
plowed through San Diego’s defense for126 yards and two touchdowns on 20rushes in three quarters.
Chad Greenway scored on a 91-yardinterception return for the Vikings (2-1).The Chargers are 1-2.
Rivers was pulled for Kellen Clemensmidway through the fourth quarter whenthe deficit reached 24 points. Sacked fourtimes for a loss of 28 yards, Rivers went21 for 34 for 246 yards with twoturnovers and took a hard hit to the mid-section from Anthony Barr in the thirdquarter.
