The Bills (6-4) fell a half-game behind New England in the AFC East. Indianapolis had gone 0-5 against opponents who made the playoffs last year, including two losses to AFC South rival Tennessee. The Colts (6-5) continued their roll by improving to 5-1 in their past six games. Taylor topped 100 yards from scrimage and scored a touchdown for the eighth consecutive game, matching an NFL record set by Lydell Mitchell of the Colts in 1975-76 and the Chargers’ LaDainian Tomlinson in 2006. Taylor has 14 touchdowns, moving ahead of Arizona’s James Conner, who began the day with 12. Taylor finished with a season-high 185 yards rushing and four touchdowns and has 1,122 yards this season after beginning the day tied for the league lead with the injured Derrick Henry of Tennessee. Taylor scored three times in the first half, including a 23-yard catch, en route to the first five-touchdown game in the league this season.
Jonathan Taylor set a franchise record by scoring five times and took over the NFL lead in both yards rushing and touchdowns as Indianapolis routed Buffalo. Left tackle Tyron Smith missed his third straight game with an ankle injury, Amari Cooper tested positive for COVID-19 and fellow wide receiver CeeDee Lamb sustained a concussion just before halftime. Prescott was held to 216 yards passing and two interceptions for the Cowboys (7-3), though he was missing a whole lot of help. The result: The Chiefs (7-4) improved to 4-0 against the NFC East with their fourth straight win overall. Charvarius Ward picked off Prescott in the end zone near the end of the first half, and Chris Jones had 3 1/2 sacks while forcing and recovering a fumble. Patrick Mahomes was 23 of 37 for 260 yards with an interception and a fumble for Kansas City, but he was bailed out by a defense that played its best game of the year. Clyde Edwards-Helaire ran for 63 yards and a touchdown in his return from injured reserve, Chris Jones and the Kansas City defense made life miserable for Dak Prescott, and the Chiefs beat Dallas. Brown was knocked out of the game in the third quarter with an injured chest. But the banged-up Titans couldn’t overcome their mistakes on a day when wide receiver A.J. That came to the then-winless New York Jets. The Titans (8-3) snapped their six-game winning streak with their first loss since Oct. Houston turned those and a fumbled punt into 13 points. 19.ĭesmond King had two of the Texans’ four interceptions - three in the fourth quarter to snuff out the Titans’ attempted rally.
The Texans (2-8) came in having lost eight straight since winning their season opener and hadn’t scored a TD on the road since Sept. Tyrod Taylor ran for two touchdowns and threw for 107 yards and Houston snapped the NFL’s longest active skid, beating Tennessee to end the league’s longest winning streak. On the next play from scrimmage, Rodgers threw a rainbow to Marquez Valdes-Scantling streaking past safety Xavier Woods for a 75-yard score to tie the game just before the two-minute warning. Justin Jefferson had eight receptions for 169 yards and two scores, including a third-down catch against rookie Eric Stokes that Cousins delivered for a 23-yard touchdown while being decked on a blitz by Darnell Savage.