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Monday, October 29, 2018 3B
SCOREBOARD
LA Rams remain unbeaten
against Packers
MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ I Associated Press
Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald, above, sacks Green Bay Packers
quarterback Aaron Rodgers, below, during the second half of Sunday’s game in Los Angeles.
with win
Late special teams
play solidified win
Associated Press
Greg Zuerlein hit a 34-yard field goal with
2:05 left and Ramik Wilson forced and recov
ered Ty Montgomery’s fumble on the ensu
ing kickoff return, allowing the Los Angeles
Rams to remain unbeaten without a late
defensive stand in a 29-27 victory over the
Green Bay Packers on Sunday.
Jared Goff passed for 295 yards and three
touchdowns while the Rams (8-0) were
sternly tested by the Packers (3-3-1) and
Aaron Rodgers, who threw for 286 yards.
Both teams rallied from 10-point deficits to
take a lead in front of a bipartisan Coliseum
crowd, but Rodgers never got the chance to
mount one of his trademark winning drives.
Instead, the Rams extended their best
start to a season since 1969 with another key
play from LA’s superlative special teams —
and two crushing special-teams mistakes by
Green Bay.
Marquez Valdes-Scantling caught a
40-yard touchdown pass from Rodgers with
8:50 left to put the Packers ahead 27-26, but
Goff and Todd Gurley drove the Rams into
range for Zuerlein’s second field goal of the
fourth quarter after a 25-yard punt by JK
Scott.
Montgomery then coughed up his return.
Gurley ran 17 yards for a key first down and
stopped before reaching the end zone in the
final seconds — probably enraging his fan
tasy owners, but allowing the Rams to run
out the clock.
Josh Reynolds caught two touchdown
passes for Los Angeles, while Gurley rushed
for 114 yards and scored a touchdown in
his franchise record-tying 11th consecutive
game on a 30-yard pass in the third quarter.
EAGLES 24, JAGUARS 18: Carson Wentz
threw three touchdown passes to different
players.
Tight end Dallas Goed-
ert caught one of the touch
down passes in the first
half, and running back
Wendell Smallwood and
tight end Zach Ertz scored
theirs in the second half for
the Eagles (4-4), making
their first appearance in
England.
Blake Bortles, restored
as the starter despite being pulled in a loss
to the Houston Texans a week earlier, com
pleted 24 of 41 passes for 286 yards for the
slumping Jaguars (3-5), who lost their fourth
consecutive game.
Despite Jacksonville’s familiarity with
playing in England — it was the Jags’ sixth
consecutive year of playing overseas, and
they had won their last three — the record
crowd of 85,870 formed a decidedly pro-
Eagles crowd.
Philadelphia lost 2017 All-Pro RT Lane
Johnson injured his left knee on the Eagles’
opening drive and did not return.
CARDINALS 18, 49ERS 15: Josh Rosen
threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to fellow
rookie Christian Kirk with 34 seconds to play
to rally the Cardinals in a matchup of teams
with two of the worst records in the NFL.
The Cardinals beat San Francisco for the
eighth straight time and second time in three
weeks.
Arizona (2-6) got two fourth-quarter touch
down passes from Rosen after the 49ers (1-7)
had built a 15-3 lead.
Rosen’s 13-yard pass to Larry Fitzger
ald cut the lead to 15-10 with 11:06 to play.
Fitzgerald also caught a 2-point conversion
pass after Kirk’s TD.
Fitzgerald, in his 15th NFL season, caught
eight passes for 102 yards, his best game of
the season.
C.J. Beathard connected with Marquise
Goodwin on a 55-yard play for the 49ers’ only
touchdown.
Fitzgerald’s 112th career touchdown catch
moves him past Tony Gonzalez alone into
seventh on the NFL career list. He’s caught
a TD pass in each of his last two games after
getting none the first six games of the season.
He needs three to tie Antonio Gates for sixth.
COLTS 42, RAIDERS 28: Andrew Luck
threw his third touchdown pass of the game
to break a tie with 5:28 to go and the Colts
won in consecutive weeks for the first time
in three years.
Luck connected with all three of his tight
ends, with the 10-yard pass to Jack Doyle put
ting the Colts (3-5) up 35-28.
Luck connected earlier in
the game on passes to Mo
Alie-Cox and Eric Ebron
and finished with 239 yards
against an overmatched
defense for the Raiders
(1-6).
Marlon Mack ran for a
career-high 132 yards and
two touchdowns, breaking
the personal mark he set
last week against Buffalo with 126 yards.
Mack’s second TD came after Doug Martin
lost a fumble for Oakland and sealed the
victory.
Derek Carr threw three TD passes and ran
for a fourth just days after Oakland traded
his top receiver, Amari Cooper, to Dallas.
But it wasn’t enough to prevent another loss
in what is quickly becoming a lost season to
begin coach Jon Gruden’s second stint with
the team.
Vinatieri set the record as the NFL’s top
all-time scorer in the first half. He kicked
a 26-yard field goal in the first quarter to
tie Morten Andersen with 2,544 points, and
then added a 25-yarder late in the second to
set the record. Viantieri scored three more
points, giving him 2,550 for his career.
PANTHERS 36, RAVENS 21: Cam
Newton torched the league’s No. l-ranked
defense, completing 21 of 29 passes for 219
yards and two touchdowns and running for
52 yards and another score.
Christian McCaffrey had two touchdowns
and electrifying rookie wide receiver D.J.
Moore turned in his best game as a pro with
129 yards from scrimmage as the Panthers
won their ninth straight game at home.
Trailing 7-0 early, the Panthers (5-2)
scored on four straight possessions in the
final 16 minutes of the first half to break
open the game and take a
24-7 halftime lead.
Newton threw an 11-yard
TD pass to Greg Olsen
, McCaffrey ran for an
11-yard score and caught
a 6-yard TD pass that rico
cheted off the hands of
safety Eric Weddle and
into his arms in the end
zone. After the Ravens (4-4)
climbed within 13 on Joe
Flacco’s TD pass to Javorius Allen, Newton
calmly drove the Panthers 85 yards in nine
plays and scored from 12 yards on a naked
bootleg to put the game away early in the
fourth quarter.
The Panthers rolled up 386 yards against
a Ravens defense that had come in allowing
a league-low 280.6 yards and 14.4 points per
game.
STEELERS 33, BROWNS 18: Ben Roeth-
lisberger threw two touchdown passes to
Antonio Brown, James Conner scored twice
to bring some solace to a city grieving from
tragedy.
The Steelers (4-2-1) overcame a slow start
and their own mistakes to win their 15th
straight at Heinz Field over the Browns (2-5-
1), who have lost 25 consecutive road games
— one shy of the NFL record.
The win brought temporary comfort
to Pittsburgh’s fans a day after a gunman
stormed into the Tree of
Life Synagogue and killed
11 people. A moment of
silence was observed
before the game and sev
eral signs with the Steelers’
helmet logo — inlaid with a
Star of David — were dis
played by fans.
Roethlisberger con
nected on TD passes of 43
and 1 yard with Brown, and Conner contin
ued to minimize Le’Veon Bell’s absence.
Conner rushed for 146 yards, and scored on
a 12-yard run in the third quarter that put the
Steelers ahead 23-12.
Conner’s 22-yard TD with 2:04 left made
it 33-12.
Rookie quarterback Baker Mayfield
threw a pair of TD passes, but the Browns
squandered some early scoring chances and
remain winless in Pittsburgh since 2003.
CHIEFS 30, BRONCOS 23: Patrick
Mahomes threw for 303 yards and four
touchdowns, Sammy Wat
kins had 107 yards receiv
ing and two of the scores.
Travis Kelce and
Kareem Hunt added
touchdown catches for the
Chiefs (7-1), who have won
19 of their past 21 games
against division rivals. That
includes all three games
this season.
Case Keenum had 262
yards passing and two scores for the Broncos
(3-5), while Phillip Lindsay had a big day in
his first career start. The undrafted rookie
had 95 yards rushing and a score while
catching three passes and providing a spark
out of the backfield.
Still, that production couldn’t help the
Broncos overcome their own sloppiness.
They were flagged 10 times for 83 yards,
several of the penalties wiping out big gains
— and that doesn’t include a few that were
declined or offsetting, including a personal
foul on defensive tackle Derek Wolfe.
Denver has lost seven straight to its biggest
rival.
REDSKINS 20, GIANTS 13: Safety D.J.
Swearinger intercepted two passes, Matt
Ioannidis had 2(4 sacks, and the NFC East
leading Redskins rode their defense to a
third straight win.
Adrian Peterson caught a 7-yard touch
down pass from Alex Smith and ran for a
season-high 149 yards, with the last 64 com
ing on a touchdown jaunt with 3:06 to play, as
the Redskins (5-2) matched their best start
since 2008.
Dustin Hopkins added field goals of 53 and
39 yards for the Redskins, who will finish the
week with a 1 (4-game lead in the division.
The three-game winning streak is their lon
gest in two seasons.
The Redskins sacked a battered Eli Man
ning seven times, forced the two turnovers
and made big play after big play in sending
New York (1-7) to its fifth straight loss.
BENGALS 37, BUCCANEERS 34: Jes
sie Bates returned Jameis Winston’s fourth
interception for a touchdown, and Randy
Bullock kicked a 44-yard field goal on the
final play.
Winston was benched after matching his
career high with four interceptions.
Standings
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W
L
T
Pet
PF
PA
New England
5
2
0
.714
214
179
Miami
4
4
0
.500
174
219
N.Y. Jets
3
5
0
.375
192
200
Buffalo
2
5
0
South
.286
81
175
W
L
T
Pet
PF
PA
Houston
5
3
0
.625
197
167
Tennessee
3
4
0
.429
106
127
Jacksonville
3
5
0
.375
134
170
Indianapolis
3
5
0
North
.375
231
213
W
L
T
Pet
PF
PA
Pittsburgh
4
2
1
.643
204
172
Cincinnati
5
3
0
.625
221
237
Baltimore
4
4
0
.500
197
137
Cleveland
2
5
1
West
.313
169
210
W
L
T
Pet
PF
PA
Kansas City
7
1
0
.875
290
205
L.A. Chargers
5
2
0
.714
195
163
Denver
3
5
0
.375
188
194
Oakland
1 6 0 .143
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
138
218
W
L
T
Pet
PF
PA
Washington
5
2
0
.714
146
134
Philadelphia
4
4
0
.500
178
156
Dallas
3
4
0
.429
140
123
N.Y. Giants
1
7
0
South
.125
150
205
W
L
T
Pet
PF
PA
New Orleans
5
1
0
.833
204
163
Carolina
5
2
0
.714
178
152
Atlanta
3
4
0
.429
190
212
Tampa Bay
3
4
0
North
.429
201
233
W
L
T
Pet
PF
PA
Minnesota
4
2
1
.643
177
165
Chicago
4
3
0
.571
194
144
Green Bay
3
3
1
.500
175
173
Detroit
3
4
0
West
.429
171
186
W
L
T
Pet
PF
PA
L.A. Rams
8
0
0
1.000
264
155
Seattle
4
3
0
.571
171
131
Arizona
2
6
0
.250
110
199
San Francisco
1
7
0
.125
173
236
Sunday’s Games
Philadelphia 24, Jacksonville 18
Chicago 24, N.Y. Jets 10
Seattle 28, Detroit 14
Pittsburgh 33, Cleveland 18
Carolina 36, Baltimore 21
Kansas City 30, Denver 23
Washington 20, N.Y. Giants 13
Cincinnati 37, Tampa Bay 34
Indianapolis 42, Oakland 28
Arizona 18, San Francisco 15
L.A. Rams 29, Green Bay 27
New Orleans at Minnesota, late
Open: Dallas, Tennessee, L.A. Chargers, Atlanta
Monday’s Games
New England at Buffalo, 8:15 p.m.
Thursday’s game
Oakland at San Francisco, 8:20 p.m.
Associated Press
Eagles lineman Johnson
suffers left knee injury
Offensive tackle Lane Johnson injured
his left knee on the Eagles’ opening drive
and did not return to
the team’s 24-18 win
over the Jaguars in
London on Sunday.
And cornerback
Jalen Mills injured
his foot a minute into
the third quarter and
missed the rest of the
game.
Johnson was an All-
Pro at right tackle last season when the
Eagles won the Super Bowl.
Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill
appeared to tweak his groin on a long
catch early in the game and he left late
in the fourth quarter.
Associated Press
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