By The Associated Press
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Tom Brady and Mike Evans related on a punctuating landing, Leonard Fournette ran for 127 yards, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers dominated the Cowboys 19-3 Sunday evening whereas Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott departed with a hand harm.
Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones stated after the sport that Prescott wants surgical procedure on his throwing hand and can miss a number of weeks, a season-altering blow to a workforce that received the NFC East final yr.
A tough evening for Prescott acquired worse after his proper hand struck a defender when throwing a move within the fourth quarter. He was checked on the sideline earlier than jogging to the locker room.
Brady was in management all through the primary begin for a 45-year-old quarterback in NFL historical past. The seven-time Super Bowl champ acquired an enormous help from the protection in Todd Bowles’ debut as Tampa Bay’s coach following three seasons as defensive coordinator.
Dallas drove 54 yards to a area aim on the primary possession, however didn’t rating once more whereas ending with its second-fewest factors in an opener.
Julio Jones had a 48-yard catch within the two-time All-Pro’s Tampa Bay debut to arrange one among 4 first-half area objectives from Ryan Succop, who had 5 makes an attempt earlier than the break with out a punt from the Bucs.
Brady, who improved to 7-0 in opposition to the Cowboys, was 18 of 17 for 212 yards with an interception. Prescott completed 14 of 29 for 134 yards with an interception.
STEELERS 23, BENGALS 20, OT
CINCINNATI (AP) — Chris Boswell kicked a 53-yard area aim as time expired in time beyond regulation and Pittsburgh overcame T.J. Watt’s harm late within the fourth quarter to beat Cincinnati in a sloppy season opener for each groups.
Watt had one among 4 interceptions off Joe Burrow, who rebounded from a awful begin and rallied Cincinnati from a 17-6 halftime deficit. His 6-yard landing move to Ja’Marr Chase tied it at 20 with 2 seconds left in regulation, however the sport went to time beyond regulation after Minkah Fitzpatrick blocked Evan McPherson’s point-after attempt.
McPherson and Boswell missed potential successful area objectives in time beyond regulation earlier than Steelers quarterback Mitch Trubisky accomplished passes of 9, 26 and 10 yards within the ultimate 56 seconds.
Watt, the Defensive Player of the Year, left the sphere and headed to the locker room shortly earlier than the sport went to time beyond regulation with a pectoral harm. Before that, he was his normal disruptive self, with a sack and a decide.
Burrow’s 4 interceptions have been a profession worst, and he was sacked seven occasions in entrance of what was speculated to be an improved offensive line. He was 33 for 53 for 338 yards and two touchdowns.
SAINTS 27, FALCONS 26
ATLANTA (AP) — Wil Lutz kicked a 51-yard area aim with 19 seconds remaining to cap a shocking fourth-quarter comeback by New Orleans, which overcame a 16-point deficit to beat Atlanta in coach Dennis Allen’s debut.
After struggling offensively by a lot of the season opener, Jamies Winston guided the Saints to a few straight scoring drives. The first two ended with landing passes of three and 9 yards to Michael Thomas. The Saints transformed one 2-point attempt, however failed on the opposite.
New Orleans acquired the ball again yet another time, taking on at its personal 20 with 48 seconds remaining and no timeouts. Winston related on a 40-yard move to Jarvis Landry and a 17-yarder to Juwan Johnson to arrange Lutz’s successful area aim.
A private foul on the Saints gave the Falcons an opportunity to drag out the victory, however Younghoe Koo’s 63-yard area aim try was blocked because the clock ran out.
Atlanta’s Cordarrelle Patterson rushed for a career-high 120 yards, together with a 5-yard scoring burst, and Marcus Mariota made threw for 215 yards and added 72 on the bottom, spotlight by a 2-yard landing run.
BROWNS 26, PANTHERS 24
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Rookie Cade York kicked a go-ahead 58-yard area aim with 8 seconds left, Kareem Hunt scored two touchdowns and Cleveland spoiled Baker Mayfield’s bid for vengeance by beating Carolina.
Nick Chubb ran for 141 yards and Hunt had 70 whole yards from scrimmage because the Browns received their season opener for the primary time since 2004.
Mayfield overcame a gradual begin by main the Panthers again from a 13-point fourth quarter deficit by operating for a 7-yard landing and discovering Robbie Anderson for a 75-yard landing strike. He then led the Panthers on a 64-yard drive in seven performs to arrange Eddy Pineiro’s go-ahead area aim with 1:13 left within the sport.
Jacoby Brissett, filling in for suspended Browns star Deshaun Watson, accomplished passes for 13 yards to Donovan Peoples-Jones and 9 yards to Amari Cooper to arrange York’s successful kick, the longest for the franchise since 1984.
CHARGERS 24, RAIDERS 19
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Justin Herbert threw for 279 yards and three touchdowns, Khalil Mack had three sacks in his Chargers debut and Los Angeles defeated Las Vegas to spoil Josh McDaniels’ first sport as head coach.
The sport was a rematch of final season’s finale, which Las Vegas received on a area aim within the ultimate seconds of time beyond regulation to knock the Chargers out of a playoff spot.
Herbert accomplished 26 of 34 passes and had a 129.4 passer ranking regardless of Keenan Allen leaving with a hamstring harm within the first half and Mike Williams not having a catch till the fourth quarter.
Derek Carr was 22 of 37 for 295 yards and two touchdowns however was picked off 3 times. He related 10 occasions with former Fresno State teammate Davante Adams, who was acquired from Green Bay within the offseason. Adams had 141 receiving yards, together with a 2-yard landing within the fourth quarter.
RAVENS 24, JETS 9
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Lamar Jackson threw three landing passes, together with two to Devin Duvernay, and Baltimore rolled previous New York.
Jackson went 17 of 30 for 213 yards, together with a TD to Rashod Bateman, and an interception. The efficiency got here hours after ESPN reported that Jackson turned down a five-year extension supply price greater than $250 million.
Joe Flacco, beginning in opposition to the workforce whom he helped win a Super Bowl, was ineffective and wasn’t helped by just a few drops and awful move safety. He went 37 of 59 for 307 yards and a landing and interception.
COMMANDERS 28, JAGUARS 22
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Carson Wentz bounced again from throwing interceptions on consecutive performs early within the fourth quarter, finishing his third and fourth touchdowns to present Washington a comeback victory in opposition to Jacksonville.
It was his first four-TD sport because the day he tore the ACL in his left knee whereas with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2017. And it got here with former Eagles coach Doug Pederson on the sideline answerable for the Jaguars for the primary time.
Wentz completed 27 of 41 for 313 yards.
Jaguars second-year QB Trevor Lawrence was 24 of 42 for 275 yards, a landing move to James Robinson and the decide. Robinson additionally ran for a landing.
CHIEFS 44, CARDINALS 21
PHOENIX (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw for 360 yards and 5 touchdowns, lifting Kansas City to a formidable highway win over Arizona.
The sport was by no means unsure after the opening minutes, with Mahomes choosing aside the Cardinals’ protection along with his normal array of fine selections and deft passing contact. The quarterback was taking part in his first NFL sport in opposition to Kliff Kingsbury, who coached Mahomes in faculty at Texas Tech and now leads the Cardinals.
The 2018 MVP threw three landing passes on Kansas City’s first three drives. Tight finish Travis Kelce caught eight passes for 121 yards and a landing. It was his thirtieth profession sport with not less than 100 yards receiving. Clyde Edwards-Helaire hauled in two landing passes.
Kansas City outgained Arizona 488 yards to 282. Mahomes accomplished 30 of 39 passes.
Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray completed 22-of-34 passing for 193 yards and two touchdowns.
VIKINGS 23, PACKERS 7
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Justin Jefferson began his third season with Minnesota by smashing rival Green Bay for 184 receiving yards and two touchdowns, giving new coach Kevin O’Connell his first victory.
After accumulating probably the most receiving yards (3,016) in a participant’s first two years within the NFL, Jefferson set an all-time Vikings receiving document with 158 yards within the first half in opposition to a stacked Packers protection.
Kirk Cousins accomplished 23 of 32 passes for 277 yards with out a turnover, focusing on Jefferson on greater than a 3rd of his throws and retaining the Packers on their heels for a lot of the afternoon.
Aaron Rodgers’ first sport with out Davante Adams was a wrestle, and the three-time defending NFC North champion Packers fell flat of their opener for the second straight season. Rodgers went 22 for 34 for 195 yards.
EAGLES 38, LIONS 35
DETROIT (AP) — Jalen Hurts accounted for 333 yards and a landing and A.J. Brown had a career-high-tying 155 yards receiving in his Philadelphia debut, a win over Detroit.
The Eagles scored 24 factors within the second quarter and had a 17-point lead within the fourth that was minimize to a few when Jared Goff threw a 22-yard landing move to DJ Chark with 3:51 left.
Philadelphia sealed the win with Miles Sanders’ 24-yard run on third-and-2 from the Eagles 27 simply earlier than the two-minute warning and Hurts’ sneak that transformed a fourth-and-1 from the Detroit 40 with 50 seconds left.
Sanders completed with 96 yards speeding and was one among three Philadelphia operating backs to attain.
DOLPHINS 20, PATRIOTS 7
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa handed for 270 yards and a landing and Miami offered an early take a look at its capability to contend within the AFC East by beating Bill Belichick and New England.
Second-year receiver Jaylen Waddle scored the Dolphins’ first offensive landing of the 2022 season, taking a fourth-down move from Tagovailoa into the tip zone for a 42-yard rating. Waddle caught 4 passes for 69 yards.
Tyreek Hill, making his Miami Dolphins debut after the workforce traded for him in the course of the offseason, led Miami’s receivers with eight receptions for 94 yards.
Patriots second-year quarterback Mac Jones threw for 213 yards with a landing and interception. Running again Ty Montgomery caught the Patriots’ solely landing of the sport. Damien Harris led New England’s rushers with 48 yards on 9 carries.
GIANTS 21, TITANS 20
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Daniel Jones hit Chris Myarick for a 1-yard landing move, then discovered Saquon Barkley on a shovel move for the 2-point conversion with 1:06 left in opposition to Tennessee, making New York’s new coach Brian Daboll a winner in his teaching debut.
Daboll didn’t hesitate to maintain his offense on the sphere for the 2-point conversion, which snapped the Giants’ skid of 5 straight losses in season openers.
The Titans, the AFC’s No. 1 seed with a 12-5 document a yr in the past, had an opportunity to win as time expired. But Randy Bullock pushed a 47-yard area aim vast left after making two area objectives earlier in opposition to one among his former groups.
Barkley ran for 164 yards and a 4-yard TD, his greatest sport since Dec. 22, 2019, after topping 100 yards speeding solely as soon as in 13 video games final season.
COLTS 20, TEXANS 20, OT
HOUSTON (AP) — Matt Ryan rallied Indianapolis within the fourth quarter to pressure time beyond regulation in opposition to Houston in his Colts debut, however neither workforce might rating on two time beyond regulation possessions every.
The Texans led 20-3 getting into the fourth quarter in coach Lovie Smith’s debut, however Ryan led three successive scoring drives, culminating along with his 15-yard landing move to Michael Pittman with 1:54 remaining.
Indianapolis acquired the ball again with 1:19 left in regulation however was compelled to punt — an indication of issues to return within the further interval.
Ryan, taking part in his first sport for Indy after 14 seasons with Atlanta, completed with 352 yards passing and a landing. Rushing champion Jonathan Taylor completed with 161 yards and a landing.
Davis Mills threw for 240 yards and two scores.
BEARS 19, 49ERS 10
CHICAGO (AP) — Justin Fields threw for 2 second-half touchdowns, Eddie Jackson arrange a TD with an interception and Chicago gave Matt Eberflus a win in his head teaching debut, beating San Francisco.
Fields shook off a tough first half, throwing a 51-yard TD to Dante Pettis within the third quarter and connecting with Equanimeous St. Brown for an 18-yarder early within the fourth to place Chicago on high 13-10. Jackson then picked off Trey Lance close to midfield for his first interception since 2019 and returned the ball to the 21. That led to a 6-yard landing run by Khalil Herbert, making it 19-10.
The Bears acquired known as for an uncommon penalty close to the tip of the primary half, when their holder acquired flagged for bringing out a towel to dry a small space of the sphere forward of a area aim attempt. The 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty worn out a scoring alternative and compelled Chicago to punt.
Fields was 8 of 17 for 121 yards with two touchdowns and an interception.
Lance, drafted eight spots forward of Fields, accomplished 13 of 28 passes for 164 yards and a landing.
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