Jared Goff had three touchdown passes and David Montgomery added two more on the ground as the Detroit Lions extended the Dallas Cowboys' problems at home with a 47-9 rout on Sunday.

Detroit (4-1) dominated from start to finish to hand Dallas (3-3) its most lopsided home loss in 36 years and drop the defending NFC East champions to 0-3 at AT&T Stadium this season. The 38-point margin of defeat was the Cowboys' largest at home since a 43-3 loss to the Minnesota Vikings at Texas Stadium in 1988.

Goff completed 18 of 25 passes for 315 yards while connecting with Sam LaPorta, Jameson Williams and Amon-Ra St. Brown for touchdowns. Montgomery finished with 80 rushing yards on a day in which the Lions out-gained Dallas by a 492-251 advantage in total yards.

Detroit's defence shined as well by forcing four turnovers, including a pair of interceptions of Dak Prescott. Dallas' franchise quarterback was also sacked four times while managing just 178 yards on 17-of-33 passing.

The Lions were dealt a major injury blow, however, as top pass rusher Aidan Hutchinson was carted off in the third quarter after fracturing his left tibia on a sack of Prescott. The star defensive end entered the contest with an NFL-best 6.5 sacks through the season's first four games.

Detroit's offence scored on each of its first five possessions to take a commanding 27-6 lead after two quarters.

Including last season's play-off loss to the Green Bay Packers, the Cowboys have now trailed by 15 or more points at half-time in four consecutive home games. Dallas is the first team to do so since the Oakland Raiders in 2013-14.

Jackson, surging Ravens halt Commanders' four-game winning streak

Reigning NFL MVP Lamar Jackson outperformed 2024 No. 2 overall draft pick Jayden Daniels as the Baltimore Ravens ended the Washington Commanders’ four-game winning streak with a 30-23 victory.

Jackson threw for 323 yards and a touchdown, Derrick Henry ran for 132 yards and two touchdowns and Zay Flowers caught nine passes for 132 yards to help Baltimore win its fourth straight game after an 0-2 start to the season.

Daniels passed for a season-best 269 yards and a pair of touchdowns – both to Terry McLaurin – but Washington fell to 4-2 with its first defeat since Week 1.

Jackson, who also was the NFL MVP in his second season in 2019, has thrown for 1,009 yards with eight touchdowns and one interception during Baltimore’s four-game win streak, while adding 236 yards and a pair of touchdowns on the ground.

Daniels shined again, but Washington played without leading rusher Brian Robinson Jr. due to a knee injury and was held to 52 rushing yards after averaging 178.4 over its first five games.

The Commanders also struggled on defence, allowing a season-high 484 yards.

Rookie Williams stars in London as Bears drop Jaguars to 1-5

The top overall pick of this year's draft, Caleb Williams, threw four touchdown passes as the Chicago Bears dropped the Jacksonville Jaguars to 1-5 with a 35-16 victory at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.

Williams completed 23 of 29 passes for 226 yards with an interception and rushed four times for 56 yards. The former Heisman Trophy winner threw two touchdowns each to Cole Kmet and Keenan Allen.

Chicago (4-2) has won three straight for the first time since Weeks 14-16 in 2020, with Williams completing 74.1 percent of his passes (60 of 81) for 687 yards during the winning streak to go along with seven touchdowns and one interception.

Jacksonville lost again after defeating the Indianapolis Colts 37-34 last week for its first win of 2024. Trevor Lawrence went 23 of 35 for 234 yards with two touchdown passes – both to Gabe Davis - and one interception. 

Two-time Pro Bowl tight end Evan Engram returned to the Jaguars' lineup after missing the previous four games with a hamstring injury and had 10 catches for 102 yards.

Mayfield's four touchdown passes lead Buccaneers past slumping Saints

Baker Mayfield threw for 325 yards and four touchdowns and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers dominated the second half to rally for a 51-27 victory over the reeling New Orleans Saints.

Mayfield shook off three second-quarter interceptions to lead four touchdown drives in the second half as Tampa Bay (4-2) overcame a 27-24 deficit at intermission by outscoring New Orleans 27-0 over the final two quarters.

The Buccaneers took a 31-27 lead on Mayfield's 55-yard touchdown strike to Chris Godwin with 4:25 remaining in the third quarter.

Godwin also had a touchdown catch in the first quarter and compiled 125 yards on 11 receptions. Tampa Bay also got rushing touchdowns from Sean Tucker and Bucky Irving, with Tucker adding a touchdown catch while recording 136 rushing yards on 14 attempts.

New Orleans trailed 17-0 after one quarter before battling back with 20 consecutive points in the second, but failed to get anything going offensively in the second half and was dealt a fourth straight loss following a 2-0 start.

Spencer Rattler, making his first NFL start at quarterback in place of an injured Derek Carr, threw for 243 yards and a touchdown on 22-of-40 passing. The rookie was intercepted twice in the second half, however, and didn't get much help from a New Orleans defence that surrendered 594 total yards.

The Saints also played much of the game without wide receiver Chris Olave, who sustained a concussion after making a catch in the first quarter. Olave fumbled on the play, with Tampa Bay safety Antoine WInfield returning the turnover 58 yards for a touchdown that gave the Bucs a 14-0 lead.

Texans spoil Patriots rookie Maye's first start, move to 5-1

The New England Patriots also had a rookie quarterback make his first NFL start Sunday, though Drake Maye's three touchdown passes weren't enough to prevent his team from a fifth straight loss.

C.J. Stroud also threw three touchdown passes as the Houston Texans continued their strong start to the season with a 41-21 win over the rebuilding Pats.

Stroud found Tank Dell and Joe Mixon for early touchdowns as Houston (5-1) built a 14-0 lead after one quarter, then connected with Stefon Diggs for a 10-yard score early in the second half to give the Texans a 21-7 advantage.

Houston sealed its third consecutive victory with a pair of long touchdown runs in the fourth quarter, a 20-yard burst from Mixon and a 54-yard scamper from Dameon Pierce with 7:47 left.

Mixon had 102 yards on 13 carries in his return from a three-game absence caused by a sprained ankle, with Pierce adding 76 yards on just eight attempts.

Maye, the No. 3 overall pick of this year's draft behind Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels, completed 20 of 33 passes for 243 yards with touchdowns to Kayshon Boutte, Hunter Henry and DeMario Douglas. The former North Carolina star also threw his first two career interceptions as New England dropped to 1-5.

Douglas led the Patriots with 92 yards on six catches.

Eagles hold off scuffling Browns to bounce back

Jalen Hurts' 45-yard touchdown pass to DeVonta Smith with 7:54 remaining broke a tie game and sparked the Philadelphia Eagles to a 20-16 win over the still-struggling Cleveland Browns.

Both Smith and A.J. Brown returned from injuries to haul in touchdown passes from Hurts as Philadelphia (3-2) rebounded from a 33-16 loss to Tampa Bay that preceded the team's Week 5 bye.

Brown returned from a three-game absence caused by a strained hamstring to record 116 yards on six catches. Smith had three receptions for 64 yards after missing the Tampa Bay game with a concussion.

Cleveland, meanwhile, dropped to 1-5 with its fourth straight loss after once again having trouble scoring points. The Browns, the only team this season to be held under 20 points in every game, also failed to reach 300 total yards for the fifth consecutive time after managing just 244.

The Browns' lone touchdown came on one-time Eagles safety Rodney McLeod's 50-yard return of a blocked field goal attempt late in the second quarter that tied the contest at 10-10.

After both teams traded field goals, Hurts hit a wide-open Smith on a short pass and the standout receiver raced untouched down the sideline to snap a 13-13 deadlock midway through the fourth quarter.

Cleveland marched down to the Eagles' 3-yard line on the ensuing possession, but had to settle for Dustin Hopkins' third field goal of the game after two false-start penalties and a third-down incompletion from quarterback Deshaun Watson.

The Browns never got the ball back thereafter, as Philadelphia successfully ran out the clock following Hopkins' kick with 3:54 remaining.

San Francisco 49ers linebacker Fred Warner hailed the team for standing tall on the road after they held off a Seattle Seahawks fightback for a crucial 36-24 win.

The Niners were in dire need of a victory after blowing double-digit fourth-quarter leads in losses to the Los Angeles Rams and Arizona Cardinals in Weeks 3 and 5.

They made a strong start to Thursday's meeting between two NFC West rivals, assuming a 23-3 lead early in the third quarter, as Brock Purdy threw a 76-yard catch-and-run touchdown to Deebo Samuel and another score to George Kittle.

However, the defending NFC champions let Seattle back in and saw their lead trimmed to six points by the start of the fourth, with the Seahawks reeling off 14 straight points then getting the ball back via a Rasheem Green interception.

However, they held firm and another two touchdowns – a second Purdy-Kittle link-up and a six-yard Kyle Juszczyk rush – ensured they improved to 3-3, level with Seattle. 

Asked if doubts began to creep in as the Niners' lead shrunk, three-time All-Pro Warner said: "A thousand percent. 

"It sucks, but yes, it was something that felt familiar for sure. We could go one of two ways right there. 

"We could stand tall in a hostile environment and get the game that we got to get or we could settle for exactly how we've been playing the last couple losses."

The 49ers' season has seen them hampered by injuries to the likes of Christian McCaffrey, Dre Greenlaw and Javon Hargrave, and head coach Kyle Shanahan was handed another headache on Thursday as running back Jordan Mason was forced off with a shoulder issue.

Asked for an update on Mason's condition after the game, Shanahan said: "He thought he was going to be alright.

"He went back in, and it just hurt him too much, so he went out. We'll find out more tomorrow."

San Francisco's victory came at a crucial time as they are involved in the matchup of the season so far in Week 7, when they face the Kansas City Chiefs in a repeat of February's Super Bowl LVIII clash.

Offensive tackle Trent Williams said of that game: "It's not like we can get payback for losing in the Super Bowl. That ship has sailed. 

"Obviously, we know what type of team that is, one of the best teams in the league... All-Star quarterback, great coach. 

"We're going to take these three days off and regroup and try to put a complete game together."

Brock Purdy threw for 255 yards and three touchdowns, and the San Francisco 49ers never trailed in a 36-24 victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night.

Deebo Samuel had a 76-yard catch-and-run touchdown and finished with three catches for 102 yards for the defending NFC champions (3-3), who moved into a tie with Seattle (3-3) for first place in the NFC West after an uneven start to the season.

George Kittle added five receptions for 58 yards and two scores for the 49ers, who beat the Seahawks for a sixth straight time. Kyle Juszczyk added a late TD run for the 49ers, and he and Kittle both celebrated their scores by leaping into the stands to embrace their wives, who were sitting together in the first row.

Matthew Wright, who joined San Francisco earlier this week to replace injured kicker Jake Moody, had a trio of first-half-field goals from 25, 41 and 35 yards.

Geno Smith passed for 312 yards and a touchdown but was intercepted twice, and the Seahawks lost their third straight after a 3-0 start under new coach Mike Macdonald.

Brock Purdy threw for 255 yards and three touchdowns, and the San Francisco 49ers never trailed in a 36-24 victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night.

Deebo Samuel had a 76-yard catch-and-run touchdown and finished with three catches for 102 yards for the defending NFC champions (3-3), who moved into a tie with Seattle (3-3) for first place in the NFC West after an uneven start to the season.

George Kittle added five receptions for 58 yards and two scores for the 49ers, who beat the Seahawks for a sixth straight time. Kyle Juszczyk added a late TD run for the 49ers, and he and Kittle both celebrated their scores by leaping into the stands to embrace their wives, who were sitting together in the first row.

Matthew Wright, who joined San Francisco earlier this week to replace injured kicker Jake Moody, had a trio of first half-field goals from 25, 41 and 35 yards.

Geno Smith passed for 312 yards and a touchdown but was intercepted twice, and the Seahawks lost their third straight after a 3-0 start under new coach Mike Macdonald.

New Orleans Saints coach Dennis Allen has selected rookie quarterback Spencer Rattler to make his first regular-season NFL start on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Allen confirmed Rattler as the starter on Wednesday with usual starter Derek Carr to miss at least one game because of a left oblique injury that occurred in the fourth quarter of New Orleans’ 26-13 loss in Kansas City on Monday night.

The decision means that Rattler, for the time being, moves ahead of second-year pro Jake Haener on the depth chart.

Haener replaced Carr after his injury in Kansas City and also played late in a pair of lopsided victories to start the season.

“We just internally talked a lot about it and felt like in this particular game he was going to give us the best chance to win,” Allen said of Rattler. “He’s a rookie so we’re going to have some challenges that go along with that, but I think we’ll have a good plan for him.”

Rattler was selected by the Saints in the fifth round of last spring’s NFL draft out of South Carolina.

He will become the fifth rookie quarterback to start his season, joining Caleb Williams (Bears), Jayden Daniels (Commanders), Bo Nix (Broncos) and Drake Maye, who is scheduled to also make his first career start Sunday for the Patriots against Houston.

Nico Collins, the NFL's leader in receiving yards this season, will miss at least the Houston Texans' next four games after the team placed him on injured reserve Wednesday.

Collins, who has amassed 567 receiving yards during Houston's 4-1 start, injured his hamstring on a 67-yard touchdown catch during the first quarter of the Texans' 23-20 win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. 

The standout wide receiver will be eligible to return for the Texans' Week 10 clash against the Detroit Lions on Nov. 10.

After recording 80 catches, 1,297 receiving yards and eight touchdowns during a breakout 2023 campaign, Collins was on pace for an even better season in 2024. His 32 catches are tied for third in the NFL, while his seven receptions of 25 or more yards are tied with Minnesota Vikings star Justin Jefferson for the most in the league.

Collins also tops the AFC South-leading Texans with three touchdown catches through five games.

“Nico has been the best receiver in the NFL this year," Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans said when updating Collins' injury on Monday.  "So, do you replace him? No, everybody just steps up and whatever role you’re asked to do, just step up and play your role the proper way."

The Texans still have proven options at wide receiver despite Collins likely out for the next month.

Stefon Diggs is a four-time Pro Bowl selection who led the NFL in receptions (127) and receiving yards (1,535) with Buffalo in 2020, while Tank Dell produced 709 yards and seven touchdowns on 47 catches as a rookie in 2023 before having his season cut short after 11 games by a fractured fibula.

Diggs led the Texans with 82 yards on six catches last week in his first meeting with the Bills since being traded by Buffalo to Houston in the off-season.

"Nobody has to be Nico," Ryans said. "There is one Nico. He’s done a great job of that. Now, whoever is next, when your number is called, make the plays that you are supposed to make.”

The New Orleans Saints will be without starting quarterback Derek Carr for multiple games, multiple media outlets reported Tuesday.

Carr suffered an oblique injury in the fourth quarter of the Saints’ 26-13 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday night, leaving backup Jake Haener to finish the game.

It remains unclear whether Carr will be placed on injured reserve.

Haener, a fourth-round pick in 2023, could be the temporary starter in the coming weeks, but New Orleans could go with fifth-round rookie Spencer Rattler.

Neither has started an NFL game.

Carr has been one of the healthiest quarterbacks in the NFL since he entered the league in 2014. He started all 17 games for the Saints last year despite an injury to his throwing shoulder.

In his second season in New Orleans, Carr had the Saints off to a dream 2-0 start, outscoring opponents 91-29. The Saints have lost three straight games since, however, and face the NFC South rival Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 6.

In Weeks 7 through 9, the Saints play against the Denver Broncos, at the Los Angeles Chargers and at the Carolina Panthers.

Carr ranks eighth among qualifying quarterbacks with a 100.7 passer rating this season. He has completed 70.3 percent of his passes for 989 yards, eight touchdowns and four interceptions.

Despite leaving Monday’s game with an injury, Carr reached a pair of milestones by going over 40,000 career passing yards and throwing his 250th touchdown.

Drake Maye's time has come.

Maye will start at quarterback for the New England Patriots this Sunday against the visiting Houston Texans, according to multiple reports on Tuesday.

The Patriots selected Maye with the third overall pick of this year's draft, and it was only a matter of time before they would name him a starter.

The struggles of Jacoby Brissett may have sped up the decision.

In leading New England to a 1-4 record, Brissett ranks 29th in passer rating (74.2), 30th in average passing yards (139.2), 30th in completion percentage (58.5) and 31st in yards per attempt (5.16) with only two passing touchdowns and one interception.

Maye's only regular-season action came in mop-up duty in the Patriots' 24-3 loss to the New York Jets in Week 3. The 22-year-old was 4 of 8 for 22 yards and also ran twice for 12 yards.

Maye will become the fourth quarterback from this year's rookie class to start in 2024, joining top overall pick Caleb Williams of the Chicago Bears, No. 2 pick Jayden Daniels of the Washington Commanders and the Denver Broncos' Bo Nix, who was selected 12th overall.

Those QBs are a combined 13-5 in their starts.

The New York Jets have seen enough of Robert Saleh as coach of the team.

The Jets decided to fire Saleh on Tuesday after the team opened the 2024 season 2-3.

Saleh, 45, took over as coach of the Jets in 2021, and went 20-36 in his three-plus seasons at the helm.

He will be replaced by defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, who will serve as the interim coach.

This is the first time Woody Johnson has fired a coach mid-season during his 25 years as the team's owner.

The decision to fire Saleh came two days after the Jets managed just 254 yards in Sunday's 23-17 loss to the Minnesota Vikings at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.

New York has scored two offensive touchdowns in its last two games and has been held to fewer than 275 yards in four of five games this season.

Aaron Rodgers has struggled early in his return from a torn left Achilles tendon, and it's been reported Saleh had a rocky relationship with the veteran quarterback.

Saleh took issue with Rodgers' cadence following a 10-9 loss to the Denver Broncos in Week 4, and in New York's win over the New England Patriots in Week 3, Saleh attempted to give Rodgers a hug on the side-line, but the 40-year-old QB appeared to push him away.

The Jets, who have the NFL's longest active play-off drought at 13 seasons, next play Monday at home against the Bills, and they can move into a tie with Buffalo atop the AFC East with a win.

JuJu Smith-Schuster declared "the band is back together" after helping the Kansas City Chiefs stay perfect for the season with Monday's 26-13 win over the New Orleans Saints.

Smith-Schuster had seven catches for 130 yards as the Chiefs overcame the absence of injured receiver Rashee Rice to make their first 5-0 start since 2018 – the team's first campaign with Patrick Mahomes as their starting quarterback.

Kareem Hunt also excelled, rushing for 102 yards and a touchdown – his first score for the Chiefs since they released him six years ago, before bringing him back last month.

Smith-Schuster, meanwhile, returned to the team in August, having played a key role in their 2022 Super Bowl-winning season.

Speaking after the victory, the former second-round draft pick said: "It's pretty cool getting the guys back. I'd say it's like the band is back together."

The Chiefs are one of just two teams, alongside the Minnesota Vikings, to boast a 100% record for the season.

Quarterback Mahomes hailed the impact of both Smith-Schuster and Hunt after their latest win, comparing the former to his favourite target, tight end Travis Kelce.

"It's a credit to not only the guys and how hard they work, but coach [Andy] Reid and just knowing their skill sets and how to put them in great positions," Mahomes said. 

"Kareem just runs extremely hard. He gets every yard out there, catches the ball, does whatever it takes in order to go out there and win.

"[Smith-Schuster] fits in well in this offense and so he did a great job today. It was cool to get those guys going.

"Trav is kind of one of a kind, but he [Smith-Schuster] has a good feel for the entire concept of the play and so he knows how to get into the open spots.

"He did a good job today of beating man when they played man and finding windows to get big catches."

Patrick Mahomes threw for 331 yards, Kareem Hunt rushed for 102 yards and a touchdown, and the Kansas City Chiefs remained unbeaten with Monday's 26-13 win over the scuffling New Orleans Saints.

The reigning two-time Super Bowl champions also got four field goals from Harrison Butker and a rushing touchdown from rookie Xavier Worthy to join the Minnesota Vikings as the only teams to start this season 5-0. It's the first time the Chiefs have won their first five games in a campaign since 2018, Mahomes' first season as the team's starting quarterback. 

New Orleans has now lost three straight following a 2-0 start and had starting quarterback Derek Carr exit in the fourth quarter with an oblique injury.

Carr threw touchdown passes to Rashid Shaheed and Foster Moreau before departing, but was held to 165 yards on 18-of-28 passing. The Saints managed just 220 total yards against a Kansas City defence that also intercepted Carr on the game's opening possession to stop a drive inside Chiefs' territory.

The Chiefs marched 78 yards in 10 plays following the turnover to take a 7-0 lead on Hunt's 5-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. They extended the margin to 10-0 on Butker's 26-yard field goal early in the second.

Shaheed hauled in Carr's deep pass for a 43-yard touchdown to get New Orleans on the board with 8:36 left before half-time, but two more Butker field goals sent Kansas City into the break owning a 16-7 advantage.

The Saints closed the gap again early in the fourth quarter, as Carr capped an 8-play, 65-yard drive with a 6-yard touchdown pass to Moreau with 14:16 remaining. Kicker Blake Grupe missed the extra-point try, however, to keep the Chiefs' lead at 16-13.

Kansas City responded on the ensuing possession, though. A 50-yard completion from Mahomes to JuJu Smith-Schuster moved the Chiefs deep into New Orleans territory, and Worthy slithered into the end zone from three yards out on a hand-off three plays later to push Kansas City's lead to 23-13 with under 12 minutes to go.

Joe Burrow said the Cincinnati Bengals are some way away from championship contention after a botched field-goal attempt saw them suffer a dramatic overtime defeat to the Baltimore Ravens.

Burrow threw for five touchdowns and 392 yards – comfortably his best game of the season – in Sunday's huge AFC North matchup, but it was not enough to lead the Bengals to victory.

They lost a thrilling encounter 41-38 in overtime, Evan McPherson missing a potential game-winning field goal before Justin Tucker did the honours for Baltimore at the other end.

The defeat dropped the Bengals to 1-4, while the Ravens have now won three straight games after opening the season with surprising back-to-back defeats.

Cincinnati's four losses this year have come by a combined margin of just 15 points, but Burrow does not feel their troubles can be explained merely by bad luck.

"We're not a championship-level team right now," Burrow said. "We're not. 

"I'd like to think that we'll come back and improve throughout the season to get to that point, but right now we are not and we have to get better.

"I know exactly how we are 1-4. We're not making plays at the end of the game to go and win it. I'm definitely not in disbelief. I know exactly what's happening."

Rookie punter Ryan Rehkow played a role in McPherson's decisive miss, his poor hold causing the kick to skew wide left. Head coach Zac Taylor, however, has backed his team to bounce back.

"People can write us off if they really want to," Taylor said. "I'm not dumb enough to do that."

The Ravens' game-winning field goal was teed up by a 51-yard dash by in-form running back Derrick Henry, who had 92 yards and a touchdown from 15 carries.

Henry also brought up a personal milestone by passing 10,000 career rushing yards in the second quarter, becoming the 32nd player in NFL history to accomplish the feat and the first since Marshawn Lynch (2017). The former Tennessee Titans star also became the 14th running back in league history to reach 100 career scrimmage touchdowns.

Asked what he saw on his huge overtime play, Henry replied: "Just green grass. Green grass and get it as close to the end zone as possible. 

"I didn't get in, I should've probably stiff-armed him, but the GOAT got the field goal to win the game, and we're going home with a victory. That's all that matters.

"This win is big because of what happened today. It puts us up two in the division, so we definitely needed this one. 

"It was just as important for us as it was for them. We're glad we got the victory. With everything that happened, to show the resiliency of this team. We're going to keep on fighting to the end."

The Minnesota Vikings moved to 5-0 for the first time in eight years with a 23-17 victory over the New York Jets at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Sunday.

Minnesota built a 17-0 lead over New York (2-3) in the second quarter but needed an interception of Aaron Rodgers at the Vikings’ 26-yard line with 49 seconds left in the game to remain perfect on the season.

Andrew Van Ginkel put Minnesota up 10-0 late in the first quarter with a 63-yard interception return for a touchdown and Will Reichard kicked three field goals to lead the Vikings.

Minnesota quarterback Sam Darnold, who was selected No. 3 overall by the Jets in the 2018 NFL Draft, went 14 of 31 for 179 yards with an interception.

Rodgers completed 29 of 54 passes for 244 yards while throwing two touchdowns and three interceptions. He became the ninth player in NFL history to pass for 60,000 career yards.

Minnesota and the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs are the last two unbeaten teams in the league. Kansas City (4-0) hosts the New Orleans Saints (2-2) to close out Week 5 on Monday.

Rookie QB Daniels leads Commanders to fourth straight win

Jayden Daniels passed for 238 yards and a touchdown and added 82 yards on the ground as the Washington Commanders routed the Cleveland Browns for their fourth straight win.

Washington moved to 4-1 for the first time since 2008 behind three rushing touchdowns, including two by Brian Robinson Jr., while Cleveland fell to 1-4 with its third consecutive defeat.

Daniels, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, has completed 77.1 percent of his passes this season for 1,135 yards and four touchdowns. He’s also rushed for 300 yards and four TDs.

Terry McLaurin had four receptions for a season-high 112 yards, and Washington’s defence limited the Browns to 212 total yards.

Cleveland quarterback Deshaun Watson again failed to reach 200 yards passing in a game this season, throwing for 125 with a touchdown, and is near the bottom of the NFL with a 60.2 completion percentage. Despite his struggles, coach Kevin Stefanski said the team is "not changing quarterbacks."

The Browns have yet to record over 300 total yards in 2024 after doing so 13 times in 17 games last season while going 11-6 and reaching the playoffs.

Texans beat Bills on Fairbairn's 59-yard field goal as time expires

Ka′imi Fairbairn booted a 59-yard field goal as the clock struck zero to lift the Houston Texans to a 23-20 win over the Buffalo Bills.

C.J. Stroud completed 28 of 38 passes for 331 yards with a touchdown and the Texans held on to improve to 4-1 after blowing a 20-3 lead in the third quarter.

They also overcame an injury to Nico Collins, who entered Week 5 with an NFL-leading 489 receiving yards. 

Collins exited early in the second quarter with a hamstring injury shortly after he scored a 67-yard touchdown, but Stefon Diggs stepped up in his first game against his former team, leading the Texans with six receptions for 82 yards.

Houston's defence frustrated Josh Allen nearly the entire game, and the Bills lost their second in a row after starting the season 3-0.

Allen threw three straight incomplete passes on Buffalo's final drive to give Houston a chance to win it, and he finished the game just 9 of 30 for 131 yards with a TD.

Prescott's late TD pass lifts Cowboys over Steelers

Dak Prescott found Jalen Tolbert just across the goal line for a four-yard touchdown pass on a fourth down with 20 seconds remaining to give the Dallas Cowboys a 20-17 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Prescott threw a pair of touchdowns in the fourth quarter, and drove the Cowboys 70 yards on the winning drive after the Steelers (3-2) went ahead on a six-yard TD pass from Justin Fields to Pat Freiermuth with 4:56 remaining.

The Cowboys (3-2) outgained the Steelers 448-227 in total yards with Prescott throwing for 352 yards and running back Rico Dowdle rushing for 90 yards and catching two passes for 27 yards with a TD.

Dowdle almost had a costly turnover, however. Two plays before the winning touchdown, he was stripped of the ball by Steelers linebacker Elandon Roberts at the goal line but Prescott was able to jump on it and recover the fumble.

Tolbert, who got hurt the play before the winning score, led Dallas with seven receptions for 87 yards.

The game started nearly 90 minutes later than its scheduled start time because of a heavy thunderstorm producing lightning in the area. The game ended at 12:59 a.m.

Ravens pull out wild 41-38 overtime win over Bengals

Justin Tucker's 24-yard field goal in the final minute of overtime sent the Baltimore Ravens to a 41-38 win over the Cincinnati Bengals.

After both teams scored touchdowns early behind Lamar Jackson and Joe Burrow, the game came down to the kickers.

Tucker sent the game to overtime with a 56-yard field goal with 1:35 remaining in regulation, and Bengals kicker Evan McPherson missed a 53-yarder after a fumbled snap on Cincinnati's first possession of overtime.

On the very next play, Derrick Henry rushed 51 yards down to the Cincinnati six-yard line to set up Tucker's winning kick as Baltimore won its third straight game after opening 0-2.

Henry finished with 92 yards running and scored his 100th career rushing touchdown, while Jackson passed for 348 yards and four TDs without an interception.

Burrow threw five touchdown passes, while racking up 392 passing yards, but the Bengals dropped to 1-4.

Love-Kraft connection help Packers rally past Rams

Jordan Love threw a pair of touchdown passes to Tucker Kraft in the third quarter to help the Green Bay Packers to a 24-19 win over the Los Angeles Rams.

The Packers opened the scoring on Josh Jacobs' first touchdown with Green Bay, but then fell behind 13-7 just before the two-minute warning in the first half on Jaylen McCollough's four-yard interception return for a touchdown - the first pick-6 of Love's career.

Love responded by leading scoring drives on Green Bay's next three possessions - including touchdown passes of 66 and seven yards to Kraft.

Love threw for 224 yards in his second start after missing two games due to a knee injury, as the Packers (3-2) won for the first time in a game he started this season.

Green Bay safety Xavier McKinney intercepted Matthew Stafford in the third quarter to become the first player since the 1970 merger to have an interception in his first five games with a team.

Stafford also threw a touchdown and finished with 260 yards, while Kyren Williams rushed for 102 yards and scored for the eighth straight game for the Rams (1-4).

Kirk Cousins passed for a career-high 509 yards and four touchdowns, the last of them a 45-yard scoring pass to KhaDarel Hodge in overtime that gave the Atlanta Falcons an improbable 36-30 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday night.

After a wild fourth quarter that featured a blocked field goal, a fumble and an interception, Cousins and the Falcons (3-2) got the ball back at their own 20 with 1:14 remaining in regulation and no timeouts, trailing 30-27.

Cousins completed five passes to push Atlanta to the Buccaneers 29, then hustled to the line to spike the ball with a single second on the clock. In all the confusion, the Falcons were called for delay of game as they lined up for a tying field goal, but it didn't cost them.

Younghoe Koo knocked it through from 52 yards to force overtime, one week after he made a 58-yarder with 2 seconds left to beat the New Orleans Saints.

The Falcons won the coin toss in overtime and made sure Baker Mayfield and the Buccaneers (3-2) didn't get their hands on the ball again. Cousins connected with Drake London on a couple of passes before throwing one over the middle to Hodge, who split the secondary and raced untouched to the end zone to end the game.

Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid told the media Thursday the team was waiting for swelling to go down on Rashee Rice's knee before performing additional tests.

Three hours later, the Chiefs had enough information to know he'll be side-lined for at least one month.

The Chiefs placed Rice on injured reserve later Thursday, meaning he will out for a minimum of four weeks.

Rice was injured in last Sunday's 17-10 win over the Los Angeles Chargers, and it was reported he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.

There has been no update on the extent of the injury, but a torn ACL would side-line him for the rest of the season.

The second-year receiver was injured on a bizarre play when he collided with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who inadvertently dove into Rice's knee as the two team-mates were attempting to tackle Chargers cornerback Kristian Fulton on an interception return.

Rice was carted off to the locker room shortly after leaving the field and eventually ruled out of the game.

His injury is the latest blow to a Kansas City team that is already without leading rusher Isiah Pacheco, who is recovering from a fractured fibula he sustained in Week 2.

It also leaves Mahomes without his top target, as Rice led the NFL with 24 receptions through this season's first three weeks.

No other Kansas City player had double-digit receptions entering Week 4, though Travis Kelce finally took on a larger role in the offence.

The veteran tight end had seven receptions for 89 yards against the Chargers after catching eight passes for 69 yards in the first three games.

Despite losing two of their top play-makers, the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs are 4-0 heading into their Week 5 Monday night game against the New Orleans Saints.