Rodgers was 19-of-30 for 241 yards with long scoring strikes to receivers Ty Montgomery and James Jones.
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Dalton was 30 of 44 for 331 yards with two touchdowns, an interception and a season-high four sacks.
The Seahawks scored 17 unanswered points and outgained the NFL’s second-ranked offense and top-ranked passing game 236-58 from the end of the first quarter until 2 minutes remained in the third.
Asked which turnover bothered him the most, Rodgers said: “All of them”.
The Packers (5-0) made four interceptions of Nick Foles.
Derek Carr threw for 249 yards and one touchdown for the Raiders (2-3), but was done in by the interception midway through the fourth quarter with Oakland in position for a possible go-ahead field goal.
That the Bengals are talking about getting better is yet another change. Before Dalton could get all the way up, Bennett pushed him back to the ground twice.
Cincinnati Bengals staged a sensational fourth-quarter comeback to beat the Seattle Seahawks 27-24 in overtime.
Mike Nugent’s 42-yard field goal bounced off the left upright, but went through for a 27-24 victory over the Seattle Seahawks. But, sadly, the pass defense didn’t come to play yesterday and the Bengals did just enough to win (aided by the especially conservative play calling by Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell in OT).
“Really had the chance to make a big play right there, ” Carroll said.
When Cincinnati erased a 17-point fourth-quarter deficit and sent it to overtime, the Seahawks got the ball first and Fred Jackson was at running back instead of Rawls.
The Seahawks have led every game in the fourth quarter this season, but are now 2-3. In the fourth quarter and overtime, the Seahawks went 1-for-6 on third down.
The Bengals are 5-0 for the first time since 1988, the last time they went to the Super Bowl.
The 17-point collapse matched Seattle’s biggest meltdown ever. “We’re known for that, and we didn’t do that today”.
BEARS 18, CHIEFS 17 >> In Kansas City, Mo., Jay Cutler led the Bears to a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns, the second an alert toss to Matt Forte with 18 seconds left. “We wanted to show that we’ve got a great defence and a great team”, cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick said. “This was a big game, because we were facing a good team“.
“Being able to overcome what we did against that kind of talent is a heck of a message”, left tackle Andrew Whitworth said. Add to that four sacks and 10 quarterback hits, and it was another solid day for the resurgent pass rush.
“It’s not just one thing”. Those Seahawks were too snake-bitten to put away their opponents, and lost a few absolute crushers.
Unable to build on their first win of the season, in overtime at Pittsburgh last week, the last-place Ravens fell to 1-4 for the first time.
“We were off”, Thomas said.
Maybe what they really needed, as quarterback Russell Wilson said Sunday, was just a little more oomph. That set up a 13-yard touchdown pass from Sam Bradford to tight end Brent Celek to give the Eagles a 23-10 lead with 6:31 left in the third quarter.
Atlanta is also 5-0, and also was pushed to overtime on Sunday, except not against Seattle but by a flawed Washington club, before winning 25-19.
Cardinals 42, Lions 17 – Carson Palmer threw three touchdown passes, Matthew Stafford was benched after throwing his third interception, and Arizona cruised in Detroit.
With their top two running backs and top wide receiver out injured, Taylor ran for 77 yards as the Bills snapped a five-game skid against Tennessee.
Browns quarterback Josh McCown completed 36 of 51 passes for 457 yards with two touchdowns.
After taking a closer look at these quarterback’s statistics, it’s easy to see that Dalton has been elite to start the 2015 season.
The Seahawks came into Cincinnati desperate to prove that their 0-2 start was a fluke, one remedied by Monday night hero Kam Chancellor.
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The Titans (1-3) blew a second straight double-digit lead at home. The frustration started bubbling over for a franchise that hasn’t won on its own field in a year.
