NFL Week 2 roundup: Saints take down Ravens

BALTIMORE — Tyler Shough scored on a fourth-down sneak with 1:28 remaining, and the New Orleans Saints rallied to a 24-17 win over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.

New Orleans (1-1) had first down from the 2 earlier than a penalty and a pricey incomplete cross allowed Baltimore — with solely two timeouts left — to cease the clock after the following two performs. On fourth-and-goal, the Saints determined in opposition to a brief discipline purpose, and Shough was dominated to have scored on a one-yard sneak. The play was upheld after a assessment.

The Ravens, who did not have a primary down on both of their earlier two drives, made it to the New Orleans 37, however Lamar Jackson’s deep cross was intercepted by Julian Blackmon with 13 seconds left.

Baltimore had a 17-9 lead and compelled a three-and-out with sacks by Trey Hendrickson and Mike Green. That gave the Ravens the ball on the New Orleans 49 late within the third quarter with an opportunity to make it a two-score recreation.

But Baltimore went backwards 16 yards and punted, then the Saints drove to tie it with 9:42 remaining on a 21-yard landing cross from Shough to Chris Olave. After a penalty on the Ravens (1-1) moved thetwo2-point conversion to the 1-yard line, and Travis Etienne Jr. ran the ball in to make it 17-all.

After one other Baltimore three-and-out — Jackson curiously threw lengthy on third-and-one and his cross to Chris Moore was damaged up by Kool-Aid McKinstry — the Saints took over at their very own 32 with 8:06 remaining. They drove about as methodically as attainable, changing two third downs and two fourth downs to grab the lead.

Baltimore beat Indianapolis 41-23 in Jesse Minter’s debut as coach, however in Week 2 the Ravens did lots of the issues that acquired John Harbaugh’s workers fired, collapsing within the fourth quarter and dropping yet one more dwelling recreation. Baltimore was 3-6 at M&T Bank Stadium final season.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jalen Hurts threw a three-yard landing cross to Darius Cooper with 9 seconds left, and the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Tennessee Titans 24-20 on a sizzling and steamy Sunday. 

The Eagles (2-0) appeared able to dominate Tennessee. They opened the sport by stringing collectively three straight drives of no less than 11 performs.

The Titans (0-2) sacked Hurts thrice and picked him off twice, turning these into 10 factors. The second interception arrange Joey Slye’s 33-yard discipline purpose with 1:56 left, placing Tennessee up 20-17. 

Hurts had 1:56 to drive the Eagles 65 yards for the win. He completed with 264 yards passing and two TDs. DeVonta Smith had 10 catches for 117 yards, Tank Bigsby ran for a TD, and Jake Elliott kicked a 58-yard discipline purpose.

Cam Ward acquired the Titans (0-2) to midfield, however his last cross beneath stress hit the turf harmlessly as time expired.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — TreVeyon Henderson ran for a 39-yard landing in his season debut, Eli Ponder added a 19-yard fumble restoration for a rating and the New England Patriots’ protection smothered Aaron Rodgers on the way in which to a 20-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday.

With the victory, Patriots coach Mike Vrabel averted simply the second 0-2 begin of his eight-year teaching profession.

Drake Maye completed 14 of twenty-two for 208 yards and an interception. Romeo Doubs, who had no catches in his Patriots debut final week, had a 63-yard catch within the third quarter to arrange Andy Borregales’ second discipline purpose of the sport.

But it was the New England protection that set the tone. A yr after main the Steelers to a win in New England, Rodgers struggled to take care of the Patriots’ stress. The 42-year-old quarterback fumbled twice, together with the one which led to Ponder’s rating.
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ATLANTA — Bryce Young threw for 287 yards and three touchdowns, together with two to Darren Waller, Carolina’s Devin Lloyd returned one in all his two interceptions for a landing and the Panthers routed the short-handed Atlanta Falcons 34-3 on Sunday.

The Panthers (1-1) earned their fourth straight win within the NFC South rivalry. Young accomplished 23 of 36 passes as he improved to 5-1 in opposition to the Falcons. He set a franchise report with 448 yards passing in a 30-27 additional time win to cap final season’s sweep.

With fill-in starter Cooper Rush at quarterback, the Falcons (0-2) had extra offensive woes following their 20-13 opening loss at Pittsburgh final week. Michael Penix Jr. (knee) and Tua Tagovailoa (indirect) once more had been inactive.

Rush accomplished 10 of 17 passes for 86 yards with two interceptions and in addition misplaced a fumble.

Rush’s struggles from his very first snap had been so dramatic that some Falcons followers had been booing six minutes into the sport. He misplaced a fumble on a nine-yard run to open the sport. Atlanta’s second possession ended when Rush’s cross supposed for Bijan Robinson was intercepted by linebacker Bobby Okereke.
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CHICAGO — Isaiah Rodgers recovered a fumble and blocked a late field-goal try, and the Minnesota Vikings shut down Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears for a 9-3 victory on a wet Sunday.

Aaron Jones rushed for 105 yards as Minnesota improved to 2-0 for the primary time because it opened the 2024 season with 5 consecutive wins. Will Reichard kicked three discipline objectives, together with a 39-yarder with 1:09 left.

Williams departed with a proper hamstring damage halfway via the fourth quarter, silencing a drenched crowd of 58,914 at Soldier Field. The No. 1 choose within the 2024 draft was 15 for 26 for 138 yards, and he additionally had 5 carries for 42 yards.

Led by Dallas Turner, Minnesota restricted Chicago to 297 yards of offense. Turner had two of the Vikings’ 4 sacks, and Byron Murphy Jr. intercepted an ill-advised throw by Williams within the first quarter.

The Bears (1-1) rolled to 291 yards speeding and 552 yards general of their 59-37 victory at Carolina in Week 1. It was the highest-scoring season opener in NFL historical past.
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HOUSTON — Joe Burrow threw two landing passes to Ja’Marr Chase to guide the Cincinnati Bengals to a 20-6 win over the Houston Texans on Sunday. 

The huge day by Chase got here every week after the five-time Pro Bowler had simply two receptions for 12 yards in a win over Tampa Bay. That prompted Burrow, coach Zac Taylor and offensive coordinator Dan Pitcher to say that getting him the ball extra needed to be a precedence in opposition to the Texans.

They confirmed they meant that early as Chase eclipsed final week’s efficiency with 14 yards receiving on Cincinnati’s first drive and didn’t decelerate after that.

He put the Bengals (2-0) on prime 7-0 when he managed to tug his toe inbounds on a spectacular 32-yard TD catch over Derek Stingley with about three minutes left within the first half. 

The Bengals had been up by seven when Burrow discovered Chase once more. This time, he grabbed an 18-yard cross in the long run zone in entrance of a diving Reed Blankenship to make it 17-3 with about three minutes left within the third.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Trey Smack kicked a 26-yard discipline purpose in additional time and Green Bay overcame a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit and a sloppy, penalty-filled efficiency to snap a six-game skid with a victory over New York.

Jordan Love threw two landing passes for the Packers (1-1), who had 14 accepted penalties and appeared on their solution to one other ugly loss after a fourth-quarter collapse at Minnesota final week.

But it was the Jets (1-1) who couldn’t maintain on in the long run after principally outplaying the Packers and stifling Love and the offense for a lot of the sport.

The Packers additionally overcame a scary begin when large receiver Jayden Reed and proper deal with Zach Bako-Bewele had been carted off the sector with accidents on consecutive performs on the opening drive. Reed has a neck damage, whereas Bako-Bewele damage a knee.
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