DENVER - Peyton Manning overcame four turnovers and Denver scored the last 38 points Sunday in a come-from-behind 45-21 victory over former Broncos Coach Mike Shanahan and his new team, the Washington Redskins.
Manning finished with 354 yards and four touchdown passes to offset his three interceptions and lost fumble.
“That stuff happens in football,” Manning said. “We haven’t had a ton of that, but the fact we were able to overcome it was critical.”
His first two turnovers led to points that gave the Redskins a 21-7 lead early in the third quarter. From there, Manning led the Broncos on two long scoring drives, then the go-ahead score on a 35-yard touchdown pass to Knowshon Moreno.
“You can’t give Peyton that many opportunities because he’s going to take advantage of it,” Shanahan said.
Robert Griffin III finished with 132 yards passing, one score and two interceptions for Washington before injuring his left knee.
Griffin’s replacement, Kirk Cousins, threw an interception that Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie returned 75 yards for Denver’s final points.
BENGALS 49, JETS 9 Andy Dalton threw a career-high five touchdown passes, four of them to Marvin Jones for the host Bengals. Jones set a Bengals record for touchdown receptions, scoring on catches of 9, 6, 17 and 6 yards. Dalton’s five touchdown passes gave him 11 in his last three games, his best such span. He’s the first quarterback to throw for five TDs against the Jets since Dan Marino in 1988. The Bengals (6-2) won their fourth in a row and padded their AFC North lead. New York took its most lopsided loss since 2010. Rookie quarterback Geno Smith threw two interceptions that were returned for touchdowns.
PACKERS 44, VIKINGS 31 Aaron Rodgers threw for 285 yards and two touchdowns to lead visiting Green Bay over Minnesota. Rodgers completed 24 of 29 passes and Jordy Nelson had 123 yards receiving for the Packers. Micah Hyde returned a punt 93 yards for a touchdown late in the second quarter, and Eddie Lacy rushed for 94 yards and a score for the Packers.
RAIDERS 21, STEELERS 18 Terrelle Pryor ran 93 yards on the first play from scrimmage for the longest touchdown run by a quarterback, and the host Raiders won following a bye week for the first time since 2002. Darren Mc-Fadden (Pulaski Oak Grove, Arkansas Razorbacks) added two touchdown runs and the defense did the rest for the Raiders, who had been outscored by more than 13 points a game in losing their last 10 games out of the bye. Ben Roethlisberger struggled against heavy pressure from Oakland’s front, and Shaun Suisham missed two short field goals as Pittsburgh squandered any momentum gained during back-toback victories following an 0-4 start.
CARDINALS 27, FALCONS 13 Rookie Andre Ellington rushed for 154 yards on 15 carries, including an 80-yard touchdown run, and the host Cardinals intercepted Matt Ryan four times. Ellington’s big run, tied for third longest in Cardinals history, was part of a 21-point second quarter that put the Cardinals in control for good. Arizona’s Larry Fitzgerald caught four passes for 48 yards and a touchdown, in the process becoming the youngest player - at 30 years, 57 days - in NFL history to reach 800 career receptions. Ryanhad thrown three interceptions total in the first six games of the season for the Falcons (2-5). Rashad Johnson had two of Arizona’s interceptions. The Cardinals picked off Ryan five times when the teams played last season.
PATRIOTS 27, DOLPHINS 17 Host New England shook off a dismal first half and another mediocre performance by Tom Brady to beat the Miami Dolphins. Trailing 17-3 after gaining just 59 yards in the half, the Patriots quickly turned the game around in the third quarter with two touchdowns in a span of seven plays. The Patriots outscored the Dolphins in the third quarter 17-0. Miami lost its fourth consecutive game. Brady completed 13 of 22 passes for just 116 yards, but threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Dobson with 6:32 gone in the third quarter.
49ERS 42, JAGUARS 10 Colin Kaepernick led the way with his arm and with his feet, throwing for one touchdown and running for two more to lead the San Francisco 49ers over the Jacksonville Jaguars at London’s Wembley Stadium. Kaepernick ended up with 164 yards passing and 54 yards rushing, and Frank Gore also ran for two scores for the 49ers. The Jaguars were the “home” team at London’s iconic soccer venue, playing in the British capital for the first of their four-year run of regular-season NFL games in London. It was the eighth regular-season NFL game at Wembley, the home of England’s national soccer team, and the second this year. The Minnesota Vikings beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 34-27 last month.
GIANTS 15, EAGLES 7 Josh Brown kicked a career-high five field goals, Eli Manning played error-free and the visiting New York Giants beat the Philadelphia Eagles. Michael Vick returned for the Eagles (3-5) after missing 2 1/2 games with a hamstring injury, but clearly wasn’t healthy and was removed for rookie Matt Barkley late in the second quarter. The Giants (2-6) snapped an eight-game road losing streak while extending Philadelphia’s home losing streak to 10 games. The Eagles’ last victory at home was over the Giants on Sept. 30, 2012. Chip Kelly’s high-flying offense that racked up at least 425 yards in each of the first six games has been grounded. The Eagles followed a 17-3 loss to Dallas with another poor offensive effort. They had 201 yards of offense and have totaled 479 the past two weeks.
OCT. 24 Carolina 31, Tampa Bay 13 SUNDAY’S GAMES Kansas City 23, Cleveland 17 New Orleans 35, Buffalo 17 New England 27, Miami 17 Detroit 31, Dallas 30 NY Giants 15, Philadelphia 7 San Francisco 42, Jacksonville 10 Oakland 21, Pittsburgh 18 Cincinnati 49, NY Jets 9 Arizona 27, Atlanta 13 Denver 45, Washington 21 Green Bay 44, Minnesota 31 OPEN Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Indianapolis, San Diego, Tennessee TODAY’S GAME All times Central Seattle at St. Louis, 7:40 p.m.
THURSDAY’S GAME Cincinnati at Miami, 7:25 p.m.
SUNDAY, NOV. 3 Minnesota at Dallas, noon Tennessee at St. Louis, noon Atlanta at Carolina, noon New Orleans at NY Jets, noon Kansas City at Buffalo, noon San Diego at Washington, noon Philadelphia at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Seattle, 3:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Cleveland, 3:25 p.m.
Pittsburgh at New England, 3:25 p.m.
Indianapolis at Houston, 7:30 p.m.
OPEN Arizona, Denver, Detroit, Jacksonville, NY Giants, San Francisco MONDAY, NOV. 4 Chicago at Green Bay, 7:40 p.m.
Sports, Pages 19 on 10/28/2013