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Ravens win on Tucker’s record kick

By WJBD Staff Sep 27, 2021 | 6:54 AM

UNDATED (AP) — Justin Tucker bailed out the Baltimore Ravens after they had wasted a nine-point, fourth-quarter lead.

Tucker set an NFL record with a 66-yard field goal, bouncing it past the crossbar as time expired to give the Ravens a 19-17 win over the Lions.

After Baltimore wasted a 16-7 lead, Lamar Jackson threw a 36-yard pass to Sammy Watkins on fourth-and-19 to get the Ravens across midfield with 7 seconds left. Tucker topped the previous record of 64 yards set by Denver’s Matt Prater in 2013.

Elsewhere around the NFL:

— The Buccaneers’ 10-game winning streak is over after Matthew Stafford passed for 343 yards and four touchdowns to send the Rams past Tampa Bay, 34-24. Stafford’s best pass of the game came early in the third quarter, when he connected with a wide-open DeSean Jackson for a 75-yard score to extend Los Angeles’ lead to 21-7. Tom Brady completed 41 of 55 passes for 432 yards and two scores.

— The Chiefs suffered their second straight loss as Justin Herbert’s touchdown toss to Mike Williams with 32 seconds gave the Chargers a 30-24 win at Kansas City. The Chargers capitalized on four turnovers, including Patrick Mahomes’ second interception in the closing minutes. Herbert finished with 281 yards passing and four touchdowns without an interception.

— Aaron Rodgers completed two deep passes to Davante Adams on a last-minute drive before Mason Crosby drilled a 51-yard field goal as time expired to give the Packers a 30-28 triumph over the 49ers. Jimmy Garoppolo gave San Francisco the lead on a 12-yard TD pass to Kyle Juszczyk with 37 seconds to play. Rodgers threw for 261 yards and two touchdowns for Green Bay, which has back-to-back wins since a 38-3 loss to the Saints in Week 1.

— Cleveland’s defense made sure Justin Fields’ first NFL start was a disaster in defeating the Bears, 26-6. The Browns sacked Fields nine times, with Myles Garrett setting a team record with 4 ½. Kareem Hunt finished with 155 totals yards, including a 29-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

— Ryan Tannehill threw for 197 yards and three touchdowns as the Titans topped the Colts, 25-16. Tennessee’s Derrick Henry ran for 113 yards as he topped the 100-yard mark for a sixth straight divisional game. Quarterback Carson Wentz started for the Colts despite sprained ankles, throwing for 194 yards.

— Jameis Winston threw for two touchdowns and Malcolm Jenkins had a pick-6 in the Saints’ 28-13 win over the Patriots. Taysom Hill ran for a touchdown and Alvin Kamara rushed 24 times for 89 yards. Patriots QB Mac Jones was 30 of 51 for 270 yards and a TD, but he also threw three interceptions, two leading to Saints touchdowns.

— The Bengals thumped the Steelers, 24-10 as Joe Burrow threw for 178 yards and three touchdowns. Burrow found rookie Ja’Marr Chase for 34-yard and 9-yard scores as the Bengals won at Heinz Field for the first time since 2015. Ben Roethlisberger completed 38 of 57 passes for 318 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions for the Steelers.

— Kirk Cousins threw three touchdown passes before halftime and guided three clock-draining field goal drives after that as the Vikings accelerated past the Seahawks, 30-17. Alexander Mattison stepped in for the injured Dalvin Cook and racked up 171 total yards, rushing 18 times for 76 yards in the second half. Cousins went 30 for 38 for 323 yards in his third consecutive turnover-free game.

— Von Miller led a defense that sacked Zach Wilson five times, intercepted him twice and limited the rookie to 160 yards passing in the Broncos’ 26-0 win over the Jets. Alexander Johnson had two of Denver’s sacks of Wilson, helping Denver move to 3-0 for the first time since 2016. Wilson was 19 of 34 and was picked off by Justin Simmons and Caden Sterns in the fourth quarter.

— Daniel Carlson’s 22-yard field goal as time expired in overtime lifted the Raiders to a 31-28 victory over the Dolphins. Derek Carr found Bryan Edwards for 34 yards before Peyton Barber put together runs of 27 and 8 yards to set up the short field goal. Carr completed 26 of 43 pass attempts for 386 yards and two touchdowns.

— Josh Allen quieted his early season critics by throwing four touchdown passes and rushing for another in the Bills’ 43-21 thrashing of Washington. Allen finished 32 of 43 for 358 yards and surpassed the 100-touchdown plateau in his 47th career start. Washington quarterback Taylor Heinicke struggled in his first career road start by going 14 of 24 for 212 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.

— The Cardinals came away with a 31-19 win over the Jaguars as Byron Murphy intercepted two passes, including one he returned for a touchdown following a botched trick play. James Conner capped two long drives with short TD runs, and Murphy delivered the game-changing play when he stepped in front of Jacob Hollister near the sideline and took it the other way for 29 yards. Kyler Murray completed 28 of 34 passes for 316 yards, with an interception.

— The Falcons pulled out a 17-14 win over the Giants on Younghoe Koo’s 40-yard field goal on the final play. Matt Ryan engineered two late drives and threw two touchdowns to rally the Falcons. It spoiled a day when the Giants retired the jersey of two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning.