Philadelphia Eagles vs Pittsburgh Steelers Highlights & Recap
Benjamin, who missed last season due to injury, started the season well with 13 catches for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns in the first two games, with Newton regularly praising how much easier everything was with him around. That changed this week, as Benjamin was targeted just once by Newton and finished the day with zero catches. It was the first time in his career that he failed to get a catch, and the Vikings did not stop there, also holding Devin Funchess without a single reception.
Captain Munnerlyn, a defensive back for the Vikings, told reporters after the game that the shutout was by design.
We just knew where Benjamin was the whole time, he said. Funchess, we werent worried about him. It was Kelvin Benjamin.
Munnerlyn went as far as to say the team was not worried about Funchess, saying hes not that good.
The loss ended a 14-game home winning streak by the Panthers.
Rams 37, Buccaneers 32: Turns out the offensively challenged Los Angeles Rams are capable of getting the ball in the end zone. Case Keenum threw for the teams first touchdown since relocating back to Los Angeles, and Todd Gurley rushed for two more scores Sunday in a victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Rams (2-1), who did not have TD in the first two games of the season, also scored on Ethan Westbrooks 77-yard fumble return and Tavon Austins 43-yard reception in the fourth quarter before thunder and lightning caused a 69-minute weather delay with two minutes remaining.
Colts 26, Chargers 22: There is still plenty to be worried about in Indianapolis, with Andrew Luck continuing to struggle with turnovers and inconsistency for the Colts, but the team finally got its first win of the season. A 63-yard catch-and-run by T.Y. Hilton in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter completed the Colts comeback, and the teams defense forced a fumble to seal the victory.
With the win by Indianapolis, the only winless teams left are Cleveland, Jacksonville, Chicago and New Orleans, but the Bears and Saints have yet to play this week.
Photo The Redskins Sua Cravens was tackled by the Giants Shane Vereen after making an interception that essentially ended the game. Credit Bill Kostroun/Associated PressRedskins 29, Giants 27: It was never going to be easy. The Giants defense knew it. They knew it when the linebacker Keegan Robinson stood during a meeting Friday morning to remind his teammates that the winless Washington Redskins were especially dangerous.
Its like a trap game, Robinson told them. This team is desperate.
But with an opportunity to bury their rivals deeper in the N.F.C. East division, at home on a crisp and sunny afternoon, the Giants defense did not heed its own warnings, falling, 29-27, at MetLife Stadium. Heres how the Redskins won.
Chiefs 24, Jets 3: The play that encapsulated the Chiefs demolition of the Jets on Sunday was not the first turnover they forced. Or the second. Or the third. Or the fourth. Or the fifth. Or the sixth. Or the seventh. Or even the eighth.
Rather, it was a long third-quarter gain by the Kansas Citys superlative tight end, Travis Kelce, who caught a pass over the middle, sprinted across the field and at the end of his run administered a blow to Jets safety Marcus Gilchrist that was less stiff arm than ultimate fighting move. Instead of purely shoving Gilchrist, Kelce appeared to lift him with his right hand, pushing him back five yards.
The Chiefs bullied the Jets throughout the game, taking advantage of a team that was too slow, too clumsy and too challenged by the task of making sensible decisions or holding onto the ball to bother trying to assert itself as a contender in the A.F.C.
Dolphins 30, Browns 24: Signed by the Cleveland Browns on Saturday, Cody Parkey came out to kick what would have been a 46-yard game-winning field goal in the closing seconds of a hard-fought game against the Miami Dolphins. On a tough day in which he had already missed two other field goal attempts, Parkeys kick sailed wide-left and forced overtime.
For the Browns, who lost Robert Griffin III to injury in Week 1, and choked away a 20-point first quarter lead against Baltimore in Week 2, overtime had to feel like a foregone conclusion. And on Miamis second possession of overtime, Jay Ajayi confirmed those fears, breaking free for an 11-yard touchdown run that gave the Dolphins a 30-24 victory and dropped Clevelands record to 0-3.
Ravens 19, Jaguars 17: Justin Tucker kicked his fourth field goal, a 54-yarder, with 1 minute 2 seconds left for a road victory that kept the Baltimore Ravens undefeated and dropped the Jacksonville Jaguars to 0-3.
Packers 34, Lions 27: Aaron Rodgers threw four touchdown passes all in the first half and the Packers withstood a rally from the Lions to win at home.
Raiders 17, Titans 10: The Oakland Raiders beat the Tennessee Titans in Nashville, getting three turnovers and a sack from their maligned defense.
Russell Wilson Injured in Seahawks VictoryRussell Wilson threw for 243 yards and a touchdown before suffering a left knee injury as the Seattle Seahawks rolled to a 37-18 rout of the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.
Wilson was injured with about 10 minutes to go in the third quarter getting pulled down awkwardly on a sack by San Franciscos Eli Harold. Harold was called for a horse collar penalty, but the bigger concern was how he fell on Wilsons left leg.
Wilson stayed down on the field for a few moments before walking off. Wilson missed the first play of his career due to injury, but returned to throw one more pass. The completion led to the third of Steven Hauschkas three field goals for a 27-3 lead and after that Wilsons day was done. Read more about Wilsons injury.
No National Anthem Protests on Field in CharlottePhoto Panthers quarterback Cam Newton wore a shirt with a Martin Luther King Jr. quotation during pregame warm-ups. Credit Mike McCarn/Associated PressCarolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton did not kneel during the national anthem on Sunday, but he addressed the unrest in Charlotte, N.C., by wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with a quotation from Martin Luther King Jr.
Newton, who has avoided making race a part of his personal narrative, surprised some by taking time during the week to address Tuesdays shooting in Charlotte, which occurred close to the Panthers stadium. Many thought Newton would choose to take a knee during the national anthem, similar to the protests of Colin Kaepernick of the San Francisco 49ers; instead, Newton wore a black T-shirt during warm-ups that read, Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
While Newton did not kneel during the anthem, his teammate Marcus Ball stood with his arm extended and his index finger raised, and a group of protesters outside the stadium knelt.
Elsewhere in the league, a growing number of players knelt or raised their fists during the anthem, including four players from the Washington Redskins.
Last week, DeSean Jackson, who was one of the Redskins players raising his fist, published a photo of Terrence Crutcher, a black man shot by the police in Tulsa, Okla., on his Instagram feed with a caption that read in part, Us as black People are a threat , so jus take our lives smh the system been set up for us not to live and make it thru all this.
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