Jets shut down Josh Allen in 20-17 win over rival Bills

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) – The Jets’ defense shut down Josh Allen, Zach Wilson threw a touchdown pass and Greg Zuerlein kicked a go-ahead 28-yard field goal with 1:43 remaining to lift New York to a stunning 20-17 victory over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. With the game tied at 17, the Jets (6-3) got the ball at their own 4 and 7:53 left – and they 6:10 off the clock on a run-heavy 13-play, 86-yard drive that ended with Zuerlein’s kick. Allen got the ball with a chance to tie or win, but couldn’t manage much against the Jets, who ended a four-game winning streak for Buffalo (6-2). Wilson finished 18 of 25 for 154 yards and a TD pass to James Robinson, who scored for the first time since being acquired last week from Jacksonville. Michael Carter had a 6-yard touchdown run. But the defense did its job against Allen, intercepting him twice and sacking him five times. Allen was 18 of 34 for 205 and picks by Sauce Gardner and Jordan Whitehead. He also ran for two touchdowns. Wilson and the Jets’ offense were marching downfield on their opening drive of the second half when a SkyCam camera whirled out of control and delayed the play on the field for 12 minutes until a camera operator was able to corral it. DOLPHINS 35, BEARS 32 CHICAGO (AP) – Tua Tagovailoa threw for three touchdowns, Tyreek Hill had 143 yards receiving and Miami overcame a record-setting rushing effort by Justin Fields to beat Chicago. In a game where neither team did much to stop the other, the Dolphins (6-3) had no trouble moving the ball against a gutted defense and made enough plays to come away with their third straight win. Fields ran for 178 yards, the most by an NFL quarterback in a regular-season game. He had a 61-yard touchdown run and threw for three scores. He also became the first player since at least 1950 with at least 150 yards rushing and three TD passes in a game. His performance ensured the Bears (3-6) had a chance late, but Fields threw incomplete on fourth down to seal Chicago’s fifth loss in six games. Tagovailoa, the NFL’s top-rated passer, had all the time he needed to throw after the Bears traded pass rusher Robert Quinn and star linebacker Roquan Smith in the past two weeks. He completed 21 of 30 passes for 302 yards and posted a 135.7 rating. Hill caught seven passes, including a 3-yard touchdown in the second quarter. LIONS 15, PACKERS 9 DETROIT (AP) – Aaron Rodgers matched a career high with three interceptions and threw an incomplete pass on fourth down from the Detroit 17 in the final minute of Green Bay’s loss. The Lions (2-6) ended a five-game skid. The Packers (3-6) have lost five straight for the first time since 2008 when Rodgers, the four-time MVP, was a first-year starter. Detroit tried to seal the victory late in the fourth when coach Dan Campbell went for it on fourth-and-3 from the Green Bay 43. Jared Goff’s pass was incomplete. Rodgers failed to take advantage. He threw four straight incomplete passes to end a lousy game overall. He was 23 of 42 for 291 yards with a TD and had three interceptions for the fifth time in his career. Goff was 14 of 26 for 137 yards with touchdown passes to Shane Zylstra and James Mitchell, a pair of tight ends that took advantage of an increased role after Detroit dealt T.J. Hockenson to Minnesota. VIKINGS 20, COMMANDERS 17 LANDOVER, Md. (AP) – Kirk Cousins threw two touchdown passes, Harrison Smith picked off Taylor Heinicke to set up the tying score and Minnesota rallied to beat Washington and extend its winning streak to six. Playing his first game at Washington as a visitor, Cousins led a 68-yard drive that ended with a go-ahead field goal by Greg Joseph with 12 seconds left.

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