Denver Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain II left Sunday’s game at Indianapolis in the second quarter with a left ankle injury but was able to return to the game with the ankle heavily taped.

Surtain, the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year, was hurt when he landed awkwardly on his left foot while covering Colts wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr.

Surtain hobbled part of the way off the field before sitting down near the sideline. He was checked by trainers and walked off the field and to the medical tent with the help of trainers.

Surtain, in his fifth season after being taken with the ninth overall pick in the 2021 draft, had five tackles — four solo — before exiting the game. He tied a career high with four interceptions in 2024 and returned one of those 100 yards for a touchdown.

–Field Level Media

Matthew Stafford threw for 298 yards and two touchdowns as the Los Angeles Rams rallied from a third-quarter deficit to topple the Tennessee Titans 33-19 on Sunday in Nashville, Tenn.

Stafford, who completed 23 of 33 passes with an interception, connected with Davis Allen on an 8-yard pass at the 1:17 mark of the third quarter to put Los Angeles (2-0) up 20-16. Allen was originally ruled out of bounds at the 1 but an expedited review overturned the call.

The Rams tacked on insurance with 9:40 left in the game on Stafford’s 16-yard touchdown pass to Davante Adams. It came three plays after Byron Young’s strip-sack of rookie quarterback Cam Ward that Nate Landman recovered at the 21. It also marked Adams’ first touchdown as a Ram.

Ward, the No. 1 overall pick in April’s NFL draft, hit 19 of 33 passes for 175 yards and his first touchdown. Scrambling to his right to avoid pressure, Ward threw across his body to the left side of the end zone and found Elic Ayomanor for a 9-yard score with 38 seconds remaining in the first half, tying the score at 10.

Tennessee (0-2) then got the ball back when Cody Barton picked off Stafford on the next play from scrimmage. That enabled the Titans to take a 13-10 edge to halftime on the strength of Joey Slye’s 37-yard field goal as time expired.

Slye bombed a 57-yard field goal at the 3:32 mark of the third quarter to give the Titans their final lead at 16-13. But the Titans’ offense misfired after that, managing only five yards on their next possession before Los Angeles put the game away.

Puka Nacua initiated scoring for the Rams with 8:39 left in the first quarter, taking a jet sweep on fourth-and-1 and running 45 yards for a touchdown. Tennessee had a chance to stop Nacua before the first-down marker but missed a couple of tackles.

Blake Corum capped Los Angeles’ scoring on a 1-yard plunge with 6:45 remaining in the game, his first NFL touchdown.

Nacua caught eight passes for 91 yards and Adams finished with six for 106.

–Field Level Media

George Holani recovered a muffed kickoff in the end zone early in the fourth quarter as the Seattle Seahawks defeated the host Pittsburgh Steelers 31-17 on Sunday.

Sam Darnold completed 22 of 33 passes for 295 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions for the Seahawks (1-1). Kenneth Walker III rushed 13 times for 105 yards and a TD, and Jaxon Smith-Njigba had a game-high eight receptions for 103 yards.

For the Steelers (1-1), DK Metcalf made a touchdown reception against his former team. Aaron Rodgers was 18 of 33 for 203 yards with one TD, two interceptions and was sacked three times.

Seattle’s Jason Myers kicked a 54-yard field goal with 12:46 remaining in regulation to break a 14-all tie.

On the ensuing kickoff, the ball bounced off Steelers rookie Kaleb Johnson’s shoulder inside the 5-yard line and rolled to the back left of the end zone where Holani fell on it, giving the Seahawks 10 points without any time running off the clock.

The Steelers’ Chris Boswell kicked a 45-yarder with 7:49 left to make it 24-17, but Walker scored on a 19-yard run with 3:41 to go to help clinch the victory.

Seattle scored on its opening possession as Darnold found rookie Tory Horton wide open at the goal line on a 21-yard play-action pass. It was Horton’s first career reception and the first time the Seahawks managed a touchdown on their opening drive in 22 games dating to Dec. 10, 2023, when Drew Lock hit Metcalf with a 31-yard TD pass.

Boswell kicked a pair of 48-yard field goals later in the quarter to pull the Steelers within 7-6.

With fourth-and-1 at the Steelers 29-yard line with 3:41 left in the half, Seattle left its offense on the field. Darnold’s pass was deflected by Cameron Heyward and intercepted by Nick Herbig, who returned it 41 yards to the Seahawks’ 21.

On third-and-goal from the 2, Rodgers threw a jump ball to the right front corner of the end zone that Metcalf came down with. A two-point conversion pass to Darnell Washington gave the Steelers a 14-7 lead at the half.

The Seahawks drove 80 yards on nine plays on their first drive of the second half to tie the score. Darnold hit tight end AJ Barner with a 7-yard TD pass up the middle.

–Field Level Media

James Cook rushed for 132 yards with two touchdowns, Matt Prater booted three field goals and the Buffalo Bills won their fourth straight meeting with the New York Jets, 30-10, on Sunday afternoon in East Rutherford, N.J.

The Bills (2-0) dominated, holding a 403-154 edge in total yardage and 25-11 margin in first downs over the Jets (0-2).

Buffalo’s bruising ground game, most of it between the tackles, managed 224 yards on 43 attempts. Josh Allen completed 14 of 25 passes for 148 yards and rushed for 59 yards. Mitch Trubisky completed a 32-yard pass in a brief relief stint when Allen was given a bloody nose in the second quarter.

The AFC East’s only undefeated squad, Buffalo improved to a league-best 25-6 against division opposition since the 2020 season.

Jets starting quarterback Justin Fields was 3 of 11 for 27 yards before leaving in the fourth quarter for a concussion evaluation. Tyrod Taylor was 7 of 11 for 56 yards and a TD in relief.

On their first series, the Bills used Allen’s feet (40-yard run), a fourth-down conversion and a roughing the passer penalty to score the first points. Cook capped the 12-play, 81-yard drive with a 1-yard run at 7:29 for his sixth straight outing with a rushing TD.

During a Fields scramble on the next play from scrimmage, defensive end Joey Bosa punched out the ball, and A.J. Epenesa recovered just outside the red zone. Prater’s 28-yard field goal at 5:04 made it 10-0 in a first quarter in which the Jets gained just 20 yards.

Early in the second, Prater connected from deep, drilling a 52-yard kick for a 13-0 lead. He extended his NFL record for 50-plus-yard field goals to 82.

Cook provided the most scintillating moment of the game, juking twice and jumping in a gallop through the line and dashing 44 yards down the right side to score at 8:50 of the second quarter.

Nick Folk’s 51-yard kick broke the ice for the Jets, setting up a 20-3 halftime score.

In the third quarter, Prater nailed a 33-yarder before former Jets wide receiver Elijah Moore scored around the right side on a handoff, then emphatically fired the ball into the stands.

Jeremy Ruckert notched his first career TD on a 5-yard pass from Taylor late in the fourth to complete the scoring.

–Field Level Media

Mac Jones threw three touchdown passes as Brock Purdy’s replacement and the visiting San Francisco 49ers held off the New Orleans Saints 26-21 on Sunday afternoon.

Jones made his debut for the 49ers (2-0) in place of Purdy, who is sidelined by a toe injury, and completed 26 of 39 passes for 279 yards.

Spencer Rattler matched Jones’ three touchdown passes while completing 25 of 34 for 206 yards, and Alvin Kamara rushed for 99 yards on 21 carries for the Saints (0-2).

On the first possession of the third quarter, Jones fumbled when hit by Chris Rumph II and Demario Davis recovered for New Orleans at the San Francisco 47. Ten plays later, Rattler threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Rashid Shaheed to trim the 49ers’ lead to 16-14.

San Francisco responded with a drive that ended with Eddy Pineiro’s 46-yard field goal for a 19-14 lead at the end of the third. After a Saints fumble, Jones connected with Jauan Jennings for a 42-yard score that made it 26-14.

Rattler threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Devaughn Vele to get New Orleans within 26-21 with 6:18 remaining. The Saints got the ball back twice more, but didn’t threaten to score.

The Saints drove into scoring range on the game’s first possession, but Blake Grupe missed a 40-yard field-goal attempts — one week after he missed a 37-yarder in a loss to Arizona.

The 49ers drove 80 yards and Jones threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to tight end Luke Farrell, who started in place of injured George Kittle. Pineiro, signed to replace Jake Moody after Moody missed two kicks last week in a win over Seattle, missed the extra point, leaving San Francisco with a 6-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Pineiro bounced back to kick a 44-yard field goal that increased the lead to 9-0 early in the second quarter.

Rattler drove the Saints 84 yards and threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Juwan Johnson to trim the lead to 9-7 with 1:14 left in the half. Jones responded with a 77-yard drive and a 7-yard touchdown pass to Christian McCaffery, which sent San Francisco into halftime with a 16-7 lead.

–Field Level Media

Antonio Gibson’s 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown helped the New England Patriots post a 33-27 win over the Miami Dolphins in a Sunday afternoon shootout in Miami Gardens, Fla.

Gibson’s first career touchdown return was the difference in the game, coming on the ensuing kickoff 12 seconds after a 74-yard punt-return touchdown by Miami’s Malik Washington gave the Dolphins the lead with 7:18 left.

The Dolphins drove into New England territory in the final 90 seconds, but the drive ended on Milton Williams’ second sack of the game on fourth-and-12 at the 28-yard line, clinching the Patriots’ first win in Miami since 2019. The Dolphins fell to 0-2 for the first time since 2020.

New England quarterback Drake Maye sparked the offense by completing 19 of 23 passes for 230 yards and two touchdowns with a rushing touchdown. He was supplemented by Rhamondre Stevenson, who led the Patriots with 88 receiving yards and 54 rushing yards.

Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was 26 of 32 for 315 yards and two touchdowns, with one interception. Tyreek Hill sparked the offense with 109 yards on six catches while De’Von Achane led the Dolphins with 30 rushing yards and added 92 receiving yards and a touchdown.

On paper, the Patriots (1-1) should have had a larger halftime lead than their 15-14 advantage. They outgained Miami 143-18 in the first quarter and scored on all three first-half possessions before kneeling out the final 31 seconds.

And yet, a pair of missed extra points by Andy Borregales and a drive stalling inside the 5-yard line opened the door for the Dolphins, who scored touchdowns on their final two first-half drives.

Both quarterbacks were exceptional throughout the opening 30 minutes, each throwing a pair of touchdown passes.

Maye threw a pair of first-quarter TDs, an 8-yarder to Mack Hollins with 9:29 left and a 16-yarder to Kayshon Boutte with 49 seconds left.

Tagovailoa responded with a pair of second-quarter touchdowns, an 18-yarder to Jaylen Waddle with 11:19 left and a 29-yarder to Achane with 33 seconds remaining.

After Riley Patterson gave the Dolphins the lead with a 40-yard field goal to begin the third quarter, the Miami defense delivered a stop.

Patterson extended the lead with another field goal from 44 yards to make it 20-15 Dolphins before the Patriots took the lead back on a 6-yard Maye scramble in the closing seconds of the third quarter.

The Patriots finished with five sacks of Tagavailoa, keeping Miami without a second-half offensive touchdown.

–Field Level Media

Jared Goff threw five touchdown passes — three to Amon-Ra St. Brown — and the host Detroit Lions rolled past the Chicago Bears 52-21 on Sunday.

Goff hit 23 of 28 passes and racked up 334 passing yards for a nearly perfect 156.0 quarterback rating as the Lions (1-1) spoiled the return of Bears head coach Ben Johnson, their former offensive coordinator. St. Brown caught nine passes for 115 yards while Jahmyr Gibbs rushed for 94 yards and a touchdown. Jameson Williams caught two passes for 108 yards and a score.

Caleb Williams passed for 207 yards and two touchdowns for the Bears (0-2). Rome Odunze caught both of Williams’ scoring passes and finished with seven catches and 128 yards. Former Lion D’Andre Swift rushed for 63 yards and a touchdown.

Detroit led 28-14 at halftime.

The Lions scored five plays into the contest on Gibbs’ 6-yard run. Chicago responded on its first drive with Williams’ 28-yard scoring pass to Odunze on third-and-9.

Detroit took a 14-7 lead later in the quarter on David Montgomery’s 1-yard plunge. Goff’s 32-yard pass to St. Brown set up that score.

The Lions defense stopped Williams on a fourth-and-1 from the Bears’ 37-yard line early in the second. Detroit failed to pick up a first down, and Jake Bates missed a 55-yard field goal attempt.

Following a Kerby Joseph interception, the Lions increased their lead to double digits. Goff found Brock Wright on an 8-yard scoring pass.

Williams connected with Odunze three times on Chicago’s ensuing drive, including a 6-yard touchdown.

Isaac TeSlaa’s one-handed catch — a 29-yard reception — set up Goff’s 4-yard touchdown pass to St. Brown with two seconds remaining in the half.

Goff’s 64-yard completion to Williams led to a 34-yard Bates field goal and a 31-14 Lions lead. The Goff-Williams combination struck again on Detroit’s next possession, this time a 44-yard touchdown hookup with 6:22 left in the quarter.

The Lions opened the fourth quarter with Goff’s 8-yard scoring pass to St. Brown to make it 45-14.

Swift scored on a 3-yard run with 11:45 remaining. Facing a fourth-and-goal, the Lions opted to go for it and Goff connected with St. Brown once more on a 4-yard touchdown pass with 7:58 left to make it 52-21.

Not long later, Lions coach Dan Campbell and Johnson met in the middle of the field for a postgame handshake noteworthy for its brevity.

–Field Level Media

Brandon Aubrey hit the game-winning field goal as time expired in overtime to give the Dallas Cowboys a dramatic 40-37 win over the New York Giants on Sunday in Arlington, Texas.

Aubrey also sent the game into overtime by converting a 64-yard field goal as the clock hit zeroes, extending a wild game that saw two touchdowns in the final minute of regulation and seven total lead changes.

Dak Prescott went 38-of-52 passing for 361 yards and two touchdowns, and CeeDee Lamb caught nine passes for 112 yards for Dallas (1-1). Prescott’s 6-yard touchdown pass to George Pickens gave the Cowboys a 34-30 lead with 52 seconds remaining.

Russell Wilson went 30-of-41 passing for 450 yards and three touchdowns for New York (0-2). Malik Nabers caught nine passes for 167 yards and two touchdowns, including a go-ahead score after Pickens’ TD grab.

Following an interception by Donovan Wilson that gave Dallas the ball at its own 30-yard line with two minutes left in overtime, the Cowboys drove to the New York 28 after a 14-yard scramble by Prescott.

The Cowboys wound down the clock, and Aubrey gave Dallas the win by nailing his 46-yarder from the right hash.

Trailing 34-30 in the final minute, New York took the lead with 25 seconds to go on a 48-yard touchdown bomb from Wilson to Nabers, who got behind two Dallas defenders and hauled in the pass in the end zone.

Dallas took over at its own 33-yard line and drove to the Giants’ 46, where Aubrey connected from 64 yards to force overtime. It matched the third-longest field goal in NFL history, two yards shy of the league record; Aubrey also made a 65-yarder last season.

Trailing late in the fourth quarter, the Giants moved ahead 30-27 on a 32-yard touchdown pass from Wilson to Wan’Dale Robinson with 2:44 remaining.

New York held a 13-3 advantage in the second quarter after Nabers’ first TD, a 29-yard play, but Dallas responded with a pair of touchdown drives.

First came a 10-yard touchdown pass from Prescott to KaVontae Turpin. Then, Dallas took a 17-13 lead with 7:30 to go in the third quarter on a 30-yard touchdown run by Javonte Williams.

–Field Level Media

CINCINNATI — Jake Browning scored on a quarterback sneak with 18 seconds left to lead an improbable comeback as the Cincinnati Bengals rallied following the loss of quarterback Joe Burrow to a toe injury to defeat the Jacksonville Jaguars 31-27 on Sunday.

Browning’s score capped a 15-play, 92-yard drive to lead Cincinnati (2-0) to an unbeaten mark after two weeks for the first time since 2018. Browning finished 21 of 32 for 241 yards and two touchdowns, with three interceptions.

Ja’Marr Chase finished with 14 catches on 16 targets for 165 yards and a touchdown for the Bengals.

Trevor Lawrence completed 24 of 42 passes for 271 yards and three touchdowns with two interceptions for the Jaguars (1-1). Cam Little converted a go-ahead 25-yard field goal with 11:43 to play after the Bengals had tied the score before Browning’s late heroics.

Burrow left with 8:36 remaining in the second quarter and did not return after suffering a toe injury on his left foot on an Arik Armstead sack. Burrow’s left cleat appeared to catch in the turf on the play.

Burrow sat at his locker with a walking boot on his left leg and left the locker room using crutches, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. The team gave no official update on his status after the game, but early signs indicate Burrow could miss several weeks, the newspaper reported.

The Bengals later lost their first-round draft pick, Shemar Stewart, to a right leg injury when he limped off the field flexing his right knee midway through the fourth quarter.

The Bengals managed to rally behind Browning and erase a 17-10 halftime deficit and tie the game twice, 17-17 and 24-24.

Burrow was 7-of-13 for 76 yards and a touchdown pass to Chase before being forced from the game.

Jacksonville took the game’s opening drive and marched 69 yards in nine plays, capped by a Lawrence to Dyami Brown 9-yard touchdown pass. The Bengals went three-and-out on the next series, and the Jaguars were on the verge of taking a commanding two-touchdown lead before Lawrence was intercepted in the end zone.

The Bengals answered with an 11-play, 80-yard drive that ended with Burrow finding Chase on an in-slant for 4 yards and a touchdown.

The game was tied only briefly as the Jaguars drove 75 yards in eight plays, capped off by an 8-yard touchdown pass in the flat for Bhayshul Tuten.
The teams traded field goals late in the first half.

Browning tied the game with 11:05 left in the third, hitting Mitchell Tinsley from 13 yards out. After Lawrence regained the lead with an 11-yarder to Travis Etienne, Tee Higgins got loose for a 42-yard scoring catch, making it 24-all going into the fourth.

— Mike Petraglia, Field Level Media

Lamar Jackson passed for 225 yards and four touchdowns to help spoil Joe Flacco’s homecoming as the Baltimore Ravens notched a 41-17 victory over the visiting Cleveland Browns in an AFC North battle on Sunday afternoon.

Devontez Walker caught two touchdown passes and DeAndre Hopkins and Tylan Wallace each added one as Baltimore (1-1) rebounded from a disappointing collapse against the Buffalo Bills in Week 1. Jackson completed 19 of 29 passes on Sunday.

Roquan Smith returned a fumble 63 yards for a touchdown and had 15 tackles, including three for losses, for the Ravens. Nate Wiggins returned an interception 60 yards to set up a Ravens touchdown, and Jake Hummel blocked a punt to set up a field goal.

Flacco, 40, completed 25 of 45 passes for 199 yards, one touchdown and one interception in his first visit to Baltimore since his stint with the Ravens ended with the 2018 season. Flacco played 11 seasons with Baltimore and was Super Bowl MVP when the Ravens won the 2012 season championship.

Cedric Tillman and Dylan Sampson caught touchdown passes, and Myles Garrett had 1.5 sacks for the Browns (0-2).

Baltimore led by seven at the break but quickly pushed their lead to 20-3. Tyler Loop’s 32-yard field goal gave the Ravens a 10-point lead with 10:09 left in the third quarter.

On Cleveland’s ensuing possession, Flacco was picked off by Wiggins at the Ravens’ 35. Browns offensive tackle Joel Bitonio made a touchdown-saving tackle at the Cleveland 5.

Baltimore cashed in on Jackson’s 2-yard scoring pass to Walker to make it 20-3 with 10:09 left in the third quarter.

The Browns then received a break on fourth-and-2 from the Ravens’ 18. Marlon Humphrey was in position to intercept Flacco’s pass, but the ball went through his hands and into those of Tillman for a Cleveland touchdown that left the Browns down 10 with 5:02 left in the third quarter.

The Ravens pushed the lead back to 17 on Jackson’s 24-yard scoring pass to Walker with 13:26 left in the contest.

Things got worse for Flacco when he was sacked by Tavius Robinson and lost the ball. Smith picked it up and ran it back for his second career score to make it 34-10 with 8:19 remaining.

Jackson’s 23-yard touchdown pass to Hopkins pushed the lead to 31 with 4:43 left.

Cleveland’s Dillon Gabriel threw his first career touchdown pass, an 8-yarder to Sampson, with 1:50 to go.

The Ravens led 3-0 early in the second quarter when Hummel broke in and blocked the punt of Cleveland’s Corey Bojorquez. Sanoussi Kane recovered to give Baltimore the ball at the Browns’ 24-yard line.

Two plays later, Jackson tossed a 15-yard scoring pass to Wallace to make it 10-0 with 11:13 left in the half.

Cleveland later received Andre Szmyt’s 38-yard field goal with 29 seconds remaining in the half.

–Field Level Media