New York Giants star running back Saquon Barkley limped off the field with the help of trainers late in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 31-28 victory over the Arizona Cardinals due to a right ankle injury.

Barkley took a 2-yard carry up the middle and appeared to get his ankle caught under Arizona linebacker Krys Barnes with 1:08 left in the game. He got up gingerly and was hopping to try and keep pressure off the ankle before putting his arms around two trainers and limping off the field.

Medical personnel surrounded Barkley once he got to the bench, where he had his ankle taped.

ESPN reported that Barkley will undergo an MRI on Monday. His ankle was swollen after the game, but it’s believed that the two-time Pro Bowler is dealing with a regular sprain as opposed to a high-ankle sprain, per the report.

Prior to exiting, Barkley rushed for 63 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries. He also had six receptions for 29 yards and another score.

In the first two games of the season, Barkley has rushed for 114 yards on 29 carries while adding nine catches for 41 yards. He did not find the end zone in Week 1.

New York is 1-1, and should Barkley miss time, veteran Matt Breida would likely take over as the Giants’ primary running back.

Barkley and the team are on a short week, as New York plays the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara, Calif., on Thursday night.

–Field Level Media

Sam Howell threw for 299 yards and two touchdowns and Brian Robinson added two touchdown runs in the fourth quarter as the visiting Washington Commanders rallied past the Denver Broncos for a 35-33 win on Sunday.

Russell Wilson gave Denver a chance when he completed a 50-yard Hail Mary touchdown pass to Brandon Johnson, who came down with the tipped ball in the end zone with no time left.

But on the 2-point conversion try, Benjamin St-Juste broke up Wilson’s pass intended for Courtland Sutton to preserve the wild win for Washington (2-0).

The Commanders surrendered touchdowns on the Broncos’ first three possessions and fell behind 21-3 before staging their comeback and denying Sean Payton his first win as coach of the Broncos (0-2).

In his third NFL start — all Washington wins — Howell completed 27 of 39 passes to fuel the Commanders’ rally. Robinson added 87 yards on 18 carries.

For the Broncos, Wilson completed 18 of 32 passes for 308 yards with three touchdowns and an interception.

Wilson sparked Denver early, throwing touchdown passes of 60 yards to rookie Marvin Mims Jr. and 16 yards to Johnson.

But after getting torched early, the Washington defense rose. Jamin Davis forced a tide-turning fumble by Wilson in the second quarter that was recovered by Cody Barton.

Nine plays later on fourth-and-goal, Howell threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Logan Thomas. A two-point conversion run by Robinson and a 49-yard field goal by Joey Slye drew the Commanders to within 21-14 at the half.

Early in the second half, Terry McLaurin rose between two defenders in the end zone to make a sensational 30-yard touchdown reception, tying it 21-21.

Wil Lutz gave Denver a 24-21 lead with a 31-yard field goal. But Washington responded with a 75-yard drive on just six plays to take the lead for good.

A 27-yard run by Robinson and a 36-yard gain on a screen pass to Antonio Gibson set up Robinson’s 2-yard touchdown run to put Washington up 28-24.

Robinson followed with a 15-yard touchdown run that increased the lead to 35-24 with 7:11 left.

Denver followed with a drive to the Washington 1. But Montez Sweat sacked Wilson and later combined with Chase Young on another sack, forcing Denver to settle for a 32-yard field goal by Lutz with 1:50 left.

The Denver defense gave Wilson another chance, stopping Washington on a three-and-out. But St-Juste had the last word.

–Field Level Media

Dak Prescott threw two touchdown passes and Brandon Aubrey kicked five field goals as the Dallas Cowboys blew out a New York team for the second straight week with a 30-10 thrashing of the Jets on Sunday in Arlington, Texas.

Prescott completed 31 of 38 passes for 255 yards in an efficient effort as Dallas improved to 2-0. After a 40-0 blowout of the Giants in Week 1, the Cowboys were more workmanlike but just as good against a Jets team playing without quarterback Aaron Rodgers (Achilles).

Zach Wilson hit on 12 of 27 passes for 170 yards with a touchdown and three interceptions for New York (1-1). His highlight was a 68-yard pass-and-run connection with Garrett Wilson at the 7:12 mark of the second quarter, the first touchdown scored against Dallas in six quarters.

The Jets’ momentum didn’t last long. Prescott hit Luke Schoonmaker on a 1-yard scoring strike to cap a drive of more than five minutes, and Tony Pollard’s 2-point conversion run gave the Cowboys an 18-7 lead.

Austin Seibert’s 34-yard field goal for the Jets with four seconds remaining made it 18-10 at the half.

Dallas pulled away in the second half behind Aubrey, who nailed field goals of 21, 55, 26 and 30 yards to go along with the 35-yarder he made in the second quarter. He became the first Cowboy to make five field goals in a game since Dan Bailey did it in 2013.

Prescott got Dallas off to a fast start by finding Jake Ferguson for a 4-yard touchdown pass at the 9:19 mark of the first quarter, polishing off a 12-play, 75-yard drive. Prescott went 5-for-5 for 41 yards on the march, including a 25-yard connection with CeeDee Lamb. That was the start of a huge day for Lamb, who caught 11 passes on 13 targets for 143 yards.

The Cowboys became the third team since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970 to open a season by scoring at least 70 points in their first two games while holding opponents to 10 or fewer.

–Field Level Media

Christian McCaffrey rushed for 116 yards on 20 carries and scored a touchdown to lead the San Francisco 49ers to a 30-23 win against the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday afternoon at Inglewood, Calif.

Quarterback Brock Purdy completed 17 of 25 passes for 206 yards for the 49ers (2-0). He had no interceptions for the second consecutive game.

In the second half, the San Francisco defense kept the Rams (1-1) out of the end zone and forced two turnovers.

Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua had 147 yards on 15 catches, the most by a rookie in a single game in NFL history. He also set an NFL record with 25 receptions through his first two games.

Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford completed 34 of 55 passes for 307 yards with a touchdown and two second-half interceptions.

With the score tied at 17-17, a tipped pass landed in the hands of San Francisco cornerback Isaiah Oliver for Stafford’s first interception of the game.

The 49ers converted the turnover into a 57-yard field goal by Jake Moody for a 20-17 lead with 1:21 left in the third quarter.

Purdy’s 31-yard strike down the sideline to Jauan Jennings led to an 11-yard touchdown run by Deebo Samuel that stretched the lead to 27-17 with 11:28 left in the game.

The Rams scored their first points of the second half on a 48-yard field goal by Brett Maher with 7:13 remaining to cut the lead to 27-20.

The Rams got the ball back with 5:29 left, but Stafford was intercepted by Deommodore Lenoir, and Lenoir returned the ball to the Rams 15 with 4:48 remaining, setting up a 26-yard field goal by Moody for a 30-20 lead with 2:59 left.

Maher kicked a 38-yard field goal as time expired for the 30-23 final.

McCaffrey scored on a 14-yard touchdown run on the opening drive of the game for a 7-0 lead.

The Rams answered with a 43-yard field goal by Maher to make it 7-3 with 1:54 left in the opening quarter.

McCaffrey’s 51-yard run down the sideline set up a 27-yard field goal from Moody to extend the lead to 10-3 with 13:32 left in the first half.

The Rams evened the score at 10 on a 6-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to running back Kyren Williams with 9:49 left in the half.

Williams scored again on a 4-yard run with 1:45 to go in the half to give Los Angeles its first lead at 17-10.

Purdy dove across the goal line on a 1-yard run on the final play of the half to tie the score 17-17.

–Field Level Media