Read reports from Sunday’s NFL games.
Raiders win 40-34 over Seahawks
When Josh Jacobs came through the Seattle Seahawks defensive line, there was only the vast field in front of him and a place among the best individual performances in NFL history. Jacobs escaped in overtime and scored an 86-yard rushing touchdown to give the Las Vegas Raiders a 40-34 win over the Seahawks on Sunday.
It was a second straight overtime victory for the Raiders.
Jacobs finished the game with a club-best 229 rushing yards and two majors. He also caught six balls for 74 yards. His 303 yards from the line of scrimmage is a team record and the seventh-most in an NFL game during the Super Bowl era.
Jacobs had never rushed for a touchdown for more than 28 yards before Sunday’s run, but he looked like Bo Jackson, who had a similar touchdown run against the Seahawks at Kingdome on Nov. 30, 1987.
“To see him end the game this way. I know he has calf pain and I know how hard he works. It’s great to see that,” Raiders quarterback Derek Carr said.
The Raiders (4-7) finished the game with 283 rushing yards and 576 offensive yards, the third-highest total yards allowed by the Seahawks (6-5). Seattle roster slipped one game behind 49ers of San Francisco for first place in the Western Division of the National Association.
“He is difficult to tackle. He is a strong ball carrier and has good balance. You really got to circle him,” Seahawks defensive tackle Shelby Harris said. He is not one of those running backs who get hit and fall. He makes his money breaking tackles and going for extra yards. »
The Raiders forced overtime when Carr threw a five-yard touchdown pass to Foster Moreau with 1:54 remaining in the fourth quarter.
Carr was the victim of an interception in the first play of the matchup, but rebounded, completing 25 of 36 passes for 295 yards with three touchdown passes.
The Raiders also had a lucky break when Jacobs appeared to drop the ball inside the 10 line before Moreau’s catch. The referees, however, ruled that his progress had been stopped.
“It started from the first game to the last. The first play was an interception, the last was a touchdown, Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels said. There were a lot of momentum shifts during the game. »
The Seahawks suffered a second loss in a row, after losing in Germany two weeks ago. Geno Smith saw 27 of his 37 attempts from the air taken for 328 yards, with two touchdown passes.
The Seahawks’ rushing offense once again struggled, although Kenneth Walker III recorded two rushing touchdowns.
In overtime, Daniel Carlson missed a 56-yard field goal attempt on the Raiders’ first possession. The Seahawks made three plays and they had to clear the ball and on the next offensive play, Jacobs got away.
His 86-yard touchdown was the fourth longest in overtime history.
“Josh was fantastic today. He had a really good game and we didn’t tackle at the level we needed,” Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said.
Packers defeated 40-33 by Jalen Hurts and Eagles
PHOTO MATT SLOCUM, ASSOCIATED PRESS
DeVonta Smith of the Philadelphia Eagles
Jalen Hurts rushed for 157 yards to set an Eagles record for a quarterback as fellow Green Bay Packers Aaron Rodgers suffered a slant injury in the Eagles’ 40-game loss -33 at the hands of the Philadelphia club on Sunday.
Hurts also got for 153 yards through the air and threw two touchdown passes for the Eagles, who sit atop the National Association. Nick Sirianni’s men are 10-1 for the fifth time in club history.
Miles Sanders rushed for 143 yards and two majors, while the Eagles rushed for 363 yards alone, the club’s second most.
Rodgers left the game in the third quarter, when his team trailed 34-23, after grimacing throughout an offensive streak that ended with a Packers field goal. He was already playing with a fractured thumb and suffered several heavy blows.
Rodgers backup Jordan Love kept the Packers (4-8) in the game by combining his efforts with Christian Watson for a 63-yard touchdown that cut the Eagles’ lead to 37-30.
The Packers, however, ran out of time against Hurts, who looks set to take over from Rodgers as the NFL’s most valuable player.
Hurts had a total of 310 yards and a touchdown pass in the first half as the Eagles took a 27-20 lead. He ran for 42, 28 and 24 yards.
In the second half, he spotted AJ Brown for a six-yard touchdown pass, which virtually gave the team a 34-20 lead. Hurts then passed Michael Vick’s rush mark of 130 yards, set in December 2010 against the New York Giants.
Rodgers found takers on 11 of 16 passes for 140 yards, including two touchdowns, in the first half. Two of his deliveries were intercepted.