New England Patriots wide receiver Efton Chism III made a spectacular one-handed touchdown catch as he claimed a dramatic 29-26 road win over the Buffalo Bills.
The Patriots entered the game 1-2 after a lopsided start defined by turnovers by quarterback Drake Maye, who had two more in this one as he was intercepted and lost a fumble.
And it looked like the defending AFC champions would fall to 1-3 when Josh Allen found Keon Coleman for a 34-yard score to give the Bills a 26-21 lead.
However, Chism proved to be an unlikely hero for the Patriots, showing phenomenal body control to throw Maye’s layup on the run with one minute and 50 seconds remaining.
Allen still had a chance to salvage the game for the Bills, but was intercepted by Craig Goodson as the Bills suffered their first loss of the season.
One of the teams expected to challenge to dethrone the Patriots in the AFC, the Baltimore Ravens, improved to 3-1 with a 24-18 rout of the winless Tennessee Titans.
However, the win may have come at a huge cost as quarterback Lamar Jackson suffered an ankle injury and he was seen leaving the stadium wearing a protective boot.
The Rams stun the Eagles with a fight
The Los Angeles Rams pulled off their best comeback of the season so far, rallying from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the Philadelphia Eagles 24-20.
Philadelphia was seemingly in complete control of the game when the Eagles had the ball at the Rams’ two-yard line with eight minutes left and a chance to extend the lead to 17 points.
But a Rams goal-line stand set in motion an epic collapse by the Eagles, with a pair of Kyren Williams touchdown runs setting up Los Angeles’ triumph. Both teams are now 2-2.
The Dallas Cowboys bounced back from their heartbreaking loss to the Ravens in Rio de Janeiro last week by winning a thrilling shootout with the Houston Texans as they prevailed over their in-state rivals 34-30.
Cowboys wideout CeeDee Lamb made an incredible 17 catches, his last a 12-yard touchdown catch that proved the clinching blow, with a Texans Hail Mary in the final seconds to no avail.
The Texans fall to 0-4, well behind the AFC South-leading Jacksonville Jaguars, who are 3-1 after defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 22-17. The Cowboys, meanwhile, join their division rivals, the Eagles, at 2-2.
But it’s the New York Giants, despite being without starting quarterback Jaxson Dart for the rest of the season, who lead the NFC East ahead of the Eagles and Cowboys.
For the second straight week, the Giants won on a goal-line stand, Deonte Banks’ pick-six sealing a 36-24 victory over the Arizona Cardinals that moved New York to 3-1.
The Chicago Bears beat the New York Jets 23-12, though the Jets ended their 637-day wait for an interception, while the Green Bay Packers improved to 2-2 by holding on to claim a 17-14 road win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who are now 0-4.
Earlier, in London’s first game of the season, the Indianapolis Colts defeated the Washington Commanders 30-13. Commanders backup quarterback Marcus Mariota left the game with a knee injury.
