NFL's Week 10 was filled with upsets, comebacks, routs and statement wins

Five underdogs won. Big leads weren’t safe. Several games weren’t close.

Sunday was filled with upsets, comebacks, routs and statements.

There were immoderate awesome idiosyncratic performances, too.

Jonathan Taylor had 244 yards rushing for the Colts. Miami’s De’Von Achane ran for 174. Patriots rookie TreVeyon Henderson had a brace of 50-plus gait touchdown runs.

DeMarcus Lawrence scored doubly connected fumble returns for Seattle.

Rams backmost Matthew Stafford became the archetypal subordinate successful NFL past with astatine slightest 4 touchdown passes and nary interceptions successful 3 consecutive games.

The Miami Dolphins stunned the Buffalo Bills, rolling to a 30-13 victory. Josh Allen and the Bills were 8 1/2-point favorites a week aft a triumph implicit Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs.

But the reigning NFL MVP had 2 turnovers and Buffalo (6-3) was ne'er adjacent aft falling down 16-0 astatine halftime.

Tua Tagovailoa threw 2 TD passes and Achane had 2 scores for Miami (3-7). The Dolphins person won 2 of 3 and person a accidental to commencement a streak. They look Washington (3-7) adjacent week successful Spain and past instrumentality from a bye to instrumentality connected New Orleans (2-8) and the New York Jets (2-7).

Led by rookie backmost Tyler Shough, the Saints went to Carolina and knocked disconnected the Panthers, 17-7. Shough threw for 282 yards and 2 TDs successful his 2nd vocation start.

A week aft beating the Packers astatine Lambeau Field, the Panthers had a accidental to get to 6-4, which would’ve been their champion commencement since 2017. They were 5 1/2-point favorites but Bryce Young struggled and the discourtesy couldn’t bash anything

Down 19 to Jacksonville successful the 4th quarter, the Houston Texans rallied down backup QB Davis Mills. With C.J. Stroud inactive due to the fact that of a concussion, Mills tossed 2 TD passes and ran for a people successful the last 12:16.

The Texans (4-5) tin adjacent their grounds adjacent week astatine Tennessee (1-8). The Jaguars (5-4) person mislaid 3 of 4 since defeating the Chiefs.

The Bears trailed the Giants 20-10 erstwhile they got the shot astatine their ain 9 with 6:13 left. Caleb Williams tossed a 2-yard TD walk to Rome Odunze. After the defence sacked Russell Wilson doubly to unit a punt, Williams drove the discourtesy 53 yards and scrambled 17 yards for the go-ahead TD.

Chicago (6-3) has won six of 7 since starting 0-2 nether first-year manager Ben Johnson. The Bears person a pugnacious docket upcoming. Only 2 of their last 8 opponents presently person losing records and 1 of those games is adjacent week connected the roadworthy against the pugnacious Vikings (4-5).

The Colts needed a rally to bushed the Falcons successful Germany. Daniel Jones led a thrust successful the last 2 minutes to acceptable up Michael Badgley's 44-yard tract extremity to unit overtime. Taylor ended the crippled connected an 8-yard TD run. He had an 83-yard people successful the 4th quarter.

Indianapolis (8-2) heads into the bye tied for the champion grounds successful the NFL. The Colts look the Chiefs connected the roadworthy connected Nov. 23.

The mean borderline of triumph successful the 3 late-afternoon games was 20 points.

The Rams took a 21-0 pb implicit San Francisco earlier the 49ers came backmost to chopped it to 28-20 aboriginal successful the 4th quarter. Los Angeles past scored connected consecutive possessions to enactment it retired of reach.

The 37-year-old Stafford is having the champion play of his career, helping the Rams to a 7-2 start. He has 25 TD passes and lone 2 interceptions.

With Lawrence scoring aft 2 strip-sacks by Tyrice Knight, Seattle jumped up of Arizona 35-0 and cruised to a 44-22 victory. Sam Darnold lone threw 12 passes, completing 10 for 178 yards and 1 TD. The Seahawks (7-2) dominated the Cardinals again, beating them for the ninth consecutive time.

Next week, the Rams big the Seahawks successful a conflict for archetypal spot successful the NFC West.

Entering this season, a 44-22 people had lone occurred erstwhile successful NFL history. It’s happened 3 times implicit the past month, including doubly successful Week 10 arsenic the Lions besides bushed the Commanders by that score.

Jared Goff had 320 yards passing and 3 TDs and Jahmyr Gibbs ran for 142 yards and 2 scores with manager Dan Campbell taking implicit playcalling duties from violative coordinator John Morton.

Detroit (6-3) tin instrumentality implicit archetypal spot successful the NFC North if the Packers (5-2-1) suffer to the Eagles (6-2) connected Monday night.

New England took different measurement toward going worst to archetypal successful the AFC East with an awesome 28-23 triumph successful Tampa Bay. The Patriots (8-2) bushed the Bills 23-20 successful Buffalo successful Week 5 but racked up six wins against teams with losing records.

Their triumph implicit the Buccaneers completed a expanse of the NFC South, starring first-year manager Mike Vrabel to greet players with a “NFC South champs!” proclamation successful the hallway extracurricular the locker room.

Drake Maye withstood unit and tossed 2 TD passes, and Henderson ran for 147 yards, including scores from 69 and 55 yards.

The Patriots’ adjacent 3 opponents are 7-21 earlier a rematch with the Bills successful Week 15.

The Chargers delivered a ascendant antiaircraft show successful a convincing 25-10 triumph implicit Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers connected Sunday night. Los Angeles held Rodgers to 91 yards passing and the Steelers had conscionable 151 full yards earlier the crippled was retired of reach.

The Chargers (7-3) way Denver (8-2) by 1 crippled successful the AFC West and already bushed the Broncos and Chiefs (5-4).

The Steelers (5-4) lone pb Baltimore (4-5) by 1 crippled successful the AFC North and volition look the Ravens doubly successful the last 5 weeks.

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