The Newest: Lions making an attempt to carry on in Philadelphia

The Newest on NFL Week 3 (all occasions EDT):

Four p.m.

For a 3rd straight week, the Detroit Lions try to guard a lead late within the fourth quarter.

Detroit leads Philadelphia 27-24 and stopped the Eagles on fourth down with 2:18 remaining. Philadelphia had all three timeouts remaining and will nonetheless get the ball again.

Detroit misplaced a late lead in a season-opening tie at Arizona however held on to beat the Los Angeles Chargers final weekend.

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3:50 p.m.

Jarrett Stidham relieved Tom Brady with the Patriots holding a snug lead over the New York Jets halfway by means of the fourth quarter, and the rookie quarterback instantly threw an interception that was returned for a landing. Brady got here again in for the following collection.

Stidham made his NFL debut when New England took over with 8:41 left within the recreation main 30-7.

Stidham accomplished his first two passes earlier than overthrowing Brandon Bolden proper to Jets security Jamal Adams. He ran it again 60 yards for a landing to make it 30-14.

—Jimmy Golen reporting from Foxborough, Massachusetts.

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3:45 p.m.

Cincinnati has rallied to tie Buffalo 14-all early within the fourth quarter. The Bengals trailed 14-Zero on the half however evened the rating with a 1-yard move from Andy Dalton to Joe Mixon with 12:27 remaining.

Earlier than Mixon’s landing, the Payments had a fumble restoration close to their very own objective line negated by a penalty. Defensive sort out Jordan Phillips clearly jumped offside.

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3:35 p.m.

T.Y. Hilton has been dominated out of the sport for the Indianapolis Colts with a quad harm.

Indianapolis leads Atlanta 27-17 within the fourth quarter.

Hilton has not performed within the second half. The Professional Bowl receiver was listed as questionable earlier than the sport with the identical harm.

Atlanta security Keanu Neal additionally was carted off the sphere with what the staff referred to as an Achilles harm. Neal tore an ACL in final season’s opener and missed the remainder of the season.

—Mike Marot reporting from Indianapolis.

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3:10 p.m.

Eagles working again Miles Sanders’ facemask was yanked so viciously on a kickoff return, his neck twisted and his helmet flew off his head.

And the officers missed the decision.

Detroit security Miles Killebrew grabbed at Sanders’ facemask along with his proper hand and the Eagles helmet about turned. There was no penalty name on the play.

Eagles followers howled because the replay was proven on the massive screens at Lincoln Monetary Subject. Sanders appeared wonderful after the play.

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2:55 p.m.

Matt Ryan threw a 13-yard landing move to Austin Hooper with 10:30 left within the third quarter, No. 301 of his profession.

That breaks a tie with John Elway for No. 11 in league historical past.

Ryan turned the 12h participant with 300 TD passes when he attached with Julio Jones on the game-winning landing final Sunday evening.

Earlier within the drive, Ryan additionally handed Elway for No. 9 on the profession checklist for completions. Elway had 4,123. Ryan now has 4,126.

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2:50 p.m.

Tremendous Bowl MVP Julian Edelman didn’t come out for the second half towards the New York Jets due to what the Patriots say is a chest harm.

Edelman went to the locker room shortly earlier than the half. The staff says it’s questionable whether or not he’ll return.

Edelman was apparently injured with 1:18 left within the first half after a 3-yard reception, when 301-pound defensive lineman Henry Anderson landed on prime of him. Edelman got here up holding his ribs.

New England leads 23-0.

—Jimmy Golen reporting from Foxborough, Massachusetts.

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2:45 p.m.

The Bengals went nowhere in a dreadful first-half offensive efficiency towards the Payments in Buffalo’s dwelling opener.

Cincinnati did not register a primary down till Andy Dalton hit Auden Tate for a 24-yard completion popping out of the 2-minute warning — on the Bengals’ sixth drive of the sport. The Bengals’ solely snap in Buffalo territory got here with 2 seconds left after Stephen Hauschka missed a 62-yard subject objective try.

Cincinnati had 77 yards of offense on the half, together with Dalton’s 33-yard completion to Tate on the ultimate play. Buffalo led 14-0.

—John Wawrow reporting from Orchard Park, New York.

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2:40 p.m.

The Chiefs scored 4 occasions within the second quarter for the second straight week, this time a trio of touchdowns and Harrison Butker’s 42-yard subject objective to take a 23-6 lead on Baltimore into halftime.

They scored 4 TDs within the second quarter final week in Oakland.

Patrick Mahomes is to date successful his showdown with Ravens counterpart Lamar Jackson, throwing for 273 yards and two touchdowns. Jackson was Eight of 17 for 51 yards with one other 29 yards dashing.

Baltimore took some extent off the board within the first quarter when a penalty gave the Ravens an opportunity to strive a 2-point conversion from the 1-yard line. Jackson was stuffed wanting the objective line.

Jackson additionally was stuffed for no acquire on fourth-and-2 early within the second quarter.

—Dave Skretta reporting from Kansas Metropolis, Missouri.

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2:20 p.m.

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Jacoby Brissett opened the sport by finishing his first 16 passes, together with one for a landing, earlier than throwing an incompletion on second-and-goal from the Atlanta 3-yard line.

He threw the ball away to keep away from a sack on the following play, too, establishing Adam Vinatieri for a 21-yard subject objective to provide the Colts a 13-Zero lead.

The streak is tied for the fifth-longest in franchise historical past.

Brissett is now 19 of 24 for 197 yards, one landing and no interceptions. Indianapolis leads the Falcons 13-3.

—Mike Marot reporting from Indianapolis.

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2:05 p.m.

Tom Brady has handed injured Saints quarterback Drew Brees for second place on the NFL’s profession checklist for landing passes.

Brady related with Phillip Dorsett for a 25-yard rating within the first quarter towards the New York Jets. It was Brady’s 523rd profession TD move, transferring him previous Brees into second place on the profession checklist.

Peyton Manning is first with 539.

Brady later added one other TD move to provide New England a 20-Zero lead. He additionally has 73 landing passes within the postseason. Together with these, his whole of 597 is probably the most in NFL historical past.

—Jimmy Golen reporting from Foxborough, Massachusetts.

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2 p.m.

Denver Broncos defensive finish Derek Wolfe has left the sport towards the Inexperienced Bay Packers due to an ankle harm.

Wolfe was going for the sort out on a run by Jamaal Williams. Security Will Parks missed a sort out and appeared to roll into the suitable ankle of Wolfe, who stayed down a couple of minutes earlier than being taken off on a cart.

Parks grabbed his left ankle, however bought up and stayed within the recreation.

—Andrew Seligman reporting from Inexperienced Bay, Wisconsin.

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1:35 p.m.

Miami Dolphins receiver Allen Hurns needed to be taken off the sphere after a jarring play on the dwelling of the Cowboys, simply as he did within the playoffs final season when he performed for the Cowboys.

Hurns stayed down for a few minutes after an enormous hit from Dallas security Jeff Heath that resulted in an incompletion. Whereas trainers attended to Hurns, Heath knelt on one knee along with his helmet off just some toes from his former teammate.

When Hurns sat up, a number of different Dallas defenders additionally greeted him. Hurns appeared a little bit woozy when he stood up, however was in a position to stroll off the sphere totally on his personal.

Throughout Dallas’ wild-card win over Seattle final January, Hurns needed to be taken off on a cart after sustaining a gruesome-looking damaged ankle when he was tackled awkwardly. Hurns was on the best way to a restoration and had gone by means of offseason exercises with the Cowboys once they launched him simply earlier than coaching camp.

—Schuyler Dixon reporting from Arlington, Texas.

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1:20 p.m.

Detroit’s Jamal Agnew ran a kickoff 100 yards for a landing towards the Philadelphia Eagles. Agnew burst to his left and sprinted alongside the sideline for his first profession kickoff return landing. The Eagles had scored a subject objective on the opening drive. Lions coach Matt Patricia rubbed his returner’s head after the massive rating.

Patricia had benched Agnew final week after he fumbled the ball on a punt return within the second quarter.

—Dan Gelston reporting from Philadelphia.

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1:15 p.m.

Adam Vinatieri made a 49-yard subject objective to open the scoring in Indianapolis.

He did not precisely erase doubts, although, banking the road drive kick off the left upright. The league’s profession scoring chief’s sluggish begin had some questioning if time had lastly caught as much as the 46-year-old Vinatieri, the third-oldest participant to ever seem in an NFL recreation.

He missed 5 of eight kicks throughout the first two weeks, together with a career-high three further factors.

—Mike Marot reporting from Indianapolis.

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1:10 p.m.

The Buffalo Payments honored late superfan Ezra “Pancho Billa” Castro in a pregame ceremony at New Period Subject.

Castro, a mortician from El Paso, Texas, who frequently attended Payments video games, died in Might after a prolonged battle with most cancers.

Payments house owners Terry and Kim Pegula offered recreation balls and No. 19 Pancho Billa jerseys to Castro’s mom, Aurora, longtime girlfriend, Veronica Borjon, and their two kids, Gino and Lourdes. The members of the family watched the Payments’ dwelling opener towards the Cincinnati Bengals from Buffalo coach Sean McDermott’s suite.

The presentation at midfield additionally included 100 kids who acquired backpacks with faculty provides by means of the Pancho Pack program in Castro’s honor.

Some followers held up indicators with photos of Castro attending Payments video games in his customary Payments-themed pancho and wrestling masks.

Shortly after Castro was identified with most cancers, the Payments honored his want by bringing him to Dallas to announce their third-round collection of defensive sort out Harrison Phillips on the 2018 NFL Draft.

—John Wawrow reporting from Orchard Park, New York.

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11:49 p.m.

Who’re these guys?

Already, eight NFL groups are beginning quarterbacks they did not plan to have behind middle a couple of month in the past. That is one-quarter of the league.

Included are two of the extra obscure names: the Jets’ Luke Falk in for Sam Darnold (mononucleosis), and the Panthers’ Kyle Allen, beginning Sunday for Cam Newton (foot). Falk really is New York’s third-stringer; Trevor Siemian broken his ankle in final Monday evening’s loss to Cleveland.

New York’s different staff, the Giants, made the change this week to sixth total draft choose Daniel Jones, benching longtime starter Eli Manning.

Two of the league’s greatest stars, Drew Brees (thumb surgical procedure) of New Orleans and Ben Roethlisberger (elbow surgical procedure) of Pittsburgh, are sidelined. Teddy Bridgewater takes over for the Saints and Mason Rudolph will get the task for the Steelers.

Miami has switched from Ryan Fitzpatrick to Josh Rosen, and, in fact, Andrew Luck retired and Jacoby Brissett is the person in Indianapolis.

Gardner Minshew began for Jacksonville in a Thursday evening win over Tennessee; Nick Foles is damage.

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