
Running back Braelon Allen celebrates after he scored on a 12-yard touchdown pass from Aaron Rodgers during the Jets’ 24-17 win over the Titans on Sunday in Nashville, Tenn.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Braelon Allen, the NFL’s youngest player, ran for a 20-yard touchdown with 4:31 left to put Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets ahead to stay as they beat the Tennessee Titans 24-17 on Sunday.
Rodgers threw for 176 yards and two TDs and got to kneel down for his first victory as the Jets’ starting quarterback. One of those TD passes by the 40-year-old Rodgers was to the 20-year-old Allen, marking a score by the NFL’s oldest and youngest players.
The Jets (1-1) ruined the home opener for Titans first-year coach Brian Callahan, whose offense was rolling until a pair of back-to-back turnovers by second-year quarterback Will Levis.
The Titans (0-2) had a chance at the end.
Will McDonald IV, who had three of the Jets’ four sacks, got his third with 23 seconds left on third down. Levis threw to Tyler Boyd on fourth-and-goal from the 14 with Jets safety Tony Adams helping break up the pass to turn it over on downs.
SAINTS 44, COWBOYS 19: Alvin Kamara scored four touchdowns, including a 57-yarder on a screen pass, and New Orleans (2-0) ended Dallas’ 16-game home winning streak in the regular season with a victory over the Cowboys (1-1) in Arlington, Texas.
Derek Carr threw for 243 yards and two TDs to go along with a 1-yard sneak for a score, and the Saints got touchdowns on their first six drives a week after setting a franchise record by starting the season with points on nine consecutive possessions in a 47-10 rout of Carolina.
It was actually the second straight loss at AT&T Stadium for the Cowboys after their 48-32 wild-card shocker against Green Bay last January.
COMMANDERS 21, GIANTS 18: Jayden Daniels picked up his first win as an NFL quarterback, leading Washington (1-1) past New York (0-2) in Landover, Maryland, thanks to a franchise-record seven field goals from new kicker Austin Seibert.
Daniels engineered the go-ahead, 65-yard drive in the final minutes to get the ball into the red zone, setting up Seibert’s 30-yard field goal that won it as the clock expired. Seibert’s 7-for-7 performance came days after he replaced Cade York, who missed each of his two attempts in the season opener.
CHIEFS 26, BENGALS 25: Harrison Butker kicked a 51-yard field goal as time expired and Kansas City, kept alive by a pass interference call on Bengals safety Daijahn Anthony on fourth down in the final minute, rallied to beat Cincinnati in Kansas City, Missouri.
Patrick Mahomes threw for 151 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions, but it was his incomplete pass to Rashee Rice on fourth-and-16 from the Kansas City 35 that turned out to be decisive. Anthony arrived a split-second early and hit Rice from behind with his body, and flags flew with 38 seconds remaining as the crowd in Arrowhead Stadium erupted.
BUCCANEERS 20, LIONS 16: Baker Mayfield had an 11-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter, and Tampa Bay win in Detroit in a playoff rematch.
Tampa Bay (2-0) fell behind only once in the closely contested game, and it stopped Detroit (1-1) when it had two chances to drive for a go-ahead touchdown in the final minutes.
VIKINGS 23, 49ERS 17: Sam Darnold passed for 268 yards and two touchdowns against his former team, including a 97-yard strike in the second quarter to Justin Jefferson, and an attacking defense again fueled Minnesota (2-0) in a victory over San Francisco (1-1) in Minneapolis.
Darnold went 17 for 26 with one interception to win his second straight start for the Vikings (2-0), who used the last of three field goals by rookie Will Reichard to give themselves a bigger cushion midway through the fourth quarter.
CARDINALS 41, RAMS 10: Kyler Murray threw for 266 yards and three touchdowns, rookie receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. caught his first two NFL touchdown passes and Arizona (1-1) rolled past Los Angeles (0-2) in Glendale, Arizona.
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