Dolphins’ aerial attack downs Raiders

Jonnu Smith caught six passes for a career-high 101 yards and two touchdowns and Tua Tagovailoa threw three touchdown passes to lead the host Miami Dolphins to a 34-19 win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday in Miami Gardens, Fla.

The Dolphins (4-6) won back-to-back games for the first time this season as they continue to try to bolster their playoff chances while the Raiders (2-8) dropped their sixth in a row.

Tua Tagovailoa tossed a 57-yard touchdown to a wide-open Smith over the middle with 3:19 remaining in the fourth quarter to go up 31-19.

Miami then sealed the outcome on the first play of the Raiders’ ensuing series when Jalen Ramsey intercepted Gardner Minshew.

Tagovailoa led the Dolphins offense, completing 28 of 36 passes for 288 yards and no interceptions for a 127.8 passer rating.

Minshew, who got the start despite being benched in the Raiders’ previous game two weeks ago, completed 30 of 43 passes for 282 yards, two touchdowns and the lone interception to Ramsey.

His favorite target was rookie tight end Brock Bowers, who gave Miami’s defense fits by catching 13 passes for 126 yards and a touchdown.

The Raiders put together a 14-play, 70-yard touchdown drive capped by Minshew’s 10-yard touchdown pass to Ameer Abdullah with 4:23 left to pull within a score at 24-19.

Las Vegas appeared to have forced a Miami punt on its next drive, but committed a costly penalty as Darnay Holmes was called for pass interference on third-and-5 from Miami’s 35 with 3:32 left. Tagovailoa connected with Smith for his long touchdown two plays later.

The Dolphins’ defense recorded three sacks of Minshew by Zach Sieler, Calais Campbell and Emmanuel Ogbah, and held the Raiders to 60 yards rushing.

Tyreek Hill finished with seven catches for 61 yards for the Dolphins and caught a touchdown pass for the second consecutive game after having none since Week 1. De’Von Achane led the way on the ground with 17 carries for 73 yards and a touchdown.

Josh Allen’s clutch TD run ices Bills’ win over Chiefs

Josh Allen’s 26-yard touchdown run on fourth-and-2 with just over two minutes left sealed the Bills’ 30-21 win in Orchard Park, N.Y., on Sunday as Buffalo dealt the Kansas City Chiefs their first loss of the season.

Facing the choice of attempting a short field goal or handing the two-time defending Super Bowl champions and quarterback Patrick Mahomes the ball with time to drive downfield for a win, Bills coach Sean McDermott turned the game over to Allen, who first looked to pass, then diced through a Chiefs defense that is among the league’s best against the run.

Allen completed 27 of 40 passes for 262 yards and led the Bills (9-2) with 55 rushing yards.

With the Bills’ defense containing Mahomes, Allen bloomed in the fourth quarter. His 12-yard scoring pass to Curtis Samuel with 12:51 left punctuated a 10-play, 83-yard drive that took just over six minutes off the clock and gave the Bills a 23-14 lead.

But Mahomes led the Chiefs 70 yards in 4:58 to trim Buffalo’s lead to 23-21 on his second touchdown pass of the day — a 1-yarder — to tight end Noah Gray.

Mahomes finished with 196 yards, three TDs and two interceptions on 23-of-33 passing for Kansas City (9-1).

Buffalo has won six straight games this season and the past four regular-season games in the all-time series with Kansas City. The eventual Super Bowl champion Chiefs eliminated the Bills in the divisional round of the playoffs in Buffalo in January, though.

A first half that featured four lead changes ended with the Bills leading 16-14 after Buffalo’s Tyler Bass kicked a 33-yard field goal as time expired.

James Cook gave the Bills a 6-0 lead just five minutes into the game with a 3-yard scoring run, but the extra-point try was no good.

The Chiefs took a 7-6 lead seven seconds into the second quarter on Mahomes’ 10-yard TD pass to Xavier Worthy.

Buffalo responded immediately, however, using a 6-yard run to the end zone by Cook to grab a 13-7 lead.

Geno Smith’s late TD run lifts Seahawks over 49ers

Geno Smith scored on a 13-yard scramble with 12 seconds remaining as the Seattle Seahawks upended the San Francisco 49ers 20-17 on Sunday afternoon in Santa Clara, Calif.

The Seahawks (5-5), who were coming off their bye week, snapped a two-game skid and won for just the second time in their past seven games.

Their victory created a three-way tie for second place in the NFC West, with Seattle, San Francisco (5-5) and the Los Angeles Rams (5-5) all one game behind the idle Arizona Cardinals (6-4).

Smith was 25-of-32 passing for 221 yards and one interception. Jaxon Smith-Njigba made 10 catches for 110 yards and DK Metcalf, who missed the previous two games with a knee injury, added seven receptions for 70 yards.

Brock Purdy was 21-of-28 passing for 159 yards, throwing for one touchdown and rushing for another for the 49ers, who had a two-game winning streak snapped. Purdy was picked off once.

Christian McCaffrey, playing in his second game of the season after recovering from Achilles tendinitis, finished with 106 total yards (79 rushing, 27 receiving). Jauan Jennings posted 10 receptions for 91 yards and a score.

The Seahawks got the ball on their own 20-yard line with 2:38 remaining after a punt.

Smith was 7-of-8 passing for 54 yards on the decisive drive and had a 16-yard scamper along with his 13-yard scoring run.

With his team trailing 13-10, Purdy threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Jennings with 9:33 remaining in the fourth quarter, capping a 14-play, 70-yard drive that lasted nearly nine minutes.

The Seahawks went for it on fourth-and-inches from the San Francisco 37-yard line with 3:56 remaining. They lined up Zach Charbonnet as a fullback and handed him the ball, a play that worked in the first half, but he was stopped for no gain.

However, the 49ers were unable to run out the clock, giving the Seahawks one last chance.

San Francisco defensive end Nick Bosa appeared to aggravate a hip injury while sacking Smith in the third quarter and didn’t return to the contest.

On the same drive on which Bosa was hurt, the Seahawks drove for their first touchdown.

Kenneth Walker III, who had 54 yards on 14 carries, gave Seattle a 13-10 lead with his 1-yard TD run.

The 49ers led 7-6 at the half on a 10-yard scoring run by Purdy. He scrambled to his right and dove with the ball, using his outstretched arm to get just inside the pylon.

Seattle’s Jason Myers kicked 52- and 57-yard field goals in the first half. The 49ers’ Jake Moody booted a 33-yarder early in the third quarter to extend the hosts’ lead to 10-6.

San Francisco All-Pro tight end George Kittle was inactive because of a hamstring injury.

Lions steamroll Jaguars 52-6 for 8th straight victory

Jared Goff passed for a season-high 412 yards and four touchdowns and the Detroit Lions stretched their winning streak to eight games by pounding the visiting Jacksonville Jaguars 52-6 on Sunday.

The winning streak is the longest for the Lions (9-1) in the Super Bowl era. Sunday’s 46-point victory was also Detroit’s most lopsided win in franchise history. Goff bounced back from a five-interception outing against Houston as the Lions scored touchdowns on their first seven possessions.

Amon-Ra St. Brown caught 11 passes for 161 yards and scored two touchdowns, his eighth consecutive game with a touchdown. Jameson Williams caught four passes for 124 yards, including a 64-yard touchdown.

David Montgomery rushed for 75 yards and two touchdowns, and Jahmyr Gibbs added 69 rushing yards and a touchdown as Detroit gained 645 yards.

The Jaguars (2-9) have lost four straight. Mac Jones passed for 138 yards and was intercepted once as No. 1 quarterback Trevor Lawrence missed his second straight game with a shoulder injury.

The Lions gained 306 yards in the first half while rolling to a 28-6 halftime lead.

The Jaguars scored on their first possession, as Cam Little blasted a 59-yard field goal. The Lions answered with a 70-yard drive, capped by Montgomery’s 2-yard TD run.

Detroit extended its lead with a 13-play, 93-yard drive that Gibbs completed by cutting to his left on a 1-yard run.

The Lions’ next scoring drive covered 64 yards. Montgomery finished it off by powering up the middle from 6 yards out.

Gibbs had a 54-yard catch and run on Detroit’s fourth possession. That led to Goff’s third-down, 27-yard scoring strike to St. Brown.

Little kicked a 35-yard field goal on the final play of the half.

It took just 2:05 into the second half for the Lions to score again. Goff zipped a pass over the middle and Williams snared it, then cut to the right on the 64-yard touchdown.