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Monday, November 24, 2014
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Broncos come back to win
Joe Mahoney/AP
Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning throws against
the Miami Dolphins on Sunday in Denver.
By The Associated Press
DENVER — Peyton Man-
ning threw three of his four TD
passes to Demaryius Thomas
and C.J. Anderson ran for 167
yards and the go-ahead score in
the Denver Broncos’ 39-36 win
against the Miami Dolphins on
Sunday.
NFL
Roundup
Anderson’s 10-yard run with
5:01 left gave the Broncos (8-3)
their first lead of the game at 32-
28. T. J. Ward’s 37-yard intercep-
tion return of Ryan Tannehill’s
pass set up Wes Welker’s insur-
ance TD catch.
The Broncos needed it after
Tannehill drove the Dolphins
(6-5) on another scoring drive,
hitting Jarvis Landry from a
yard out with 1:34 left. Lamar
Miller’s 2-point dive made it a 3-
point game.
The Dolphins’ onside kick
was recovered by — who else? —
Anderson, who sealed the game
with a 26-yard run. Anderson,
who had 27 carries, also caught
four passes for 38 yards.
Manning became the third
player in NFL history with
touchdown passes in 50 consec-
utive games, joining Drew Brees
(54) and Tom Brady (52). He
completed 28 of 35 passes for
257 yards and no interceptions
on a cool Colorado evening.
Browns 26, Falcons 24
ATLANTA — Brian Hoyer
shook off three interceptions,
leading the Cleveland Browns
down the field in the final min-
ute to set up Billy Cundiff’s 37-
yard field goal as time expired to
beat the Atlanta Falcons.
Taking advantage of the last
of Hoyer’s picks, the Falcons
drove for Matt Bryant’s 53-yard
field goal with 44 seconds re-
maining to seize the lead.
But Hoyer completed four
straight passes, the last of them
to the Falcons 19, and spiked the
ball with 5 seconds left. Cundilf
trotted on and made his fourth
field goal of the game for the
Browns (7-4).
Atlanta (4-7), coming in im-
probably tied for first in the woe-
ful NFC South, dropped to 0-7
against teams outside the divi-
sion.
Isaiah Crowell scored a pair
of touchdowns for the Browns,
who also were bolstered by the
return of Josh Gordon. He had
eight catches for 120 yards.
Patriots 34, Lions 9
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -
Tom Brady threw for 349 yards
and two touchdowns in a pass-
heavy offense against the NFL’s
stingiest rushing defense and
the New England Patriots
stretched their winning streak to
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Seahawks
seven games with a victory
against the Detroit lions.
The Patriots led 24-6 at half-
time as Brady repeatedly found
wide-open receivers while the
lions struggled on offense. For
the second straight game, De-
troit failed to score a touchdown.
New England (9-2) routed a
division leader for the third con-
secutive game, following wins
over Denver and Indianapolis.
Detroit (7-4) lost for the second
straight week against a confer-
ence leader after falling to Arizo-
na 14-6 last Sunday.
LeGarrette Blount rushed for
78 yards and two touchdowns
three days after signing with
New England after being cut by
Pittsburgh. In the win over the
Colts, the Patriots stuck with the
running game as Jonas Gray
rushed 37 times for 201 yards
and four touchdowns. After be-
ing sent home from Friday’s
practice for reporting late, he
didn’t play at all on Sunday.
Packers 24, Vikings 21
MINNEAPOLIS - Eddie
Lacy rushed for 125 yards on 25
carries, both season highs to
help Aaron Rodgers and the
Green Bay Packers hang on
against the Minnesota Vikings.
Lacy scored twice, on a run in
the first quarter and a catch in
the fourth. Then, he rumbled
through the line for two first
downs to drain the clock after
the Vikings (4-7) cut the lead to
three with 3:23 remaining.
Rodgers threw two touch-
down passes and again avoided
a turnover for the Packers (8-3),
who stayed out of a potential
trap against a struggling team
with a game next week against
surging New England. They also
moved past Detroit into sole
possession of first place in the
NFC North when the lions lost
to the Patriots.
Charles Johnson and Greg
Jennings caught touchdown
passes from Teddy Bridgewater,
who finished 21 for 37 for 210
yards and an interception.
Eagles 43, Titans 24
PHILADELPHIA - Josh
Huff returned the opening kick-
off 107 yards, LeSean McCoy ran
for 130 yards and the Philadel-
phia Eagles beat the Tennessee
Titans.
Huff’s return was the longest
in franchise history and the 10th
non-offensive touchdown for
Philadelphia this season.
Mark Sanchez threw for 307
yards and one touchdown in his
third start for the injured Nick
Foies. He has 300 yards passing
in three straight games, tying a
team record.
Now, the Eagles (8-3) can
shift their focus to the Dallas
Cowboys (7-3) for a first-place
showdown on Thanksgiving.
The top two teams in the NFC
East will play twice in 18 days,
starting with Thursday’s game at
Dallas.
Rookie Zach Mettenberger
had 345 yards passing and two
TDs and Delanie Walker had 155
yards receiving for the Titans
(2-9).
Bengals 22, Texans 13
HOUSTON - Andy Dalton
threw for 233 yards and a touch-
down and A.J. Green had 121
yards receiving on a career-high
12 receptions to give the Cincin-
nati Bengals a win against the
Houston Texans.
The Bengals (7-3-1) led
throughout, but Houston (5-6)
cut the lead to three points late
in the third quarter before Cin-
cinnati tacked on two field goals
in the fourth quarter to secure
the win.
Rookie Jeremy Hill scored
on a 2-yard touchdown run ear-
ly in the third quarter after an
interception by Ryan Mallett for
Cincinnati’s only touchdown of
the second half.
Mallett struggled in his sec-
ond career start, finishing with
189 yards passing and often
overthrowing open receivers.
Houston’s only touchdown
came on a 60-yard interception
return by Johnathan Joseph in
the third quarter.
Rookie Alfred Blue ran for
46 yards filling in for the injured
Arian Foster for the second
straight game.
Colts 23, Jaguars 3
INDIANAPOLIS - T.Y. Hil-
ton celebrated the birth of his
first child with a 73-yard TD
catch, spurring a second-half
turnaround that allowed India-
napolis to pull away from Jack-
sonville.
Andrew Luck was 21 of 32 for
253 yards with one score, but his
streak of consecutive 300-yard
games ended at eight — one
short of Drew Brees’ NFL re-
cord.
The Colts (7-4) have won 11
straight against AFC South foes.
Jacksonville (1-10) has lost four
straight overall and five straight
to Indy.
Hilton promised to score a
touchdown for his new daugh-
ter, but it sure wasn’t easy. Luck
was sacked five times, fumbled
three times and lost two of those
in the first half.
But Indy still led 6-3 at the half
and 13-3 after Trent Richardson’s
1-yard TD run in the third quarter.
Hilton’s long catch made it 20-3.
Adam Vinatieri’s third field goal
capped the scoring.
Bears 21, Buccaneers 13
CHICAGO - Matt Forte
rushed for two touchdowns in
the third quarter, and the Chica-
go Bears beat Lovie Smith and
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Jay Cutler threw a 2-yard TD
pass to Alshon Jeffery as the
Bears (5-6) scored 21 straight
points to erase a 10-0 halftime
deficit. Forte had a 13-yard run
that put Chicago ahead to stay,
and then added a 1-yard plunge
that made it 21-10.
yarder in the third quarter after
DeShawn Shead blocked Drew
Butler’s punt.
Helping out Wilson was Se-
attle’s defense with a perfor-
mance reminiscent of last sea-
son.
Stanton was minus a weapon
with Larry Fitzgerald inactive
due to a sprained medial collat-
eral ligament in his left knee and
wasn’t helped when Jaron
Brown dropped a touchdown
late in the first half.
Fitzgerald sat for the first
time in 110 games and for just
the fifth time in his career due to
the knee injury suffered last
week against Detroit. John
Brown continued his stellar
rookie season with three catches
for 61 yards, but Michael Floyd
was shut out, defended much of
the game by Richard Sherman.
Arizona saw its six-game win
streak snapped.
Seattle spent most of the first
half wasting promising field po-
sition and picking Wilson up off
the ground. Arizona’s defensive
front dominated the Seahawks
and sacked Wilson a season-
high five times in the opening
two quarters. The sacks and Se-
attle’s inability to establish the
run game left Seattle settling for
field goals despite starting three
drives inside Arizona territory.
But Arizona faced the same
struggles on offense. Stanton
was 9 of 18 for 85 yards and an
interception where he badly
missed John Brown.
The Cardinals had only two
drives of more than five plays in
the first half and the longest, a
15-play match at the end of the
half, ended with Chandler Ca-
tanzaro’s chip shot field goal af-
ter Jaron Brown dropped a
touchdown on third-and-goal at
the 5.
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New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., right,
makes a one-handed catch for a touchdown against Dallas
Cowboys cornerback Brandon Carr on Sunday in East Ruther-
ford, N J.
of Manning’s 43-yard rainbow
pass could be the catch of the
year.
The rookie, who regularly
practices such receptions, out-
reached veteran cornerback
Brandon Carr at the goal line
and tumbled into the end zone
to make it 14-3.
That catch already was dom-
inating highlight reels by half-
time and was his second TD of
the game.
The 80-yard drive to Beck-
ham’s first touchdown marked
the second straight week the Gi-
ants got into the end zone on
their opening possession after
going 20 games without doing
so.
Dallas’ offense hardly was in
awe following Beckham’s one-
hander. Romo guided the Cow-
boys 77 yards and used a shovel
pass to Jason Witten — yes, the
tight end used two hands —
from the 4 immediately after
Beckham’s stunner.
So the kid from LSU went
right back to overwhelming the
Cowboys. He made three catch-
es for 32 yards on New York’s
next series, including a spin
move that would make a figure
skater proud. Andre Williams
concluded that 80-yard march
with a 3-yard run for a 21-10
lead.
In the first half alone, Beck-
ham had eight catches for 125
yards, while Manning went 14 of
16 for 191 yards. But the second
half belonged to Dallas.
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Cowboys
short pass that he turned into a
45-yard score, and the quarter-
back’s 31-yarder to an uncovered
Bryant put Dallas on top for the
first time.
Beckham left briefly in the
fourth quarter with aback prob-
lem, but returned for the next
series. He wasn’t involved in any
key plays on that TD drive to re-
take the lead, and Beckham fin-
ished with 10 receptions for 146
yards.
League rushing leader De-
Marco Murray managed his
10th 100-yard game this season
with 121 on 24 carries for Dallas.
The Cowboys didn’t get
much going after falling behind
21-10 until reserve receiver Beas-
ley took a short pass, eluded a
tackle by Zack Bowman and
sped untouched to the end zone
midway in the third quarter.
That made the hundreds of
Cowboys fans on hand get loud,
and their cheers reached a cre-
scendo when Manning over-
threw a wide-open Preston
Parker deep in Dallas territory.
Instead of a likely New York
score, Church ran back the in-
terception 45 yards.
Four plays later, Romo hit an
open Bryant and he squeezed
into the end zone for the Cow-
boys’ first lead.
Beckham’s right-handed stab
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