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Tuesday 21 November 2017

Brady, Patriots dominate Raiders 33-8 in Mexico City

By The Associated Press down in his second straight ning between two con- game losing streak for the 95 yards and two touch-
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tom loss without star running verging defenders to score Giants (2-8) and sent the downs, Adam Thielen
Brady felt right at home back Ezekiel Elliott, serving from 18 yards, he took a Chiefs (6-4) to their fourth turned a short catch into a
in his first appearance in a six-game suspension for pitch on a misdirection play loss in five games. 65-yard score and the Vi-
Mexico by throwing for alleged domestic violence. to the left side and easily The winning kick came kings smothered the NFL’s
339 yards and three touch- Jake Elliott left the game reached the end zone for two plays after Lewis was highest-scoring offense.
downs, to the delight of after missing a 34-yard field a 2-point conversion as the yanked to the ground on Case Keenum completed
an adoring crowd, in the goal late in the first quarter. Superdome crowd — at a deep pass from Eli Man- 27 of 38 passes for 280 yards
New England Patriots’ 33-8 SAINTS 34, REDSKINS 31, OT least those who hadn’t left ning, but still caught the and no turnovers against
victory over the Oakland NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New early — went wild. ball while flat on his back the team that benched
Raiders on Sunday. Orleans extended its win- Washington managed to for a 34-yard completion him last season for No. 1
Brady completed his first 12 ning streak to eight games get into winning field-goal on a fourth-down heave. overall draft pick Jared
passes and picked apart with an unlikely comeback, range in the final minute Had he not caught it, flags Goff. He also guided the
Oakland’s suspect de- erasing a 15-point deficit of regulation, only to be flew for pass interference. Vikings (8-2) to their sixth
fense to chants of “Brady! inside the final six minutes pushed back by a fluky It was an unexpected was straight victory in a match-
Brady!” from an amped-up or regulation and kicking a grounding penalty that for a team that came into up of division leaders.
crowd at Azteca Stadium. short field goal in overtime appeared to result from the game in turmoil, with Minnesota’s defense start-
The large contingent of ed the second half by
Patriots fans in the well-di- forcing four punts in a row
vided crowd for a Raiders by the Rams (7-3), whose
“home” game had plenty four-game winning streak
to cheer about as New in which they scored 144
England (8-2) dominated points was finished in con-
from start to finish. vincing fashion. The Rams
After winning their debut led the league entering the
trip to Mexico City last year weekend with a third-down
against Houston, the Raid- conversion rate of 46.7 per-
ers (4-6) were completely cent, but were just 3 for 11
overmatched in their re- against the Vikings.
turn. The offense failed The Los Angeles defense
to score until Derek Carr was trampled in the sec-
threw a TD pass to Amari ond half for 288 yards, and
Cooper in the fourth quar- Keenum went without a
ter with Oakland trailing by sack for the sixth game this
30 points. season. Thielen handed
The defense got victimized him the longest touchdown
by short passes by Brady pass of his career by turn-
and then beaten on a 64- ing a simple curl route early
yard TD to Brandin Cooks in the fourth quarter into a
on the third play of the sec- game-breaking score after
ond half that gave New spinning past Rams corner-
England a 24-0 lead. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) passes under pressure from Oakland Raiders back Dominique Hatfield.
EAGLES 37, COWBOYS 9 middle linebacker NaVorro Bowman (53) during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. Injuries took two of their top
19, 2017, in Mexico City.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Associated Press three cornerbacks out of
Carson Wentz threw for the game for the second
two touchdowns and three to defeat Washington. Kirk Cousins’ miscommuni- questions about the future half.
2-point conversions after Mark Ingram capped a cation with a receiver, fol- of coach Ben McAdoo and RAVENS 23, PACKERS 0
Philadelphia lost kicker 131-yard rushing perfor- lowed by a sack as time many wondering whether GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The
Jake Elliott to a head in- mance with gains of 20 and expired. the Giants had quit in one- Ravens forced five turn-
jury, and the Eagles all but 31 yards on back-to-back The Redskins also received sided losses to the Rams overs in their third shutout
wrapped up the NFC East carries in overtime to set up the ball first in overtime, and then the winless 49ers of the season. Baltimore
with the victory over Dallas. Wil Lutz’s winning 28-yard but the Saints’ hobbled de- in the past two weeks. last accomplished the feat
The Eagles (9-1) outscored kick. Drew Brees passed for fense, which gave up more Few expected them to when the Ray Lewis-led
the Cowboys 30-0 in the 385 yards and two touch- yards than in any game beat the Chiefs, especially defense had four shutouts
second half while extend- downs, going 11 of 11 for during its winning streak, with Andy Reid’s record for the Super Bowl-winning
ing their winning streak to 164 yards and his only two rallied to force a quick punt coming off a bye week. He team in 2000. Jimmy Smith,
eight games, their longest touchdowns on New Or- and Ingram did the rest. was 16-2. The Giants not Eric Weddle and Marlon
since 2003-04 and tied with leans’ final two possessions Cousins passed for 322 only won, they intercepted Humphrey each picked
New Orleans for the best of regulation. His first TD yards and three touch- Alex Smith twice, setting up off passes for Baltimore (5-
current run in the NFL. went to tight end Josh Hill downs. their first nine points. 5), which led the NFL in in-
Philadelphia leads the sec- with 2:53 to go, and the last GIANTS 12, CHIEFS 9, OT With one time out, Smith terceptions entering the
ond-place and defending to Alvin Kamara with 1:05 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) drove the Chiefs 69 yards weekend. But a problem-
division champion Cow- left. — Roger Lewis Jr. made a in nine plays, the big shot atic offense couldn’t gen-
boys (5-5) by four games The Saints (8-2) set up their spectacular catch to set a 32-yard pass to tight end erate a touchdown drive
with six to play after hand- final drive by stopping up the winning 23-yard Travis Kelce. Harrison Butker until Joe Flacco’s perfect
ing Dallas its worst home Samaje Perine on third- yard goal by Aldrick Rosas tied the game with a 23- deep ball to Mike Wallace
loss at 8-year-old AT&T Sta- and-1 at the two-minute in overtime and the Giants yard field goal — his third over two defenders for a
dium. warning when a first down responded from weeks of short one — with :01 left in 13-point lead nearly two
Dallas’ Dak Prescott threw a would have allowed Wash- adversity to beat the AFC regulation. minutes into the third quar-
career-high three intercep- ington (4-6) to run out the West-leading Chiefs on a VIKINGS 24, RAMS 7 ter. Flacco threw for 183
tions and lost a fumble that clock. After Kamara cor- blustery, cold day. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Lat- yards, going 22 of 28 with
was returned for a touch- ralled a bobble while run- The win snapped a three- avius Murray rushed for an interception.q