Benched at the start because of a drunken-driving arrest, Braylon Edwards turned a short pass into a 67-yard touchdown in the third quarter as the Jets beat the Miami Dolphins 31-23 on Sunday.
Mark Sanchez threw three touchdown passes for the second week in a row and the Jets forged a three-way tie atop the AFC East with the Dolphins and Patriots. All are 2-1.
Edwards was arrested in Manhattan about 5am on Tuesday and apologized the next day. The Jets decided to suspend him for one quarter.
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The Dolphins then drove 64 yards to the 5 with 34 seconds remaining, but Chad Henne’s fourth-down pass was deflected by Eric Smith and intercepted in the end zone by Drew Coleman.
FALCONS 27, SAINTS 24
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In New Orleans, Matt Bryant did what Garrett Hartley could not, drilling a 46-yard field goal with one minute, 55 seconds left in overtime to lift Atlanta past New Orleans.
The Saints appeared to have a thrilling victory in hand when Drew Brees drove New Orleans deep into Falcons territory to set up a 29-yard field goal in overtime. Instead, Hartley hooked the kick to the left for his third miss this season.
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Matt Ryan passed for 228 yards and touchdowns of 13 yards to Tony Gonzalez and 22 yards to Roddy White to give the Falcons (2-1) their second straight win.
COWBOYS 27, TEXANS 13
In Houston, Tony Romo threw two touchdown passes to Roy Williams, and Marion Barber ran for another score as Dallas got its first win.
The Cowboys’ defense got its first three takeaways of the season and held Houston’s top-ranked offense to 340 yards. DeMarcus Ware sacked Matt Schaub three times, and the Dallas secondary limited All-Pro receiver Andre Johnson to four catches for 64 yards.
David Buehler kicked two field goals and the Cowboys (1-2) turned in a dominant performance after starting 0-2 for the first time since 2001.
The announced crowd was 71,456, a record for a Texans game at Reliant Stadium.
STEELERS 38, BUCCANEERS 13
In Tampa, Charlie Batch threw for 186 yards and two long touchdowns to Mike Wallace in his first start in nearly three years, helping Pittsburgh remain unbeaten.
Wallace scored on catches of 46 and 41 yards during a stretch where Pittsburgh scored on four straight possessions to build a 28-6 halftime lead.
The Steelers improved to 3-0 for the first time since 2007, despite playing without Ben Roethlisberger, who’s serving a four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy.
VIKINGS 24, LIONS 10
In Minneapolis, Adrian Peterson sped around the corner for a career-long 80-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter, spurring Minnesota to its first win of the season.
Brett Favre took all kinds of hard hits in the pocket and threw two interceptions while Minnesota’s passing attack frequently misfired, but Peterson picked up the slack with 160 yards on 23 carries. His game-breaking run around right end put Minnesota up 24-10.
COLTS 27, BRONCOS 13
In Denver, Peyton Manning threw for three touchdowns even without Anthony Gonzalez and Pierre Garcon to lead Indianapolis over the grieving Denver.
The Broncos (1-2) were playing with heavy hearts following the death of teammate Kenny McKinley.
Kyle Orton threw for a career-best 476 yards on 37-of-57 passing and the Broncos outgained the Colts (2-1) by more than 100 yards.
However, they failed to get into the end zone on five trips inside the 20, settling for two field goals and turning over the ball on downs three times.
EAGLES 28, JAGUARS 3
In Jacksonville, Florida, Michael Vick threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score for Philadelphia.
Vick completed 17 of 31 passes for 291 yards, mostly staying in the pocket and picking apart Jacksonville’s beleaguered secondary.
One of the few times he did run, he broke a tackle, juked another defender and scored from 17 yards out.
He made coach Andy Reid’s quarterback decision look like the right one.
RAMS 30, REDSKINS 16
In St Louis, rookie quarterback Sam Bradford threw for 235 yards and a touchdown and backup running back Kenneth Darby had the go-ahead score to help St Louis end a 14-game home losing streak.
Bradford, the No. 1 overall draft pick, was 23 for 37 and completed passes to nine receivers. He had one interception.
SEAHAWKS 27, CHARGERS 20
In Seattle, Leon Washington returned two second-half kickoffs for touchdowns of 101 and 99 yards, giving Seattle the win.
Washington took the opening kickoff of the second half 101 yards to give Seattle a 17-0 lead. Phillip Rivers brought the Chargers (1-2) back, tying the game at 20 on a 12-yard throw to Antonio Gates and a 2-point conversion to Legedu Naanee with six minutes, 39 seconds left.
Fifteen seconds later, Seattle (2-1) was back in front.
Washington got lost in a pile, squirted free and raced 99 yards to give Seattle a 27-20 advantage.
In other games, it was:
• Cardinals 24, Raiders 23
• Patriots 38, Bills 30
• Chiefs 31, 49ers 10
• Bengals 20, Panthers 7
• Ravens 24, Browns 17
• Titans 29, Giants 10
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