Atlanta. Geno Smith threw two passes touchdown and Derick Hall returned a fumble 36 yards for a decisive score and the Seattle Seahawks snapped a three-game losing streak with a 34-14 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.
The Seahawks (4-3) ended Atlanta’s three-game winning streak, shutting down a Falcons offense that averaged 37 points the previous two weeks.
Smith completed 18 of 28 passes for 207 yards, his second-lowest production of the season, but he didn’t need more. He connected with Kenneth Walker for a touchdown of 17 yards and with DK Metcalf for a 31-yard score just before halftime.
After Walker’s TD with the score 24-14 at the end of the third quarter, Seattle’s defense secured the victory.
Kirk Cousins closed out a day with interceptions on his final two possessions, along with three sacks. He was relieved by rookie Michael Penix Jr., making his NFL debut.
The Seahawks’ victory was marred by the fact that Metcalf was taken to the locker room with a knee injury late in the third quarter. The extent of the injury was not immediately known.
Lions beat Vikings in a close victory
Jake Bates kicked a 44-yard field goal with 15 seconds left and the Detroit Lions beat Minnesota 31-29 on Sunday, handing the Vikings their first loss in a tumbling game between rivals from the strongest division in the league. NFL.
Jahmyr Gibbs ran for 116 yards and had two of Detroit’s three touchdowns in the second quarter. He also helped Jared Goff drive 48 yards to put the rookie kicker in field goal range to clinch the game, forcing the Vikings to use their timeouts. Bates is 10-for-10 in field goals on the season.
Goff was 22 of 25 for 280 yards with two touchdowns without turnovers, in his third consecutive game with a rating of at least 140 points, joining Aaron Rodgers (2011), Kurt Warner (1999) and Roger Staubach (1971) as the only quarterbacks in NFL history to achieve that milestone.
Gibbs totaled 150 total yards to lead a dominant performance by the Lions (5-1) at the line of scrimmage against a defense that entered the game allowing an average of 3.6 yards per play, which was second-best in the league. .
Ivan Pace Jr. returned a David Montgomery fumble 35 yards for a touchdown with 5:50 left to give the Vikings (5-1) a one-point lead after trailing 21-10 at halftime, but the crucial pass on Sam Darnold’s two-point conversion attempt flew past Justin Jefferson .
With this result, both squads are 5-1 in the dispute for the top of the North Division of the National Conference, where the Green Bay Packers were also victorious by beating the Houston Texans 24-22 .
For their part, the Cincinnati Bengals led by Joe Burrow defeated the Cleveland Browns 21-14 and added their third win of the season, while those led by Deshaun Watson remain in last place in the North Division of the Conference American.
In other results, the Philadelphia Eagles crushed the New York Giants 28-3, the Miami Dolphins fell 16-10 to the Indianapolis Colts and the Buffalo Bills beat the Tennessee Titans 34-10.
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