Redskins Take Over NFC East in Win Over Giants, 20-14

Cousins was 20 for 29 for 302 yards, including the long TD to Jackson – who taunted the Giants by strutting along the goal line before actually crossing it.

Indianapolis called on its 40-and-over tandem to rally past Tampa Bay. They dominated the trenches and Bashaud Breeland was closer to more passes than Manning’s own receivers. Hasselbeck is now 4-0 while subbing for the injured Andrew Luck. Hasselbeck completed 26 of 42 passes for 315 yards. “Washington’s record is 5-6”, Coughlin said. But he played a super solid game and that’s really what the Redskins expected from him this season. They have not won back-to-back games all season, so the consistency isn’t there.

That was in the days of Mike Shanahan and Robert Griffin III and following up a 10-6 record.

Upon first glance, it would appear that Eli Manning cost the Giants this game all by himself.

But the second half saw the Chiefs (6-5) handle Watkins, force a Taylor fumble and the Kansas City offense caught fire behind quarterback Alex Smith, wide receiver Jeremy Maclin and running back Spencer Ware. On first down Jackson got behind two defenders, Cousins hit him at the 15 and Jackson, after four or five strides across the field at the one, backed into the end zone for the touchdown with 10:18 left in the half.

CINCINNATI – Andy Dalton passed for 233 yards and three touchdowns, including a pair to receiver A.J. Green, helping Cincinnati get back on the winning track with a victory over St. Louis.

The Giants remain one of the league’s great enigmas this season – fitting, considering that the NFC East has been a weekly riddle that no team seems capable of solving, with everyone starting the final month of the season below.500. “It’s an important one not just because it’s Giants versus Jets and both teams share a stadium and the city and everything, but it’s important because of what it means for our playoff hunt”.

Nine of his completions went to wide receiver Odell Beckham for 142 yards.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Philip Rivers carved up the Jacksonville secondary for 300 passing yards and four touchdown passes in leading San Diego to a win. Schwartz suffered a fracture to the same leg where he suffered an ankle injury past year that required the insertion of a steel plate. Three of Rivers’ scoring tosses came in the second quarter. Minnesota Vikings, 8-3 4.

Washington led 17-0 at halftime amid a potpourri of dropped passes, misthrows, misplays and penalties, marinated only occasionally with a glimpse of efficiency.

Given all of Washington’s problems – running the ball, stopping the run, turnovers, playing on the road, an inability to win consecutive games – it’s hard to believe the team is even relevant at this point.

The Redskins now sit at 5-1 at home this season and have won five straight at FedEx.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Carson Palmer scored on a 7-yard scramble with 2:28 left, lifting Arizona past upset-minded San Francisco. He had one touchdown pass and was picked off once. In this game, they failed to bring pressure on Kirk Cousins, couldn’t stop Alfred Morris from keeping the chains moving and didn’t have an answer for tight end Jordan Reed.

But again, there’s no excuse for the way the rather rested G-Men came to play Sunday.

Denver’s defense stopped quarterback Tom Brady and the Patriots on the first OT possession, and Anderson shook free from a couple of Patriots defenders en route to the decisive score. It was Riley’s second interception of the season, which marks the first time in his six-year career he has recorded two in one year. Osweiler was intercepted once.