NFL Roundup: Cardinals Stun Cowboys in Overtime; Lamar Jackson May Need Season-Ending Thumb Surgery
In Sunday's most dramatic NFL game, the Arizona Cardinals beat the Dallas Cowboys in overtime. After missing a PAT kick that would have won the game with six seconds left in regulation, Cardinals kicker Chad Ryland kicked a winning 42-yard field goal in overtime.
The Cardinals beat Dallas for the fifth consecutive time and improved to 5-0 at AT&T Stadium, the Cowboys' home that opened in 2009. It was by far the most crushing of those losses for the Cowboys (3-5), who did not trail until the final kick and led by two touchdowns early in the fourth quarter.
Arizona (3-5) stayed in the game because of Tyler Allgeier. He had a 63-yard touchdown run, a career long, followed by a 50-yarder to set up his second touchdown on a five-yard catch, all in the second half. He had 191 scrimmage yards (147 rushing, 44 receiving), all but seven of them after half-time.
The Cardinals went 80 yards in eight plays after taking over with 1:05 left in regulation, tying the score at 30-30 on Gardner Minshew's 14-yard touchdown pass to Michael Wilson with six seconds to go. Ryland, who had made his previous 58 PATs, was wide left on the kick, sending the game to overtime — where he made the winning kick.
The Buffalo Bills beat the Baltimore Ravens. Bills quarterback Josh Allen set the franchise record for career touchdown passes and also rushed for a score. Allen's 11-yard scoring pass to DJ Moore with 12:18 left was the 259th of his career, a mark that includes postseason play; the previous record was held by Hall of Famer Jim Kelly, who threw 237 in the regular season and 21 in the postseason. Allen later threw a second touchdown pass and finished 21-of-34 for 289 yards with one interception as Buffalo (6-1) won their third straight game. James Cook III rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown.
The Ravens (4-4) were hit by injuries to their quarterbacks, losing Lamar Jackson (right thumb) and Tyler "Snoop" Huntley (right toe) in the first half while dropping their third straight game. Jackson had missed the previous three games with a left ankle injury. Ravens coach Jesse Minter said after the game that Jackson needs surgery on the injured thumb and his season could be over, and that he will go to injured reserve. "That's a tough deal," Minter said.
The Detroit Lions beat the Minnesota Vikings, handing the NFL's last undefeated team their first loss. Jared Goff threw a go-ahead, seven-yard touchdown pass to Jameson Williams with 4:35 left. The Lions (5-2) have won three straight, while the Vikings (6-1) lost for the first time since 30 November 2025 as the league's stingiest defence could not hold a late lead. The Lions lost All-Pro linebacker Jack Campbell to a neck injury in the game; he was placed on a backboard and carted off to hospital, and coach Dan Campbell had no additional information after the game beyond saying the team was thinking about him.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Atlanta Falcons behind a strange record: quarterback Baker Mayfield did not complete a pass, going 0-for-3. On a wet, sloppy field, the Buccaneers set a team record with 324 rushing yards and became the first team to win with zero completions since Buffalo in September 1974. Bucky Irving ran for 170 yards and a touchdown on 27 carries and Kenny Gainwell ran for 140 on 25 carries, while Chase McLaughlin kicked three field goals to stay perfect this season. Atlanta's Michael Penix Jr threw four interceptions; both teams are 3-5.
The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Cleveland Browns. Jaylen Warren tied a career high with 143 rushing yards and a touchdown on his 28th birthday. The Steelers moved into first place alone at 6-2 after beating the Browns at home for the 23rd straight time in the regular season, tying an NFL record. Pittsburgh rushed for 200 yards, including 160 in the first half alone, and sacked Cleveland quarterback Deshaun Watson eight times to drop the Browns to 5-3.
The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Tennessee Titans in overtime. Joe Burrow threw five touchdown passes in regulation and then scrambled untouched for a nine-yard score in overtime. Cincinnati have won three straight and are 5-2 for the first time since the 2021 season, when they reached the Super Bowl. The Titans (1-7) took an early 13-0 lead, and the fourth quarter featured three lead changes and a tie. Tennessee's Cam Ward had the first 300-yard passing game of his two-year career but threw incomplete on fourth down to end the contest.
The Jacksonville Jaguars dominated the Indianapolis Colts in the rain to extend their home winning streak in the series to 12. Trevor Lawrence threw three touchdown passes, including one to the previously benched receiver Brian Thomas Jr; he also connected with Bhayshul Tuten and rookie Nate Boerkircher on a 31-yarder. The Jaguars are 5-2; five days earlier, the 2-6 Colts had traded two of their best players, DeForest Buckner and Quenton Nelson, to kickstart a rebuilding effort.
The Las Vegas Raiders came back to beat the New York Jets. Kirk Cousins threw two of his three touchdown passes in the second half and ran for another score, completing 19 of 26 passes for 247 yards. The Raiders (4-4) stopped a four-game skid, erasing a pair of nine-point deficits by scoring 17 of the game's final 20 points, and ended a streak of 12 straight losses when trailing at half-time. The Jets (2-6) scored on their first six possessions but frequently stalled in the red zone.
