Cowboys, Ravens & 49ers lose on NFL Sunday of shocks

It was a Sunday of daze results successful week two, showing this NFL play could beryllium wide unfastened arsenic much teams subordinate nan database of contenders.

The New Orleans Saints look nan existent woody aft they blew distant nan Dallas Cowboys successful their ain backyard, while nan Houston Texans confirmed their position by seeing disconnected Caleb Williams' Chicago Bears.

Nobody saw nan Las Vegas Raiders beating nan Ravens successful Baltimore successful a stunning upset, while nan San Francisco 49ers besides came unstuck astatine nan Minnesota Vikings.

Defending Super Bowl champions nan Kansas City Chiefs edged their large rivals Cincinnati Bengals successful different thriller and nan Green Bay Packers recovered a measurement to triumph without Jordan Love.

Putting 40-plus points against nan lowly Carolina Panthers past week was 1 thing, but beating nan Cowboys 44-19 successful their location opener is simply a different communicative arsenic nan Saints sent retired a informing to nan remainder of nan league.

The unstoppable Alvin Kamara scored 4 touchdowns for this prolific Saints attack, which has now scored 91 points successful their opening 2 games - nan 2nd astir successful nan Super Bowl era.

Matching nan 1971 Cowboys, only nan Saints themselves, successful 2009, scored much pinch 95 - and some of those teams went connected to triumph nan Super Bowl.

Being embarrassed astatine location was not precisely really Dallas backmost Dak Prescott wanted to observe becoming the best-paid subordinate successful NFL history.

After being conscionable a large toed distant from beating nan Chiefs past week, Baltimore were expected to rotation complete nan Raiders but managed to rustle a 10-point lead successful nan last 12 minutes to suffer 26-23.

Raiders QB Gardner Minshew was sacked 5 times and intercepted once, but past produced a spark from obscurity arsenic a squad that scored conscionable 10 points past week scored 13 unanswered connected 1 of nan champion defences successful nan league.

It was a stunning conclusion for Baltimore, who had nan league's champion grounds past twelvemonth and nan MVP successful Lamar Jackson but driblet to 0-2 for nan first clip since 2015.

The Ravens person ne'er made nan play-offs aft losing their first 2 games of a season.

It is ever a tight title betwixt these fierce rivals, and this again went down to nan ligament arsenic Harrison Butker kicked a 51-yard section extremity arsenic clip expired to clinch a 26-25 Chiefs victory.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid had to excavation heavy into his container of tricks, pinch Patrick Mahomes throwing a TD walk to elephantine violative tackle Wanya Morris - who weighs successful astatine conscionable complete 22st.

Chamarri Conner returned a Joe Burrow fumble for a touchdown and a precocious punishment emblem enabled nan Chiefs to find different measurement to triumph - and commencement 2-0 against large AFC contenders nan Ravens and Bengals contempt not being astatine their best.

"We person afloat assurance that nary matter really nan game's going we're going to do capable to win," said Mahomes. "We're going to cleanable up nan mistakes, particularly connected nan offence. And we'll beryllium a amended squad for it."

The San Francisco 49ers did not miss nan injured Christian McCaffrey successful position of yards, but they were missing thing arsenic nan Minnesota Vikings stifled them successful a astonishment 23-17 upset.

Jordan Mason had 100 rushing yards and a TD, Deebo Samuel topped 100 receiving yards and George Kittle recovered nan extremity zone, but nan Niners could not make capable points - aliases support nan unit disconnected Brock Purdy arsenic he was sacked six times.

Justin Jefferson scored a magnificent 97-yard touchdown and QB Sam Darnold looks transformed from subordinate rated arsenic nan worst NFL regular QB for nan past 5 years arsenic nan Vikings moved to 2-0.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers exacted revenge for their play-off conclusion successful Detroit pinch a 20-16 triumph complete nan Lions successful akin manner - arsenic nan hosts dominated almost each of nan stat lines isolated from nan important 1 - nan scoreboard.

Another transformed QB led nan measurement arsenic Baker Mayfield, who was sacked 5 times, showed his fighting tone arsenic he ran successful nan winning people pinch conscionable 34 seconds near connected nan clock.

Rookie moving backmost Braelon Allen became nan youngest TD scorer successful nan Super Bowl era arsenic he helped Aaron Rodgers get his first triumph arsenic New York Jets QB.

It was a bully touch arsenic 40-year-old Rodgers threw a TD walk to 20-year-old Allen arsenic nan league's oldest and youngest players mixed to find nan extremity area successful their triumph astatine Tennessee.

Missing Jordan Love, nan Green Bay Packers still managed to hit nan Indianapolis Colts pinch a defence and tally crippled that could return them far.

It was not each nosy and games for stand-in QB Malik Willis though, particularly connected 1 peculiar play acknowledgment to his centre Josh Myers, arsenic coach Matt LaFleur explained: "I asked Malik why he didn't propulsion it connected that 3rd down and he told maine Josh threw up connected nan ball. That's nan first clip I ever heard that."

Arizona Cardinals QB Kyler Murray was cleanable successful their 41-10 demolition of nan Los Angeles Rams arsenic his three-touchdown capacity sewage a 158.3 passer standing - nan highest people you tin get.

Receiver Marvin Harrison Jr announced himself to nan NFL pinch 2 TD catches successful nan first quarter, nan first rookie to execute that since his begetter - Hall of Famer Marvin Harrison.

The New York Giants recovered a caller measurement to suffer a crippled against nan Washington Commanders as they became nan first squad ever to people 3 touchdowns and not concede one, yet still suffer defeat.

Austin Seibert kicked six section goals arsenic Washington won 21-18.

Jacksonville Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence gave nan astir honorable question and reply of nan nighttime aft his broadside slumped to a lacklustre 18-13 nonaccomplishment to nan Cleveland Browns.

"We suck correct now," said Lawrence. "I'm beautiful shocked arsenic we had a awesome off-season and awesome training camp, truthful we've sewage to fig it out."

The Pittsburgh Steelers dished up much suffocating defence to hit nan Denver Broncos to spell 2-0, but person still only scored 1 touchdown.

JK Dobbins had different immense crippled to nonstop nan Los Angeles Chargers to 2-0, alongside nan Seattle Seahawks aft their overtime triumph successful New England.