Daniels' Hail Mary heroics, Browns stun Ravens & Chiefs stay perfect

The NFL served up a sensational Sunday successful week 8 with 1 of the biggest shocks of the season, immoderate large scoring and a big of melodramatic precocious finishes.

A alteration successful backmost helped the lowly Cleveland Browns stun the red-hot Baltimore Ravens, portion the Arizona Cardinals and the Green Bay Packers some won with the past footwear of their games.

Jayden Daniels stole the amusement against chap rookie Caleb Williams with a stunning last-gasp "once successful a lifetime" Hail Mary arsenic the Washington Commanders defeated the Chicago Bears.

The Detroit Lions deed a fractional century, the Kansas City Chiefs remained unbeaten and the San Francisco 49ers piled much unit connected aged rivals the Dallas Cowboys.

The Baltimore Ravens were immense favourites against the Browns successful Cleveland - but caller backmost Jameis Winston inspired them to a immense 29-24 upset triumph with a touchdown walk to Cedric Tillman conscionable 59 seconds from the end.

The Browns, who improved to 2 wins and six defeats, person a prime defence, but $230m backmost Deshaun Watson had led an anaemic offence that failed to people much than 18 points oregon get 300 yards of offence successful a crippled each season.

After Watson suffered a season-ending Achilles tendon wounded past week, Winston managed to eclipse some those marks, passing for 334 yards and 3 touchdowns successful his archetypal NFL commencement since September 2022.

When Watson was injured past year, seasoned Joe Flacco came disconnected the sofa and retired of semi-retirement to pb the squad to the play-offs. At 2-6 it is simply a agelong changeable Winston tin bash the aforesaid but helium has astatine slightest brought the squad to life.

"You tin look astatine the Browns’ grounds and accidental that’s a atrocious team, but this is the NFL," said an upset Jackson aft the Ravens slipped to 5-3.

Both Daniels and Williams struggled during conscionable the sixth ever gathering of rookies taken archetypal and 2nd successful the NFL Draft - earlier a frantic decorativeness saw Chicago travel from 12 points down to instrumentality the pb with conscionable 25 seconds left.

Step guardant Daniels, who danced astir evading tacklers for astir 13 seconds earlier throwing a 52-yard Hail Mary pass, which was tipped retired of a clump of players each jumping for the shot and landed successful the hands of Noah Brown, who was each unsocial successful the extremity zone.

"That’s benignant of similar a once-in-a-lifetime experience," said Daniels of conscionable the latest introduction into an already lengthy highlights reel. "Not excessively galore radical get to acquisition worldly similar that."

Despite the 18-15 loss, Williams showed plentifulness of committedness for the 4-3 Bears but Daniels and the 6-3 Commanders look to beryllium play-off bound.

Patrick Mahomes threw his archetypal touchdown walk for 11 quarters and Travis Kelce caught his archetypal touchdown walk successful 13 regular play games arsenic the Chiefs enjoyed their instrumentality to Las Vegas with a pugnacious 27-20 triumph implicit the Raiders.

Again, Mahomes had his defence to convey arsenic they bailed him retired pursuing a atrocious interception. The Chiefs rolled connected to 7-0 with a 13th triumph successful a enactment that maintained their unbeaten 6-0 grounds astatine the tract of their Super Bowl triumph successful February.

The San Francisco 49ers, beaten by the Chiefs successful past season's finale, survived a precocious comeback to bushed aged foes Dallas 30-24. The 49ers are present 4-4 but the Cowboys are 3-4 and successful each kinds of occupation successful the NFC East.

Remarkably, some the Arizona Cardinals and the Green Bay Packers won with the past footwear of their games for the 2nd week running.

Tua Tagovailoa's instrumentality from concussion sparked a large upturn successful the Miami Dolphins' lifeless offence, but not capable arsenic Cardinals kicker Chad Ryland booted a 34-yard tract extremity to seal a 28-27 triumph for Arizona.

Packers caput manager Matt LaFleur voiced his interest for starting backmost Jordan Love aft helium limped retired successful the 3rd 4th against Jacksonville with a groin injury, but back-up Malik Willis stepped successful to propulsion a touchdown and set-up the winning 24-yard footwear for Brandon McManus to bushed his erstwhile Jaguars side.

There was much precocious play successful New England arsenic Rhamondre Stevenson's touchdown with 22 seconds near ended the Patriots' six-game losing streak and apt finished the New York Jets' season.

The Pats mislaid backmost Drake Maye with a concussion but back-up Jacoby Brissett got the occupation done to permission Aaron Rodgers exasperated connected the sideline arsenic the Jets mislaid a 5th successful a row.

The Detroit Lions scored the second-most points successful squad past with a ascendant 52-14 rout of the Tennessee Titans. Jared Goff lone needed to walk for 85 yards successful a implicit squad effort.

Detroit's defence forced 4 turnovers, Kalif Raymond scored a 90-yard punt instrumentality and adjacent moving backmost David Montgomery threw a touchdown walk arsenic the Lions roared to a 5th consecutive win.

At 6-1 it is Detroit's champion commencement since 1956.

A summons to ticker the Atlanta Falcons is usually worthy it fixed they person played successful much games decided by 7 points oregon less implicit the past 3 seasons than anyone.

And they added different with a 31-26 triumph implicit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The triumph puts them successful full power of the NFC South - particularly with the New Orleans Saints going down 26-8 astatine the Los Angeles Chargers.

The Houston Texans edged retired the Indianapolis Colts for conscionable a 2nd ever play expanse of their AFC South foes, portion the astonishing Denver Broncos comfortably dispatched the Carolina Panthers and the Buffalo Bills powered past the Seahawks successful Seattle.

Jalen Hurts scored a hat-trick of rushing touchdowns for the improving Philadelphia Eagles arsenic they moved to 5-2 with their 3rd consecutive win.

The 37-17 triumph successful Cincinnati leaves Joe Burrow's Bengals 0-4 astatine location this season, 3-5 wide and successful superior request of putting a tally unneurotic earlier their play-off hopes gaffe away.