Summary

  • Chiefs beat Buccaneers 27-24

  • Giants go top of NFC East with 4-7 record

  • Titans beat Colts to improve to 8-3

  • Also wins for Dolphins, Patriots, Bills & Browns

  • Saints thrash quarterback-less Broncos

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Live Reporting

Alex Bysouth and Michael Beardmore

  1. touchdown

    Touchdown - Vikings

    Minnesota Vikings 21-24 Carolina Panthers

    Kirk Cousins with the fake toss and throw for Justin Jefferson, who cannot be stopped from four yards. That's his second touchdown today. The Vikings close to within three.

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  2. Rams host 'homeless' 49ers

    Los Angeles Rams v San Francisco 49ers (21:05 GMT)

    San Francisco v LA Rams.Getty Images

    The San Francisco 49ers must think the fates are conspiring against them this season.

    The reigning NFC champions - runners-up to Kansas City in Super Bowl 54 in February - are bottom of the ultra-competitive NFC West despite having a not-too-shabby 4-6 record.

    Injury after injury to top stars has decimated their season and now they might have to find a temporary new home due to county Covid regulations.

    Not ideal preparation then, for a visit to division leaders the 7-3 Los Angeles Rams, although the 49ers did beat them last month.

  3. Denver decimated as Saints visit

    Denver Broncos v New Orleans Saints (21:05 GMT)

    Jeff Driskel and Drew Lock.Getty Images

    You've got to feel for the Denver Broncos tonight.

    Having battled to victory against Miami last Sunday to keep their season alive at 4-6, the Broncos have been struck by Covid this week.

    Jeff Driskel's positive test means not only is he ruled out but Denver are without a quarterback as his fellow players at that position - including starting QB Drew Lock - are deemed as 'close contacts and have to isolate too. Wide receiver Kendall Hinton is being tipped to fill in.

    New Orleans' Hall of Fame bound quarterback Drew Brees is sidelined with injury still but they at least have back-ups in the form of the maverick Taysom Hill and experienced Jameis Winston.

  4. Our early games are nearing conclusions but we've still got three matches to come tonight - and two of those kick off in the next few minutes...

  5. Indianapolis Colts 20-38 Tennessee Titans

    The only thing more impressive than Derrick Henry's running is his 'armadillo' tail.

    It's the most amazing pony-tail I've ever seen. I hesitate to use the term pony-tail as, well, it isn't one really.

    It's so thick and tight you reckon he could use it to swipe away would-be tacklers.

    Tennessee's hat-trick hero is still running some hard yards to wind down the clock here. Only seven minutes to go.

    Derrick Henry.Getty Images
  6. touchdown

    Touchdown - Falcons

    Atlanta Falcons 30-6 Las Vegas Raiders

    A four-yard touchdown pass from Matt Ryan and Brandon Powell is the man on the end of it for the Falcons, who are soaring now.

  7. touchdown

    Touchdown - Bengals

    Cincinnati Bengals 17-19 New York Giants

    Brandon Allen throws for Tee Higgins to make his fifth touchdown catch of the year and the Bengals move within two!

  8. touchdown

    Touchdown - Cardinals

    New England Patriots 17-17 Arizona Cardinals

    It's all square in Foxborough, as Kenyan Drake gets his second touchdown of the day from one yard for the Cardinals with just over five to go.

  9. touchdown

    Touchdown - Dolphins

    New York Jets 3-20 Miami Dolphins

    Adam Shaheen is in for the Dolphins!

    He takes Ryan Fitzpatrick's throw a yard from home and sits in for a 17-point lead with 6:54 to go in New York...

  10. touchdown

    Touchdown - Colts

    Indianapolis Colts 20-38 Tennessee Titans

    Colts back-up quarterback Jacoby Brissett bundles through a crowd for his second scruffy close-range touchdown of the day.

    But the two-point conversion fails so Tennessee still have an 18-point lead, meaning the Colts need three more scores. Unlikely.

  11. Indianapolis Colts 14-38 Tennessee Titans

    Drama in Indianapolis as TY Hilton reels in a huge catch from a Philip Rivers bomb and is almost in for the touchdown but fumbles as he's tackled two yards from the line.

    Replays suggest, though, that Hilton's knee was down so the Colts should retain the ball and have a great chance to cut their deficit.

  12. field goal

    Field goal - Chargers

    Buffalo Bills 24-17 LA Chargers

    Michael Badgley kicks a 27-yard field goal for the Chargers to bring them within range of the Bills with 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter.

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    Field goal - Titans

    Indianapolis Colts 14-38 Tennessee Titans

    The Titans get three points from that interception as Stephen Gostkowski kicks the first field goal of the game from 49 yards.

    We're nearing the end of the third quarter and it's going to take the comeback of all comebacks from the Colts to turn this one around.

  14. Latest scores

    • Indianapolis Colts 14-35 Tennessee Titans
    • Atlanta Falcons 23-3 Las Vegas Raiders
    • New York Jets 3-13 Miami Dolphins
    • New England Patriots 17-10 Arizona Cardinals
    • Minnesota Vikings 13-21 Carolina Panthers
    • Jacksonville Jaguars 19-27 Cleveland Browns
    • Cincinnati Bengals 10-16 New York Giants
    • Buffalo Bills 24-14 Los Angeles Chargers

  15. Chinn up

    Minnesota Vikings 10-21 Carolina Panthers

    Rookie in the record books. Nice.

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  16. touchdown

    Touchdown - Falcons

    Atlanta Falcons 23-3 Las Vegas Raiders

    Nightmare for the Raiders, as Derek Carr throws an intercept and Deion Jones can take it all the way home, arm aloft, from 67 yards!

  17. Turnover for Titans

    Indianapolis Colts 14-35 Tennessee Titans

    And that's not the way for them to do it.

    Philip Rivers launches a hopeful long ball to no one in particular and Breon Borders gives it the treatment it deserves by picking it off.

  18. Indianapolis Colts 14-35 Tennessee Titans

    Ryan Tannehill has struggled to get the Titans' offense going after the interval.

    Mind you, with a 21-point lead, it's not exactly time to worry.

    Indianapolis need a score in the remaining six minutes of this third quarter to give themselves any hope.

    Ryan Tannehill.Getty Images
  19. touchdown

    Touchdown - Chargers

    Buffalo Bills 24-14 LA Chargers

    Joshua Kelley takes the high road! The running back goes up the middle and over the Buffalo Bills defense from one yard to get the Chargers back in it...

  20. Indianapolis Colts 14-35 Tennessee Titans

    Both teams have exchanged punts in Indianapolis.

    Tennessee will be happy with that, the time is ticking down and they have the ball again halfway through the third quarter.

    If they get the next score, this one is in the books.