Titans stay unbeaten with 19-16 overtime win
The Tennessee Titans still have their sights set on perfection, thanks to Rod Bironas' right leg.
Bironas redeemed himself for an earlier miss by kicking a 41-yard field goal with 9:36 to go in overtime that led the undefeated Titans to a 19-16 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday.
Tennessee (8-0), the league's only team without a loss, matched a franchise record with its 11th straight regular-season victory.
"I was hoping for exactly what happened," Bironas said. "We'd win the toss and get another shot at it. I don't miss many, so I definitely wanted another shot at it to put us in the lead and go home with the victory."
The Cincinnati Bengals were able to do that for the first time this season. Ryan Fitzpatrick threw a pair of touchdown passes to Chad Ocho Cinco, and Cincinnati (1-8) stopped a late 2-point conversion try, preserving a 21-19 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
"Being 0-for-whatever-it-was coming in, there was a lot of pressure and a lot of frustration for everybody, from the staff to the equipment managers," said running back Cedric Benson, who ran for 104 yards and a touchdown. "Everybody's trying to figure out what's wrong."
At Nashville, Tenn., Bironas had a chance to win in regulation, but banged a 47-yarder off the upright, prompting him to yank his facemask down in anger at himself.
At East Rutherford, N.J., Eli Manning threw three touchdown passes, Brandon Jacobs rushed for 117 yards and a score and the Giants defense took advantage of Tony Romo's absence to intercept three passes.
At Indianapolis, Adam Vinatieri showed New England he's still the NFL's best clutch kicker.The Patriots' career scoring leader, who booted winning field goals in two of their Super Bowl victories and then let go as a free agent, kicked a 52-yarder with 8:05 left for the Colts (4-4).
At Orchard Park, N.Y., Abram Elam returned an interception thrown by Trent Edwards 92 yards for a touchdown, sparking the New York Jets' victory over the bumbling Buffalo Bills.
At Chicago, Rex Grossman came off the bench to replace injured quarterback Kyle Orton and scored the go-ahead touchdown with 5:36 left, helping the Bears rally from a 10-point deficit for a victory over winless Detroit.
At Kansas City, Mo., Jeff Garcia's 24-yard touchdown pass and 2-point conversion toss tied it with 19 seconds left, and Matt Bryant's 33-yard field goal in overtime gave the Buccaneers a win after they trailed by 21.
At Minneapolis, the Vikings forced three turnovers, got three touchdown passes from Gus Frerotte and shut down Houston's Andre Johnson.Cardinals 34, Rams 13Kurt Warner and Arizona used a 24-point second quarter to win another one in their former home city.
At Cleveland, Matt Stover booted three field goals — the last with 5:36 left — and linebacker Terrell Suggs returned an interception 42 yards for a touchdown to end the Browns' last threat with 2:43 remaining as Baltimore rallied for a win.
At Denver, the Miami Dolphins intercepted Jay Cutler three times, the second returned 32 yards for a touchdown by Will Allen.
At Oakland, Calif., Matt Ryan threw a pair of first-half touchdown passes to Michael Jenkins and the Falcons held the Raiders to negative yards and no first downs in the first half and their lowest yards total in 47 years.Oakland (2-6) finished with just 77 yards for its worst total since getting 58 in 1961 against the Chargers, when Al Davis was an assistant in San Diego.The Falcons (5-3) scored on their first four possessions.
At Seattle, Donovan McNabb rebounded from early problems to complete 28 of 43 passes for 349 yards and two touchdowns, one to tackle Todd Herremans, and rally the Philadelphia Eagles.
