An unstoppable force against, well, another seemingly unstoppable force.

Offense was very much in vogue Sunday in Cincinnati as division leader San Diego hung 49 points on the Bengals, who managed 41.

LaDainian Tomlinson tied his career high with four touchdowns, and Philip Rivers threw a touchdown pass under pressure that completed the Chargers' furious rally. San Diego (7-2) scored 42 points in a second-half comeback.

"Being involved in that game, it was about like it was a cartoon or something," said Tomlinson, who has 15 touchdowns in his last five games. "Exhausting. I can't wait until I get on the bus, where I can think and wonder what happened today."

Rivers was 24-of-36 for 337 yards and three touchdowns, leading the Chargers to their best point total in 20 years. Tomlinson ran for a pair of touchdowns during a pivotal 15-second span of the fourth quarter.

In the end, it came down to one nifty play by Rivers, who rolled left to avoid the rush and threw a 5-yard shovel pass to tight end Brandon Manumaleuna in the end zone just as he was getting leveled by two pass rushers with 2:29 to play.

Chad Johnson set a club record with 260 yards receiving and a pair of long touchdowns, and Carson Palmer had the first 400-yard passing game of his career for Cincinnati (4-5).

At Indianapolis, Peyton Manning repeatedly threw the ball underneath, used his ground game effectively and delivered a time-consuming final drive for the NFL's only unbeaten team.

A record-tying 108-yard missed field goal return by Devin Hester turned around the prime-time game.Hester fooled the host Giants (6-3) by standing in the back of the end zone for several seconds, then ran down the right sideline on his knockout-blow return. On Nov. 13, 2005 — almost exactly a year ago — the Bears' Nathan Vasher caught Joe Nedney's missed 52-yard field-goal attempt in the back of the end zone on the final play of the first half and ran it back for a 108-yard TD return. The play helped Chicago beat San Francisco 17-9, and now Hester shares the record for longest NFL play with his teammate.

At Seattle, Josh Brown, the Seahawks' unflappable kicker, calmly made a 38-yard field goal with 9 seconds left.

At Nashville, Steve McNair threw his third touchdown with 3:35 left and the Ravens, rallied from a 26-7 deficit for the win and their best start ever.The Titans (2-7) had a last chance to send their former quarterback back to Maryland a loser. But Trevor Pryce blocked a 43-yard field goal attempt by Rob Bironas with 33 seconds left, allowing McNair to celebrate on the field where he had won so many games before.

Relying on short gains and long drives on a rainy day, the visiting Jets ended the Patriots' streak of 57 games without consecutive losses.Jets QB Chad Pennington was 22-for-33 for 168 yards, and Kevan Barlow gained 75 yards on 17 carries.

Jake Plummer capitalized on visiting Denver's one big break to overcome an otherwise poor performance. Plummer threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Johnson early in the fourth quarter after a fumble by the Broncos was negated by a penalty.

Tony Romo threw for 308 yards and two touchdowns, including a 51-yarder to Terrell Owens.The Cowboys (5-4), showing no signs of a hangover from their heartbreaking loss to Washington the previous week, turned two interceptions by Matt Leinart into second-half touchdowns and sent the Cardinals (1-8) to their eighth straight loss.

At Philadelphia, Donovan McNabb threw an 84-yard touchdown pass to Donte' Stallworth and Sheldon Brown returned an interception 70 yards for a score. The Eagles (5-4) improved to 8-0 following a bye under coach Andy Reid while earning their first win since beating Dallas 38-24 on Oct. 8.

At Miami, the Dolphins harried Damon Huard, stymied Larry Johnson and overcame their own sputtering offense. Kansas City was denied a first down until almost halftime.

At Minneapolis, Brett Favre avoided those infamously big mistakes at the Metrodome. Favre threw two touchdown passes without a turnover and Donald Driver had 191 yards receiving.

For the second week in a row, Atlanta lost to one of the NFL's worst teams. Michael Vick threw two interceptions and carelessly fumbled the ball away with 2:18 remaining, allowing visiting Cleveland to escape with the win. Vick completed only 16 of 40 passes for 197 yards.

David Carr threw for 167 yards and ran for 48 more before leaving the game with a shoulder injury, and Houston snapped a 12-game road losing streak.

Frank Gore set a franchise record with 148 yards rushing in the first half.