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 Roethlisberger threw a career best 522 yards, completing 40 of 49
passes as the Steelers snapped Indianapolis Colt's five- game
winning streak with a hugely entertaining 51-34 victory.
The Patriots crushed the Chicago Bears 51-23 while defending Super
Bowl champions the Seattle Seahawks got back to winning ways with a
13-9 victory at Carolina.
In the battle of two teams with 5-1 records before Sunday's games,
the Arizona Cardinals defense held firm on the final play to defeat
the Philadelphia Eagles 24-20.
The Steelers and the Colts produced 1,087 yards of offense and 11
touchdowns and while Indianapolis quarterback Andrew Luck threw for
400 yards and three touchdowns he ended up the loser.
Two-time Super Bowl winner Roethlisberger was just 33 yards short of
breaking Norm Van Brocklin's single game passing record which was
set at 554 yards in 1951.
The evergreen Brady was also in his finest form, completing 30 of 35
passes for 354 yards as the Patriots destroyed the Bears taking a
38-7 lead by halftime.
Rob Ninkovich ended the game as a contest when he ran in a 15-yard
fumble return after Bears quarterback Jay Cutler was stripped just
before the half.
Tight end Rob Gronkowski had three touchdown receptions for New
England and put up 149 yards on nine catches.
Arizona join the Dallas Cowboys, who play the Washington Redskins on
Monday, with a league best 6-1 record after a thrilling win over the
Eagles.
Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer connected with John Brown on a
75-yard pass for the game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter
but the Arizona defense were tested to the limit on the final drive
of the game.
The Eagles, needing a touchdown, had a first down at the Arizona
16-yard line with 13 seconds remaining and on the final play of the
game quarterback Nick Foles threw a 'Hail Mary' to Jordan Matthews
in the end zone but the receiver's superb catch was out of bounds.
Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson struggled to get going against
the Panthers in a game in which both offenses misfired but he came
up with the winning play with 47 seconds left when he zipped a
23-yard touchdown pass to Luke Willson.
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The Seahawks snapped a two game losing streak with the victory while
the Panthers fall to 3-4-1.
The New York Jets benched quarterback Geno Smith for Michael Vick
after he threw three first-quarter interceptions in the 43-23 home
loss to the Buffalo Bills - Rex Ryan's team's seventh straight
defeat.
There appears no end to the Jets' miserable season as starting
quarterback Smith, after completing just two of eight passes for
five yards, did not come out for the second quarter with Vick given
the nod by Ryan.
The former Atlanta and Philadelphia quarterback offered some
improvement on Smith as he threw for 153 yards but he also produced
three turnovers with an interception and two fumbles.
All three of New York's touchdowns came on the ground with Chris
Ivory running in twice. The Bills improve to 5-3 with quarterback
Kyle Orton throwing for 238 yards and four touchdowns.
The Detroit Lions (6-2) produced an outstanding comeback to beat the
struggling Atlanta Falcons (2-6) 22-21 at Wembley Stadium in London,
coming back from a 21-0 deficit at the half.
The victory came via a 48-yard field goal from Matt Prater on the
final play of the game with Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford
throwing for 325 yards and two touchdowns while receiver Golden Tate
put up 151 yards including a 59-yard touchdown pass to get Detroit
back in the game in the third.
(Editing by Gene Cherry)
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