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play0:28Davis Mills’ rushing TD caps Texans’ comeback vs. JagsDavis Mills rushes into the endzone to give the Texans a 30-29 lead over the Jaguars with less than a minute.
play0:17J.J. McCarthy throws 2nd INT of the gameAfter a receiver falls down, Marlon Humphrey picks off J.J. McCarthy to give the Ravens the ball back.
play0:29Isaiah Williams burns Browns for 74-yard punt-return TDThe Jets get their second special teams touchdown courtesy of Isaiah Williams returning a punt 74 yards for a score.
play0:33De’Von Achane rips off a 59-yard TD runDe’Von Achane seals the game for the Dolphins with a 59-yard touchdown run.
play0:40TreVeyon Henderson asks sideline if he can score on 69-yard TDBefore TreVeyon Henderson scores a 69-yard touchdown, he looks to the Patriots’ sideline to see if he needs to get down or score.
play0:37Caleb Williams’ incredible TD run puts Bears up lateCaleb Williams manages to stay inbounds en route to the end zone as the Bears take a late lead vs. the Giants.
play0:29Tyler Shough connects with Chris Olave for a 62-yd Saints’ TDChris Olave loses his defender and reaches the end zone for a 62-yard touchdown.
play0:44Jonathan Taylor’s 83-yard TD breaks Colts’ rushing TD recordJonathan Taylor explodes for an 83-yard touchdown to become the Colts’ all-time leader in rushing touchdowns.
Stefon Diggs toe-taps his way to a Patriots TD (0:26)Drake Maye lobs it to Stefon Diggs, who just gets his feet down in the end zone for a Patriots touchdown right before half. (0:26)
Davis Mills’ rushing TD caps Texans’ comeback vs. JagsDavis Mills rushes into the endzone to give the Texans a 30-29 lead over the Jaguars with less than a minute.
Davis Mills rushes into the endzone to give the Texans a 30-29 lead over the Jaguars with less than a minute.
J.J. McCarthy throws 2nd INT of the gameAfter a receiver falls down, Marlon Humphrey picks off J.J. McCarthy to give the Ravens the ball back.
After a receiver falls down, Marlon Humphrey picks off J.J. McCarthy to give the Ravens the ball back.
Isaiah Williams burns Browns for 74-yard punt-return TDThe Jets get their second special teams touchdown courtesy of Isaiah Williams returning a punt 74 yards for a score.
The Jets get their second special teams touchdown courtesy of Isaiah Williams returning a punt 74 yards for a score.
De’Von Achane rips off a 59-yard TD runDe’Von Achane seals the game for the Dolphins with a 59-yard touchdown run.
TreVeyon Henderson asks sideline if he can score on 69-yard TDBefore TreVeyon Henderson scores a 69-yard touchdown, he looks to the Patriots’ sideline to see if he needs to get down or score.
Before TreVeyon Henderson scores a 69-yard touchdown, he looks to the Patriots’ sideline to see if he needs to get down or score.
Caleb Williams’ incredible TD run puts Bears up lateCaleb Williams manages to stay inbounds en route to the end zone as the Bears take a late lead vs. the Giants.
Caleb Williams manages to stay inbounds en route to the end zone as the Bears take a late lead vs. the Giants.
Tyler Shough connects with Chris Olave for a 62-yd Saints’ TDChris Olave loses his defender and reaches the end zone for a 62-yard touchdown.
Jonathan Taylor’s 83-yard TD breaks Colts’ rushing TD recordJonathan Taylor explodes for an 83-yard touchdown to become the Colts’ all-time leader in rushing touchdowns.
Jonathan Taylor explodes for an 83-yard touchdown to become the Colts’ all-time leader in rushing touchdowns.
Week 10 of the 2025 NFL season kicked off Thursday with the Broncos narrowly beating the Raiders despite two interceptions by quarterback Bo Nix.
Sunday’s action started in Berlin, where Colts star Jonathan Taylor turned in the best performance by a back all season in a win over the Falcons. Back in the United States, Saints rookie quarterback Tyler Shough got his first NFL win against the Panthers. Meanwhile, the Bears and Texans overcame double-digit deficits in the second half against the Giants and Jaguars, respectively.
In Tampa, the Patriots halted a potential game-winning drive to beat the Buccaneers. The Ravens secured their third consecutive win in Minnesota, while the Bills failed to win their third straight in Miami.
Our NFL Nation reporters reacted to all the action, answering lingering questions coming out of each game and detailing everything else you need to know for every team. Let’s get to it.
Stat to know: Defensive end Danielle Hunter’s 3.5 sacks is tied for the second most in a game in franchise history. Hunter and the defense held the Jaguars scoreless in the fourth quarter. — DJ Bien-Aime
Davis Mills’ rushing TD caps Texans’ comeback vs. Jags
What to make of the QB performance: Trevor Lawrence was without his top three pass catchers — Travis Hunter, Brian Thomas Jr. and Brenton Strange — and it was a struggle to get anything going in the pass game. Parker Washington and newly-acquired Jakobi Meyers led the Jaguars with three catches each, and they were unable to get much out of Austin Trammell, Tim Patrick and Tim Jones. It didn’t help that the Jaguars couldn’t keep Danielle Hunter off him, either. — Mike DiRocco
Trend to watch: Creating turnovers. The Ravens have forced six turnovers in their past two games, including three against Minnesota. This comes after Baltimore managed only four takeaways in its first seven games. The Ravens converted 13 points off of interceptions from safety Malaki Starks and cornerback Marlon Humphrey and a forced fumble on a kickoff.
Turning point: The Vikings lost control of the game early in the third quarter. McCarthy threw an interception on the opening drive of the second half, leading to a Ravens field goal. Returner Myles Price fumbled on the ensuing kickoff. The Vikings’ 10-9 halftime lead faded into a 19-10 deficit in a matter of 6 minutes and 58 seconds. — Kevin Seifert
Stat to know: Running backs Kene Nwangwu (99 yards) and Isaiah Williams (74) scored on kickoff and punt returns, respectively, as the Jets became the first team since 2017 to have both in the same game. Previously, it happened only once in franchise history, back when they were known as the Titans in 1960. — Rich Cimini
Isaiah Williams burns Browns for 74-yard punt-return TD
Did the pathway to the first overall pick just open up? According to ESPN Analytics, the Browns’ odds to get the top pick in the 2026 NFL draft would rise to 27% with a loss. Those odds will only increase with the Saints picking up their second win of the season, leaving the Titans as the lone one-win team in the NFL. Cleveland still hosts Tennessee in Week 14.
Stat to know: With offensive coordinator Tommy Rees taking over playcalling duties, wide receiver Jerry Jeudy had his best game of the season. Jeudy caught six passes on 12 targets for 78 yards, all season-high marks, and recorded his first touchdown catch of the season. — Daniel Oyefusi
Most surprising performance: The Dolphins felt like they outplayed the Ravens in last week’s loss before the game got out of hand in the second half. Sunday, they put together a four-quarter effort against the reigning MVP and forced two turnovers from Allen in critical spots. They pressured him constantly and held the NFL’s No. 1 rushing offense to roughly half of its season average. — Marcel Louis-Jacques
De’Von Achane seals the game for the Dolphins with a 59-yard touchdown run.
Most surprising performance: The Bills’ league-leading rushing attack (averaging 161.5 yards coming into the game) was held to 86 yards — its fewest this season — against a defense that had been allowing an average of 145.6 running yards per game (third most). An early two-score deficit played a part, but the combination of not being effective enough and going away from a clear key to success, forced quarterback Josh Allen to try to do it all. — Alaina Getzenberg
Best quote from the locker room: “I’m definitely hard on TreVeyon because I see so much potential,” wide receiver Stefon Diggs said after Henderson’s two touchdown runs. “I’ve been around some great backs in my career and I was telling him, ‘Those great backs don’t get tackled and I want to see you score.’ So him coming out there and busting two of them, it’s good to be hard on people, I guess.” — Mike Reiss
TreVeyon Henderson asks sideline if he can score on 69-yard TD
Biggest hole in the game plan: Containing explosive plays on defense. The damage came on a handful of plays: A short pass taken 72 yards for a touchdown by Williams, Henderson’s 55-yard touchdown, Drake Maye’s 54-yard completion to Mack Hollins and Henderson’s 69-yard dagger late in the fourth quarter. — Jenna Laine
Biggest hole in the game plan: Why did the Bears not have someone spy Jaxson Dart? The rookie quarterback had five rushing touchdowns entering Sunday, yet Chicago’s defense looked ill-prepared trying to contain him. Dart rushed for two touchdowns and 66 yards on six carries. That’s the most rushing yards Chicago has allowed to an opposing quarterback in a game this season. In total, the Bears have allowed 241 rushing yards and 6.5 yards per rush to opposing QBs, which ranks 31st.
Caleb Williams’ incredible TD run puts Bears up late
Stat to know: The Giants led by at least 10 points against Dallas, New Orleans, Denver and now Chicago. The common thread? They lost all four games. Against Chicago, the Giants led by 10 points with under four minutes remaining. That’s when they gave up a touchdown, went three-and-out, shanked a punt and allowed the Bears to go on for a game-winning touchdown in the final three minutes. They’re doing everything possible to lose games. — Jordan Raanan
Turning point: The second-quarter touchdown to Olave was big for several reasons. It happened on the field where Olave was carted off following a concussion last November. It was also his first 100-yard game since Week 8 of 2024 and gave the offense a boost, showing that Shough is capable of igniting the downfield passing game. While the Saints still made some head-scratching decisions, Olave’s touchdown gave them a lead they would not relinquish.