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Sports Headlines: 11/16/20

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November 16th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

UNDATED (AP) — There’s now a three-way tie for the NFC West lead following victories by the Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams. Kyler Murray completed a stunning 43-yard desperation pass to DeAndre Hopkins with two seconds remaining to lift the Cardinals to a 32-30 victory over the Bills. Jared Goff passed for 302 yards and Darious Williams picked off two throws as the Rams downed the Seattle Seahawks, 23-16.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers remain the only unbeaten team at 9-0 after Ben Roethlisberger threw for a season-high 333 yards and four touchdowns in a 36-10 rout of the Bengals. Roethlisberger was sharp despite being forced to stay away from the team facility all week due to COVID-19 protocols. T.J. Watt collected two of Pittsburgh’s four sacks as the Steelers won their 11th straight meeting with their division rival.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Alvin Kamara scored three times and New Orleans’ defense largely stifled San Francisco to help the Saints secure a 27-13 victory over the 49ers. Drew Brees was pulled at halftime with a rib injury after passing for just 76 yards and one touchdown. The Niners had little success against the Saints’ second-ranked run defense, gaining just 49 yards on the ground. New Orleans improved to 7-2.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Tom Brady threw for 341 yards and was involved in four touchdowns in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 46-23 dismantling of the Carolina Panthers. Brady threw touchdown passes to Cameron Brate, Mike Evans and Rob Gronkowski, then ran for another score in the fourth quarter to seal the win. Ronald Jones had a franchise-record 98-yard touchdown run to help Tampa Bay bounce back from Monday’s 38-3 loss to the Saints.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers threw two touchdown passes and ran for a third in the Green Bay Packers’ 24-20 victory against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Rodgers put the 7-2 Packers ahead for good by throwing a 6-yard TD pass to Davante Adams with 9:11 left. The Green Bay QB also had a 78-yard scoring strike to Marquez Valdes-Scantling, who caught four passes for a career-high 149 yards.