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Jameis Winston replaced Ryan Fitzpatrick at quarterback for Tampa Bay.
Winston came into play to start the second half with the Buccaneers following the 38-3 Bears and was quickly intercepted by Danny Trevathan.
Khalil Mack seemed to turn the ball over when he released the pass.
Winston joined the team after a three-game suspension for violating the NFL's personal driving policy. His punishment stems from the league's investigation into a charge that the winner of the 2013 Heisman Trophy found a Uber female driver at an Arizona race in March 2016.
Fitzpatrick was 9 of 18 for 126 yards and was fired twice.
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2:57 p.m.
The Bengals' tight back, Tyler Eifert, was sidelined after getting injured on the right leg early in the third quarter in Atlanta.
Eifert caught a 2-yard pass and was attacked by De'Vondre Campbell and was also hit by Jack Crawford as he collapsed on the field.
Eifert, the third receiver of the Bengals this season, immediately suffered from the back. The medical staff stabilized his leg and lifted it onto the cart.
His teammates came to offer encouragement and Eifert seemed moved when he left the field.
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2:46 p.m.
Khalil Mack of the Bears stripped naked in the first half against Tampa Bay.
That made him the first player with a sack and a forced fumble in four straight games since Robert Mathis in 2005.
A two-time All-Pro, Mack was traded to the Bears by Oakland on September 1st.
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2:45 p.m.
The Jacksonville Jaguars eliminated two starters for the rest of the day against the New York Jets, including running back Leonard Fournette.
Fournette left the match with a squeeze in his right thigh in the second quarter. He returned for some games, but was ruled out at halftime.
Fournette missed the previous two games with the same injury, which caused her setback.
Center Brandon Linder was also ruled out at the break with a back injury.
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2:44 p.m.
Buffalo Bills have a bad day at Lambeau Field.
Mason Crosby scored a 52-yard goal at the end of the first half to give the Green Bay Packers a 16-0 lead.
The Bills look nothing like the team that beat the Vikings 27 to 6 on the road last week in Minnesota. Rookie quarterback Josh Allen is 5 of 19 out of 58 for 58 yards and an interception late in the first half. He made an unfortunate pass under pressure outside the pocket that had been held in the end zone by rookie cornerback Jaire Alexander.
The Packers' defense contained Allen, who made the headlines last week for his feat against Vikings linebacker Anthony Barr in the first run.
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2:42 p.m.
Mitchell Trubisky of Chicago has five touchdowns in the first half, helping the Bears build a 38-3 lead over Tampa Bay.
The only NFL player with the most points in a half was Aaron Rodgers of Green Bay, with six goals against Chicago in the first two quarters of the loss at Lambeau Field on November 9, 2014.
Sid Luckman holds the Bears record for TD passes in a seven-game against the New York Giants in 1943.
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2:40 p.m.
Adam Vinatieri, an Indianapolis Colts kicker, scored a 42-yard goal with 2 seconds remaining in the first half to beat the NFL career record.
The 23-year-old has 566 goals – one more than Hall of Fame member Morten Andersen. And he achieved the feat on his own pitch, a short drive from the place where Andersen played football.
After the kick, Vinatieri briefly celebrated with the holder Rigoberto Sanchez, the snapper Luke Rhodes and the rest of the striking unit. This is the magnitude of the celebration of Vinatieri, the oldest player in the league, 45 years old.
He broke the 31-point mark by beating Andersen's career record of 2,544 points.
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14:30.
Chicago Bears defensive forward Akiem Hicks was sent off from Tampa Bay for pushing an official.
Hicks was fighting with a Buccaneer player when he pushed the official. The incident occurred on the other side of the field after Eddie Jackson intercepted a pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick at the end of the first period.
In addition, linebacker Sam Acho of the Bears left the game with a puncture injury. Acho was injured in the first half.
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2:05 p.m.
Aaron Rodgers launched his first interception of the year. It was a pass over center deviated by linebacker Tremaine Edmunds, who ended up being high and slightly behind the tight rear Jimmy Graham.
Rodgers is 7 of 11 for 98 yards with a score. Security Jordan Poyer withdrew the ball for the interception. The Bills, however, were unable to take advantage of Rodgers' rare turnover and were forced to ambush. It was Buffalo's fourth trio of three players. Green Bay leads 13-0 halfway through the second quarter.
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An unnamed Stadium Safety Officer was removed from the field on a stretcher at the end of the first quarter in the Texans-Colts game.
The team officials said that he had been taken to the hospital with injuries that did not put his life in danger. Colts spokesman Matt Conti said no other updates would be given because of the privacy rules.
The security officer was injured when a player hit him on a platform. It came about at the same time, the Colts T.Y receiver. After getting back on the sideline, Hilton received a resounding ovation after what the Colts described as a chest injury.
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1:45 p.m.
Jimmy Graham, the tight winger of Green Bay Packers, has his first official Lambeau jump.
Graham picked up a 3-yard touchdown pass from Aaron Rodgers with 5:15 left in the first quarter, although Mason Crosby missed the extra point to keep the score at 6-0.
Graham was fouled a few weeks ago by a penalty. He joined the Packers during the off season as a free agent.
Rodgers is moving a little better in his third game since his left knee injury. He is 5 out of 7 for 72 yards.
For the Bills, Micah Hyde's safety is questionable coming back with a groin injury. Hyde returns to Lambeau Field for the first time since leaving the Packers as a free agent after the 2016 season.
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1:40 p.m.
Tom Brady of the Patriots launched his third interception of the season. It was a third deep pass to the center that had been cornered by Dolphins cornerback Bobby McCain 1:36 into the first quarter.
Brady launched his third interception last season only in the 11th week against Miami.
The Patriots lead 3-0 at the end of the first quarter.
– Kyle Hightower, reportage at Foxborough, Mass.
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1:30 p.m.
Titan linebacker Wesley Woodyard suffered a shoulder injury in the first quarter against Philadelphia and it is questionable to return.
Woodyard is the Titans' best tackle this season. The 11-year-old was injured by Zach Ertz at the end of a 17-yard series of receptions in the first series of the game against Philadelphia.
Woodyard walked alone to the sideline and was evaluated in the tent behind the bench.
Jayon Brown replaced Woodyard and pressured Carson Wentz to not qualify for the third try, forcing a punt.
– Teresa M. Walker from Nashville, Tennessee
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1:15 p.m.
Receiver Indianapolis Colts T.Y. Hilton headed straight for the locker room after getting heavily injured in the shoulder after running after a 40-yard run against Houston.
Hilton's injury was unclear and there was no immediate announcement.
The big game of quadruple Pro Bowler allowed Indy to get his first score, a 4-yard TD Luck pass to Zach Pascal. Luck extended his series of consecutive games with a TD pass at 27, placing Peyton Manning tied for the second-longest total in franchise history.
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1:05 p.m.
Frank Gore's running back Dolphins became the eighth running back in the history of the NFL to appear in 200 NFL games.
Gore won the first quarter of the Miami meet with the Patriots.
With 14,124 rushing yards, Gore finished fourth on the NFL's all-time list behind Emmitt Smith (18,335), Walter Payton (16,726) and Barry Sanders (15,269).
– Kyle Hightower, reportage at Foxborough, Mass.
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13h
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers remain alongside Ryan Fitzpatrick as starting quarterback against Jameis Winston.
Fitzpatrick started Sunday against the Chicago Bears after Winston joined the team after a three-game suspension for violating the NFL's personal behavior policy.
Fitzpatrick had 1230 yards and 11 touchdowns. He is the first player in NFL history to exceed 400 yards in three consecutive games.
The discipline against Winston stems from the league's investigation into a charge that the winner of the 2013 Heisman Trophy had caught a Uber female driver in an Arizona race in March 2016.
Defensive tackle Vita Vea, the No. 12 pick in the overall draft this year, is active for the first time after being sidelined by a calf injury.
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13h
Dolphin receivers Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson both knelt during the national anthem before their team's game against the Patriots and defensive end Robert Quinn raised his right fist.
All three held similar demonstrations during the national anthem before their team's other games this season.
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