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Rookie Roy Helu ran for a career-high 108 yards and his first career touchdown, and Rex Grossman tossed a 50-yard scoring pass with 6 1/2 minutes left in the fourth quarter as the Washington Redskins halted a six-game losing streak with a 23-17 road victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.

Helu also caught seven passes for 54 yards and Grossman was 26 of 35 for 315 yards and two TDs with two interceptions for Washington, which avoided its first seven-game skid since the start of the 1998 season.

Marshawn Lynch gained 111 yards on 24 carries and extended his streak of consecutive games with a touchdown to seven with a 20-yard scoring reception for the Seahawks, who have lost six straight meetings with the Redskins.

Seattle (4-7) built a 17-7 lead when Tarvaris Jackson connected with Golden Tate for a 15-yard touchdown just over two minutes into the fourth quarter. But Washington (4-7) found the end zone twice in a 3:20 span to move ahead.

Helu scored with 9:51 remaining as he leaped over a defender and bounced off a tackle before scampering 28 yards. On the Redskins' next possession, Grossman threw a 50-yard bomb to Anthony Armstrong in the left corner of the end zone for a 20-17 advantage.

Seattle's Red Bryant, who blocked a field-goal attempt in the second quarter, knocked away Graham Gano's extra-point try to keep the deficit at three. However, Gano sealed the win with a 25-yard field goal with 63 seconds to play.

Jackson completed 14 of 30 passes for 144 yards for the Seahawks, who haven't won three in a row since 2007.

The Philadelphia Eagles knocked down New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady four times in the first quarter. Brady knocked them out in the second.

Brady finished 24 for 34 for 361 yards and three touchdowns as the Patriots rolled over the Eagles 38-20 Sunday at Philadelphia.

Philadelphia's defense harassed Brady throughout the opening quarter and its offense parlayed a couple of big passes from Vince Young into an early 10-0 lead.

But once New England began to protect Brady in the pocket, he picked the Eagles apart. Brady threw for 213 yards in the first half alone, including a 41-yard touchdown pass to Wes Welker, as New England grabbed a 24-13 at the half.

Brady, who tied Johnny Unitas for sixth all-time with his 119th career win, connected with Welker again on the first drive of the second half for a 9-yard touchdown.

He later threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to tight end Rob Gronkowski to put the game away midway through the fourth quarter, giving him 10 touchdowns and zero interceptions in his last four games on the road - all victories.

BenJarvus Green-Ellis scored a pair of short touchdowns on the ground for New England (8-3), which won its third straight game.

Young made his second straight start in place of the injured Michael Vick (ribs) and finished 26 for 48 for 400 yards and two touchdowns. But New England shut down LeSean McCoy and the running game, limiting the Eagles to 73 yards rushing.

Jeremy Maclin also missed the game with a hamstring injury and the Eagles (4-7) saw their fading playoff hopes take another big blow.

Quarterback T.J. Yates replaced an injured Matt Leinart and along with Houston's stingy defense helped the Texans hold on for a 20-13 victory over the host Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday for their franchise-record fifth straight victory.

Yates made his NFL debut late in the second quarter when Leinart left with an apparent left shoulder injury. Leinart started in place of Matt Schaub, who is out for the season with an injured foot.

The Texans' No. 1 defense didn't allow an offensive touchdown, and also sacked Blaine Gabbert six times, including a career-high four by Connor Barwin. He entered the game with five this season.

Houston (8-3), which improved on the best start in franchise history, snapped a four-game losing streak at Jacksonville.

Luke McCown replaced an ineffective Gabbert in the fourth quarter and drove the Jaguars (3-8) to the Houston 42 before turning it over on downs with 1:15 left.

Yates didn't need to do much and didn't - he was 8 of 15 for 70 yards as Houston gained only one first down in the second half and didn't score.

Leinart was 10 of 13 for 57 yards, including a 20-yard touchdown pass to Joel Dreessen in the second quarter to put the Texans in front for good 14-10 in his first start since 2009.

Jacksonville took a 7-0 lead when Ashton Youboty scooped up an Arian Foster fumble and returned it 38 yards 1:22 into the game.

Foster finished with 65 yards and a touchdown, but fumbled twice.

Maurice Jones-Drew had 166 total yards - 99 rushing - for the Jaguars.

Chris Johnson ran for a season-high 190 yards, Matt Hasselbeck threw a 2-yard touchdown to Damian Williams on fourth-and-goal and the Tennessee Titans held on for a 23-17 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.

Rookie Tommie Campbell returned a kickoff 84 yards and Rob Bironas kicked three field goals for Titans (6-5), who needed a win to stay within striking distance of Houston (8-3) in the AFC South.

The Buccaneers (4-7), meanwhile, have lost five straight and are all but out of playoff contention in the NFC.

Tampa Bay's Josh Freeman nearly pulled off his ninth-career fourth-quarter comeback, but he fumbled on fourth-and-short at the Titans' 25-yard line and Tennessee ran out the clock. It was fitting that the game ended with a fumble on a day when rainy conditions led to a combined nine turnovers.

In the end, the Titans finally got a return on their investment from Johnson, who has struggled since signing a four-year, $54 million deal.

After rushing for just 13 yards on 12 carries in last week's loss to Atlanta, Johnson finally looked like a former 2,000-yard rusher. His 34-yard run to the Buccaneers' 41-yard line was one of the biggest plays of the game.

Tennessee then drove to the 2-yard line before Hasselbeck hit Williams in the back of the end zone for the go-ahead score. Hasselbeck, who was playing with elbow and forearm injuries suffered last week, redeemed himself for a previous mistake that allowed Tampa Bay to take the lead.

Aqib Talib stepped in front of Hasselbeck's pass and returned it 27 yards for a score, giving the Buccaneers a 17-10 lead early in the fourth.

Andy Dalton passed for 270 yards and a touchdown as the Cincinnati Bengals kept their playoff hopes alive with a 23-20 come-from-behind victory over the visiting Cleveland Browns on Sunday.

Cedric Benson rushed for 106 yards and a score and Mike Nugent kicked a 23-yard field goal with 38 seconds left for the Bengals (7-4), who snapped a two-game slide and stayed within one game of the AFC North lead.

The Browns had a chance to take the lead with 1:51 left but Phil Dawson's 55-yard field goal attempt fell short, leaving the door open for Cincinnati.

Dalton wasted no time bringing the Bengals into the red zone, hooking up with rookie A.J. Green on a 51-yard catch to the Cleveland 2-yard line.

Cincinnati settled for Nugent's third field goal to take its first lead of the day.

The Browns held a 20-10 advantage in the third quarter after Dawson connected from 54 yards.

Dalton needed five plays to pull the Bengals back within a field goal, hooking up with Green on a 35-yard strike down the left sideline to move into Cleveland territory and then finding tight end Jermaine Gresham for a 22-yard score.

A 40-yard field goal by Nugent early in the fourth tied it at 20-20.

Colt McCoy passed for a pair of touchdowns for the Browns (4-7), who have dropped four of five.

Patrick Peterson recorded his fourth touchdown on a punt return this season and Beanie Wells ran for 228 yards and a score as the Arizona Cardinals posted a 23-20 road victory over the St. Louis Rams on Sunday.

Jay Feely booted three field goals - including a game-winning 22-yarder with 4:09 remaining - for Arizona, which has won 11 of its last 12 meetings with the Rams and seven straight in St. Louis.

Peterson's 80-yard punt return for a score late in the third quarter gave him a share of the all-time record set in 1951 by Detroit's Jack Christiansen and equaled by Denver's Rick Upchurch (1976) and Chicago's Devin Hester (2007).

Peterson's touchdown, which came three minutes after a 7-yard scoring run by Wells, provided the Cardinals a 20-10 lead with 2:56 remaining in the third quarter. But in the fourth, Josh Brown kicked a 48-yard field goal and Sam Bradford connected with Brandon Lloyd on a 16-yard scoring strike just three plays after Brady Poppinga recovered a fumble by Wells to forge a 20-20 tie.

Arizona (4-7) went ahead for good on its next possession as a 53-yard run by Wells set up Feely's winning kick.

Lloyd made five catches for 74 yards and Steven Jackson gained 64 yards on 17 carries for St. Louis (2-9), which fell to 1-5 at home.

Mark Sanchez turned the jeers into cheers with a 16-yard touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes with just over a minute left to play and the New York Jets won a crucial AFC East battle over the visiting Buffalo Bills 28-24 on Sunday.

Sanchez threw four touchdown passes and directed the ninth game-winning drive of his career in the fourth quarter, capped by the pass to Holmes in the corner of the end zone.

He also connected with Plaxico Burress on a critical third-down play on the 82-yard drive, as Burress made a leaping one-handed catch.

Sanchez threw two scoring passes to Dustin Keller and another to Burress as the Jets (6-5) snapped a two-game skid.

Buffalo (5-6) has lost four straight and has not won since losing to the Jets in Week 9.

New York trailed 24-21 in the fourth quarter after David Rayner booted a 53-yard field goal.

The Bills played without running back Fred Jackson who went on injured reserved with a broken leg earlier in the week. Jackson, third in the NFL with 934 rushing yards, had provided the bulk of the offense for the Bills throughout the season.

C.J. Spiller took over for Jackson and had 55 yards on 19 carries, but quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick kept Buffalo in it with three touchdown passes in the game.

Fitzpatrick, who had been mired in a prolonged slump, threw scoring passes to David Nelson, Stevie Johnson and Brad Smith. He nearly connected with Johnson in the final minute, but Johnson dropped the ball on what could have been the go-ahead touchdown.

Then, with eight seconds left, Fitzpatrick nearly hooked up with Johnson in the end zone but the ball was thrown a bit behind the wide receiver.

Matt Ryan tossed three touchdowns as the Atlanta Falcons preserved their division title hopes with a 24-14 home win over the short-handed Minnesota Vikings on Sunday at the Georgia Dome.

The Falcons (7-4) dominated early and took a 17-0 lead into halftime, but the Vikings (3-8) didn't lay down despite playing without star running back Adrian Peterson (ankle).

After crossing the 50 only once previously in the contest, Minnesota reeled off a 14-play, 80-yard scoring drive to get on the board in the third quarter. The 14-play drive matched a season long.

Atlanta has won five of six to stay in the NFC South race - its a half-game behind leader New Orleans, which plays Monday night against the New York Giants.

The Vikings have lost three straight.

Ryan got the Falcons off to a great start with touchdown passes to Harry Douglas and Roddy White in the first half, and he sealed the win with a 3-yard toss to Michael Palmer with 6:44 left. White had 10 catches for 120 yards.

Ryan improved to 24-4 at home in his career with 44 touchdowns and 17 interceptions. The Falcons improved to 20-0 when he has a rating over 100.

Percy Harvin had a big game for Minnesota with eight catches for 95 yards and a touchdown along with a 104-yard kickoff return, matching a franchise record.

Sherrod Martin intercepted a deflected pass in the back of the end zone in the final minute, and the Carolina Panthers snapped a three-game losing streak by holding off a fourth-quarter rally from the winless Indianapolis Colts for a 27-19 road win Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium.

After allowing Detroit to score two touchdowns in the final 2:32 of a 49-35 loss a week earlier, the Panthers (3-8) nearly had another late collapse before ending a franchise-worse 12-game road losing streak.

The Colts (0-11) made a late charge to get within 27-19 and were driving again before Chris Gamble intercepted a Curtis Painter pass in the end zone. Indianapolis again drove deep into Panthers' territory, but Martin's interception on second-and-goal from the 3 sealed the win. 

Carolina's DeAngelo Williams had two rushing touchdowns for the first time in more than two years. The last time was Nov. 8, 2009, at New Orleans.

Panthers quarterback Cam Newton also had a rushing score, his 10th of the season, extending his record for the most by a rookie quarterback since the NFL merger in 1970.

The Colts inducted wide receiver Marvin Harrison into their ring of honor during a halftime ceremony.

John Harbaugh got the better of Jim Harbaugh in the first meeting of brothers as head coaches in the NFL, guiding the Baltimore Ravens to a 16-6 victory over the visiting San Francisco 49ers on Thursday.

Joe Flacco threw for 161 yards and a touchdown and the Ravens (8-3) matched a franchise record with nine sacks as they moved back into sole possession of first place in the AFC North.

The 49ers (9-2) had their eight-game winning streak snapped. San Francisco had a chance to clinch the NFC West with a win and a Seattle Seahawks loss on Sunday. The 49ers will have to wait until next week when they host the St. Louis Rams.

The Harbaugh brothers each saw their squads flex their defensive muscles, as neither team eclipsed 260 yards of total offense.

The teams traded field goals until the first play of the fourth quarter, when Flacco found tight Dennis Pitta for an 8-yard touchdown pass for a 13-6 lead.

San Francisco looked like it had taken the lead in the second quarter when Alex Smith and Ted Ginn Jr. hooked up on a 75-yard scoring pass. But the play was called back due to a chop block by Frank Gore.

Baltimore harassed Smith all night, rarely needing to blitz to get pressure on the quarterback. Terrell Suggs finished with three sacks and Cory Redding added 2.5. The Ravens also picked off a pass and forced Smith to fumble.