Vikings down Bears as Williams picks up injury, Eagles snatch spectacular win

[p]One week after piling up 59 points in a dazzling season-opening victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/carolina-panthers/IoAX6qmR/"]Carolina[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/williams-caleb/pGlNqwYn/"]Williams[/a] and the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chicago-bears/2clovUM8/"]Bears[/a] were restricted to just a single field goal at a rainswept Soldier Field.[/p][p]A [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/football/chicago-bears-2clovUM8/minnesota-vikings-IsfjpsbD/?mid=jHAxyIZo"]bitterly disappointing home opener[/a] for the Bears was compounded by a worrying-looking injury to their franchise quarterback, who hobbled off in the fourth quarter before being taken back to the locker room on a medical cart.[/p][embed guid="c3bcae36-8016-48a2-bdda-c188cce385c7" url="https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/2101757556251136257?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Williams had been in rampant form in last week's win over the Panthers, throwing two touchdowns and rushing for two more.[/p][p]But the 24-year-old quarterback was given no respite by the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/minnesota-vikings/IsfjpsbD/"]Vikings[/a]' steely defense, suffering three sacks and coughing up an interception before exiting midway through the fourth quarter after pulling up in agony as he scrambled in the red zone.[/p][p]Team officials later said Williams had suffered a hamstring injury without giving further details.[/p][embed guid="0987970b-14d7-4c2e-9642-24ab812e6915" url="https://x.com/NFL/status/2101763948722913424?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]The Vikings meanwhile improved to 2-0 thanks to three field goals from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/reichard-will/hz2tySrM/"]Will Reichard[/a]. Chicago's lone score came from a 50-yard [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/santos-cairo/YyEBRcso/"]Cairo Santos[/a] field goal.[/p][p]In other early NFL action on Sunday, the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-england-patriots/G6oNfmi8/"]New England Patriots[/a] bounced back from their opening loss with a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/football/new-england-patriots-G6oNfmi8/pittsburgh-steelers-AXWJxS6R/?mid=Ao7hXZYA"]clinical 20-3 defeat[/a] of the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/pittsburgh-steelers/AXWJxS6R/"]Pittsburgh Steelers[/a] at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough.[/p][p]Steelers quarterback [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rodgers-aaron/dvZCmchC/"]Aaron Rodgers[/a] was sacked four times by the New England defense while the Patriots scores came from a TreVeyon [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/henderson-treveyon/WE55WBeg/"]Henderson[/a] rushing touchdown and a 19-yard fumble return touchdown from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ponder-elijah/OlzH49X9/"]Elijah Ponder[/a].[/p][p]In [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nashville-kats/fg40Qqs7/"]Nashville[/a], the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/philadelphia-eagles/dGgVhRLK/"]Philadelphia Eagles[/a] snatched a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/football/philadelphia-eagles-dGgVhRLK/tennessee-titans-nmgM9o38/?mid=tllImeJi"]dramatic 24-20 win[/a] over the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tennessee-titans/nmgM9o38/"]Tennessee Titans[/a] thanks to a last-gasp [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cooper-darius/x21STyYe/"]Darius Cooper[/a] touchdown.[/p][embed guid="355a2693-c8fb-40c3-a8c6-41ca9133d5b1" url="https://x.com/NFL/status/2101763637849587817?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]The Titans had edged into a 20-17 lead inside the two-minute warning with a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/slye-joey/U9IvvsKS/"]Joey Slye[/a] field goal.[/p][p]But Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts led a nine-play, 65-yard drive that culminated in a three-yard pass to Cooper for a touchdown with nine seconds left on the clock.[/p][p]In [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/baltimore-ravens/pUern3T0/"]Baltimore,[/a] meanwhile, the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-orleans-saints/lSi5prB1/"]New Orleans Saints[/a] scored 15 unanswered fourth-quarter points to turn a 17-9 deficit into a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/football/baltimore-ravens-pUern3T0/new-orleans-saints-lSi5prB1/?mid=0hVSGElU"]24-17 defeat[/a] of the Ravens.[/p][p]Saints quarterback [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/shough-tyler/WzwCzMnJ/"]Tyler Shough[/a] hit [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/olave-chris/2mdmX9g3/"]Chris Olave[/a] for a 21-yard touchdown before a successful two-point conversion tied the score at 17-17, before Shough's one-yard rushing touchdown with 1min 28sec remaining gave New Orleans the winning score.[/p][p]The Carolina Panthers made light work of their NFC South rival [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/atlanta-falcons/hClIiQIR/"]Atlanta Falcons[/a], who benched QB Cooper Rush and saw rookie [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/strand-jack/lU0DHjPb/"]Jack Strand[/a] throw a pick-six in a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/football/atlanta-falcons-hClIiQIR/carolina-panthers-IoAX6qmR/?mid=hSRKIzKH"]34-3 rout[/a].[/p][embed guid="c1ddec02-416a-410a-9926-30bcfa5fd7bc" url="https://x.com/NFL/status/2101756188602052662?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Tight end [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/waller-darren/nwwn5lSq/"]Darren Waller[/a] caught two touchdown passes from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/young-bryce/GbePMgXM/"]Bryce Young[/a], while Panthers LB [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lloyd-devin/h8ywCk0g/"]Devin Lloyd[/a] shone with 9 tackles and 2 interceptions, including the pick-six.[/p][p]In [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/houston-justin/WQdk1pch/"]Houston[/a], the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cincinnati-bengals/bwahmpRr/"]Cincinnati Bengals[/a] beat the offensively poor [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/houston-texans/SIj9q2Q7/"]Texans[/a] in a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/football/cincinnati-bengals-bwahmpRr/houston-texans-SIj9q2Q7/?mid=OU8pZe4b"]20-6 win[/a]. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chase-ja-marr/EqeOmcL7/"]Ja'Marr Chase[/a] made headlines with just his second catch of the game - a spectacular toe-tap catch in the end zone after losing his balance just seconds earlier.[/p][embed guid="75e03205-f7ad-408b-b318-ed79d85abb93" url="https://x.com/NFL/status/2101736389423649039?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]The star receiver combined for 170 yards with colleague [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/higgins-tee/jPADIQlJ/"]Tee Higgins[/a], while the Texans totalled 374 yards, 107 more than the Bengals, without [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/collins-nico/40rKlUBI/"]Nico Collins[/a]. The Houston Texans fell to 0-2, while the Bengals took the lead in the AFC North with a 2-0 record.[/p][p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/green-bay-packers/O6ksuA72/"]Green Bay Packers[/a] outlasted the 1-0 [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-york-jets/Q9nr9QzE/"]New York Jets[/a] in Jersey, beating them [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/football/green-bay-packers-O6ksuA72/new-york-jets-Q9nr9QzE/?mid=IBA0VD3N"]20-17[/a] in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/smith-geno/tdjItF6Q/"]Geno Smith[/a]'s first home game in MetLife Stadium in ten years.[/p][p]The Packers tallied under 200 yards and converted 1 of 9 third downs as they amassed 5 fumbles (1 lost), but scored 10 unanswered points in the final eight minutes of the fourth quarter to force overtime, where EDGE [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-ness-lukas/Ek3vSbif/"]Lukas Van Ness[/a] capped off a spectacular late display with a half sack to put the Jets on 3rd-and-long and effectively force the deciding punt before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/smack-trey/4OqZlWJc/"]Trey Smack[/a] made a 26-yard game-winning field goal.[/p][embed guid="a4666635-ba2f-4359-95e9-3ada07dd3b6a" url="https://x.com/NFL/status/2101772928589185349?s=20" social-type="twitter" /]