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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Tom Brady passed for 466 yards — the second-highest total of his career — and three touchdowns to lead the New England Patriots in a 40-32 victory over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.

The Patriots (2-0) have now beaten the Bills (1-1) in 24 of their 27 meetings when Brady was the starting quarterback. New England is 10-4 against teams coached by Rex Ryan, who led the New York Jets before taking over in Buffalo during the offseason.

The teams combined for 25 penalties for 259 yards. Buffalo had 14 of those penalties for 140 yards.

Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman caught 11 passes for 97 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and tight end Rob Gronkowski caught seven passes for 113 yards and a touchdown. New England running back Dion Lewis gained 138 yards from scrimmage and scored a touchdown, and Stephen Gostkowski made all four of his field goal attempts.

Browns 28, Titans 14

CLEVELAND — Johnny Manziel threw a 60-yard touchdown pass to Travis Benjamin on Cleveland’s second play and connected with his wide receiver again for a 50-yarder with 2:52 left as the defense held off quarterback Marcus Mariota in the second half.

Benjamin added a touchdown on a 78-yard punt return with 53 seconds left in the second quarter to give the Browns (1-1) a 21-0 lead halftime lead. Benjamin racked up 214 all-purpose yards in the first half.

Manziel won his Heisman Trophy matchup with Mariota, who threw two TD passes in the second half for the Titans (1-1) but took a pounding in his second game. The No. 2 overall pick was sacked seven times.

Buccaneers 26, Saints 19

NEW ORLEANS — No. 1 draft pick Jameis Winston rebounded from a shaky NFL debut to throw for one touchdown and scramble for another to lead Tampa Bay over New Orleans.

Winston, who was picked off twice in a 42-14 loss to Tennessee last week, completed 14 of 21 passes for 207 yards. His 15-yard strike to wide receiver Vincent Jackson just before halftime put the Bucs (1-1) on top for good against the 0-2 Saints.

Winston took the Bucs 80 yards in just four plays with the second-half kickoff for a 17-7 lead. The Bucs benefitted from a 40-yard pass interference call against cornerback Brandon Browner, who was badly beaten by wide receiver Louis Murphy. Winston got the touchdown by rolling out to the left and then easily running into the end zone.

Falcons 24, Giants 20

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Julio Jones finished with 13 receptions for 135 yards, including a 37-yarder that set up the game-winning touchdown run by Davonta Freeman to give Atlanta a win over the New York Giants.

Jones, last week’s NFC Offensive Player of the Week, fought through a hamstring injury that kept him out of practice two days this week for the Falcons (2-0). Jones, who connected with quarterback Matt Ryan for six receptions for 44 yards in the first quarter alone, recorded 25 of those first-quarter yards on the Falcons’ second drive of the game. That drive culminated in a 7-0 lead on a 1-yard touchdown pass from Ryan to running back Tevin Coleman.

Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. finished with 146 yards on seven receptions and one touchdown for the Giants (0-2).

Panthers 24, Texans 17

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cam Newton threw for two touchdowns and made an acrobatic touchdown leap as Carolina defeated Houston.

Newton flipped into the end zone over the tackle attempt of Texans safety Rahim Moore for the tiebreaking points with 1:04 to play in the third quarter.

Linebacker A.J. Klein’s fourth-quarter interception set up the Panthers at the Houston 36 with 9:02 left. The next play resulted in Newton’s touchdown pass to receiver Philly Brown, pushing the Panthers (2-0) to a 24-10 lead. The Texans are 0-2).

Vikings 26, Lions 16

MINNEAPOLIS — Adrian Peterson rushed for 134 yards on 29 carries as Minnesota beat Detroit.

Peterson, playing his first game at home since Dec. 1, 2013, rebounded from a sub-par performance in last week’s season opener against the San Francisco 49ers on Monday Night Football. In that game, he carried just 10 times for 31 yards.

Peterson had eclipsed that total by the end of the first drive on Sunday, as the Vikings (1-1) ran for 199 as a team against the Lions (0-2). He accounted for 45 of them on the game’s initial drive, capped by a 6-yard touchdown pass from Teddy Bridgewater to tight end Kyle Rudolph.

Cardinals 48, Bears 23

CHICAGO — Carson Palmer threw four touchdown passes, including three to Larry Fitzgerald, to lead Arizona over Chicago, whose starting quarterback Jay Cutler was forced out of the game with an injury suffered while trying to make a tackle on an interception return.

The score was tied at 14 in the second quarter when Palmer led the Cardinals (2-0) on an 80-yard, nine-play drive that ended with an 8-yard touchdown pass to Fitzgerald.

Two plays after the kickoff, Cutler, who to that point had completed all eight passes he attempted, threw behind tight end Martellus Bennett and into the receptive arms of Cardinals safety Tony Jefferson, who returned the gift 26 yards for a touchdown that put Arizona ahead 28-14. Cutler was injured as he dove to try to tackle Jefferson near the sideline. It appeared Cutler landed on his shoulder and head, but the Bears (0-2) announced the injury as a hamstring, and he did not return to the game.

Steelers 43, 49ers 18

PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger threw for 369 yards and three touchdowns, Antonio Brown had 195 receiving yards and DeAngelo Williams tied a franchise record with three touchdown runs as Pittsburgh built a 26-point halftime lead and rolled over San Francisco.

Roethlisberger completed 21 of 27 passes as the Steelers bounced back from a season-opening loss to the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots to even their record at 1-1. The 49ers are 1-1.

Brown had nine receptions, his last going for a 7-yard touchdown with 7:43 left to close the scoring. He has 18 catches for 328 yards through two games and became the fourth player in Steelers’ history with 400 career receptions, joining Hines Ward, Heath Miller and John Stallworth.

Williams rushed for 77 yards on 20 carries and scored on runs of 2, 2 and 1 yards as he again filled in for Pro Bowl running back LeVeon Bell, who served the second game of a two-game suspension for violating the NFLs’ code of conduct. Williams had 127 yards in the opener.

Bengals 24, Chargers 19

CINCINNATI — Giovani Bernard rushed for 123 yards and Andy Dalton tossed three touchdown passes to lead Cincinnati over San Diego.

Philip Rivers passed for 241 yards and two TDs with an interception for the Chargers (1-1).

The Bengals (2-0) forced their fourth turnover of the season when defensive end Wallace Gilberry’s hit on Rivers resulted in a fumble which was recovered by linebacker Chris Carter.

Redskins 24, Rams 10

LANDOVER, Md. — Rookie running back Matt Jones rumbled for two touchdowns and 123 rushing yards to lead Washington over St. Louis.

Jones’ second touchdown, a 3-yard burst with 2:43 to go, concluded a 12-play, 77-yard drive and sealed the result that evened each team’s record at 1-1.

The Rams had nearly as many penalties (nine) as first downs (11), while the Redskins teamed Jones and Alfred Morris for 37 carries and 182 rushing yards to dominate time-of-possession, 37:18 to 22:16.