Eagles topple Rams 23-14 despite red zone struggles: Live updates, score, result and reaction

He probably won’t admit it, but Nathaniel Hackett had to enjoy that one. Even as nervy as it got at the end.

After the Jets’ offensive coordinator was trashed during the preseason by new Broncos coach Sean Payton — “one of the worst coaching jobs in the history of the NFL,” Payton infamously said of Hackett’s one-year run in Denver — Hackett largely brushed off the comments, mindful that the two teams would meet five weeks into the season.

On Sunday, Hackett and the Jets sent Payton’s Broncos to 1-4.

The Jets capped the 31-21 victory with a Quincy Williams strip-sack of Russell Wilson, which cornerback Bryce Hall scooped up and returned for a game-sealing score. Despite a late interception, it was the second strong showing for Zach Wilson in as many weeks (maybe Aaron Rodgers’ pep talk worked?). Robert Saleh deserves credit for the job he’s done of late. His Jets are 2-3, and despite the rockiness that followed Rodgers’ Week 1 injury, all is not lost in New York.

“We probably could’ve blown that team out of the water,” Saleh said, asked about his team’s red zone struggles Sunday (the Jets settled for four field goals inside the Broncos’ 20). He later added that Hackett got a game ball.

The Broncos, meanwhile, remain quite terrible. Wilson is now 5-15 in two seasons in Denver, and without a 21-point, second-half rally last week in Chicago, the Broncos would be winless in 2023.

There’s not much left for Payton to say, other than the glaring fact that his team is among the league’s biggest disappointments so far.

Across the NFL, the Bengals looked right again, at least for one week. And Ja’Marr Chase looked unstoppable.

Despite still not playing their best football, the Eagles are 5-0. They dropped the Rams 23-14 in Los Angeles.

In Pittsburgh, T.J. Watt walked off the Ravens with some help from Kenny Pickett and George Pickens, spoiling Baltimore’s bid to sweep their AFC North rivals on the road this season.

In Atlanta, Bijan Robinson’s one-handed, behind-the-back catch, Desmond Ridder’s 329 passing yards and Younghoe Koo’s 37-yard field goal as time expired helped the Falcons stave off C.J. Stroud and the Texans. But don’t overlook the sizzling start for Stroud, who’s now 184 pass attempts into his career without an interception, the best start in NFL history.

In Minnesota, Travis Kelce briefly left the game, got an X-ray on his ankle, then returned and caught a touchdown in the Chiefs’ 27-20 victory against the Vikings, pushing the reigning champs to 4-1. On the flip side, another disappointing loss leaves the Vikings 1-4.

In Miami, the 4-1 Dolphins made history (again) in their 31-16 win against the Giants: Their 2,599 yards are the most by any team five games into the season in the Super Bowl era. The Dolphins are also one of two offenses in league history with more than 2,500 yards in five games, joining the 2000 “Best Show on Turf” St. Louis Rams.

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