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Broncos beat Chiefs in battle for division lead
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Peyton Manning threw four of his five touchdown passes to Eric Decker and Denver thwarted a Kansas City rally to beat the Chiefs 35-28 on Sunday in a key National Football League division clash.
Manning connected with Decker for three straight touchdowns to open the second half to erase a seven-point deficit and take a 35-21 lead.
Kansas City closed the gap with Jamal Charles’s one-yard touchdown plunge with 6:32 remaining, but a fourth-down pass to Dwayne Bowe was deflected by Broncos safety Mike Adams in the end zone.
The Broncos improved to 10-2. Their second victory in three weeks over the Chiefs dropped Kansas City to 9-3 and left Denver one game ahead atop the AFC West.
Manning and the Broncos beat the Chiefs in Denver earlier this month to end Kansas City’s 9-0 winning streak to start the season.
The Chiefs have now lost three straight.
The Chiefs capitalized on two Manning interceptions in the first half to score touchdowns. But the Broncos quarterback finished with 403 passing yards and set a club record by reaching 41 TD passes this season.
Decker had eight catches for 174 yards and a team-record four touchdowns.
Knile Davis returned a kickoff 108 yards for a touchdown for the longest play in Chiefs history in the setback.
Elsewhere, it was: Vikings 23, Bears 20 (in overtime); Patriots 34, Texans 31; Colts 22, Titans 14; Jaguars 32, Browns 28; Panthers 27, Buccaneers 6; Eagles 24, Cardinals 21; Dolphins 23, Jets 3; 49ers 23, Rams 13; Falcons 34, Bills 31 (OT); Bengals 17, Chargers 10; and Giants 24, Redskins 17.
In Minneapolis, Blair Walsh hit a 34-yard field goal with 1:43 left in overtime as Minnesota beat Chicago.
Adrian Peterson totaled 211 yards on 35 carries and became the third-fastest player to eclipse 10,000 career yards.
The Vikings lost quarterback Christian Ponder to a concussion late in the first half. Matt Cassel stepped in and connected on 20-of-33 passes for 243 yards with one touchdown and one interception for Minnesota.
The defeat saw the Bears fall one game behind the Detroit Lions for the top spot in the NFC North.
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