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Chargers fall to Pats, Eagles triumph again
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THE Super Bowl champions New England Patriots took advantage of the Los Angeles Chargers’ mistakes on Sunday to notch their fourth straight National Football League victory, 21-13 at Foxborough, Massachusetts.
Quarterback Tom Brady threw for 333 yards with a touchdown and Stephen Gostkowski kicked four fields goals for the Patriots, who improved to 6-2.
Brady, who threw a two-yard TD pass to tight end Rob Gronkowski, recorded his 81st career 300-yard game. His fifth this season matches his total of 300-yard games last year.
The Chargers, who lost their first four games of a season that saw them relocate to Los Angeles from San Diego, had won their last three.
But any hope of shocking the reigning Super Bowl champions evaporated in a string of errors.
The worst of them came when punt returner Travis Benjamin fielded a Ryan Allen punt near the sideline at his own eight yard line.
He ran backward and wound up fumbling the ball at the goal line, recovering it inside the end zone for the first safety on a punt return in the NFL since 2003, one that gifted the Patriots a 9-7 lead.
In Philadelphia, Carson Wentz tossed two TD passes, Jalen Mills had a pick-6 and the NFL-leading Philadelphia Eagles beat the San Francisco 49ers 33-10.
The Eagles (7-1) overcame a slow start on their way to a sixth straight win. The 49ers are 0-8 for the first time in franchise history.
Wentz was 18 of 32 for 211 yards and one interception. He threw a 53-yard TD pass to Alshon Jeffery and 1-yard TD pass to Zach Ertz. He leads the NFL with 19 TD passes, most by an Eagles quarterback through eight games.
CJ Beathard shoveled a 21-yard TD pass to Matt Breida and finished 17 of 36 for 167 yards with two interceptions in his second career start.
Week eight action kicked off in London, where the Minnesota Vikings shook off a slow start to beat the winless Cleveland Browns 33-16 at Twickenham Stadium.
Elsewhere, it was: Steelers 20, Lions 15; Seahawks 41, Texans 38; Cowboys 33, Redskins 19; Bills 34, Raiders 4; Falcons 25, Jets 20; Saints 20, Bears 12; Bengals 24, Colts 23; and Panthers 17, Buccaneers 3.
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