Passing

Kirk Cousins, Redskins, replaced the injured Robert Griffin III and finished 22-for-33 for 250 yards and two touchdown passes in Washington’s 41-10 victory over Jacksonville.

Aaron Rodgers, Packers, was 24-for-41 for 331 yards and three touchdown passes in Green Bay’s 31-24 win over the New York Jets. Rodgers has 24,732 yards passing and surpassed Pro Hall of Famer Bart Starr (24,718) for the second-most yards passing in franchise history. Brett Favre is first with 61,655 yards.

Philip Rivers, Chargers, was 28-for-37 for 284 yards and three touchdown passes in San Diego’s 30-21 win over Seattle.

Peyton Manning, Broncos, was 21-for-26 for 242 yards and three touchdown passes in Denver’s 24-17 win over Kansas City.

Rushing

DeMarco Murray, Cowboys, had 29 carries for 167 yards and a touchdown in Dallas’ 26-10 win over Tennessee.

Bobby Rainey, Buccaneers, had 22 carries for 144 yards in Tampa Bay’s 19-17 loss to St. Louis.

Arian Foster, Texans, had 28 carries for 138 yards and a touchdown in Houston’s 30-14 win over Oakland.

Alfred Morris, Redskins, had 22 carries for 85 yards and two touchdowns in Washington’s 41-10 victory over Jacksonville.

Giovani Bernard and Jeremy Hill, Bengals. Bernard had 27 carries for 90 yards and a touchdown, and Hill added 15 carries for 74 yards and a touchdown in Cincinnati’s 24-10 win over Atlanta.

Stevan Ridley, Patriots, had 25 carries for 101 yards and a touchdown in New England’s 30-7 win over Minnesota.

Receiving

Jordy Nelson, Packers, had nine catches for 209 yards, including an 80-yard touchdown, in Green Bay’s 31-24 win over the New York Jets. Nelson’s 209 yards receiving are the most by a Packer in a non-overtime game since Billy Howton had 257 yards on Oct. 21, 1956.

Antonio Gates, Chargers, had seven catches for 96 yards and three touchdowns in San Diego’s 30-21 win over Seattle. Gates has 90 career touchdown receptions and surpassed Larry Fitzgerald (87) and Hall of Famers Andre Reed (87) and Don Maynard (88) for No. 11 all-time. He ranks second all-time among tight ends (Tony Gonzalez, 111).

Delanie Walker, Titans, had 10 catches for 142 yards and a touchdown in Tennessee’s 26-10 loss to Dallas.

Emmanuel Sanders, Broncos, had eight catches for 108 yards in Denver’s 24-17 win over Kansas City.

Dez Bryant, Cowboys, made 10 receptions for 103 yards and a touchdown in Dallas’ 26-10 win over Tennessee. Bryant has 307 catches in 61 games. He reached 300 catches in the fewest games in franchise history.

Defensive end J.J. Watt, Texans, caught a 1-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick in Houston’s 30-14 win over Oakland.

Special Teams

C.J. Spiller and Dan Carpenter, Bills. Spiller returned a kickoff 102 yards for a touchdown, Carpenter was 5 for 6 on field goals in Buffalo’s 29-10 win over Miami. Spiller is the first player since 1973 to have at least a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and at least a 45-yard run in the same game. Houston Oilers running back Bob Gresham had a 103-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and a 52-yard run against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sept. 23, 1973.

Ted Ginn Jr., Cardinals, returned a punt 71 yards for a touchdown in Arizona’s 25-14 win over the New York Giants.

Chandler Jones, Patriots, returned a blocked field goal 58 yards for a touchdown in New England’s 30-7 win over Minnesota. Jones also had two sacks.

Defense

Tashaun Gipson, Browns, returned an interception 62 yards for a touchdown in Cleveland’s 26-24 win over New Orleans.

Ryan Kerrigan, Redskins, had four of Washington’s 10 quarterback sacks in a 41-10 win over Jacksonville.

Thomas Davis, Panthers, was in on 12 tackles in a 24-7 defeat of Detroit.

Associated Press