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Justin Tucker celebrates after kicking the winning field goal in overtime to give the Ravens a 41-38 win over the Bengals on Sunday in Cincinnati. Emilee Chinn/Associated Press

CINCINNATI — Justin Tucker kicked a 24-yard field goal to lift the Baltimore Ravens to a wild 41-38 overtime win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday.

After Evan McPherson missed a 53-yard attempt for Cincinnati on a fumbled snap, Baltimore took over on its own 43. On the next play, Derrick Henry rumbled 51 yards down to the Bengals 6 to set up Tucker’s chip-shot kick for the win.

Tucker tied it with a 56-yarder with 1:35 left to force overtime.

The Ravens (3-2) and Bengals (1-4) traded punches on offense the entire afternoon with Lamar Jackson finally prevailing despite Joe Burrow throwing a career-high five touchdown passes.

Jackson threw for 348 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for 50 yards. Henry had 92 yards and a TD. Zay Flowers had seven catches for 111 yards.

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Burrow threw for 339 yards, with two touchdowns apiece to Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins.

GIANTS 29, SEAHAWKS 20: Daniel Jones threw for 257 yards and two touchdowns, Bryce Ford-Wheaton returned a blocked field goal attempt 60 yards for a touchdown with 55 seconds left, and short-handed New York stunned the Seahawks (3-2) in Seattle.

Playing without two of its best offensive players, New York (2-3) put together a masterful game plan that built a 23-13 lead midway through the fourth quarter. The Giants then came up with one big special teams play with Seattle on the verge of potentially forcing overtime.

Seattle’s Jason Myers lined up for a 47-yard field goal attempt with 1:05 left that could have pulled even at 23-23. New York’s Isaiah Simmons cleanly jumped over the gap between the guard and long snapper in the offensive line and swatted the kick, which bounced into the arms of Ford-Wheaton for a clinching score that sent the home fans to the exits.

VIKINGS 23, JETS 17: Andrew Van Ginkel returned the first of Aaron Rodgers’ three interceptions 63 yards for a touchdown and Minnesota (5-0) stayed undefeated by holding on for a win over New York (2-3) at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.

The Jets trailed 17-0 early, but had a chance to drive for a potential winning score in the final minutes. But Stephon Gilmore intercepted Rodgers’ pass intended for Mike Williams and the Vikings improved to 5-0 for the first time since 2016.

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TEXANS 23, BILLS 20: C.J. Stroud threw for 331 yards and a touchdown and Ka′imi Fairbairn’s tiebreaking 59-yard field goal as time expired lifted Houston (4-1) to a win over visiting Buffalo (3-2).

The Texans led 20-3 after a field goal early in third quarter before the Bills scored 17 straight points to tie it with about 3½ minutes to go.

CARDINALS 24, 49ERS 23: Kyler Murray had a long touchdown run in the first quarter and rallied Arizona (2-3) with two fourth-quarter scoring drives in the Cardinals’ victory over San Francisco (2-3) in Santa Clara, California.

Murray threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Elijah Higgins early in the fourth quarter that cut the deficit to 23-21 and then set up Chad Ryland’s 35-yard field goal with 1:37 to play to give the Cardinals (2-3) the lead.

San Francisco’s Brock Purdy then threw his second interception of the game when he was hit by Jalen Thompson, and Kyzir White came up with the floater.

COMMANDERS 34, BROWNS 13: Jayden Daniels bounced back from an early interception with the longest touchdown pass of his young NFL career and rushed for 82 yards, and Washington got its best defensive performance of the season to rout Cleveland in Landdover, Maryland, for its fourth consecutive victory.

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Washington is 4-1 for the first time since 2008. Cleveland has lost three in a row to drop to 1-4.

PACKERS 24, RAMS 19: Jordan Love bounced back from the first pick-6 of his career to throw a pair of touchdown passes to Tucker Kraft in the second half as Green Bay rallied for a victory over Los Angeles in Inglewood, California.

The Packers trailed 13-7 late in the second quarter after Jaylen McCollough intercepted Love’s off-balance attempt to throw the ball away and ran it in from 4 yards. But Green Bay (3-2) scored on its next three drives and benefited from a pair of turnovers to beat the Rams (1-4) for the ninth time in their last 10 regular-season meetings.

BEARS 36, PANTHERS 10: Caleb Williams threw for 304 yards and two touchdowns in his best performance to date, DJ Moore caught both scoring passes and had 105 yards receiving against his former team, and host Chicago (3-2) beat Carolina (1-4).

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