Sooners Blog · Week 5 · Thursday, October 8
Tonight in Arlington
Baker Mayfield is ruled out. Tampa Bay is at Dallas, 8:15 p.m. on Prime Video. CeeDee Lamb practiced in full. Tyler Guyton is not on the injury report. Sunday, Jalen Hurts meets Anton Harrison in London. Lane Johnson retired on Tuesday.
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nflBox score · 4 min
The box from the Superdome
Falcons 45, Saints 24. Bijan Robinson ran for 145 yards and two scores. Billy Bowman Jr. and Kendal Daniels are on the tackle sheet. Danny Stutsman had five.
nflBox score · 4 min
The box from Tottenham
Colts 30, Commanders 13. The only finished game in the early window. Deion Burks caught one pass. Tress Way punted five times.
nflBox score · 5 min
The box from Soldier Field
Chicago 27, Philadelphia 7. Case Keenum threw two touchdowns and ran one in. Lane Johnson started. Marquise Brown was inactive.
nflBox score · 4 min
The box from EverBank
Jacksonville 35, New England 6. Trevor Lawrence threw three touchdowns. Rhamondre Stevenson ran for 22. Anton Harrison started.
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The box from Empower Field
Denver 30, Los Angeles 26. The Broncos trailed 16–0 at the half. Nik Bonitto had a sack. Marvin Mims was inactive.
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