New Orleans Saints 20, Carolina Panthers 17
Tony Jones Jr. ran for two touchdowns, rookie Blake Grupe kicked two field goals and the Saints beat the Carolina Panthers 20-17 on Monday night, improving to 2-0 for the first time since 2013.
Jones replaced the injured Jamaal Williams late in the first half and ran for 34 yards on 12 carries.
The Saints’ defense did the rest, holding Panthers rookie Bryce Young to 153 yards passing in his home debut. New Orleans limited Carolina (0-2) to 239 yards and sacked Young, the top overall pick in the draft, four times.
Derek Carr finished with 228 yards passing and the one pick. Quarterback Taysom Hill was the Saints’ leading rusher with 75 yards on nine carries.
Pittsburgh Steelers 26, Cleveland Browns 22
T.J. Watt scooped up a fumble by DeShaun Watson and ran 17 yards for the go-ahead touchdown midway through the fourth quarter, and the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Cleveland Browns 26-22 in a game overshadowed by a serious knee injury to Cleveland star running back Nick Chubb.
The Steelers (1-1) beat the Browns (1-1) for the 20th straight time at home in the regular season when outside linebacker Alex Highsmith beat Cleveland left tackle Jedrick Wills Jr. off the edge and chopped the ball out of Watson’s hands.
Watt picked it up and raced home as Pittsburgh extended its home winning streak on Monday night to 21 straight dating to 1991.
The Browns played most of the final three quarters without Chubb, who was carted off the field with what appeared to be his second major left knee injury. He suffered a dislocation and three torn ligaments while in college at Georgia. The injury is expected to sideline him for the rest of the season.
Watson completed 22 of 40 for 235 yards with a touchdown and an interception. He was also flagged twice for unsportsmanlike conduct for grabbing the facemask of a Steeler while running. The penalties cut a pair of promising drives short.
The Steelers avoided their first 0-2 start since 2019 even though their offense continued to sputter. Kenny Pickett connected on 15 of 30 passes for 222 yards, a third of them coming on a 71-yard catch-and-run touchdown by George Pickens in the second quarter.
Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson’s fourth-down pass falls incomplete to give the Pittsburgh Steeler’s the win.
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett’s pass to wide receiver George Pickens who sprints 71 yards for a go-ahead touchdown.
Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb is carted off the field after suffering an apparent leg injury during the second quarter.
On the first play of the game, Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Alex Highsmith picks off a deflected pass from Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson and returns it 30 yards for the opening touchdown.
Carolina Panthers wide receiver Adam Thielen delivers a pylon-reach touchdown with just over one minute remaining in the fourth quarter.
