Sooners in the NFL: Week 9

Jones Comes Through in Relief for Pittsburgh

Landry Jones made his NFL debut in Week 6 as an injury replacement, then made his first NFL start in a Week 7 loss to Kansas City. He went back to the bench in Week 8 as Ben Roethlisberger returned to his starting role.

In Week 9 against Oakland, Pittsburgh led the Raiders 35-28 with 7:30 minutes to play went Roethlisberger went down with an injury. Jones' first drive in relief started promising but it was derailed by a pair of penalties.

Oakland tied the game up with less than two minutes to play, and Pittsburgh took over at its own 20. Facing a third-and-2, Jones hit Antonio Brown for a 57-yard gain to set up a game-winning field goal with just two seconds left to play.

Jones finished the game 4-6 for 79 yards and will be the starter going forward until Roethlisberger is cleared to play.

In the loss for Oakland, linebacker Curtis Lofton made four tackles, while Stacy McGee had one stop.

Bradford, Murray Help Eagles to Overtime Win

Philadelphia evened its season record at 4-4 thanks to a 33-27, overtime win over Dallas Sunday night.

Sam Bradford threw for 295 yards as he completed 25 of 36 passes and threw the game-winning touchdown in overtime, while DeMarco Murray ran for 83 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries and caught six passes for 78 additional yards against his former team.

Also for the Eagles, Lane Johnson made his first career start at left tackle, though it wasn't completely foreign to him as he did make 11 starts at the position for Oklahoma in 2012.

In the loss, tight end James Hanna was targeted once by the Cowboys.

Notable Performances

Adrian Peterson ran for 125 yards and a touchdown on 29 carries and caught two passes for 18 yards as Minnesota defeated St. Louis, 21-18 … Kenny Stills caught three passes for 74 yards, rookie Jordan Phillips had a sack and Damien Williams returned three kicks for 36 yards, but Miami was beaten by Buffalo, 33-17 … the first reception of Aaron Ripkowski's career went for 18 yards, and he added a tackle on special teams, but Green Bay lost to Carolina, 37-29 … Aaron Colvin had a career-high eight tackles but Jacksonville was defeated by the New York Jets, 28-23 … rookie Geneo Grissom recorded one tackle in New England's 27-10 win over Washington … Trent Williams started at left tackle for Washington in the loss, while Tress Way punted four times for an average of 47.5 yards per kick … Gerald McCoy recorded one tackle for Tampa Bay during its 32-18 loss to the New York Giants … Chris Chester started at right guard for Atlanta in its 17-16 loss to San Francisco

This and That

The following players saw playing time but did not record any stats: tight end Blake Bell (San Francisco) and linebacker Corey Nelson (Denver)

The following players were on a bye: tight end Jermaine Gresham (Arizona), defensive back Jamell Fleming (Kansas City), safety Tony Jefferson (Arizona), defensive tackle David King (Seattle), linebacker Travis Lewis (Detroit), offensive tackle Donald Stephenson (Kansas City) and long snapper James Winchester (Kansas City)

The following players were made inactive: offensive lineman Gabe Ikard (Buffalo)

The following players were active but did not play: offensive tackle Daryl Williams (Carolina)

Players Mentioned

Blake Bell

Blake Bell

Geneo Grissom

Geneo Grissom

Jordan Phillips

Aaron Ripkowski

Daryl Williams

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