Bills hold off Vegas, Browns edge Ravens for division lead
Quarterback Josh Allen was instrumental in Buffalo's victory over the Las Vegas Raiders.

Josh Allen sparked the Buffalo Bills late in a tight NFL victory Sunday at Las Vegas while the Cleveland Browns edged Baltimore to seize a division lead.
Allen completed 23-of-33 passes for 255 yards and two touchdowns as Buffalo held off the Raiders for a 33-30 victory that kept the Bills atop the AFC East at 5-1.
"We're playing good football," Allen said. "A lot of things to improve on. We'll watch this one, clean it up, enjoy our bye week and then we've got to find a way to go continue to win games."
Buffalo's C.J. Gardner-Johnson was ejected for spitting on a Raiders player in the second quarter, helping set up a field goal that put Vegas level 13-13 at halftime.
Allen heaved a scrambling shot put-style 12-yard touchdown pass to Keon Coleman with 6:22 remaining to tie Jim Kelly for the most TD passes in Bills history.
"Hopefully no one intercepts this ball," Allen said he was thinking.
After Vegas equalized, Allen guided a 66-yard drive capped by James Cook's three-yard touchdown run and Tyler Bass added a 38-yard field goal to boost Buffalo's lead.
Vegas pulled within the final margin on a 44-yard Kirk Cousins touchdown pass to Tre Tucker, but the Raiders could not recover an onside kick and Buffalo ran out the clock.
At Cleveland, Andre Szmyt's 37-yard field goal gave the hosts a 13-10 win over the Ravens and the Browns an AFC North lead this late in a season for the first time since 2014.
Szmyt, who missed from 48 yards minutes before, delivered a kick that left both clubs 4-2 but the Browns atop on tie-breakers.
Patrick Mahomes completed 23-of-30 passes for 272 yards and Kenneth Walker ran for 128 yards and two touchdowns as host Kansas City (5-0) remained unbeaten by dumping the winless Los Angeles Chargers 22-6.
The NFL's two other unbeaten teams were idle with Minnesota (5-0) off this week and San Francisco (5-0) entertaining Washington on Monday.
At London, Ka'imi Fairbairn kicked a 49-yard field goal on the last play to give the Houston Texans a 34-31 victory over Jacksonville.
C.J. Stroud completed 24-of-34 passes for 312 yards and three touchdowns as Houston improved to 2-4 while dropping the Jaguars to 4-2.
Jaguars two-way star Travis Hunter made an interception and three tackles plus four catches for 59 yards and a touchdown -- the first player since 2002 with a pickoff and touchdown grab in one game.
At Tampa Bay, Aaron Rodgers flipped a six-yard touchdown pass to Germie Bernard in overtime to give Pittsburgh a 26-19 victory over the Buccaneers.
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