OAKLAND, Calif. – The Oakland Raiders’ offense sputtered through another week – this time barely surviving against the lowliest team of the last decade.

Sebastian Janikowski kicked a 39-yard field goal, his third of the game, with 9 seconds left as the Raiders overcame a lackluster performance in their home opener to beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 on Sunday.

The Raiders (1-1) got a break on their final drive when Jeff Burris was flagged for pass interference against Jerry Rice, giving Oakland the ball on the Cincinnati 22 with 23 seconds left.

The Bengals fell to 0-9 all-time in Oakland. But for more than three quarters, this seemed to be their shot at a win.

Dolphins 21, Jets 10

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Miami Dolphins took their frustrations out on the New York Jets early, then had to hold on at the end.

Ricky Williams ran for 125 yards on 34 carries and the Dolphins rebounded from an embarrassing loss to the Houston Texans with a 21-10 victory over the rival Jets on Sunday. Miami won at the Meadowlands for the first time since 1997 and avoided its first 0-2 start in 15 years.

After jumping to a 21-3 halftime lead, the Dolphins stalled in the second half. The Jets (0-2) had their chances to come back.

Colts 33, Titans 7

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis Colts made a statement Sunday, and the Tennessee Titans heard it loud and clear: The AFC South is more than just a one-team division.

Edgerrin James rushed for 120 yards and scored one touchdown, a stifling defense limited Tennessee to just 236 total yards and Indianapolis finally protected their home field against the Titans with a 33-7 victory.

For the Colts (2-0), it was almost by design. James ran with power and looked like his old self, Peyton Manning threw with precision and Tennessee (1-1) never really got started. Indianapolis even knocked out Steve McNair for two series with a dislocated ring finger on his throwing hand.

Bills 38, Jaguars 17

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Buffalo Bills showed more signs of how special this season might be. The Jacksonville Jaguars looked every bit as bad as their harshest critics could have imagined.

Travis Henry ran for three scores and Drew Bledsoe threw for 314 yards and two touchdowns Sunday to help the Bills to a 38-17 victory, the most lopsided home loss for the Jaguars in their nine-year history.

Eric Moulds and former Jacksonville receiver Bobby Shaw caught touchdown passes, and the Bills (2-0) looked like one of the NFL’s most powerful teams for the second straight week.

Chiefs 41, Steelers 20

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Dante Hall’s 100-yard kickoff return, nearly mistakenly called back by the referee, and Priest Holmes’ three touchdowns Sunday led the Kansas City Chiefs to a 41-20 rout of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Once things did get sorted out and Hall’s play stood, the slow-starting Chiefs owned the momentum as they scored on offense, defense and special teams.

Broncos 37, Chargers 13

SAN DIEGO – Jake Plummer looked a whole lot better on Sunday, until he gave himself a concussion.

Plummer was hurt diving for a first down, but stayed in for two more plays, long enough to throw his third touchdown in less than two quarters and help the Denver Broncos beat the San Diego Chargers 37-13.

The Broncos (2-0) dominated the Chargers (0-2) despite losing Plummer, who was replaced by Steve Beuerlein, and then running back Clinton Portis, who suffered a chest bruise and missed the second half.

Portis had 129 yards on 12 carries, including runs of 25 and 58 yards to set up Denver’s first two touchdowns. Portis apparently was hurt on the Broncos’ last possession of the first half. He stayed in the locker room during the second half.

Plummer at least redeemed himself for his awful performance in his Denver debut, when he threw three interceptions and no touchdown passes for a 21.7 rating in the Broncos’ opening win at Cincinnati.

Of course, playing San Diego helped. The Chargers had the NFL’s worst pass defense and third-worst defense overall last year, and they didn’t look much better Sunday.

All three of Plummer’s TD passes were to wide-open receivers, including tackle Cooper Carlisle, who’s had an undistinguished four-year career as a backup.

Plummer dived for a first down midway through the second quarter and his head banged off the ground. He stayed in and threw a 6-yard TD pass to Carlisle two plays later for a 21-3 lead. Carlisle, inactive for 15 of 16 games last year, reported as a tackle-eligible and wasn’t covered.

Plummer later walked to the locker room under his own power. He finished 9-of-13 for 94 yards, with no interceptions. Beuerlein was 7-of-16 for 98 yards.

The Chargers are 0-2 for the first time since 2000, when they lost their first 11 and finished 1-15. Including last year’s collapse, the Chargers have lost six straight games and nine of 11.

The Chargers, who came into the season thinking they’d break their seven-year playoff drought, were booed often by the crowd of 65,445. The only worse defeat in a Chargers home opener was 37-0 to Pittsburgh in 1975.

Plummer looked awful on his first three throws, when he had two straight overthrows and then had his arm hit by defensive end Marcellus Wiley as he released. But a pass interference call on Quentin Jammer gave the Broncos the ball on the Denver 47. Portis ran 25 yards to help set up Plummer’s 34-yard TD throw to Reuben Droughns.

Portis had a 58-yard run on the next drive, capped by Plummer’s 1-yard pass to Shannon Sharpe.

Sharpe made a one-handed catch of a 26-yard pass from Beuerlein late in the third quarter and Mike Anderson scored on a 1-yard run three plays later for a 31-13 lead.

San Diego’s only touchdown was Drew Brees’ 23-yard pass to Eric Parker late in the first half.

Denver’s Jason Elam had field goals of 31, 45 and 34 yards, and San Diego’s Steve Christie made field goals of 19 and 25 yards.

San Diego’s David Boston, signed to a $47 million free-agent contract in the offseason, missed the game with a bruised heel.

San Diego’s LaDainian Tomlinson had 93 yards on 16 carries. Brees was 20-of-41 for 182 yards, with one TD and one interception.

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