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Kansas City and Carolina win overtime thrillers.

GREEN BAY, Wis. – Dante Hall’s touchdown streak is over. The Kansas City Chiefs’ winning streak isn’t, thanks to a wild finish against the Green Bay Packers.

The Chiefs overcame a 17-point fourth-quarter deficit force overtime, then came out on top after a crazy closing sequence to beat the Packers 40-34 Sunday.

Here were the final three plays of the game, one right after the other:

Green Bay (3-3) blocked Morten Andersen’s 48-yard field goal attempt with 9:09 left in OT.

On first down, Packers running back Ahman Green – who ran 26 times for 139 yards – fumbled the ball, and Kansas City recovered.

Chiefs quarterback Trent Green threw a 51-yard touchdown pass to Eddie Kennison with 8:42 left in the extra period.

Simple as that, Kansas City improved to 6-0.

Free safety Jerome Woods, who had a 79-yard touchdown interception return in the fourth quarter, knocked the ball loose from Green. It bounced right into the hands of linebacker Mike Maslowski.

Then, Kennison juked Bhawoh Jue along the right sideline and caught Green’s pass for the winning score.

Panthers 23, Colts 20 (OT)

INDIANAPOLIS – Carolina found another way to remain unbeaten. Instead of giving the ball to Stephen Davis and watching him rumble over defenses, they got a 47-yard field goal by John Kasay 5:34 into overtime for a 23-20 victory over the Indianapolis Colts.

A week after Peyton Manning led the Colts to a record-setting comeback over Tampa Bay on Monday night, the Colts (5-1) could not come up with a second straight overtime win.

DeShaun Foster ran for 85 yards, and set up Kasay for the winning field goal. The Panthers (5-0) have now won seven straight dating to last season and are one of three remaining unbeaten teams in the NFL. The others are Kansas City (6-0) and Minnesota (5-0).

Ravens 26, Cardinals 18

TEMPE, Ariz. – Arizona quarterback Jeff Blake faced the latest of his three former teams on Sunday. Chris McAlister, Jamal Lewis and Ed Reed made it a rude reunion.

McAlister intercepted Blake twice, returning the second one 83 yards for a touchdown, and the Baltimore Ravens beat the Cardinals 26-18 on Sunday.

Lewis set a franchise record with his fourth consecutive 100-yard rushing game. The NFL’s powerful leading rusher gained 131 yards in 21 carries.

Blake completed 22 of 36 for 247 yards and two touchdowns, but was picked off three times, the third by Reed, who also blocked a punt and returned it 20 yards for a touchdown.

McAlister’s first pick set up the second of Matt Stover’s four field goals as the Ravens (3-2) came off a bye week to stay in first place in the AFC North.

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