SEATTLE – Never count out Marc Bulger and the quick-strike St. Louis Rams.

Bulger threw a 52-yard touchdown pass to Shaun McDonald less than 3 minutes into overtime, leading the St. Louis Rams to a thrilling 33-27 victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.

The Rams (3-2) ended Seattle’s 10-game home winning streak, with Bulger leading a 17-point rally by throwing two TD passes in the final 5:34 of regulation. Jeff Wilkins kicked a 36-yard field goal with 8 seconds left, forcing overtime.

The Seahawks (3-1), trying to open 4-0 for the first time ever, appeared to have things in control, leading 24-7 at halftime and 27-10 midway through the third period.

Bulger led St. Louis back and the Rams kept their momentum going when they won the coin flip to start overtime and took over at the 29. They needed six plays and 3:02 before McDonald beat safety Terreal Bierria on third-and-8 near midfield and raced to the end zone.

Colts 35, Raiders 14

INDIANAPOLIS – The combination of Peyton Manning and Edgerrin James was too powerful for the Oakland Raiders.

Manning completed 16 of 26 passes for 198 yards and three touchdowns, while James ran for 136 yards and a score to lead the Indianapolis Colts (4-1) past the Raiders 35-14 for their fourth straight win.

Steelers 34, Browns 23

PITTSBURGH – And to think Ben Roethlisberger might not be starting for the Pittsburgh Steelers if Tommy Maddox hadn’t injured his elbow.

Roethlisberger, becoming more comfortable and more productive with each start, confused Cleveland with his running and creativity and the Steelers won their third in a row behind the rookie quarterback, beating the Browns 34-23 Sunday.

Duce Staley complemented Roethlisberger by running for 117 yards – his third consecutive 100-yard game.

Jets 16, Bills 14

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Doug Brien kept the New York Jets perfect.

Brien kicked a 38-yard field goal with 58 seconds remaining to lift the Jets to a 16-14 victory over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, moving the Jets to 4-0 for the second time in franchise history.

Chad Pennington went 31-of-42 for 304 yards with a touchdown and an interception, but his biggest plays came at the end, when the Jets had to rally from a 14-13 deficit. Pennington went 7-of-8 for 51 yards on the winning drive, taking the Jets 60 yards in five minutes to set up the winning score.

Buffalo (0-4) had one final shot from its 48 with 2 seconds left, but Drew Bledsoe was intercepted by Terrell Buckley near the goal line.

Lions 17, Falcons 10

ATLANTA – The Detroit Lions are getting used to winning on the road.

The Lions finally scored a rushing touchdown and harassed Michael Vick into three turnovers, beating Atlanta 17-10 Sunday to keep the Falcons from their best start ever.

Joey Harrington threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to Az-Zahir Hakim on fourth down and Artose Pinner scored on a 1-yard dive with 1:57 left in the first half to put the Lions (3-1) ahead for good.

Vikings 34, Texans 28

HOUSTON – The upstart Houston Texans proved they’re never out of any game. The Minnesota Vikings and quarterback Daunte Culpepper showed them what it takes to close one out.

Culpepper threw five touchdown passes, the last a 50-yarder to Marcus Robinson on the Vikings’ second possession in overtime, lifting Minnesota to a 34-28 win.

Buccaneers 20, Saints 17

NEW ORLEANS – The Tampa Bay Buccaneers hoped the son of a former Super Bowl quarterback would help them get their first victory.

They got their wish.

But it was not Chris Simms, son of 1987 Super Bowl MVP Phil Simms, who led the Bucs (1-4) to a 20-17 victory over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday. Simms, making his first NFL start, hurt his throwing shoulder in the first quarter and was replaced by Brian Griese, son of Bob Griese, who played in three Super Bowls.

Broncos 20, Panthers 17

DENVER – Rumblin’, bumblin’, stumblin’, Julius Peppers looked up and saw nothing but 104 yards of Mile High air between himself and the end zone.

He only made it 101.

That pretty much defined the day for the Carolina Panthers, who came up just short Sunday, falling 20-17 to the Denver Broncos on a wild day filled with lots of strange and unexpected performances from lots of strange and unexpected places.

Reuben Droughns ran for 193 yards for Denver (4-1) and Jake Plummer made up for his fourth-and-goal interception to Peppers by throwing a pretty, 39-yard touchdown pass to Ashley Lelie for the winning points.

Despite the loss, Peppers will surely get a game ball – maybe a bottle of oxygen, too – for his 101-yard trek that goes down as the longest interception return in NFL history to not result in a touchdown.

Chargers 34, Jaguars 21

SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Chargers looked sharp – and played the same way.

Wearing their powder-blue throwback jerseys and white helmets from the 1960s, the Chargers did almost everything right in beating the Jacksonville Jaguars 34-21 on Sunday.

Drew Brees, the quarterback the front office didn’t want, threw two touchdown passes to Antonio Gates, the tight end who played basketball, not football, at Kent State. Gates was wide open both times.

49ers 31, Cardinals 28

SAN FRANCISCO – Tim Rattay might be a worthy successor to the 49ers’ great quarterbacks after all. He just needed the proper motivation – and the right opponent.

Rattay threw two touchdown passes and got two 2-point conversions in the final 4:35, and Todd Peterson kicked a 32-yard field goal with 11:37 left in overtime of the 49ers’ first victory of the season, 31-28 over the collapsing Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.

Ravens 17, Redskins 10

LANDOVER, Md. – With both offenses going nowhere, all the Baltimore Ravens needed was a few big plays by safety Ed Reed.

Reed scored a touchdown on a safety blitz, stopped Clinton Portis on a third-and-1 and sprung B.J. Sams for a 78-yard punt return, all in a 2-minute span in the third quarter. The Ravens scored 14 points without their struggling offense taking the field and that was more than enough to rally from a 10-0 halftime deficit in Sunday night’s 17-10 victory over the punchless Washington Redskins.