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Joe Mixon was unstoppable
Photo: Joshua A. Bickel/AP
Football pro Joe Mixon put on a sensational performance in the NFL and scratched a record that was almost 100 years old.
The running back of the Cincinnati Bengals scored five touchdowns against the Carolina Panthers (42:21).
Only four players have ever been better: Ernie Nevers (1929), Dub Jones (1951), Gale Sayers (1965) and Alvin Kamara (2020) each managed six.
Mixon provided four of his five touchdowns in the first half.
Mixon, 26, has played for the Bengals since 2017.
Title contender Buffalo Bills surprisingly lost 17:20 to the New York Jets.
Meanwhile, Amon-Ra St. Brown ended the negative run with his Detroit Lions.
After five defeats in a row, the team around the German-American won 15:9 against the Green Bay Packers.
Wide receiver St. Brown caught four of nine passes for 55 yards, but went without a touchdown.
Rodgers at the lowest point in his career
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers had a pitch-black day.
The star player threw three interceptions, equaling his negative record.
The 38-year-old went under two in the red zone, i.e. within the last 20 yards from the end zone - that was Rodgers, who has been active for the Green Bay Packers since 2005, never happened before in a game.
Justin Fields with NFL record
St. Brown's older brother, Equanimeous St. Brown, was with the Chicago Bears in a narrow loss to the Miami Dolphins.
Despite a historically strong performance by Bears quarterback Justin Fields, there was a 32:35.
Fields had three touchdown passes and had 178 yards and a touchdown on running plays -- a feat no quarterback in NFL history had done before him.
Jakob Johnson experienced another disappointment with the Las Vegas Raiders.
The team around the fullback from Stuttgart lost 20:27 at the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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