Chiefs win in overtime as Bears’ Caleb Williams and Washington’s Jayden Daniels suffer injuries in NFL week two

At Soldier Field on Sunday in week two of the NFL, the Chicago Bears managed just three points in a 9-3 home defeat to the Minnesota Vikings and rookie quarterback Caleb Williams was carried off with a hamstring injury; initial reports are that his hamstring injury may not be as serious as first feared.

Elsewhere on Sunday the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Indianapolis Colts 33-30 in overtime, while Washington's Jayden Daniels left their defeat at Dallas with a serious injury to the same elbow he dislocated last season.

Defences rebounded after a high-scoring opening weekend: the Bears had scored 59 points last week but only three this time, a 56-point drop-off that the report described as the second most in NFL history, with two potential touchdowns lost to a dropped catch and a fumble and a blocked field goal compounding their problems.

In Dallas, Dak Prescott threw four touchdowns in a 37-20 victory and surpassed Tony Romo's team record of 248 touchdown passes by taking his tally to 249; Jayden Daniels looks certain to be out for some time following his elbow problem.

Kansas City's 33-30 overtime win over Indianapolis was decided by Harrison Butker's late field goal; Patrick Mahomes threw three touchdowns, recorded 382 passing yards — his most for three years — while Travis Kelce had 101 yards and a touchdown and summer signing Kenneth Walker had another huge game. The Super Bowl MVP had 178 total yards and was crucial in overtime to help overcome a strong challenge from Daniel Jones and the Colts, who may have lost their first two games but look to have plenty to build on.

The Green Bay Packers erased a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the New York Jets 20-17 in overtime and snap a six-game losing streak, while the Seattle Seahawks beat the Arizona Cardinals 31-7 for a 12th straight win; Drew Lock threw three touchdown passes to Jaxon Smith-Njigba, including an 82-yarder that was the receiver's longest of his career.

San Francisco beat Miami 35-15, scoring touchdowns on their first five possessions with Christian McCaffrey scoring twice, George Kittle finding the end zone and Brock Purdy accounting for three scores as the 49ers' defensive stars returned from injury. Cincinnati looked more balanced in a 20-6 win in Houston, highlighted by an early Ja'Marr Chase touchdown-catch contender and a defence that sacked CJ Stroud four times and kept him out of the end zone.

Philadelphia beat Tennessee when Jalen Hurts threw the winning touchdown to Darius Cooper with nine seconds remaining. New Orleans upset Baltimore 24-17 in their home opener after Tyler Shough powered over for a slightly controversial touchdown and Lamar Jackson threw a late interception. Las Vegas sit 2-0 after a 26-14 win at the Los Angeles Chargers, and Cleveland sealed an upset in Tampa Bay when DeShaun Watson threw a fourth-quarter touchdown following a two-hour weather delay.

The Atlanta Falcons were beaten 34-3 by the Carolina Panthers and became the fourth team since 1978 to fail to reach an opponent's red zone in their first two games; undrafted rookie Jack Strand replaced Cooper Rush and threw a pick-six in the loss. The report noted the Chargers have already lost by double digits to two of last season's biggest strugglers and have away games at Buffalo and Seattle, a sequence the article said could make their early-season position worse.