Cardinals easily beat Rams, 34-20

Normally soft-spoken Marc Bulger had to speak up: St. Louis had just lost to the Arizona Cardinals at home, and the Rams’ mistakes Sunday made it obvious to the quarterback that some of his teammates are no longer committed.

“I know there’s some guys in here who don’t care,” Bulger said after a 34-20 loss to Arizona that touched off a flurry of finger-pointing Sunday.

Prized by his coaches for his calm demeanor, the quarterback kept his voice down and didn’t single out anyone after the Rams (5-7) were called for a season-high 126 yards in penalties.

Everything seemed OK for Arizona (3-9) on Sunday. Marcel Shipp scored three touchdowns, Edgerrin James had 115 yards rushing and Matt Leinart won for the second time in seven pro starts for Arizona, which made the most of the Rams’ mistakes to win for the first time on the road this season.

“I think we’re getting better every week,” said Leinart, who completed 15 of 24 passes for 186 yards and one touchdown.

Houston 23, Oakland 14 -- The Texans didn’t complete a pass in the second half, finished the game with negative yards passing and somehow found a way to beat the Raiders (2-10) at Oakland.

Demarcus Faggins scored on a 58-yard fumble return and Houston (4-8) used two long returns and a pair of fumbles by Randal Williams to set up 16 more points in the second half.

David Carr was sacked five times for 37 yards, leaving Houston (4-8) with negative-five yards passing.

Atlanta 24, Washington 14 -- The Falcons (6-6) faced a big first-half deficit and were headed toward their fifth straight loss.

Then came a 24-point rally over the Redskins (4-8), highlighted by a pair of big plays in the open field at Landover, Md.

Chauncey Davis’ 41-yard rumble after his first career interception set up one touchdown, and Jerious Norwood’s moves embarrassed several would-be tacklers on a 69-yard touchdown run.

New Orleans 34, San Francisco 10 -- Reggie Bush tied Joe Horn’s franchise record by scoring all four of the Saints’ touchdowns and gained 168 total yards at New Orleans.

Drew Brees failed to reach 300 yards passing for the first time in six games. He finished 17 of 28 for 186 yards. New Orleans is 8-4, San Francisco is 5-7.

New England 28, Detroit 21 -- Corey Dillon’s three short touchdown runs overcame 10 penalties, four turnovers and a safety at Foxborough, Mass. The Patriots (9-3) didn’t lead in the second half until Dillon scored on a four-yard run with 2:33 left.

Mike Vrabel’s interception, his second of the game, sealed the victory against the Lions (2-10), who have the NFL’s worst record over the last six years, 23-69.

Jacksonville 24, Miami 10 -- David Garrard threw for 229 yards and two touchdowns at Miami. The Jaguars (7-5) won for only the second time on the road and ended a four-game winning streak by the Dolphins (5-7), probably ensuring Miami will miss the playoffs for the fifth year in a row.

New York Jets 38, Green Bay 10 -- Chad Pennington put together three touchdown drives of 70 yards or more in the second quarter and the Jets cruised at Green Bay, Wis.

New York (7-5) built a 31-0 halftime lead. The Packers (4-8) barely managed to avoid being shut out at home for the third time this season.

Cleveland 31, Kansas City 28 -- Browns backup quarterback Derek Anderson threw two touchdown passes in the final nine minutes of regulation and ran 33 yards in overtime to set up Phil Dawson’s 33-yard field goal at Cleveland. Anderson had taken only one snap before Sunday. However, he replaced injured starter Charlie Frye and rallied the Browns (4-8).

Trent Green threw four touchdown passes for the Chiefs (7-5).

San Diego 24, Buffalo 21 -- LaDainian Tomlinson had 178 yards rushing at Orchard Park, N.Y., helping the Chargers (10-2) extend their winning streak to six. With a 51-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, Tomlinson joined Eric Dickerson as the second NFL player to reach 1,200 yards rushing in each of his first six seasons.

The Bills (5-7) were limited to 231 yards of offense.