Michael Turner ran for 139 yards and two touchdowns, Matt Ryan scored the tie-breaking TD with 7 minutes remaining, and Corey Peters came up with a huge interception, helping the Falcons seal a 31-17 victory over the Carolina Pantherson Sunday.

Panthers rookie quarterback Cam Newton, who grew up just a few miles south of the Georgia Dome, wowed the crowd most of the day. He threw for 237 yards and ran for a 14-yard touchdown that put Carolina (1-5) ahead 17-14 heading to the final quarter.

Atlanta (3-3) responded with Matt Bryant‘s tying field goal and Ryan’s 1-yard sneak. Then Newton made his biggest mistake of the day, throwing a screen pass that was picked off by Peters, a 305-pound defensive tackle. The Falcons drove for Turner’s clinching touchdown with 1:56 left.

Aaron Rodgers threw three touchdown passes, including a career-long 93-yarder to Jordy Nelson, and the Packers remained unbeaten with a 24-3 victory over the St. Louis Ramson Sunday.

Rodgers threw for 310 yards for Green Bay (6-0), which came into the game as one of only two undefeated NFL teams. James Jones and Donald Driver also caught touchdowns from Rodgers, although the Packers’ offense hit a lull and didn’t score in the second half.

Sam Bradford was 28-of-44 passing for 321 yards with an interception for the winless Rams (0-5), who were coming off their bye week.

Rams running back Steven Jackson had 18 carries for 96 yards.

Alex Smith’s fourth-down, 6-yard pass to Delanie Walker gave San Francisco the go-ahead touchdown with 1:51 left, lifting the 49ers to a 25-19 win over the previously unbeaten Detroit Lions.

The play stood after video review.

Detroit had a chance to drive for a tying field goal or a go-ahead TD but couldn’t get a first down against a swarming defense that hit and confused quarterback Matthew Stafford from the start.

David Akers gave San Francisco (5-1) a six-point lead with 1:02 to go with a 37-yard field goal.

The Lions (5-1) had one last shot and came up woefully short. Then San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh and Detroit coach Jim Schwartz had to be separated on the field after the game. Harbaugh seemed to say something that fired up Schwartz, and they bumped into each other on the field.

Michael Vick threw for 237 yards and one touchdown, Kurt Coleman had three interceptions, and the Philadelphia Eagles ended a four-game losing streak Sunday with a 20-13 victory over the Washington Redskins.

The Eagles raced to a 20-0 lead in the second quarter and held on to beat the Redskins for the 10th time in 12 tries at Washington.

LeSean McCoy rushed for 126 yards and one touchdown as Philadelphia improved to 2-4 and at last started to at least resemble the team picked to win the NFC East.

Washington dropped to 3-2.

Redskins quarterback Rex Grossman was benched after throwing his fourth interception late in the third quarter. He was replaced by John Beck, who made his first appearance since 2007 and led Washington’s only touchdown drive.