Tom Brady felt right at home in his first appearance in Mexico by throwing for 339 yards and three touchdowns in the New England Patriots' 33-8 victory over the Oakland Raiders.
Brady completed his first 12 passes and picked apart Oakland's suspect defence to chants of "Brady! Brady!" from an excited crowd at the Azteca Stadium.
The large contingent of Patriots fans at the Raiders "home" game had plenty to cheer about as New England (8-2) dominated from start to finish.
After winning their debut trip to Mexico City last year against Houston, the Raiders (4-6) were completely overmatched in their return.
The offence failed to score until Derek Carr threw a TD pass to Amari Cooper in the fourth quarter with Oakland trailing by 30 points.
Brady picked apart the Raiders defence with short passes and then a 64-yard TD throw to Brandin Cooks on the third play of the second half that gave New England a 24-0 lead.
Meanwhile, Carson Wentz threw for two touchdowns and three two-point conversions after Philadelphia lost kicker Luke Elliott to a head injury as the Eagles all but wrapped up the NFC East with a 37-9 victory over the Dallas Cowboys.
The Eagles (9-1) outscored the Cowboys 30-0 in the second half while extending their winning streak to eight games, their longest since 2003-04 and tied with New Orleans for the best current run in the NFL.
Case Keenum threw for 280 yards and a touchdown as the Minnesota Vikings improved their record to 8-2 after beating the Los Angeles Rams 24-7.
Minnesota have put themselves in a good position to become the first team in NFL history to play a Super Bowl in their own stadium.
New Orleans Saints rallied from a 31-16 deficit with less than three minutes to play in the Superdome to win their eighth-straight game by beating the Washington Redskins 34-31 in overtime.
Detroit Lions recovered to beat the Chicago Bears 27-24 at Soldier Field.
Kansas City suffered their fourth defeat in their past five games, losing 12-9 in overtime to the New York Giants.
Green Bay's struggles without star quarterback Aaron Rodgers continued as they were shutout 23-0 by the Baltimore Ravens at Lambeau Stadium.
Tampa Bay won their rearranged trip to Miami 30-20 after Hurricane Irma forced the postponement on the opening weekend of the season.
Tom Savage led the Houston Texans to a 31-21 win over Arizona Cardinals, the San Diego Chargers scored 27 second-quarter points on their way to a 54-24 win over the Buffalo Bills while the Cincinnati Bengals' 20-17 victory over Denver was the Broncos' sixth defeat in a row.
Cleveland Browns' search for their first win of the season continues after losing 19-7 to Jacksonville Jaguars -- their 10th loss of the season.
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