Ashton Jeanty breaks out with 138 rushing yards, 3 total TDs in Raiders' loss

LAS VEGAS (AP) — After an unimpressive first three games of his NFL career, Ashton Jeanty became the playmaker the Raiders thought they were getting when they made him the sixth pick in the NFL draft.

The bruising rookie had 21 carries for 138 yards — including a 64-yard touchdown run — and two TD catches against the Chicago Bears on Sunday. Unfortunately for Jeanty and Las Vegas, Geno Smith threw three interceptions and Chicago rallied for a 25-24 win.

It was the Raiders’ third straight defeat, and marked the second time this season Smith has thrown three interceptions — both at home.

“Ashton had a great day,” Smith said. “He’s a great player. He’s a guy we’ve always seen. I’ve been in this thing long enough to know how it goes, man. One week you’re the best, one week you’re the worst, it’s just how it goes.

“He’s only going to get better. Our team’s only going to get better, offense is only going to get better, and I’m for damn sure gonna get better.”

Jeanty's improvement was swift after he opened the season by averaging 48.0 yards and 15.6 carries per game through the first three weeks.

Jeanty returned to his pre-snap stance from college on Sunday, standing erect rather than hunched over, and ran with authority through Chicago’s porous defense.

The 21-year-old out of Boise State looked more like the guy who ran for 2,601 yards during his senior season, and who is supposed to resurrect Las Vegas’ rushing game.

“To see Ashton get cooking like that, you could see how special he is,” said Raiders coach Pete Carroll, who also complimented an offensive line that took plenty of criticism after the first three games. “They can’t tackle him in the open field. (He) makes it look easy, which really good players do.

“We’re very fortunate that this game finally came. We’ve been waiting for it, and everybody felt like it was just an eyelash from happening, and now that he’s busted, you can see it.”

Jeanty downplayed his big day, saying he was able to see his reads better thanks to the offensive line. He also took accountability for his first lost fumble, one of the Raiders’ four turnovers.

“That starts with me, giving the defense better field position,” said Jeanty, who fumbled 10 times in three seasons at Boise State. “I just think it would be a different game. But we’re going to get back and watch the film to see how we can get better.”

Jeanty’s long-awaited breakout performance included a few notable accomplishments.

He joined Hall of Famer Marcus Allen, two-sport star Bo Jackson and four-time Pro Bowl tight end Raymond Chester as the only first-year players in Raiders history to score at least three touchdowns in a game. He also became the sixth rookie during the Super Bowl era to have at least two TD catches and a rushing score.

“I’m more about winning, putting W's on the stat sheet, than my own personal stats,” Jeanty said.

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Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Geno Smith (7) hands the ball to running back Ashton Jeanty (2) during the first half of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)

Las Vegas Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty (2) evades a tackle from Chicago Bears linebacker Noah Sewell (44) to score a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Fans cheer as Las Vegas Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty (2) runs for a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Las Vegas Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty (2) evades a tackle from Chicago Bears linebacker Noah Sewell (44) to score a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Las Vegas Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty (2) is grabbed by Chicago Bears free safety Kevin Byard (31) as he runs toward the end zone for a touchdown during the first half of an NFL game, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein started feeling chest pains in a courthouse Wednesday as jurors deliberated in the former movie mogul’s closely watched rape retrial, his lawyers said, prompting the judge to end the first day of deliberations early.

Weinstein, 74, has myriad health problems, including cancer and a history of heart trouble, and he uses a wheelchair. He has been behind bars since 2020 and told a court in January that his “health is deteriorating” in New York's infamously troubled Rikers Island jail.

The ex-producer wasn’t in the courtroom, but rather was waiting elsewhere in the courthouse, when defense lawyer Marc Agnifilo said around 3 p.m. that court officers had told him that Weinstein was having chest pains.

Jurors weren't in the room at the time. They were about four hours into their closed-door discussions, and they had just sent a note asking to rehear part of accuser Jessica Mann ’s testimony — a brief portion in which she said she was “spacing out” during cross-examination — and to review a lengthy prosecution timeline of emails and other evidence.

Judge Curtis Farber ultimately told jurors only that there were “unforeseen reasons” for sending them home a bit earlier than planned. Prosecutors and Weinstein’s lawyers had left the courtroom so jurors would be less likely to speculate about Weinstein’s absence.

“He wants to be here, but he’s having chest pains,” Agnifilo told the judge before ducking out of the courtroom.

Jurors are due to get the requested information and resume deliberations Thursday.

Weinstein has had health problems at court before. When he was sent to jail for the first time in 2020, he was taken from the courthouse in an ambulance to be checked out at a hospital for heart palpitations and high blood pressure. In 2024, he was rushed from Rikers to a hospital and had emergency surgery to remove fluid on his heart and lungs.

Mann, 40, has testified that she and Weinstein had a consensual relationship, but that he subjected her to unwanted sex in a Manhattan hotel room in March 2013 after she repeatedly said no. Lawyers for Weinstein have maintained that the encounter was consensual, and they have emphasized that Mann continued seeing Weinstein afterward and expressing warmth toward him. Mann has said she was mired in complicated feelings about him, herself and what had happened, and was “normalizing everything.”

Her viewpoint changed in 2017, when a series of sexual misconduct allegations against the Oscar-winning Weinstein propelled the #MeToo campaign to hold people — especially powerful men — accountable for sexual misbehavior. Weinstein has said he “acted wrongly” but never assaulted anyone.

Some of those accusations later generated criminal convictions against Weinstein in New York and California.

An appeals court overturned his 2020 New York conviction on charges that involved Mann and another accuser. At a retrial last year, jurors failed to reach a verdict on Mann's portion of the case, leading to a second retrial this year. He is charged with one count of rape in the third degree.

The current jury heard nearly three weeks of testimony, five days of it from Mann. Weinstein decided not to testify.

The Associated Press generally does not identify people who say they have been sexually assaulted. Mann, however, has agreed to be named.

An earlier version of this story erroneously suggested that Weinstein left the courtroom after experiencing chest pains. Weinstein was not in court at the time.

Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan criminal court on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in New York. (Steven Hirsch /New York Post via AP, Pool)

Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan criminal court on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in New York. (Steven Hirsch /New York Post via AP, Pool)