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)

GENEVA (AP) — A 5.5-carat triangular-cut diamond billed as the largest fancy vivid blue-green diamond known to exist sold for more than 13.5 million Swiss francs ($17.3 million) on Wednesday, Christie’s said, calling it a record price for a stone of its kind sold at auction.

The “Ocean Dream,” the standout offer at the auction house's Geneva sale of jewelry, was found in Central Africa in the 1990s. The price easily topped the presale estimate to fetch 7-10 million francs (around $9-13 million).

Rahul Kadakia, president of Christie's Asia Pacific, said that an unspecified private client was the buyer, and the stone took about 20 minutes to sell — an indication that interest was high.

The price was more than double that of the roughly $8.5 million that the gem, which was featured among rare colored diamonds at the Smithsonian Splendour of Diamonds Exhibition in 2003, sold for at Christie's in 2014.

“A stellar result worthy of the world’s rarest blue-green diamond,” Tobias Kormind, managing director of online jeweler 77 Diamonds, said in a statement.

On Tuesday, a six-carat fancy vivid blue diamond at a Geneva auction at Sotheby's didn't sell.

The auction house said that the rare stone unearthed from South Africa’s famed Cullinan mine had come in with a presale estimate of 7.2 million to 9.6 million francs ($9.2 million to $12.3 million).

“Although the diamond didn’t find a buyer during the auction, we are now in conversations with several interested parties and are confident that it will find a new home soon,” Sotheby’s said in a statement.

Both houses say collectors are increasingly drawn to rare, colored diamonds, which make up only a fraction of all the diamonds mined around the world.

FILE - Sotheby's Deputy Chairman, Middle East & Head of Sotheby's UAE, Katia Noun Boueiz wears the Mediterranean Blue diamond during its worldwide debut in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, file)

A Christie's employee displays "The Ocean Dream", the largest fancy vivid blue-green diamond, weighting 5.50 carats, estimated at 7,000,000 to 10,000,000 CHF during a preview at Christie's in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, May 7, 2026. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)