NFL SUMMARIES
CHIEFS 40, RAIDERS 9: In Kansas City, Mo., Patrick Mahomes threw for a touchdown and ran for a touchdown, while Juan Thornhill returned a pick 46 yards for another score.
LeSean McCoy and Darwin Thompson also had TD runs for the Chiefs (8-4), who took a twogame lead over the Raiders by finishing off a season sweep. That means Kansas City can clinch a fourth straight division title with a win over New England and an Oakland loss to Tennessee next weekend.
Derek Carr dropped to 0-6 at Arrowhead Stadium with another miserable outing, throwing for 222 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions. The Raiders (6-6) failed to score twice in the red zone, were penalized 12 times for 99 yards, and seemingly quit when Kansas City put together a 9½-minute drive almost entirely on the ground that soaked up most of the fourth quarter.
RAMS 34, CARDINALS 7: In Glendale, Ariz., Jared Goff threw for 424 yards and two touchdowns, and Robert Woods had 172 yards receiving.
The Rams (7-5) bounced back from an embarrassing 45-6 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Monday night by embarrassing the Cardinals and stayed in the hunt for a playoff berth.
Goff methodically picked apart the Cardinals defense, which was the NFL’s worst against the pass coming into the game. He had thrown no touchdowns passes and five interceptions over his previous three games, but responded with 323 yards passing in the first half as the Rams built a 20-0 lead.
REDSKINS 29, PANTHERS 21: In Charlotte, N.C., Derrius Guice ran for 129 yards and two touchdowns and the Redskins made a late goalline stand. Adrian Peterson added 99 yards and a score as the Redskins (3-9) piled up 248 yards on the ground and scored their most points this season.
The Panthers’ (5-7) fourth straight loss could put coach Ron Rivera’s job in jeopardy.
The Redskins spotted the Panthers a 14-0 lead after quarterback Kyle Allen opened the game 8 of 8 for 106 yards with touchdown passes on Carolina’s first two possessions.
DOLPHINS 37, EAGLES 31: In Miami Gardens, Fla., DeVante Parker made two acrobatic touchdown receptions and kicker Jason Sanders, a UNM alumnus, also had a circus-like scoring catch.
Miami overcame a 14-point deficit in the second half with three touchdowns in less than 13 minutes — a remarkable achievement for one of the NFL’s lowest-scoring teams.
The Dolphins (3-9) won for the third time in their past five games.
BUCCANEERS 28, JAGUARS 11: In Jacksonville, Fla., Nick Foles ended his first three drives with turnovers that Tampa Bay turned into touchdowns. It was Jacksonville’s fourth consecutive loss by at least 17 points and could mean the end of coach Doug Marrone’s tenure with the team. At the very least, the skid will have owner Shad Khan considering changes.
Marrone, meanwhile, has to decide what to do at quarterback. He benched Foles at halftime, switching back to rookie sensation Gardner Minshew.
Minshew rallied the Jags (4-8) and had a chance to make it a seven-point game in the fourth quarter. But his hot pass slipped through Dede Westbrook’s hands and into Sean Murphy-Bunting’s arms for Jacksonville’s fourth turnover of the day.
STEELERS 20, BROWNS 13: In Pittsburgh, Devlin “Duck” Hodges threw for 212 yards with a touchdown and an interception in his second career start, rookie Benny Snell ran for 63 yards and his first NFL touchdown, and the bangedup Steelers exacted revenge for their whipping at the hands of the Browns two weeks ago.
Pittsburgh (7-5) boosted its postseason chances by rallying from 10 points down thanks in large part to Hodges.
The Browns (5-7) saw their three-game winning streak come to a crashing halt when they failed to handle a Pittsburgh offense riddled with injuries and inexperience at the skill positions. Baker Mayfield completed 18 of 32 passes for 196 yards with a touchdown and an interception; he played the entire second half with his right hand in a protective glove after smacking it against the face mask of Pittsburgh linebacker Bud Dupree.
BRONCOS 23, CHARGERS 20: In Denver, Brandon McManus’ 53-yard field goal as time expired, set up by a long interference call, capped a furious final 14 seconds and gave the Broncos a victory.
Rookie quarterback Drew Lock’s debut win for Denver came a month after Brandon Allen beat Cleveland. It made the Broncos the first team in league history to have two quarterbacks start and win their NFL debuts in the same season.
BENGALS 22, JETS 6: In Cincinnati, Andy Dalton returned from his three-week exile and got a longawaited win for the coach who benched him, throwing a touchdown pass during a victory over New York that ended the longest losing streak in Bengals history.
The Bengals (1-11) had lost 13 in a row since the end of last season.
PACKERS 31, GIANTS 13: In East Rutherford, N.J., Aaron Rodgers threw four touchdown passes in the snow and the Packers rebounded from a dismal West Coast performance.
The Packers sent the Giants to their eighth straight loss, their worst skid since 2004.