Chiefs clinch AFC West; Ravens clinch playoffs
BUFFALO, N.Y. » Lamar Jackson threw three touchdown passes and the Baltimore Ravens became the AFC’s first team to clinch a playoff berth following a 24-17 win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.
Baltimore extended its franchise-best winning streak to nine and improved to 112, its best record through 13 games in team history.
Jackson finished 16 of 25 for 145 yards and appeared to blow open the game by putting the Ravens up 24-9 following a 4-yard touchdown pass to Willie Snead with
9:49 left.
CHIEFS 23, PATRIOTS 16 » Kansas City clinched the AFC West when Bashaud Breeland knocked away Tom Brady’s fourth-down pass attempt to Julian Edelman in the end zone.
The Chiefs survived a series of mistakes and questionable calls by the officials to hold off the Patriots. Combined with Oakland’s loss to Tennessee, the Chiefs (9-4) took their division. And the loss ended the Patriots’ 21game home win streak in the regular season and playoffs, which was tied for the longest in team history. It also was the third-longest string in NFL history.
New England lost two in a row.
49ERS 48, SAINTS 46 » Jimmy Garoppolo passed for 349 yards and four touchdowns, Robbie Gould kicked a 30yard field goal as time expired. Garoppolo’s clutch completion to tight end George Kittle for a 39-yard gain — plus a defensive facemask penalty — on fourth-and-2 from the San Francisco 33 helped set up Gould’s winning kick. TITANS 42, RAIDERS 21 » Ryan Tannehill threw for 391 yards and three touchdowns, Derrick Henry ran for two scores and the Titans won their fourth straight game. (10-3) has
STEELERS 23, CARDINALS 17» Diontae Johnson ran for an
85-yard touchdown on a punt return and caught a pass for another score.
CHARGERS 45, JAGUARS 10» Philip Rivers threw for 314 yards and three touchdowns, including an 84-yarder to Austin Ekeler that was the longest completion of the quarterback’s 16-year NFL career. PACKERS 20, REDSKINS 15» Aaron Jones rushed for a season-high 134 yards and a touchdown on just 16 carries. Jones had his third
100-yard rushing game of the season and hauled in six catches for 58 yards. With fewer than three minutes left in the game, the third-year running back had more total yards (192) than the Redskins (187).
BUCCANEERS 38, COLTS 35 » Jameis Winston threw for 456 yards and four touchdowns, helping the Buccaneers rally to beat the reeling Colts. FALCONS 40, PANTHERS 20 » Matt Ryan threw the longest touchdown pass of his career and became the 10th quarterback in NFL history to reach
50,000 yards.
BRONCOS 38, TEXANS 24 » Rookie Drew Lock threw for
309 yards and three touchdowns, Kareem Jackson had an interception and returned a fumble 70 yards for a touchdown against his former team.
BROWNS 27, BENGALS 19» Nick Chubb ran for 106 yards — 99 after halftime — and Baker Mayfield and Kareem Hunt had rushing touchdowns. JETS 22, DOLPHINS 21 » Sam Ficken kicked a 44-yard field goal as time expired after New York benefited from a pass interference call determined by the league’s officiating office. VIKINGS 20, LIONS 7 » Danielle Hunter had three of Minnesota’s five sacks to spearhead a resurgence by the defense to stick the Lions with their sixth straight loss.