Purdy, 49ers just keep on rolling
Brock Purdy threw two long touchdown passes to George Kittle and the host San Francisco 49ers beat the Washington Commanders 37-20 on Saturday for their eighth straight win.
Purdy kept up his impressive play since taking over for the injured Jimmy Garoppolo early in Week 13, looking far better than expected for the player picked last in this year's NFL draft.
He has won all three of his starts as the 49ers (11-4) keep the pressure on Minnesota in the race for the No. 2 seed in the NFC.
Taylor Heinicke threw two TD passes for Washington (7-7-1) but also lost a fumble and threw an interception in the fourth quarter.
The Commanders are winless in their last three games.
San Francisco scored its first touchdown on a 71-yard end around by Ray Ray McCloud.
Joe Burrow threw three TD passes and visiting Cincinnati topped New England.
The Bengals (11-4) won their seventh straight game and remained in the driver's seat for a second consecutive AFC North title despite nearly blowing a 22-0 halftime lead.
The Patriots had the ball on the Cincinnati 5 with just over a minute to play when Rhamondre Stevenson was hit by Vonn Bell and fumbled, leading to Josh Tupou's recovery.
Burrow finished 40 of 52 for 375 yards and two interceptions. Trenton Irwin had two touchdown catches. Tee Higgins also caught a TD.
Mac Jones was 21 of 33 for 240 yards and two TDs for the Patriots (7-8).
Devin Singletary and James Cook ran for long touchdowns in the third quarter, and visiting Buffalo clinched the AFC East title by beating Chicago.
Josh Allen ran for a TD and threw for two more as the Bills (12-3) secured their third straight division title with their sixth win in a row.
Chicago (3-12) matched a franchise record with its eighth straight loss.
Patrick Mahomes threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score, and host Kansas
City shut down Geno Smith and Seattle's slumping offense.
Kadarius Toney and Jerick McKinnon had touchdown catches as the AFC West champion Chiefs (12-3) remained tied with Buffalo for the conference's best record.
The Chiefs stopped the Seahawks (7-8) twice on fourth down, picked off Smith in the end zone and dealt Seattle its fifth loss in six games.
Tyler Huntley threw a first-half touchdown pass to Demarcus Robinson, and host Baltimore (10-5) topped Atlanta (5-10) and clinched a playoff spot.
D'Onta Foreman ran for 165 yards and a TD, Chuba Hubbard added 125 yards rushing and Carolina (6-9) racked up franchise records of 320 yards on the ground and 570 total offensive yards in a home win over Detroit.
Sam Darnold completed 15 of 22 passes for 250 yards and a TD and ran for a score to improve to 3-1 as Carolina's starting quarterback.
Jared Goff threw three TD passes to Shane Zylstra for the Lions (7-8).
Davis Mills threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Brandin Cooks with 2:52 left, and visiting Houston (2-12-1) snapped a nine-game skid by beating Tennessee (7-8), which lost its fifth straight.
Alvin Kamara and Taysom Hill each had touchdown runs and New Orleans (6-9) beat Cleveland (6-9).