AROUND THE NFL

LIONS 34, VIKINGS 23

Jared Goff threw for 330 yards and three touchdowns, leading surging Detroit past NFC North-leading Minnesota. The Vikings needed a win or tie to clinch the division title. Kirk Cousins threw for 425 yards, including a franchise-record 223 to Justin Jefferson on 11 catches. But Dalvin Cook ran for just 23 yards on 15 carries, and Minnesota couldn’t stop Goff. Detroit has won five of six, its best stretch since its last postseason appearance in 2016. Goff completed 27 of 39 passes. He started the scoring with a 41-yard touchdown pass to Jameson Williams, his first catch since injuring his left knee 11 months ago playing for Alabama in the NCAA national championship game.

JAGUARS 36, TITANS 22

Trevor Lawrence threw for a career-high 368 yards and three touchdowns and ran for a score, and Jacksonville won at Tennessee for the first time since 2013. The Jaguars snapped a five-game skid against their oldest division rival with just their second victory in this series in 11 games. Jaguars tight end, and ex-Giant, Evan Engram caught 11 passes for a career-high 162 yards and had two TD receptions.

COWBOYS 27, TEXANS 23

Ezekiel Elliott scored the go-ahead touchdown with 41 seconds remaining and Dallas rallied to beat hapless Houston. Houston appeared in position to end a seven-game losing streak after Dak Prescott threw an interception inside the Dallas 10 with 5:37 to go and the Texans leading by three. The Cowboys stiffened against a makeshift Texans offense, stuffing backup quarterback Jeff Driskel on a fourth-down run to give Prescott another shot starting just outside his own goal line. The star quarterback delivered, starting with a 21-yard completion to Dalton Schultz from the 2. Later, an 18-yarder to Schultz put Dallas at the Houston 4. Elliott scored on third down from the 2 to cap the 98-yard, 11-play drive.

CHARGERS 23, DOLPHINS 17

Justin Herbert threw for 367 yards and a touchdown and Los Angeles’ short-handed defense frustrated Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa. The Chargers moved into position for the final AFC playoff berth, ahead of the Jets. Herbert completed a career-high 39 passes on 51 attempts for his 21st 300-yard game. He became the first NFL quarterback to throw for 13,000 yards in his first three seasons. Tyreek Hill scored two touchdowns for the Dolphins, one of them on an improbable recovery of Jeff Wilson Jr.‘s fumble that Hill took 57 yards.

BENGALS 23, BROWNS 10

Joe Burrow shook off a sloppy start to throw two touchdown passes and Cincinnati ended a five-game skid to its Ohio rival. The Bengals have won five straight and nine of 11 and remained tied for the AFC North lead with Baltimore. Burrow picked up his first win in five starts against the Browns, whose playoff hopes are now all but nonexistent. Cleveland quarterback Deshaun Watson was sharper than in his debut with the team last week and threw his first touchdown pass in 707 days, a 13-yarder to David Njoku in the third quarter. But Watson also threw an interception and two incompletions on fourth down in the fourth quarter.

CHIEFS 34, BRONCOS 28

L’Jarius Sneed intercepted Denver backup quarterback Brett Rypien late in the fourth quarter, and Patrick Mahomes atoned for a threeinterception day by leading Kansas City on a clock-chewing drive. The Broncos lost QB Russell Wilson to a concussion, and the Chiefs won their 14th straight over their rival.

RAVENS 16, STEELERS 14

J.K. Dobbins ran for 120 yards and a touchdown in his return from a knee injury, and Baltimore overcame the loss of backup quarterback Tyler Huntley to beat AFC North rival Pittsburgh. He was replaced by undrafted rookie Anthony Brown. Justin Tucker kicked three field goals to help division-leading Baltimore end a four-game losing streak to the Steelers, who also lost their quarterback, Kenny Pickett.