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Chiefs 28 Broncos 24
The Broncos were ahead 21-20
Vic Fangio fired
The Chiefs, however, chewed up the final 4:37 and lined up in victory formation after the 2-minute warning as the crowd of 61,441 – there were nearly 15,000 empty seats – streamed for the exits, a fifth straight losing season in the books and the Broncos’ playoff drought now stretched to six years.
Mahomes 270 yards, 2 int
Drew Lock 162 yards
Cowboys 51 Eagles 26
Prescott thros 5 touchdowns, passes Romo’s record
Prescott threw a career-high five touchdown passes against Philadelphia Eagles backups, Cedrick Wilson and Dalton Schultz each had two scoring catches and the Cowboys kept their slim hopes for a No. 2 seed in the NFC playoffs alive with a 51-26 victory Saturday night.
Packers 30 Lions 37 (3-13)
Rodgers threw two touchdown passes in the first half and sat out the second half with nothing at stake as the Detroit Lions beat the top-seeded Packers 37-30 Sunday.
Bears 17 Vikings 31
Kirk Cousins passed for 172 yards and three touchdowns in the second half to lead a Vikings comeback to beat the Bears 31-17 on Sunday in a pad-the-stats game between eliminated teams.
Matt Nagy fired
Bengals 16 Browns 21
Case Keenum got his second win while filling in for Baker Mayfield on Sunday as the Cleveland Browns ended their dismal season with a 21-16 win over the Bengals, who left Burrow at home and played their backups ahead of next weekend’s wild-card round game against Las Vegas in Cincinnati on Saturday to open the playoffs.
Burrow stayed back to rest a sore right knee, so the Bengals’ star quarterback, who took Cincinnati from worst to first in his second season, would be as healthy as possible for his first postseason appearance.
Burrow said he would have played if there was more on the line, but Taylor wasn’t taking any chances and started
Brandon Allen, who threw a 4-yard TD pass to Chris Evans with 2:26 left.
Colts 11 Jaguars 26
Indy badly botched a chance to secure an AFC wild-card spot with a 26-11 loss to Jacksonville on Sunday in the “clown game,” the team’s seventh consecutive road loss to the Jaguars.
The Jaguars (3-14), meanwhile, got a much-needed celebration that ended an eight-game losing streak. And they still managed to lock up the No. 1 pick for a second straight season.
NFL rushing champion Jonathan Taylor was held to 77 yards, Carson Wentz was sacked six times and turned the ball over twice – leading to 10 points — and Indy did little to stop the usually clawless and often clueless Jaguars.
Steelers 16 Ravens 13
Roethlisberger delayed his retirement for a little longer, guiding Pittsburgh to a 16-13 win over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday that left the Steelers on the verge of an improbable playoff berth. Then they had to sweat out a night game between the Chargers and Raiders. Any result other than a tie would put Pittsburgh in the postseason, but those two teams were indeed deadlocked until Las Vegas kicked a field goal at the end of overtime to win 35-32.
T.J. Watt of the Steelers tied Michael Strahan’s single-season record of 22 1/2 sacks, reaching that milestone late in the second quarter.
Titans 28 Texans 25
Titans clinch the AFC’s top seed
Tannehill then orchestrated an eight-play, 85-yard drive capped by his fourth touchdown pass of the day, winning 28-25 and clinching that top AFC spot for the first time in 14 years and a first-round bye.
Davis Mills future?
Washington 22 Giants 7
Antonio Gibson ran for a career-high 146 yards, scored a touchdown and capped his first 1,000-yard rushing season by leading Washington to a 22-7 victory over New York on Sunday in what might have been Dave Gettleman’s final game as the Giants’ general manager.
Panthers 17 Bucs 41
Sunday’s 41-17 rout of the Carolina Panthers set a franchise record for regular-season victories, and the win — coupled with the Rams losing to the 49ers in overtime — also gave the Bucs (13-4) the No. 2 playoff seed in the NFC.
Patriots 24 Dolphins 33
Jaylen Waddle had a touchdown grab and set the NFL record for receptions in a rookie year, Tua Tagovailoa used his legs — not his arm — to get a critical first down in the final moments and the Dolphins finished their season by defeating the playoff-bound New England Patriots 33-24 on Sunday.
Saints 30 Falcons 20
The Saints (9-8) rushed off the field following their win to watch the final minutes of the San Francisco 49ers’ 27-24 overtime win over the Los Angeles Rams. The Saints needed the Rams to win in order to make the playoffs.
Jets 10 Bills 27
Devin Singletary sparked a sputtering offense by scoring twice in the final 8:21, the defense limited the Jets to a franchise-low 53 yards of total offense, and Cam Lewis even blocked a punt in a 27-10 victory.
Seahawks 38 Cardinals 30
Devin Singletary sparked a sputtering offense by scoring twice in the final 8:21, the defense limited the Jets to a franchise-low 53 yards of total offense, and Cam Lewis even blocked a punt in a 27-10 victory.
49ers 27 Rams 24
The 49ers clinched a postseason berth with a 27-24 overtime victory over the NFC West champion Rams on Sunday, thanks to Robbie Gould’s 24-yard field goal with 2:45 left in overtime and a game-ending interception by rookie Ambry Thomas.
Chargers 32 Raiders 35
Daniel Carlson’s 47-yard field goal as time expired in overtime lifted Las Vegas past the Los Angeles Chargers 35-32 on Sunday night and into the postseason.
And in the process, eliminated its AFC West rivals, while helping Pittsburgh advance.
NFL Wildcard Schedule
Saturday:
Raiders at Bengals: 4:30 EST, NBC
Patriots at Bills: 8:15 EST, CBS
Sunday:
Eagles-Bucs: 1:00 EST, FOX
49ers at Cowboys: 4:40 EST, CBS/Nickelodeon
Steelers at Chiefs: 8:15 EST, NBC
Monday:
Cardinals at Rams: 8:15 EST, ESPN/ABC
Predictions
Saturday
LV-CIN: 4:30 EST, NBC
JT: CIN
NE-BUF
JT: BUF
SUNDAY
PHI-TB
JT: TB
SF-DAL
JT: DAL
PIT-KC
JT: KC
MONDAY
AZ-LAR
JT: LAR
