NFL Week 13 Roundup: Panthers take down NFC-leading Rams

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bryce Young accomplished 15 of 20 passes for 206 yards and three touchdowns — two of them approaching fourth down — and the Carolina Panthers pressured three turnovers by Matthew Stafford to beat Los Angeles 31-28 on Sunday and snap the Rams’ six-game profitable streak.

The Panthers intercepted Stafford twice with Mike Jackson returning one for a 48-yard landing and ended the 37-year-old’s NFL report of 28 straight TD passes with out an interception.

Derrick Brown, who tipped a ball leading to considered one of Stafford’s first decide, got here up with a key strip-sack with 2:25 left within the sport to protect the win.

The win allowed the Panthers to stay a half sport behind the Tampa Bay Buccaneers within the NFC South. The Bucs held on to beat Arizona 20-17 on Sunday.

Stafford accomplished 18 of 28 passes for 243 yards with two landing passes to Davante Adams, his thirteenth and 14th of the season, for the Rams (9-3).

BUCCANEERS 20, CARDINALS 17

TAMPA, Fla. — Baker Mayfield tossed a two-yard landing cross to All-Pro left sort out Tristan Wirfs, Tampa Bay’s defence held within the closing two minutes and the Buccaneers beat the Arizona Cardinals 20-17 on Sunday to snap a three-game shedding streak.

Mayfield, who began after sitting out the second half of a 34-7 loss to the Rams due to a left shoulder harm, threw for 194 yards and ran for 27 to assist the Buccaneers (7-5) stay first within the NFC South. 

Jacoby Brissett, making his seventh begin filling in for Kyler Murray, threw a large cross incomplete on fourth-and-2 from the Cardinals 17 with below a minute remaining.

Arizona (3-9) has misplaced 4 straight and 9 of 10.

INDIANAPOLIS — Nico Collins scored the tiebreaking landing on a seven-yard run with 12:38 to play, Nick Chubb additionally ran for a rating, and the Houston Texans’ top-ranked defence got here up with a late cease on Sunday to seal a 20-16 victory over the slumping Indianapolis Colts.

Houston (7-5) received its fourth straight, shifting inside one sport of AFC South rival Indy (8-4), which has misplaced three of 4 to fall right into a first-place tie with Jacksonville. C.J. Stroud improved to 3-0 at Lucas Oil Stadium by going 22 of 35 for 276 yards with one interception in his first sport in 4 weeks. He cleared the concussion protocol Friday.

Collins caught 5 passes for 98 yards.

Houston sealed the win by forcing a turnover on downs with 1:45 to play after Daniel Jones had taken Indy to Houston’s 31-yard line. The Colts have misplaced two straight for the primary time this season, and this was the primary time they had been held below 20 factors.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Nick Folk lined a 56-yard subject purpose via a heavy mist as time expired to guide the New York Jets to a 27-24 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.

In a sport between two struggling groups that was something however fairly, Folk’s kick was additionally removed from it. But in powerful circumstances, the 41-year-old obtained simply sufficient on the soccer to bounce again from an earlier miss and was mobbed at midfield by his teammates because the Jets followers in a drenched and half-empty MetLife Stadium went wild.

Tyrod Taylor went 19 of 33 for 172 yards and a landing cross and likewise ran for a rating in his second begin in a row for the benched Justin Fields because the Jets (3-9) snapped a two-game skid. Adonai Mitchell had eight receptions for 102 yards and a TD, and Breece Hall ran for 68 yards and a rating.

After the protection held Kirk Cousins and the Falcons to a three-and-out, the Jets obtained the ball again at their 43 with 35 seconds left and two timeouts remaining. Taylor had a 14-yard run and hit Mitchell for 10 and 5 yards on the drive to place Folk in place for his winner.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Trevor Lawrence threw for 229 yards and two touchdowns and the Jacksonville Jaguars beat the Tennessee Titans 25-3 Sunday for his or her third straight victory. 

With the win, the Jaguars (8-4) improved their AFC playoff hopes whereas chasing their first division title since 2022. The Jaguars nonetheless have two video games left in opposition to Indianapolis, and the Colts fell to 8-4 with a 20-16 loss to Houston. 

The Jaguars additionally beat the Titans for the sixth time in seven video games. 

Josh Hines-Allen had two of Jacksonville’s three sacks of rookie Cam Ward, and the Jaguars recovered two fumbles.

CLEVELAND — Brock Purdy rushed for a landing and handed for an additional rating within the second half, and the San Francisco 49ers spoiled Shedeur Sanders’ first dwelling begin by defeating the Cleveland Browns 26-8 on Sunday.

Cleveland took an 8-7 lead late within the second quarter when Sanders connected with Harold Fannin for a 34-yard landing and Quinshon Judkins’ run added the two-point conversion. But San Francisco (9-4) scored the following 19 factors in its third consecutive win.

All three of San Francisco’s touchdowns got here on quick fields — two the results of recovering turnovers and one other after a 66-yard punt return by Skyy Moore.

Purdy accomplished 16 of 29 for 168 yards. He ran it in on a two-yard keeper within the third quarter after which had a seven-yard TD cross to Jauan Jennings within the fourth quarter.

San Francisco star Christian McCaffrey completed with 74 scrimmage yards (53 speeding, 21 receiving) and a landing, with most of his yards coming within the second half.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — De’Von Achane rushed for 134 yards and a landing, and the Miami Dolphins received their third straight sport by holding off the New Orleans Saints 21-17 on Sunday. 

The Dolphins (5-7) path first-place New England and Buffalo within the AFC East however saved their slim playoff hopes alive, whereas the Saints (2-10) have misplaced six of seven.

The Saints trailed 16-0 at halftime, however they closed to 19-17 with 1:17 remaining on Tyler Shough’s 15-yard landing cross to Devaughn Vele.

Shough was intercepted by Minkah Fitzpatrick on the two-point attempt, and the Dolphins security returned it to the other finish zone to offer Miami two factors.

SEATTLE — Ernest Jones IV returned an interception 84 yards for the primary landing of his profession, considered one of 5 takeaways by the Seahawks’ dominant defence, and Seattle blanked the Minnesota Vikings 26-0 on Sunday for its first shutout victory in additional than a decade.

The Vikings had been shut out for the primary time since Green Bay beat them 34-0 on Nov. 11, 2007. Seattle’s most up-to-date shutout win was 26-0 over Chicago on Sept. 27, 2015.

This one was a mismatch, with the Seahawks (9-3) going in opposition to an undrafted rookie quarterback in Max Brosmer, who was making his first NFL begin for the free-falling Vikings (4-8). Seattle moved right into a first-place tie with the Los Angeles Rams within the NFC West, whereas Minnesota misplaced its fourth straight.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Justin Herbert threw two landing passes whereas taking part in via an harm to his non-throwing hand, and Kimani Vidal made a 59-yard scoring run through the Los Angeles Chargers’ 31-14 victory over the spiralling Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday.

Quentin Johnston and Ladd McConkey had TD catches and Vidal rushed for a career-high 126 yards for the Chargers (8-4), who snapped again from an embarrassing loss at Jacksonville for his or her fourth win in 5 video games to maintain stress on the Denver Broncos atop the AFC West.

Jaret Patterson rushed for his first NFL landing since 2021 to ice the victory with 1:55 to play.

Los Angeles comfortably beat its longtime West Coast rivals for the fourth straight time, sweeping the season collection and emphasizing the present gulf between the Bolts and the Raiders (2-10), who had much less assist within the SoFi Stadium crowd than in previous seasons.

PITTSBURGH — Josh Allen threw for a landing and ran for an additional, Joey Bosa sacked Aaron Rodgers to spring Christian Benford for a game-tilting, 17-yard scoop-and-score, and the Buffalo Bills pushed the Pittsburgh Steelers round in a 26-7 victory on Sunday.

Buffalo (8-4) bounced again from a loss at Houston by whipping Pittsburgh (6-6) up entrance. James Cook ran for 144 yards because the Bills piled up 249 yards on the bottom and managed the clock for almost 42 minutes inside blustery Acrisure Stadium.

The swirling winds at one of many league’s trickiest venues made passing almost inconceivable. Allen accomplished 15 of 23 for 123 yards with an interception and a three-yard scoring toss to Keon Coleman, who returned to the lively roster after being a wholesome scratch the final two weeks because of disciplinary points.

The reigning MVP basically put the sport away when he bulldozed throughout the purpose line from eight yards out early within the fourth quarter to offer the Bills a 16-point lead. It was the 76th speeding landing of Allen’s profession, breaking the NFL report for landing runs by a quarterback that he briefly shared with Cam Newton.