MINNEAPOLIS — Greg Joseph kicked a career-long 61-yard area objective as time expired, giving the Minnesota Vikings a 27-24 victory that prevented the New York Giants from clinching a playoff spot on Saturday.
T.J. Hockenson had a career-high 13 catches for 109 yards and two touchdowns from Kirk Cousins, who threw for a 3rd rating to Justin Jefferson with three minutes to go that was arrange by a blocked punt and gave the Vikings an eight-point lead.
Saquon Barkley’s 27-yard rush proper up the center on fourth-and-2 for the Giants with 2:01 left and the following 2-point conversion go from Daniel Jones to Daniel Bellinger tied up the sport, setting the stage for a dramatic conclusion.
Jefferson made historical past throughout the sport, passing Randy Moss to set the single-season Vikings file for receiving yards with 1,723 and hit the 100-yard mark for the twenty fourth time in his profession.
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That’s essentially the most in NFL historical past by a participant’s first 4 seasons, and Jefferson remains to be in his third 12 months.
Cousins turned the fifth participant in league historical past with 25-plus scoring passes in eight straight seasons, behind Peyton Manning (13), Drew Brees (11), Philip Rivers (11) and Tom Brady (10).
PANTHERS 37, LIONS 23: D’Onta Foreman ran for a career-high 165 yards and a landing, and Carolina racked up a franchise file 320 yards on the bottom to beat visiting Detroit. Chubba Hubbard added 125 yards dashing for the Panthers, who can win the NFC South title with victories of their remaining two video games.
Sam Darnold accomplished 15 of twenty-two passes for 250 yards and a TD, and ran for a rating to enhance to 3-1 as Carolina’s beginning quarterback. Jared Goff threw three landing passes for the Lions, who had gained six of their earlier seven video games to maneuver into playoff competition.
STEELERS 13, RAIDERS 10: Kenny Pickett threw a 14-yard landing go to George Pickens with 46 seconds remaining, and Pittsburgh capped three days of tributes to the late Franco Harris with a victory over visiting Las Vegas. The Steelers saved their faint playoff hopes alive by delivering one other last-second victory over the Raiders, identical to they did a 50 years and a day in the past with Harris’ “Immaculate Reception.”
49ERS 37, COMMANDERS 20: Brock Purdy threw two extra lengthy landing passes to George Kittle and San Francisco beat visiting Washington for its eighth straight win. Purdy saved up his spectacular play since taking on for the injured Jimmy Garoppolo early in Week 13. He has thrown two TD passes in 4 straight video games for the 49ers and has gained all three of his begins as San Francisco retains the strain on Minnesota within the race for the No. 2 seed within the NFC.
COWBOYS 40, EAGLES 34: Dak Prescott threw for 347 yards and three touchdowns, Brett Maher kicked the go-ahead area objective late and Dallas beat visiting Philadelphia. Gardner Minshew threw two scoring passes and had a TD run filling in for the injured Jalen Hurts, however his second interception arrange Maher’s go-ahead kick.
Minshew had Philadelphia 19 yards from a possible successful landing within the remaining seconds, however his desperation go into the top zone on fourth-and-10 wasn’t anyplace close to a receiver.
SAINTS 17, BROWNS 10: Alvin Kamara and Taysom Hill every had landing runs, and New Orleans went exterior and dealt with Cleveland’s arctic-like chilly in a win over the Browns. Cleveland was formally eradicated from the playoffs. The Saints have been 0-6 in out of doors video games this season earlier than rallying throughout the coldest sport in New Orleans historical past.
BILLS 35, BEARS 13: Devin Singletary and James Prepare dinner ran for lengthy touchdowns within the third quarter and Buffalo clinched the AFC East title by beating host Chicago. Josh Allen ran for a TD and threw for one more within the sport’s closing minutes to cap an in any other case subpar outing to assist the Payments safe their third straight division title with their sixth win in a row.
CHIEFS 24, SEAHAWKS 10: Patrick Mahomes threw two landing passes and ran for a rating, and host Kansas Metropolis shut down Geno Smith and the slumping Seattle offense. Travis Kelce had six catches for 113 yards,and Kadarius Toney and Jerick McKinnon had landing catches for the AFC West champions. They remained tied with Buffalo for the convention’s greatest file.
RAVENS 17, FALCONS 9: Tyler Huntley threw a first-half landing go and the Baltimore protection saved Atlanta out of the top zone for a house victory that ended up assuring a playoff spot for the Ravens. A few half-hour after Baltimore took care of the Falcons, New England misplaced to Cincinnati to place the Ravens within the playoffs.
BENGALS 22, PATRIOTS 18: Joe Burrow threw three landing passes and Cincinnati pressured a late turnover within the pink zone to protect a win over host New England. The Bengals gained their seventh straight sport and remained within the driver’s seat for a second consecutive AFC North title regardless of almost blowing a 22-0 halftime lead.
TEXANS 19, TITANS 14: Davis Mills threw a 6-yard landing go to Brandin Cooks with 2:52 left and Houston snapped a nine-game skid by beating Tennessee in Nashville. Ogbonnia Okoronkwo had two of the Texans’ 4 sacks by halftime, and Houston additionally pressured three turnovers.