NFL Results & Week 11 recap: Bills end Chiefs run, Steelers beat Ravens & Lions run riot

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Paul Higham

BBC Sport journalist

The Kansas City Chiefs’ lengthy unbeaten trudge lastly got right here to an kill by the fingers of the Buffalo Funds in one in every of a replacement of commentary wins in the NFL on Sunday.

After 15 straight wins the defending Enormous Bowl champions had been outplayed in Buffalo because the Funds deservedly ran out 30-21 winners.

The Pittsburgh Steelers had been also gargantuan winners as they beat arch rivals Baltimore despite no longer scoring a touchdown.

The Detroit Lions scored a half of century against lowly Jacksonville as they proceed to survey the stand out aspect in the NFC, while the Green Bay Packers defeated Chicago on the final play of the sport.

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Ethical from intercepting Patrick Mahomes’ first pass of the sport, Buffalo looked the better aspect as they moved appropriate a sport in the again of their gargantuan rivals in the elope for the AFC play-offs top seed.

Mahomes kept the Chiefs in it with three touchdown passes, but appropriate as they threatened but one other escapology act Funds quarterback Josh Allen took the sport into his own fingers and settled it with a barnstorming 26-yard touchdown trudge.

That makes four straight traditional season wins over the Chiefs for Buffalo, who receive lost three play-off meetings between the facets in the previous four years.

This became once a extra managed and entire efficiency than popular by the Funds, with out Allen having to enact the entire lot by himself and a sixth successive victory takes them to nine wins and two losses.

It became once also a rare convincing defeat of Kansas City – their first by extra than a web since October 2021 – as they enact the weekend 9-1.

Buffalo kept Mahomes’ offence to a season-low 259 yards and scored 30 choices against a Chiefs defence that had long gone 30 video games with out conceding that many.

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Additionally hot on the Chiefs’ heels are Pittsburgh, who showed why they’d perhaps perhaps perhaps appropriate receive the most efficient defence in the league. They shackled Lamar Jackson’s top-ranked offence to beat Baltimore in a tight affair.

Jackson most efficient generated one touchdown himself, appropriate over a minute before the kill, but might perhaps perhaps perhaps now not then trudge in a two-level conversion because the Ravens lost 18-16.

Kicker Chris Boswell booted six discipline needs to achieve all 18 choices for Pittsburgh, who receive now won eight of the previous nine against their gargantuan division rivals.

But two-time NFL most priceless participant Jackson has appropriate one fetch in five video games against a Steelers aspect he appropriate can no longer determine. And the Ravens’ inability to fetch tight low-scoring video games continued. All four of their defeats this season receive blueprint in fits wherein they didn’t attain 25 choices.

The Steelers, in the meantime, give a enhance to to 8-2 to rob protect watch over of the AFC North but will must peer extra out of Russell Wilson and the offence.

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The Detroit Lions are searching unstoppable in the NFC as they recorded the ideal fetch in their historical previous with a 52-6 rout of the Jacksonville Jaguars – who suffered their heaviest defeat as they slumped to 2-9.

Jared Goff threw a occupation-worst five interceptions final week but answered with 412 yards, four touchdown passes and a ultimate passer rating because the Lions made it eight wins in a row to transfer to 9-1.

It is their most efficient originate to a season since 1934 as Dan Campbell’s aspect reinforced their space because the NFC favourites to execute what would perhaps be their first ever Enormous Bowl.

The NFL’s most-played competition seen the Green Bay Packers fetch in their 209th sport against the Chicago Bears thanks to a blocked discipline map on the final play.

Rookie Caleb Williams did all the laborious work with a substantial force to construct apart of residing-up the discipline map, but Green Bay got a hand on it to execute a 20-19 victory and an 11th straight fetch over the Bears.

The Minnesota Vikings won their third in a row – 23-13 over the Tennessee Titans – to drag 8-2 and dwell a sport in the again of Detroit and one sooner than Green Bay in the sophisticated NFC North.

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The Aaron Rodgers fairytale in New York seems over because the Jets lost 28-27 against the Indianapolis Colts to bolt to 3-8 and all-but out of play-off competition.

Rodgers lost his first season with the Jets to an Achilles tendon injure, but this one is no longer significant enchancment and this might perhaps perhaps rob a substantial turnaround after their bye week to salvage one thing from this space.

Unlike the 40-yr-outdated oldest quarterback in the league, Anthony Richardson is the second youngest in the NFL on the age of 22 and has given his aspect play-off hopes by dragging his team to 5-6.

It might well most likely perhaps perhaps perhaps also be curtains for the Cincinnati Bengals who again showed loads of heart and skill but but again got right here up instant against the Los Angeles Chargers to recede to 4-7.

Joe Burrow led a 21-level second-half of comeback but a dead missed discipline map gave the Chargers the likelihood to fetch it and JK Dobbins rushed for a 29-yard touchdown 18 seconds from the kill to seal a 34-27 victory. LA are now 7-3 for the season.

Geno Smith scored a dramatic dead touchdown with appropriate 12 seconds left to give Seattle a surprise 20-17 fetch in San Francisco and leave the 49ers backside of the NFC West.

They every take a seat on 5-5 though, as enact the Los Angeles Rams after Matthew Stafford threw four touchdown passes to lend a hand them beat the New England Patriots 28-22.

Denver survey to receive found their franchise quarterback if rookie Bo Nix continues his newest execute. Nix tossed four touchdowns because the Broncos battered Atlanta 38-6 to give a enhance to to 6-5.

The most versatile man in the NFL, Taysom Hill, had a rare sport with three touchdown runs and 248 mixed yards from also appearing as a receiver, passer and returner – all of which helped the New Orleans Saints beat Cleveland 35-14.

Tua Tagovailoa threw three touchdowns as Miami moved to 4-6 by beating Las Vegas 34-19 to hold to their play-off hopes.

• Baltimore Ravens 16-18 Pittsburgh Steelers

• Jacksonville Jaguars 6-52 Detroit Lions

• Los Angeles Rams 28-22 New England Patriots

• Cleveland Browns 14-35 New Orleans Saints

• Indianapolis Colts 28-27 New York Jets

• Minnesota Vikings 23-13 Tennessee Titans

• Las Vegas Raiders 19-34 Miami Dolphins

• Green Bay Packers 20-19 Chicago Bears

• Kansas City Chiefs 21-30 Buffalo Funds

• Seattle Seahawks 20-17 San Francisco 49ers

• Atlanta Falcons 6-38 Denver Broncos

• Cincinnati Bengals 27-34 Los Angeles Chargers

• Washington Commanders 18-26 Philadelphia Eagles

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