{"id":3902,"date":"2022-12-20T23:34:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T23:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/nfl-jaguars-stun-cowboys-in-overtime-chiefs-make-play-offs-tom-brady-blows-lead\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T23:34:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T23:34:21","slug":"nfl-jaguars-stun-cowboys-in-overtime-chiefs-make-play-offs-tom-brady-blows-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/nfl-jaguars-stun-cowboys-in-overtime-chiefs-make-play-offs-tom-brady-blows-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL: Jaguars stun Cowboys in overtime, Chiefs make play-offs & Tom Brady blows lead"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Two more thrilling overtime games saw the Kansas City Chiefs avoid an upset to book their play-off spot, while the Dallas Cowboys fell to a shock defeat at the Jacksonville Jaguars.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Jaguars scored with a late pick six as Dallas blew a 17-point lead.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers also gave up the same lead as Tom Brady collected some unwanted records as he lost to Joe Burrow’s in-form Cincinnati Bengals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jalen Hurts ran the Philadelphia Eagles to a 13th win this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the Minnesota Vikings’ <\/span>historic fightback<\/span><\/a> on Saturday, the Jaguars and the Bengals added 17-point comebacks to mark the first time in league history three teams had overturned such a big deficit in the same week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the resurgent Detroit Lions won yet again and have a chance of a play-off spot, as do the New York Giants after their important 20-12 victory against the Washington Commanders.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Giants’ win handed Dallas a reprieve after their shock loss by sealing the Cowboys’ place in the play-offs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jaguars stun Cowboys, Chiefs escape in Houston<\/h3>\n
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Willie Gay (centre) celebrates recovering a fumble as the Chiefs beat the Texans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It looked an easy task on paper for the Chiefs to beat the one-win Houston Texans and claim a seventh consecutive AFC West title, but in the end they needed Jerick McKinnon’s touchdown run in overtime to claim a 30-24 win.<\/span><\/p>\n

Only the Patriots, with 11, have a longer streak of divisional wins than Kansas City’s current dominant run, but with Patrick Mahomes at quarterback the Chiefs have found a rare level of consistency as they make yet another bid for the Super Bowl. <\/span><\/p>\n

“I think one of the most difficult things in the National Football League is consistent success,” said Chiefs owner Clark Hunt. <\/span><\/p>\n

“The rules are designed to make that difficult, whether that’s the draft or the salary cap. So, it’s a real testament to the job that general manager Brett Veach and coach Andy Reid have done over the last several years.”<\/span><\/p>\n

While the Chiefs escaped, the Cowboys could not as they blew a 17-point lead to lose 40-34 thanks to Rayshawn Jenkins scoring an interception return touchdown for the Jaguars in overtime.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jenkins took Dak Prescott’s tipped pass 52 yards to seal a big upset victory for the Jaguars who, helped by four Trevor Lawrence touchdown passes, moved to a 6-8 record that keeps them in touch in the AFC South after the Tennessee Titans lost against the Los Angeles Chargers.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I was running for dear life,” Jenkins said. “My hamstrings about to pull and everything.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Lions still hot as Eagles march towards top seed<\/h3>\n

Hurts threw two interceptions and no touchdown passes, but that is no problem for the Eagles quarterback as instead he ran in three scores to help Philadelphia beat Chicago 25-20 to match their team record with a 13th win of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was also Hurts’ 13th rushing touchdown of the season, putting him just one behind the NFL quarterback record, while on the opposite side Justin Fields of the Bears also had a landmark night as he became just the third quarterback to reach 1,000 rushing yards in a season. <\/span><\/p>\n

Chicago, though, have lost seven in a row and need a big improvement to give their star quarterback a chance next season, as Philly have done with Hurts, who is right there in the MVP picture after another all-round display.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Brock Wright scores the winning touchdown for Detroit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Detroit Lions’ turnaround could yet lead to an unlikely play-off spot, because from a 1-6 start they are now 7-7 after Jared Goff threw a late 51-yard touchdown pass to Brock Wright to beat the New York Jets 20-17.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both sides are now 7-7 and just outside the wildcard spots, but while the red-hot Lions are fancied to get back into the play-offs after six seasons, the Jets’ 11-year drought looks more likely to continue after three consecutive defeats.<\/span><\/p>\n

Second-half Cincinnati stun Brady, Patriots self-destruct <\/h3>\n
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Tom Brady loses a fumble in one of his four turnovers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brady was 89-0 when holding a 17-point lead in home games over his career before the Buccaneers imploded to help the Cincinnati Bengals win 34-23 and go top of their division with an eighth win in nine.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a classic game of two halves the Buccaneers dominated to go in 17-3 at half time, but Brady committed a career-high four turnovers on consecutive possessions in the second half to give Burrow the chance to throw four touchdown passes and win the game.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Bucs still somehow top their division, but Brady has now lost eight games in a season for the first time in his 23-year career, and needs to win the last three to avoid a first losing campaign in the NFL.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brady’s former team the New England Patriots also pushed the self-destruct button as they found a spectacular way to lose to the Las Vegas Raiders on the very last play of the game.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the game tied at 24-24 and heading for overtime, New England’s Jakobi Meyers tried a wild backwards pass to keep the last play of regular time alive, only to throw it straight to Chandler Jones, a former Patriot, who returned it 48 yards to grab victory for the Raiders out of nowhere.<\/span><\/p>\n

Losing on such a huge mistake will likely have Bill Belichick seething, not least because it drops the Pats to 7-7 and facing a big scramble to grab a wildcard spot.<\/span><\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Carolina Panthers 24-16, the New Orleans Saints were 21-18 winners against the Atlanta Falcons, and Brett Rypien stood in for Russell Wilson as the Denver Broncos beat the Arizona Cardinals 24-15.<\/span><\/p>\n

Packers retain play-off hopes<\/h3>\n
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AJ Dillon celebrates a touchdown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Green Bay Packers kept their slim play-off hopes alive with a 24-12 victory over the Los Angeles Rams in Monday’s game.<\/span><\/p>\n

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers connected on 22 of 30 passes for 229 yards and a touchdown with one interception as Green Bay improved to 6-8 against the reigning Super Bowl champions, who are out of play-off contention.<\/span><\/p>\n

AJ Dillon ran for two touchdowns for the home side.<\/span><\/p>\n

With three games remaining, the Packers trail the Washington Commanders for the final NFC play-off spot.<\/span><\/p>\n

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