The conference-leading Packers and Titans each fell of their Sunday video games, whereas the Colts, Bengals, Chiefs and others racked up spectacular wins.
LOS ANGELES — It virtually looks like we’re coming again and saying the identical actual factor each single Monday morning. For about four-straight weeks now, it is simply been carnage within the NFL with high groups constantly happening in upset style.
In Week 11, we noticed the highest NFC group and the highest AFC each go down because the Packers misplaced to the Vikings and the Titans misplaced to the Texans.
That offers us a brand new group on the high of the NFC with the Arizona Cardinals main the NFC once more after a powerful win over the Seahawks with Colt McCoy behind middle. The Titans stay on the high of the AFC, however will greater than probably be topped by the Patriots and perhaps even the Chiefs as nicely within the AFC energy rankings this week.
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NFC, AFC high seeds fall
The groups on the high simply proceed to lose. We have seen it in current weeks with shocking losses from the Payments, Bucs, Rams, Ravens, Cowboys and now we now have one other couple of groups so as to add.
The Tennessee Titans had been embarrassed on their dwelling turf by the final place Houston Texans on Sunday 22-13. The Titans dedicated 5 turnovers to Houston’s zero as Ryan Tannehill threw 4 interceptions.
The Texans had simply 190 complete yards to Tennessee’s 420, however that is all they wanted to get the upset victory.
The Titans at the moment are 8-3 on the 12 months after they got here into Sunday’s recreation using a six-game win streak.
In the meantime over the NFC, the Inexperienced Bay Packers fell in a good recreation to the Minnesota Vikings.
The Vikings have been a type of bizarre inconsistent groups this 12 months however they’ve now taken down the Chargers and Packers in back-to-back weeks.
It was a powerful present from each QBs as Aaron Rodgers completed with 385 yards and 4 touchdowns whereas Kirk Cousins had 341 yards and three touchdowns.
The Vikings pulled off the 34-31 win on a final second subject purpose after the Packers scored a game-tying 75-yard landing on the primary play of their drive with simply over two minutes to play.
Rodgers was reportedly in “numerous ache” after aggravating a toe harm throughout the recreation. Rodgers mentioned the harm occurred within the first half after getting stepped on and he described it as “worse” than turf toe.
Inexperienced Bay is now 8-3 and a couple of.5 video games forward of the Vikings within the NFC North nonetheless, however they’ve now misplaced two of their final three and may have an enormous recreation subsequent Sunday in Inexperienced Bay in opposition to the Rams, who’re coming off a bye.
Taylor runs wild in Colts rout of Payments
Did Jonathan Taylor simply put himself within the MVP dialog?
The 22-year-old second-year operating again was improbable on Sunday for the Colts, going for 185 yards on the bottom and 4 dashing touchdowns with one other landing by means of the air because the Colts routed the Payments in Buffalo 41-15.
Taylor grew to become the primary Colts participant to ever rating 5 TDs in a single recreation and he grew to become the fifth participant with 200+ scrimmage yards and 5+ scrimmage touchdowns in a single recreation within the Tremendous Bowl period, becoming a member of Jamaal Charles, Clinton Portis, Shaun Alexander and Jerry Rice.
“The offensive line and I ready tremendously all through this week,” Taylor mentioned in his postgame interview. “We knew it was going to be a troublesome problem … We needed to settle for that problem. That is what we needed to do coming into this recreation and that was half the battle.”
Taylor will enter Week 12 main the NFL in dashing yards and touchdowns.
In 11 video games, Taylor has 1,122 dashing yards and 13 TDs on the bottom with 32 catches for 322 yards and two receiving touchdowns.
The Colts at the moment are 6-5 and simply outdoors the AFC Wild Card as there’s a jam of four-loss groups simply forward of them because it stands. The Colts have gained three-straight and 5 of their final six. They’ve one other good one subsequent week as they tackle the Tampa Bay Bucs.
Chiefs protection the story as they high Cowboys
How ’bout that Chiefs protection? Unsure how many individuals anticipated to be saying that on Sunday following the Chiefs-Cowboys matchup however right here we’re.
The Chiefs defeated the Cowboys 19-9 in a recreation the place they solely allowed three subject objectives from Dallas.
Dak Prescott threw for simply 216 yards and tossed two interceptions. There wasn’t a lot run recreation both because the Cowboys had been held below 300 complete yards.
The Cowboys protection was strong themselves, solely permitting 19 factors for the Chiefs, who went for over 40 final week in opposition to the Raiders. Patrick Mahomes accomplished simply 62% of his passes for 260 yards and no passing touchdowns, however he discovered his dependable receivers Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce repeatedly to put on down Dallas.
That is now four-straight spectacular video games for the Chiefs protection, which has held their final 4 opponents (Giants, Packers, Raiders, Cowboys) to fewer than 12 factors per recreation and below 300 complete yards per recreation.
It was a rocky begin for KC, however now they’re 7-4 on a four-game win streak as they go into their Week 12 bye.
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