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SPORTS Thursday 19 december 2019
Ravens, Saints, Seahawks are top 3 teams in AP Pro32 poll

at 8, and the Buffalo Bills at And the Packers head Tennessee Titans 24-21. The
9. to Minnesota for the final Texans open Week 16 as
The Bills head to Foxbor- Monday night game of the they head to Tampa Bay
ough, Massachusetts, on season and can wrap up to face the Buccaneers
Saturday to face the Patri- the NFC North with a win. on Saturday afternoon. A
ots, who are trying to clinch The Houston Texans moved win would give them their
the AFC East title for the up one spot to round out fourth division title in six
11th consecutive year. the top 10 after edging the years.q

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) scrambles for
yardage against the New York Jets during the first half of an NFL
football game, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, in Baltimore.
Associated Press

By SIMMI BUTTAR ter in the fourth quarter.
AP Pro Football Writer "Drew Brees breaks Peyton
NEW YORK (AP) — Lamar Manning's career touch-
Jackson and the Baltimore downs record with yet
Ravens have scored a per- another dominant perfor-
fect 10. mance," said Newsday's
Led by their star quarter- Bob Glauber. "Ten years
back, the Ravens extend- after the Saints' Super Bowl
ed their winning streak to run, Brees looks ready to do
10 games and wrapped it again."
up the AFC North with a The Seattle Seahawks also
rout of the New York Jets moved up one place to
last week. No. 3 after topping Caro-
With another win, the Ra- lina. And the San Francisco
vens will clinch a first-round 49ers slipped two spots to
bye and home-field ad- No. 4 after their 29-22 loss
vantage throughout the to the Atlanta Falcons.
AFC playoffs. The NFC West rivals are tied
And the NFL's top team is at 11-3.
once again the unanimous The 49ers host the Los An-
choice as the top team geles Rams on Saturday
in the latest AP Pro32 poll. night and the Seahawks
For the third consecutive host the Arizona Cardinals
week, the Ravens earned on Sunday.
all 12 first-place votes for The Seahawks host the
384 points in balloting Tues- 49ers in Week 17 to close
day by media members out the regular season.
who regularly cover the "The Seahawks rebounded
NFL. nicely after being drubbed
"No stopping Lamar Jack- by the Rams, but the real
son," Fox Sports' John Czar- test comes in the season
necki said. finale against the 49ers,"
The New Orleans Saints said Ira Kaufman of Fox 13
moved up one spot to No. in Tampa, Florida.
2 after their dominating And the Kansas City Chiefs
34-7 win over the Indianap- slipped a spot to No. 5 de-
olis Colts on Monday night. spite their 23-3 rout of the
Drew Brees became the Denver Broncos at snowy
NFL's all-time leader in Arrowhead Stadium.
touchdown passes, throw- The next four teams in the
ing for four scores. He poll all kept their places
completed 29 of 30 pass- from last week after wins:
es — 96.7 percent — for the Green Bay Packers at
307 yards before being re- 6, the New England Patriots
lieved by Teddy Bridgewa- at 7, the Minnesota Vikings