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Jenkins’ pick-6 in OT gives Jaguars 40-34 win over Cowboys

By The Associated Press free football. Najee Harris
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) carried 24 times for 86 yards
— Rayshawn Jenkins in- and a touchdown and Jay-
tercepted Dak Prescott's len Warren added a 2-yard
bobbled pass and returned TD run for Pittsburgh (6-8),
it 52 yards for a touchdown which has won three of its
that gave the Jacksonville last four.
Jaguars a 40-34 victory The Panthers (5-9) entered
over the Dallas Cowboys in the weekend in control of
overtime Sunday. their playoff destiny, need-
Noah Brown failed to se- ing four wins in four games
cure Prescott's low throw, to win the unimpressive
and Jenkins made a shoe- NFC South.
lace grab and went un- But Carolina, a run-first
touched the other way to team, couldn't get any-
end Jacksonville's NFL-re- thing going on the ground.
cord 20-game skid against The Panthers managed just
NFC teams. 21 yards on 16 carries as the
The Cowboys (10-4) ended Steelers stacked the box
a five-game winning streak and dared Sam Darnold to
and failed to secure a play- beat them.
off spot. Jacksonville (6-8), Darnold finished 14 of 23
meanwhile, could gain for 225 yards with a 5-yard
ground on Tennessee in the Jacksonville Jaguars safety Rayshawn Jenkins (2) celebrates with fans after an interception during touchdown pass to D.J.
topsy-turvy AFC South. the second half of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022, in Moore. But he was sacked
Jacksonville, Fla.
Jacksonville won the toss Associated Press four times, and the Pan-
in overtime and had a thers struggled in the red
chance to win it with Trevor on the Texans 26. end rumbled untouched rushed for 95 yards to reach zone.
Lawrence, who threw for McKinnon, who also had a into the end zone. exactly 1,000 on the sea- Trubisky led the Steelers on
318 yards and four touch- TD reception, dashed un- Wilson and the Jets had son, joining Michael Vick touchdown drives of 67 and
downs. But the Jaguars touched into the end zone one more chance. He and Lamar Jackson as 75 yards on Pittsburgh's first
went three-and-out, giving on the next play. completed a 20-yard pass the only quarterbacks to two possessions. Pittsburgh
the Cowboys a chance to Mahomes threw for 336 to Elijah Moore on fourth rush for 1,000 or more. He got the ball to start the sec-
win after squandering a yards and two touchdowns down, setting up Greg Zue- also set a franchise single- ond half and put together
27-10 lead. Prescott's third- and ran for a score as Kan- rlein for a 58-yard field-goal season rushing record for a a 21-play, 91-yard drive
down pass proved to be a sas City overcame two try. But the kick went wide QB. But the Bears (3-11) lost that took nearly 12 minutes
difference-maker. turnovers and a season- left, sending the Lions (7- their seventh straight game off the clock, culminating in
Prescott completed 23 of high 102 penalty yards to 7) to their third straight win — their worst skid since Trubisky's QB sneak for a TD.
30 passes for 256 yards, with win for the seventh time in and sixth in their past seven dropping eight in a row in SAINTS 21, FALCONS 18
three touchdowns and two eight games. games. 2002 to match a franchise NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Andy
interceptions. Two of his TD The Chiefs trailed most of The loss further damaged record. Dalton and Taysom Hill
passes went to Brown. the day. Mahomes dashed the playoff hopes for the Hurts is also closing in on his- combined to throw three
Prescott found Brown for 5 yards into the end zone Jets (7-7), who are looking tory as a rusher. He has 13 touchdown passes, and
a 13-yard score with 3:02 early in the fourth quarter to snap an 11-year post- rushing touchdowns, one New Orleans beat Atlanta
remaining. Lawrence fum- and hit McKinnon for the season drought. short of the NFL record for in rookie quarterback Des-
bled while scrambling on 2-point conversion to give Wilson threw a go-ahead a QB, set by Cam Newton mond Ridder's debut.
the ensuing possession, but Kansas City a 24-21 lead. 1-yard touchdown pass during his rookie year in Juwan Johnson had ca-
he got the ball back and Houston (1-12-1) tied it on to C.J. Uzomah with 4:41 2011. reer-high 67 yards receiv-
drove his team into position Ka'imi Fairbairn's 29-yard remaining. Starting after Hurts finished with 61 yards ing and caught both of
for Riley Patterson's 40-yard, field goal with 5:11 left in being benched for three rushing and has 747 this Dalton's scoring passes. Hill,
game-tying field goal on regulation. games, Wilson finished 18 season. He also threw for a utility player who lines up
the final play of regulation. Mills threw for 121 yards of 35 for 317 yards with 315 yards, completing 22 mostly at tight end, threw
Lawrence threw three TD and two touchdowns while two touchdown throws to of 37 passes with two inter- his second touchdown pass
passes to Zay Jones. Travis sharing time at quarter- Uzomah — and a costly in- ceptions. of the season on a 73-yard
Etienne ran for 103 yards. back with Jeff Driskel. The terception. Wilson played in Fields hit a wide-open Byron connection with rookie re-
CHIEFS 30, TEXANS 24, OT Texans dropped their ninth place of Mike White, who's Pringle for a 35-yard touch- ceiver Rashid Shaheed.
HOUSTON (AP) — Jerick straight game, their longest dealing with fractured ribs. down that pulled Chicago New Orleans (5-9) re-
McKinnon ran for a 26-yard skid since losing the final 14 Goff was 23 of 38 for 252 within five with 2:43 remain- mained mathematically
touchdown in overtime games of the 2013 season. yards and the touchdown ing, but the Bears didn't get alive in the anemic NFC
and Kansas City beat Hous- LIONS 20, JETS 17 to Wright. the ball back. South.
ton to clinch its seventh EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. EAGLES 25, BEARS 20 STEELERS 24, PANTHERS 16 Atlanta (5-9) was down by
straight AFC West title. (AP) — Jared Goff threw a CHICAGO (AP) — Jalen CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — a field goal and threating
The Chiefs (11-3) got the go-ahead 51-yard touch- Hurts tied a career high by Mitch Trubisky threw for to score with less than three
ball first in overtime but down pass to Brock Wright running for three touch- 179 yards and engineered minutes remaining when
had to punt after Patrick on fourth-and-1 with 1:49 downs and Philadelphia three long touchdown Ridder hit Drake London
Mahomes was sacked by remaining, and Detroit held outlasted Chicago. drives as Pittsburgh dealt over the middle for first-
Blake Cashman on third on to beat Zach Wilson and The Eagles (13-1), with the a major blow to Carolina's down yardage on fourth-
down. Texans quarterback New York. best record in the NFL, playoff hopes. and-5. But safety Justin
Davis Mills fumbled on a Coming out of the two-min- made just enough plays to Trubisky, filling in for con- Evans punched the ball
scramble on Houston's first ute warning, Goff looked come away with a tighter- cussed rookie Kenny Pick- from London's grasp, and
play, and it was recovered to his left and found Wright than-anticipated win. ett, ran for a 1-yard touch- cornerback Bradley Robey
by Kansas City's Willie Gay wide open, and the tight Chicago's Justin Fields down and played turnover- snagged it out of the air.q