The NFL Week 12 Recap is thankful for great legs (not turkey), a lot of stuffing and a pair of historic 10-game streaks.
Bengals 14
Ravens 19
Justin Tucker is the first player in NFL history to make three 50-plus-yard field goals in the first half of a game, and his 4-for-4 performance keeps him perfect in his last 34 attempts. Couple that with a really good defense, and Baltimore looks a lot like a poor man’s version of the 2000 Ravens.
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Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images
Chiefs 30
Broncos 27 (OT)
Tyreek Hill became the first rookie to score a rushing, receiving and return touchdown in a single game since Hall-of-Famer Gale Sayers in 1965. Justin Houston is the first player in the history of the Chiefs/Broncos rivalry to notch three straight multi-sack performances. And Cairo Santos — who never had an overtime kick before Sunday but just made two in one session — saved us from a third tie this NFL season. So basically, Kansas City is a quarterback away from being the best team in the NFL’s best division.
(AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
AP Photo/Jack Dempsey
Jaguars 21
Bills 28
It took a couple years, but Rex Ryan has finally imported his “ground and pound” offense to Buffalo; the Bills lead the league with 20 rushing touchdowns this season, thanks to an offensive line literally eating up the competition .
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Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images
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Cardinals 19
Falcons 38
Call Atlanta what you will … but the Falcons have scored 30 points or more in an NFL-best seven games this season. I’ll be stunned if Kyle Shanahan isn’t a head coach two months from now.
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Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images
Giants 27
Browns 13
Poor Cleveland just can’t catch a break. A man with a fraction of a hand catches a game-changing fumble out of thin air to offset Terrell Pryor’s statement game that should’ve silenced the mouthy Giants defensive backs . No one has needed a Week 13 bye as badly as the Browns do.
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Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
Rams 21
Saints 49
In Gregg Williams’s return to New Orleans , the Saints offense played like it had a bounty on him. The 49 points were an NFL season high and basically kills any hope of playoff football in Southern California.
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Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images
49ers 24
Dolphins 31
While Dallas basks in the glow of the first 10-game win streak of their storied history, San Francisco is in the midst of the first 10-game losing streak of theirs. Meanwhile, Miami is enjoying their longest win streak (6) and best start (7-4) since 2003. My, how quickly the tide turns in the NFL.
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Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images
Chargers 21
Texans 13
Brock Osweiler is upside down in TD-to-INT ratio (12:13), Houston has more turnovers (19) than TDs (18) and have lost consecutive games for the first time this season. Even in a bad AFC South, the Texans D is going to have to drag this carcass to the playoffs.
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Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images
Panthers 32
Raiders 35
Speaking of throwbacks to 2002 … Oakland clinched their first winning season in 14 years thanks to two trends staying intact: Derek Carr shrugged off the worst pain of his life to author his team-record fifth 4th quarter/OT game-winning drive this season and Carolina lost their NFL-high fifth game decided by three points or less. Both teams’ seasons have been defined by how they fare in close games.
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Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images
Patriots 22
Jets 17
Jets brass say they don’t regret bringing Ryan Fitzpatrick back . So basically, they’re OK with the team’s minus-13 turnover differential.
Tom Brady tied the NFL record for career wins by a starting QB with 200. So basically, Bill Belichick is just OK with his QB situation .
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Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images
Steelers 28
Colts 7
Antonio Brown is the first receiver in Steelers history with three straight seasons of double-digit TD catches. Pittsburgh has had a lot of great receivers and this dude just might go down as the best of the bunch.
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Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images
Redskins 26
Cowboys 31
Kirk Cousins passed for 449 yards, the second-highest total in a Thanksgiving Day game in NFL history. The Redskins offense (which, by the way, might be one of the most productive units in franchise history ) is only the fifth team in NFL history to lose a game despite racking up 500-plus yards and playing turnover-free ball. If the ‘Skins miss the playoffs, it’ll be because of a defense that’s given up an NFL-high 16 rushing touchdowns.
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Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images
Vikings 13
Lions 16
Detroit’s Cardiac Cats have trailed in the 4th quarter of every single game this season, yet somehow sport a 7-4 record to stand alone in first place in the NFC North. This luck can’t be sustainable. Right? Right??
(Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
WASHINGTON — The NFL Week 12 Recap is thankful for great legs (not turkey), a lot of stuffing and a pair of historic 10-game streaks.