Rematches gone wrong, cameos gone right, a Friday sequel, and a whole lot of Thanksgiving headline the NFL Week 12 Recap.
Ravens 23 Sam Koch completed his fourth career pass in as many attempts to help set up a Ravens touchdown drive that ended up being the difference in the game. So basically Baltimore has a league-best streak of 10 straight primetime wins because their punter was the best passer on the field. Just another crazy chapter in the 2017 NFL season. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
AP Photo/Nick Wass
Steelers 31 On a night when Brett Hundley threw three long TDs in his best career start and the Killer B’s were on the swarm, Chris Boswell stole the show by hitting the game-winning 53 yard field goal — the longest by a Steelers kicker in Heinz Field history. That’s the kind of play that gives a young kicker confidence and makes his coach’s words look prophetic. (AP Photo/Don Wright)
AP Photo/Don Wright
Cardinals 27 Calais Campbell scored his second career TD in his first game back in Arizona, but it was Blaine Gabbert truly exacting revenge on the team that drafted him. Just wrap your head around that statement. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
AP Photo/Rick Scuteri
Raiders 21 In an otherwise good day for Oakland — the Raiders got within a game of first place in their division and ended their NFL-record streak of 12 games without an interception to start the season — Michael Crabtree got punked again. No matter what he does, he’s still just Red from Friday. And at what point does John Elway get some blame for Denver’s predicament? The Broncos are in the midst of their longest losing skid in 50 years in large part because he traded up for Paxton Lynch — a guy who stays hurt and threw a pick to a team that couldn’t buy one before Sunday — and keeps entering seasons thinking Trevor Siemian is good. There better not be another coaching change in Denver without Elway leaving, too. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
AP Photo/Ben Margot
49ers 13 In only a minute and seven seconds, Jimmy Garoppolo established himself as the best QB San Francisco has had in five years. My favorite part of this statement is that it could be facetious or serious and still be correct. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images
Rams 26 Of Jared Goff’s three career games with multiple TD passes before halftime, two of them have been against New Orleans. Don’t be surprised if that somehow comes into play if there’s a playoff rematch between these two teams. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
Photo by Harry How/Getty Images
Eagles 31 Philadelphia is in the midst of a franchise-record 9-game win streak and their +160 point differential is by far the best in the league. Alshon Jeffery’s TD against his former team and apparently transferable ticket to Minnesota helped both. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
AP Photo/Chris Szagola
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Patriots 35 New England clinched their 17th consecutive winning season, the longest by any team since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger. It’s not a coincidence the streak began when Tom Brady became the starting QB. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
AP Photo/Michael Dwyer
Chiefs 10 Kansas City has now lost five of six games since their 5-0 start but this might be the most damning. Buffalo gave up an average of 45 points over the previous three weeks (all losses), and the Chiefs offense still couldn’t return to its early season form. KC better get its act together against the Jets next week or else Alex Smith and Andy Reid will need to start updating their resumes. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)
AP Photo/Ed Zurga
Bengals 30 As is generally the case around Thanksgiving, Cleveland is officially eliminated from playoff contention. The Browns are losing all the games, all the fans, and all the money. (AP Photo/Frank Victores)
AP Photo/Frank Victores
Falcons 34 Julio Jones has three career games with at least 250 receiving yards … exactly three times as many as anyone else in NFL history. If Jones isn’t the best receiver in the league, I don’t know who is. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
AP Photo/John Bazemore
Redskins 20 Even though the only home team to win on Thanksgiving has the worst home turf in the league, the ‘Skins are plenty thankful for Ryan Kerrigan’s quiet consistency: The Showstopper is just the fifth player since the advent of the sack as a statistic in 1982 to record 7.5 sacks in each of his first seven seasons. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally)
AP Photo/Mark Tenally
Cowboys 6 Los Angeles (maybe not the city, but the Chargers) can give thanks for being in a surprisingly bad AFC West that’s got the sun still shining on their playoff hopes. But let us all give thanks for conspiracy theories and consistent Cowboy collapses. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images
Lions 23 Minnesota is thankful for the best backup QB in the league and the platform for a rare crowdsourcing opportunity. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
AP Photo/Paul Sancya
