NFL Week 12: Jahmyr Gibbs rescues Lions with long TD run in OT for win over Giants

DETROIT — Jahmyr Gibbs ran for a 69-yard touchdown on the first snap of overtime after Jake Bates matched a career high with a 59-yard field goal in the final minute of regulation, lifting the Detroit Lions to a 34-27 win over the New York Giants on Sunday.

New York had a chance to extend the game, but turned it over on downs at the Detroit 31 when Aidan Hutchinson sacked Jameis Winston.

JAHMYR GIBBS TAKES IT TO THE HOUSE ON THE SECOND SNAP OF OVERTIME ????

HE HAS 264 TOTAL YDS AND 3 TD!!!!

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The Lions (7-4) entered the game out of the playoff picture, trailed by double digits multiple times and rallied to avoid losing consecutive games for the first time in more than three years.

They wouldn’t have pulled it off without Gibbs, who had a career-high 264 yards from scrimmage and three scores.

The dual-threat running back had a career-high 219 yards rushing — the third-highest total in team history — and two touchdowns along with 45 yards receiving and another score.

Filling in for injured rookie Jaxson Dart, Winston had a 33-yard touchdown reception and threw a 39-yard touchdown pass on trick plays in regulation.

The Giants (2-10) lost their sixth straight game and fifth this season after leading in the fourth quarter.

In his second game as New York’s interim coach, Mike Kafka made a risky decision late that ended up working in Detroit’s favor.

With the Giants leading 27-24, Devin Singletary was stopped for a 4-yard loss on third-and-goal from the 2. Instead of kicking a short field goal, Kafka went for it, and Winston’s pass to Theo Johnson was incomplete, ending a 14-play, 86-yard drive with no points.

Detroit took advantage. Bates connected on his long field goal with 28 seconds left, giving Jared Goff another opportunity to put the ball in Gibbs’ hands.

Seahawks 30, Titans 24

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Sam Darnold threw for 244 yards and two touchdowns and the Seattle Seahawks beat the Tennessee Titans 30-24 Sunday for their fifth win in six games.

Darnold bounced back with a clean game after being picked off four times last week.

The Seahawks (8-3) also improved to 5-1 on the road and made sure to hold onto the first wild-card spot in the NFC playoff chase.

The Seahawks, tied for the fourth-most sacks in the NFL, added four more against the NFL’s most-sacked quarterback in Titans rookie Cam Ward. Linebacker Derick Hall sacked Ward for the fourth one with the Titans at the Seattle 21, helping the Seahawks force a turnover on downs two plays later with 6:11 left.

Ward tried once more to rally the Titans. He found Chimere Dike with a 1-yard TD pass with 43 seconds left, giving the NFL’s worst-scoring team a season high in points and one final chance.

But linebacker Dorian Mausi touched the onside kick before the ball traveled 10 yards, and Seattle finished off the win.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba, the NFL’s leader in yards receiving, also had a 63-yard TD on his first reception. He finished with eight catches for a season-high 167 yards with two TDs. He set Seattle’s single-season receiving yards mark through just 11 games with 1,313 yards, topping DK Metcalf’s 1,303 yards in 2020.

The Titans (1-10) lost their sixth straight overall and 10th consecutive at home where their most recent win was Nov. 3, 2024.

Ward finished with 256 yards passing and his first rushing TD late in the third quarter.

After trailing 3-0, Seattle scored 23 consecutive points, capped by the Seahawks opening the second half with Darnold finding Smith-Njigba for a 56-yard completion before hitting him again for a 13-yard TD and a 23-3 lead.

The Seahawks led 30-10 after a 6-yard TD run by Zach Charbonnet with 6:40 left.

Tennessee finally forced Seattle to punt for the first time early in the third quarter. Dike, the NFL’s leader in all-purpose yards, took the punt 90 yards up the Seahawks’ sideline for the TD. That’s his second this season.

Packers 23, Vikings 6

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Emanuel Wilson rushed for a career-high 107 yards and two touchdowns in his first career start and the Green Bay Packers defeated the Minnesota Vikings 23-6 on Sunday.

Green Bay’s Micah Parsons and Devonte Wyatt each had two sacks. The Vikings totaled 4 net yards and three turnovers in the second half.

Wilson had two 1-yard touchdown runs while filling in for Josh Jacobs, who was unavailable because of a bruised left knee. This was the first career two-touchdown game for the 2023 undrafted free agent from Fort Valley State.

His 28 carries and 107 yards rushing represented the highest single-game totals by any Packers running back this season.

Green Bay (7-3-1) improved to 2-0 in divisional games after going 1-5 against NFC North foes last season. This started a stretch of three straight divisional matchups for the Packers, who visit Detroit on Thursday and host the Chicago Bears on Dec. 7.

The Vikings (4-7) were attempting to beat the Packers on the road for a third straight season, something they last accomplished in 1991-93. They instead fell for the fifth time in their past six games.

Minnesota’s J.J. McCarthy continued his struggles as a first-year starter by going 12 of 19 for 87 yards. Minnesota’s final two series ended with McCarthy throwing interceptions to Isaiah McDuffie and Evan Williams.

The Vikings trailed 10-6 but stopped Green Bay on the opening drive of the second half when a special teams turnover helped the Packers break the game open.

Daniel Whelan’s punt bounced inside the 10-yard line and then hit the body of Minnesota’s Myles Price, who was blocking a Green Bay player at the time. Zayne Anderson recovered at the Minnesota 5 to give Green Bay first-and-goal, and Wilson scored two plays later.

Minnesota spent the first half relying on running backs Jordan Mason and Aaron Jones to lead a ball-control attack that took the pressure off McCarthy. Once Green Bay opened up a two-score lead, the Vikings needed to rely more on McCarthy but couldn’t handle the Packers’ pass rush.

McCarthy was sacked five times, with four of them coming in the second half.

Chiefs 23, Colts 20

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes threw for a season-high 352 yards, Kareem Hunt ran for 104 yards and a touchdown, and Harrison Butker’s fifth field goal of the game gave the Kansas City Chiefs a come-from-behind 23-20 overtime victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.

Rashee Rice had eight catches for 141 yards, including two crucial ones on the Chiefs’ tying touchdown drive in regulation and another in overtime, after Kansas City (6-5) had forced the high-powered Colts (8-3) to punt on a fourth consecutive three-and-out.

Butker ended the game with a 27-yard field goal with just under two minutes left in overtime, potentially keeping the Chiefs’ playoff hopes alive. The reigning AFC champions had lost their previous two games, and another defeat against one of the hottest teams in the NFL on Sunday would have left Andy Reid’s team needing a whole lot of help to make it back to the postseason.

The Colts blew a 20-9 fourth-quarter lead thanks in part to some questionable play-calling — and some worse execution.

They went almost entirely away from running back Jonathan Taylor down the stretch, putting the game instead in Daniel Jones’ hands.

He wound up with 181 yards passing and two touchdowns, but most of that production came in the first half. Jones was just 8 of 18 for 83 yards in the second half, which allowed Mahomes and Co. to mount a comeback that injected some life in a dim season.

Taylor, meanwhile, only carried 16 times for 58 yards in his first game since a record-setting performance against the Falcons, when the Colts’ star ran for 244 yards, piled up 286 from scrimmage and reached the end zone three times in an overtime win.

The Chiefs have struggled all season with turnovers at inopportune times, and another set the tone for the first half. Mahomes had a pass from his 4-yard line batted by Laiatu Latu, who brought it in himself for the defensive end’s third pick of the season.

Two players later, Jones hit Michael Pittman to give Indianapolis a 7-0 lead.

The Chiefs answered with the first of two grinding, eight-plus minute first-half drives, but each netted just a field goal. And when the Colts moved briskly downfield again, and Jones found Drew Ogletree in the back of the end zone, they had built a 14-3 advantage.

The Colts were still clinging to 20-9 lead as the game headed to the fourth quarter.

Just as he’s done so many times in his career, though, Mahomes mounted another comeback. He marched Kansas City 56 yards before Hunt’s touchdown dive, then Mahomes found Rice for a 2-point conversion to close within a field goal with 8 1/2 minutes to go.

The Chiefs defense proceeded to step up, forcing a series of three-and-outs by the league’s No. 1 offense.

Jaguars 27, Cardinals 24

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Trevor Lawrence threw three touchdown passes, Cam Little kicked a 52-yard field goal in overtime and the Jacksonville Jaguars overcame a turnover-filled performance to beat the Arizona Cardinals 27-24 on Sunday.

Jacksonville got the ball first in overtime and after a promising drive stalled, Little made his kick with 7:46 left. Earlier this season, he set an NFL record with a 68-yarder.

Arizona had a chance to tie or win, but Jacoby Brissett’s fourth-down heave to Xavier Weaver fell incomplete. The Cardinals elected to go for it on fourth instead of attempting a 60-yard field goal.

Jacksonville (7-4) has won three of its last four to improve its standing in the AFC playoff picture. Arizona (3-8) has lost eight of its last nine.

The Jaguars — who had four turnovers — pushed ahead late in the fourth when Lawrence hit Parker Washington in the back of the end zone for a 24-21 lead 3:47 left. On their next offensive possession, they could have run out the clock for a win in regulation, but Lawrence’s fourth-and-1 pass with 1:44 left fell incomplete.

Brissett led the Cardinals 80 yards downfield with no timeouts, connecting with Michael Wilson for a 31-yard gain that put Chad Ryland in easy field goal position. He tied it at 24 with 3 seconds left on a 29-yard kick, forcing overtime.

Lawrence completed 18 of 30 passes for 256 yards, winning despite an afternoon littered with mistakes.

He lost a fumble that was returned for a touchdown in the first quarter and threw two interceptions in the third, including one that was picked off in the end zone by Garrett Williams. He was intercepted again in the fourth quarter, this time by Budda Baker.

In between his third-quarter interceptions, Lawrence beat the blitz by delivering a 10-yard touchdown pass to Jakobi Meyers that gave the Jags a 17-14 lead with 8:10 left in the third.

Brissett completed 33 of 49 passes for 317 yards and a touchdown. He’s 1-5 as Arizona’s starter after taking over for two-time Pro Bowl selection Kyler Murray, who’s on injured reserve with a foot injury.

Wilson caught 10 passes for 118 yards for the Cardinals, who took a 14-10 lead into halftime. But they missed a chance at a bigger advantage when Chad Ryland was wide right on a 33-yard field goal with 13 seconds left.

Arizona tied it at 7 late in the first quarter when rookie defensive lineman Walter Nolen III recovered a fumble by Lawrence and returned it for a spectacular 7-yard touchdown. Lawrence was hit by safety Jalen Thompson as he threw and Nolen — who was still being blocked by left tackle Walker Little — made a one-handed grab before running to the end zone.

Dennis Gardeck had a sack on third down to end Arizona’s opening drive. Gardeck spent the first seven seasons of his career with the Cardinals before signing with the Jaguars during the offseason. He finished with 1 1/2 sacks and the Jaguars had six overall.

Falcons 24, Saints 10

NEW ORLEANS — Kirk Cousins passed for 199 yards and two touchdowns in his second start this season, and the Atlanta Falcons ended a five-game skid with a 24-10 victory over the New Orleans Saints.

Taking over under center because of Michael Penix Jr.’s season-ending knee injury, Cousins completed 16 of 23 passes, highlighted by his 49-yard scoring pass deep down the middle to former Tulane standout Darnell Mooney in the fourth quarter.

The play gave Atlanta (4-7) a 24-10 lead with 11:04 left — a comfortable cushion on a day when the Falcons prevented the hapless Saints (2-9) from scoring an offensive touchdown.

"It was fun to compete. Fun to be in the fight and I was grateful for the opportunity to do it." @Kristina_Pink caught up with @KirkCousins8 after the @AtlantaFalcons snapped their 5-game losing streak ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/Ggd7nyYqzS

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New Orleans’ only TD came on Justin Reid’s 49-yard interception return in the second quarter on a pass that was tipped by Kool-Aid McKinstry. Reid’s first TD since his rookie season in 2018 briefly pulled the Saints within 10-7.

Saints rookie Tyler Shough, making his third start and first in the Superdome, completed 30 of 43 passes for 243 yards, but was often under pressure and was sacked five times. The lone interception he threw on a deep pass in the final seconds was inconsequential, but his botched handoff to Alvin Kamara in the first quarter was recovered by Dee Alford and led to the game’s opening points on Zane Gonzalez’s 56-yard field goal.

David Sills, a 29-year-old who has spent much of his career on practice squads, scored his first career touchdown on a 9-yard pass from Cousins, giving the Falcons a 10-0 lead in the second quarter.

New Orleans’ Blake Grupe missed two field goals inside of 50 yards in the first half. The first, from 38 yards, came after Mason Tipton had returned a kickoff 75 yards to the Atlanta 16. The second, from 47 yards, sailed wide right with 56 seconds left in the second quarter.

The Superdome filled with boos after the second miss, and there was audible grumbling in the stands after Cousins quickly drove the Falcons for Gonzalez’s third field goal of the game to make it 16-7 at halftime.

The Saints had a chance to close within a field goal early in the fourth quarter, but on third-and-goal, a direct snap to Taysom Hill was high, forcing Hill to run the ball down and throw it away. He was flagged for intentional grounding, and the Saints settled for a field goal to trim Atlanta’s lead to 16-10.

The Falcons rushed for 121 yards, 70 by Bijan Robinson, who also had 37 yards receiving on two catches. Mooney finished with 74 yards on three catches.

Chris Olave caught nine passes for 70 yards for the Saints.

Cowboys 24, Eagles 21

ARLINGTON, Texas — Brandon Aubrey kicked a 42-yard field goal as time expired after Dak Prescott rallied Dallas from a 21-point deficit and the Cowboys beat the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21 in a mistake-filled thriller Sunday.

The Cowboys (5-5-1) converted on their third tiebreaking chance of the fourth quarter to extend Prescott’s home winning streak against NFC East opponents to 19 in their first game at AT&T Stadium since the death of defensive end Marshawn Kneeland.

The defending Super Bowl champion Eagles (8-3) are still in good shape to be the first repeat winners in the NFC East since they won four in a row from 2001-04, but the offense reverted to the form that has frustrated A.J. Brown after the star receiver had a big hand in the 21-0 lead early in the second quarter.

The Cowboys' win probability was as low as 3.3% in their comeback win over the Eagles (trailing 21-0 at the 5:07-mark of the first half).

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Philadelphia lost with a lead of at least 21 points for the first time since 1999, when Arizona beat the Eagles 25-24. It was the first win for Dallas when trailing by three touchdowns since the Cowboys beat the Rams 34-31 in 2014.

Prescott broke Tony Romo’s franchise career record for yards passing, throwing for 354 yards and two touchdowns and also diving over the goal line on a tying 8-yard run early in the fourth quarter. Prescott has 34,378 yards to Romo’s 34,183.

The Cowboys made all the mistakes early, including two penalties to keep alive Philadelphia’s second touchdown drive and Tyler Guyton’s false start from the 1 that led to Prescott’s interception in the end zone when the deficit was 21 points in the second quarter.

The Eagles had all the miscues late, starting with Saquon Barkley’s first fumble of the season. After Dallas failed to convert that mistake, Xavier Gipson fumbled inside the 10 on a punt return after unwisely fielding the ball at the Philadelphia 2.

Prescott couldn’t get Dallas in the end zone with three tries from the 2, the last when coach Brian Schottenheimer went for the touchdown instead of the field goal and Prescott’s pass to Jake Ferguson was short of the goal line and incomplete.

Odighizuwa gave the Cowboys one more chance by sacking Jalen Hurts on third down with 1:52 remaining. The Cowboys got to run out the clock to set up for the winning field goal after Prescott’s 24-yard completion to George Pickens, who had nine catches for 146 yards and a touchdown.

Rams 34, Buccaneers 7

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Davante Adams caught two of Matthew Stafford’s three touchdown passes during the Rams’ 31-point first half, and Los Angeles moved into sole possession of the NFC lead with a 34-7 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday night.

Cobie Durant returned an interception 50 yards for a touchdown to kick-start a dominant performance in the sixth consecutive victory by the Rams (9-2). Colby Parkinson also caught a TD pass from Stafford, who went 25 of 35 for 273 yards in his eighth consecutive interception-free game.

Jared Verse and Kobie Turner had two sacks apiece for the Rams, who haven’t lost since Oct. 2 and haven’t trailed since the second quarter of a win over Baltimore in Week 6. Los Angeles has also jumped over defending champion Philadelphia (8-3) for the first overall seed with six games to play.

Baker Mayfield had 60 total yards and threw two interceptions before sitting out the second half with a left shoulder injury for the Buccaneers (6-5), who have allowed 106 points while losing three straight.

Tampa Bay’s fourth loss in five games overall allowed Carolina (6-5) to pull even atop the NFC South before the Panthers face San Francisco on Monday night.

Tez Johnson caught a TD pass from Mayfield, who winced in pain after the throw. Mayfield played on until apparently aggravating that injury while throwing a Hail Mary intercepted by Emmanuel Forbes at halftime, and Teddy Bridgewater took over for the second half. Tampa Bay managed just 70 net yards passing.

Stafford polished his MVP credentials with another stellar performance in coach Sean McVay’s offense while extending his streak to 308 straight pass attempts without an interception — only the NFL’s eighth such streak with at least 300 attempts in the 21st century.

Puka Nacua had seven catches for 97 yards, while Adams boosted his NFL lead to 12 touchdown receptions, including nine in the Rams’ last five games. New kicker Harrison Mevis also made his first two NFL field goal attempts.

The Rams’ defense also shined, allowing just 123 yards in the first three quarters on the night when the team honored Aaron Donald, who retired in March 2024 after 10 superb seasons on the team’s defensive line.

Adams capped the Rams’ 80-yard opening drive with a 1-yard catch, his eighth straight scoring grab that covered fewer than 5 yards over the last five games.

Less than three minutes later, Durant ripped the ball away from a juggling Cade Otton and returned it for his second career TD, with Kam Kinchens blocking Mayfield near the goal line to finish it.

Stafford completed his first 12 passes into the second quarter before hitting Parkinson for a 5-yard TD.