NFLPublished 8 hours ago
Pittsburgh (11-1) missed a chance to clinch a playoff berth and dropped into a tie with defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City for the top spot in the AFC with four games remaining. A day after the New York Giants pulled an upset in Seattle, Washington (5-7) kept pace by rallying from 14 points down to win in Pittsburgh for the first time since 1991.
Washington won the Super Bowl that season. The club’s expectations this year are far more modest in Ron Rivera’s first season as coach.
Not so in Pittsburgh, which got off to the best start in the franchise’s 87-year history even as the offense occasionally worked in fits and spurts. In a game pushed back a day due to a COVID-19 outbreak that forced the NFL to re-schedule Baltimore’s annual visit to Heinz Field three times, the little mistakes Pittsburgh managed to get away with for 11 games became too much to overcome.
Ben Roethlisberger passed for 305 yards and two touchdowns, but was picked off by Jon Bostic — a former Steeler — with 1:59 remaining. Hopkins added another 45-yard field goal to help close it out.
Josh Allen threw for 375 yards, tied a career-high with four touchdown passes and the Buffalo Bills stayed in sole possession of first place in the AFC East with a 34-24 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Monday night.https://e1fa1ef0fe310a037d604a0bf9bc97dc.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html
Buffalo (9-3) moved a step closer to winning its division for the first time since 1995 thanks to a nearly flawless performance from Allen. The 24-year-old quarterback was stellar against the 49ers, completing 32 of 40 passes with no interceptions.
He threw touchdown passes to Cole Beasley, Dawson Knox, Isaiah McKenzie and Gabriel Davis as the Bills built a 17-7 halftime lead and controlled the majority of the second half.
FROM FOX SPORTS Report: 49ers grant permission to Jimmy Garoppolo’s agents to seek trade Latest Sports News PHILADELPHIA 76ERS 76ers, James Harden finalize 2-year...
With No. 30, Judge hammering away at 1st-half history Aaron Judge crushed a grand slam for his second career 30-homer first half, joining some...
By Bryan Hoch @BryanHoch1:34 AM EDT NEW YORK -- The Yankees' decision-makers tracked Luke Voit's statistics for more than two years before pouncing, believing...