The Kansas City Chiefs have reached five of the past six Super Bowls, winning three, but they now face a battle just to reach this season’s play-offs.
Divisional rivals Denver have led the way in the AFC West and Sunday’s game gave the Broncos a chance to go four wins clear of the third-placed Chiefs.
A Travis Kelce touchdown put the Chiefs in front for the first time in the fourth quarter but quarterback Box Nix led the Broncos to another late fightback, with Wil Lutz kicking two field goals – the second as time expired – to give Denver a 22-19 victory. That was their eighth win in a row and they now have a 9-2 record while the Chiefs are 5-5.
Bills improve to 7-3 after slugfest
There was a real heavyweight battle in Buffalo before the Bills pulled away in the championship rounds. Josh Allen was involved in everything, with last season’s Most Valuable Player throwing three touchdown passes and running in three more.
A quarterback has only done that twice before – Allen himself last season and Otto Graham in 1954. But Allen did throw two interceptions in the first half, contributing to a thrilling game in which the lead changed hands nine times.
Sean Tucker scored three touchdowns for the Buccaneers but they slipped to 6-4 while Buffalo improved to 7-3.Eagles seal fourth straight winJalen Hurts made the difference for the Philadelphia Eagles again as they beat the Detroit Lions 16-9.
The quarter back passed for 135 yards and scored the game’s go-ahead touchdown just before half-time to help his side to their fourth successive win.
By contrast, Lions quarter back Jared Goff suffered the worst completion percentage of his career.
Devin Bush returned an interception for a touchdown, while their defensive star Myles Garrett sacked Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson four times.
Browns quarterback Dillon Gabriel did not reappear for the second half after being assessed for a concussion so Shedeur Sanders was came in for his first regular-season game after his dramatic draft slide and completed four of 16 passes while being sacked twice and intercepted once.
Two-time MVP Jackson threw two interceptions yet the Ravens managed to fight back with a Derrick Henry touchdown before tight end Mark Andrews ran in the game-winning score with less than three minutes remaining to win 23-16 and clinch a fourth straight victory following Baltimore’s 1-5 start.
The Los Angeles Rams also beat a divisional rival as they held on for a 21-19 win over the Seattle Seahawks.
The Rams led throughout, with Sam Darnold throwing four interceptions for Seattle, yet almost led a game-winning drive after four field goals and a late Kenneth Walker touchdown.
The Seahawks got the ball back with 1:41 remaining and set up a 61-yard field-goal attempt for Jason Myers at the death but his effort fell short so LA (8-2) leapfrogged (7-3) Seattle atop the NFC West.
