Sunday, Jan 3, 2021. 4:45 PM
(Update : Sunday, Jan 3, 2021. 11:22 PM)
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The Baltimore Ravens and Tennessee Titans advanced to the playoffs on Sunday.
The Ravens set a team record with 404 rushing yards, and they earned a place in the playoffs with a convincing 38-3 win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
In the win, Lamar Jackson threw three touchdown passes and he became the first quarterback in National Football League history to gain more than 1,000 rushing yards in two consecutive seasons.
In total, the Ravens totaled gains of 525 yards. Rookie running back JK Dobbins racked up 160 rushing yards and scored two touchdowns, including one from a 72-yard sprint in the third quarter.
The Ravens signed a fifth straight win and will make the playoffs for a third straight season.
Jackson had 97 rushing yards and amassed 113 passing yards before relinquishing his place in the third quarter. He’s scored a touchdown or threw a touchdown pass in 36 straight games, the longest streak of its kind in the NFL.
Miami rate sa chance
The Titans advanced to the playoffs following the Miami Dolphins’ 56-26 loss to the Buffalo Bills.
Miami had hopes of extending their season if the Jacksonville Jaguars win over the Indianapolis Colts today. The Colts won, however, and thus eliminated the Dolphins from the race.
Allen had three touchdown passes and Isaiah McKenzie reached the end zone three times, with two receptions and an 84-yard punt return. Consecutively, his three touchdowns brought the score to 21-3 Buffalo in the second quarter.
Antonio Williams provided two rushing touchdowns in his first game in the NFL.
Holders of the second-best record in the American, the Bills (13-3) tied a team high for wins set in 1990 and 1991.
After racking up 224 passing yards in the first half, Allen gave way to Matt Barkley.
With 4,544 aerial yards, Allen eclipsed Drew Bledsoe’s club record of 4,359 in one season, in 2002.
The Bills finished the regular season with 501 points, beating their mark of 445 set in 1991.
On the Miami side, Tua Tagovailoa committed three interceptions, which tarnished a day of 361 passing yards.
Giants eliminated after Washington win
The New York Giants won 23-19 over the Dallas Cowboys. After that, they had to wait and hope for a victory from a big rival, the Philadelphia Eagles, to qualify.
However, she did not come.
The Washington team defeated the Eagles to finish first in the NFC East and the Giants were therefore excluded from the race.
Rookie Xavier McKinney intercepted Andy Dalton’s pass in the end zone with 1:15 on the clock, securing the Giants the win.
“We definitely hope Philadelphia wins,” quarterback Daniel Jones said before the last game of the day.
“You’ll never see me with an Eagles hat on, but I’m behind them,” added wide-winger Sterling Shepard, somewhat in the same vein.
Shepard is the only Giants player who was on the roster in 2016, the last edition of the squad to advance to the playoffs.
With his left hand bloodied, after Leonard Wiliams stepped on it in the third quarter, Dalton led the Cowboys to the goal gate.
On an aborted play, Dalton ran and avoided Williams tackling him behind the line of scrimmage for the fourth time in the game. However, he threw a weak pass midway through the end zone, which McKinney easily caught on his first career interception.
Dalton concluded his game with 29 completed passes in 47 attempts for gains of 243 yards. He was tackled six times behind his line of scrimmage.
“For us, it’s been a season of many ups and downs,” said Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy. All kinds of hardships and adversity. In a way, this game was a reflection of our season. “
Jones completed 17 passes on 25 attempts for gains of 229 yards and two touchdowns.
Brady sets Tampa Bay record
Tom Brady had 399 passing yards and four touchdowns, helping the Tampa Bay Buccaneers win 44-27 over the Atlanta Falcons.
Falcons 27 – Buccaneers 44
In the playoffs, the Bucs (11-5) will face off against the champions of the eastern section of the National, Washington or the Giants.
All-star wide-winger Mike Evans was carted out late in the first quarter with a left knee injury. He did not return to the game.
The injury came one game after he became the first player in history with harvesting 1,000 or more receiving yards in his first seven seasons.
Brady, a six-time Super Bowl winner, set a Tampa Bay record with a season of 40 touchdown passes.
The Falcons have lost their last five games, ultimately showing a 4-12 record.
Vikings win and Lions end with four straight losses
Kirk Cousins amassed 405 passing yards and completed three touchdown passes to guide the Minnesota Vikings to a 37-35 victory over the Detroit Lions in a two-team duel that ended a disappointing season.
The Vikings (7-9) had had a streak in which they won five of six games mid-season. However, they lost their three games before Sunday’s against the Lions.
In the win, Justin Jefferson caught nine passes for gains of 133 yards. Suddenly, he erased the record for the number of yards by a rookie receiver, set by Anquan Boldin in 2003.
The Lions (5-11) have lost their last four outings and eight of their last ten meetings.
The Pats end on a good note
Cam Newton had three touchdown passes and the New England Patriots defeated the New York Jets, 28-14.
Newton turns into a receiver
Newton had 242 passing yards and 79 rushing yards.
The Patriots (7-9) ended a three-game losing streak. But for the first time since the outcome of the 2008 season, they find themselves excluded from the playoffs.
Sam Darnold had 266 aerial yards for the Jets (2-14), who led 14-7 early in the third quarter.
