Washington leads NFC East after gritty 23-15 win over 49ers

Rookies Chase Young and Kamren Curl scored defensive touchdowns and Washington grabbed sole possession of first place in the NFC East after a gritty 23-15 win over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. Washington (6-7) has won four straight games and is one game ahead of the New York Giants, who lost to the Arizona Cardinals 26-7 earlier Sunday. It is Washington’s first four-game winning streak since 2016.

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Rodgers-led Packers beat Lions 31-24, clinch NFC North title

Aaron Rodgers ran for a tiebreaking score in the third quarter and threw three touchdown passes and the Green Bay Packers beat the Detroit Lions 31-24 Sunday and clinched the NFC North title. The Packers (10-3) knocked Matthew Stafford out of the game with a rib injury in the fourth quarter and went on to win their third straight game and second straight division championship. The Packers clinched the division with the win and Minnesota’s loss to Tampa Bay earlier in the day.

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Chiefs remontan ante Dolphins y aseguran título divisional

(AP) — Patrick Mahomes sufrió una captura de 30 yardas antes que lograra guiar a los Chiefs de Kansas City a la dirección correcta.Los Chiefs se recuperaron de un déficit de 10 puntos y cuatro balones perdidos el domingo para asegurar su quinto título consecutivo de la División Oeste de la Conferencia Americana al vencer 33-27 a los Dolphins de Miami.

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Trubisky cumple y Chicago amansa a Watson y los Texans

CHICAGO (AP) — Mitchell Trubisky lanzó tres pases de touchdown para superar a Deshaun Watson en su primer enfrentamiento desde que ambos quarterbacks llegaron a la NFL, y los Bears de Chicago pusieron fin a una racha de seis derrotas con el triunfo 36-7 ante los Texans de Houston el domingo.David Montgomery corrió para un touchdown de 80 yardas en la primera jugada de Chicago y ayudó a que los Bears pusieran fin a su peor racha de derrotas desde que perdieron ocho consecutivos en 2002.

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Report: Steelers have “serious concern” about Ben Roethlisberger’s knee

Officially, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger‘s knee currently is fine. Unofficially, it’s not. “There’s serious concern in the Steelers organization about Roethlisberger’s knee,” Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports reported on Sunday. “It’s been bothering him for weeks and sources say it’s not getting any better, an issue in practices and in games.” It wasn’t an [more]

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Mike McCarthy vows better days in Dallas

Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy promises things will get better. Frankly, they can’t get much worse. But for a trio of wins that easily could have become losses, the Cowboys would be jostling with the Jets for dibs on Trevor Lawrence. Relative to the team’s expectations entering the season, this has become one of the worst [more]

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Jaguars Brandon Linder out for Sunday

The Jaguars won’t have their starting center for Sunday’s game against the Titans. Brandon Linder has been declared out with an ankle injury. He had to exit last Sunday’s loss to Minnesota early and was unable to practice. Linder has missed three games due to injury this season. Additionally, Jacksonville will list tight end Tyler [more]

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