Dolphins stun Brady, Patriots
A whipsaw hit sent Tom Brady’s legs one direction and his upper body the other, leaving him face down in the turf.
Brady rose — slowly — but the hits kept coming from the host Miami Dolphins, who beat New England 20-10 on Sunday and prevented the Patriots from clinching the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs.
Newton tied Steve Young’s NFL record for most career TDs rushing by a quarterback with 43.
Newton completed 21 of 26 passes for 293 yards as Carolina (15-1) overcame a slow start to build a 31-3 lead in the third quarter.
Grimes had a 12-yard touchdown reception and added a 3-yard rushing score in the second quarter to help Houston take a 20-3 lead by halftime.
The win completes a remarkable turnaround for the Texans, who have used four quarterbacks this season, and bounced back after starting the season 2-5.
Bengals 24, Ravens 16: AJ McCarron overcame a rough start and threw a pair of touchdown passes.
The Bengals (12-4) matched the best record in franchise history — they also won 12 games during the 1981 and 1988 seasons when they reached the Super Bowl.
Former Giant Walter Thurmond scored on an 83-yard fumble return in the third quarter. and the Eagles added to Giants head coach Tom Coughlin’s season-long frustrations.
Coughlin, who led the Giants to two Super Bowl titles in his 12 seasons, might have coached his final game.
Recently signed Josh Freeman and Ryan Lindley each threw one touchdown pass in the first half, and Jerrell Freeman scored on a 23-yard interception in the second half to lead Indianapolis.
The Colts (8-8) won their last two games to avoid the first losing season since 2011, but didn’t get the help they needed — a Houston loss and seven other games to go the right way -- to make the postseason.
Matthew Stafford threw for 298 yards and three touchdowns and Calvin Johnson had 137 yards receiving, and the Lions (7-9) avoided a last-place finish in the NFC North with their sixth win in eight games.
Jamarca Sanford’s interception at the Atlanta 25 with less than two minutes remaining set up Kai Forbath’s game-winning 30-yard field goal as time expired.