NFL ROUNDUP \ Sunday's other games
NFC
Eagles 27, Giants 6
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Philadelphia won its fourth consecutive NFC East title as Brian Westbrook scored two touchdowns and the Eagles' defense made life miserable for Eli Manning. The Eagles scored 20 second-half points and limited the Giants to 47 yards in the final half in reaching the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year. David Akers kicked field goals of 47 and 42 yards early in the second half, then Westbrook iced the game with a 1-yard touchdown run and a 34-yard touchdown on a screen pass. Manning finished 6-of-21 for 148 yards and two interceptions.
Falcons 24, Saints 21
ATLANTA -- Michael Vick threw a 20-yard scoring pass to Alge Crumpler with 1:22 remaining. Vick accounted for all three Atlanta touchdowns. He passed for two, going 16-of-29 for 212 yards. He also ran for a touchdown, leading the Falcons with 69 yards on 10 carries. Crumpler had four catches for 103 yards. James Allen appeared to save the Saints when he stripped the ball from Warrick Dunn at the New Orleans 6 with 3:11 to go. But Vick still had to time to bail out the Falcons when the Saints went three-and-out.
AFC
Patriots 24, Ravens 3
FOXBORO, Mass. -- The Patriots shut down Baltimore, scoring on a fumble recovery and holding the Ravens to 124 yards. Adam Vinatieri kicked three field goals. Corey Dillon rushed for 123 yards and a touchdown. The Patriots took a 21-point lead against a team playing without sidelined running back Jamal Lewis by scoring two touchdowns in the first minute of the fourth quarter. All the Ravens could manage was a 22-yard field goal by Matt Stover two seconds before halftime.
Chargers 34, Chiefs 31
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Nate Kaeding kicked a 43-yard field goal with 2:24 to go, which followed Donnie Edwards' interception of Trent Green's pass on the Chiefs 32. Dante Hall, who last year returned five kicks for touchdowns, was just a few steps away from turning the second-half kickoff into a TD when he dropped the ball. The Chargers recovered on the 5, and a few minutes later tied it at 17 on Kaeding's 25-yard field goal. Derrick Blaylock ran 22 yards for a touchdown and a Kansas City lead that stayed at 23-17 when Lawrence Tynes missed the extra point. The Chargers' Antonio Gates beat Willie Pile on an 18-yard touchdown pass and Kaeding's extra point made it 24-23. Then Hall returned the kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown.
Raiders 25, Broncos 24
DENVER -- Kerry Collins threw for 339 yards and four touchdowns to lead Oakland to an upset in the snow. Collins hit Jerry Porter for three of the scores, including the winner on fourth-and-goal from the 5 with 1:49 remaining. After Oakland took the lead, Jake Plummer drove the Broncos 49 yards to the Raiders 25 to set up Jason Elam's field goal attempt. But Langston Walker blocked the kick to preserve the win for Oakland. Oakland's winning touchdown was set up by a 64-yard completion from Collins to Ronald Curry, who a few minutes earlier made a grab in the back of the end zone to cut his team's deficit to 24-19.
INTERCONFERENCE
Vikings 27, Jaguars 16
MINNEAPOLIS -- Randy Moss made a noticeable impact in his return for the Vikings. He caught a go-ahead touchdown pass in the third quarter, then Kevin Williams returned Byron Leftwich's fumble 77 yards for the clinching score after rookie Kenechi Udeze sacked Leftwich from behind. His hamstring finally healed, Moss had four receptions for 40 yards. Daunte Culpepper completed 19 of 27 for 235 yards, one touchdown and one interception. He scored on a 1-yard run in the first half. Leftwich was 8-for-12 on third downs and completed a 26-yard pass to tight end Brian Jones for a score. Fred Taylor rushed for 147 yards.
Bills 38, Seahawks 9
SEATTLE -- Willis McGahee had 116 yards rushing and four touchdowns, leading Buffalo to a rare road win in the worst loss for coach Mike Holmgren in his six seasons with the Seahawks. Drew Bledsoe offset his three interceptions by completing two-thirds of his passes for 275 yards and a touchdown, and the Bills snapped a six-game road slide. McGahee scored on a pair of 2-yard runs, took a lateral from Bledsoe for a 30-yard TD and added a 1-yard scoring run.
Jets 13, Cardinals 3
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Quincy Carter left with a head injury after the third play of the game, but returned to throw a 69-yard touchdown pass to Santana Moss. Curtis Martin carried 24 times for 99 yards and Doug Brien kicked field goals of 28 and 46 yards for the Jets. Martin and Emmitt Smith brought 30,817 career yards rushing into the game, the most by two backs playing in the same contest in NFL history. But Smith wasn't around long, injuring a toe on his left foot late in the first quarter. He played in the next series, then left for good. Arizona managed only a 20-yard field goal by Neil Rackers as the first half ended.
Texans 31, Titans 21
HOUSTON -- David Carr threw for 201 yards and two touchdowns and Domanick Davis rushed for a season-high 129 yards and a score to help the Texans rally from an 18-point deficit. Steve McNair completed his first seven passes for 80 yards, including a couple of touchdowns to Erron Kinney for a 14-0 lead. He added another touchdown pass to Derrick Mason early in the second quarter, increasing the Titans' lead to 21-3.
Panthers 21, Buccaneers 14
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Julius Peppers and Keary Colbert had their best games and Martin Gramatica had his worst. Colbert caught a 40-yard touchdown pass, his second of the game, with 20 seconds to play to lift Carolina to it third straight win. Colbert, a rookie receiver, had 72 yards on three catches, two for touchdowns. Peppers ran an interception 46 yards for a score, blocked a field goal and had a sack. Peppers has seven sacks in the past four weeks. Gramatica missed all three of his field goal attempts, including a 37-yarder with 1:48 to play that would have broken a 14-14 tie.
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