NFL Week 15 2023 Highlights: Live Tracking the Top Plays from Sunday's Results
The NFL's Sunday slate in Week 15 leaves something to be desired.
With four games already in the books from Thursday and Saturday, there are fewer games to choose from than a normal Sunday. There are also just two games on the docket that feature two teams with winning records.
And they are the final two, meaning fans will have to wait for the Dallas Cowboys to play the Buffalo Bills and the Baltimore Ravens to square off with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
However, the lack of an abundance of marquee games may mean there are playoff-altering upsets in store. The postseason is right around the corner, so the league's top teams cannot afford to let their guard down even in favorable matchups.
Keep it locked right here for all the highlights and game-changing plays throughout the day.
Top 5 Plays
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Here are the top five plays of the day.
D'Anthony Bell's game-sealing interception:
Tua Tagovailoa's 60-yard touchdown pass to Jaylen Waddle:
Brock Purdy's dime to Deebo Samuel:
Stefon Diggs' one-handed catch:
Kansas City's trick play for a Rashee Rice touchdown:
Baltimore Ravens 23, Jacksonville Jaguars 7
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First Quarter
Lamar Jackson started things off by doing what he does best:
Kyle Hamilton set the tone early for the Ravens defense:
Travon Walker put an end to Baltimore's drive with a sack on third down:
Second Quarter
Rayshawn Jenkins picked off Jackson's pass:
But the Ravens defense took it right back after Trevor Lawrence fumbled:
Jackson showed his toughness by delivering this pass in the face of pressure:
Jackson tossed it to Isaiah Likely for the game's first touchdown:
Third Quarter
Lawrence came out firing after halftime and found Jamal Agnew for the longest touchdown pass of his career:
More magic from Jackson to complete this pass to Likely:
Fourth Quarter
Gus Edwards punched it in to extend Baltimore's lead:
Another fumble by Lawrence gave the Ravens the ball back deep in Jaguars territory:
The Ravens defense shut the door on fourth down:
Buffalo Bills 31, Dallas Cowboys 10
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First Quarter
Latavius Murray, with some help from the offensive line, capped off the Bills' 75-yard opening drive with a two-yard touchdown run to give his team a 7-0 lead.
Second Quarter
The Bills are off to a hot start with a 14-0 lead thanks to Josh Allen's 18-yard touchdown pass to James Cook.
Allen punched it in to extend the lead right before halftime:
Third Quarter
The Bills defense continued its dominance with a sack on third down:
Fourth Quarter
A spectacular catch by Stefon Diggs helped set up a touchdown run by Cook that pretty much sealed the game:
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San Francisco 49ers 45, Arizona Cardinals 29
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First Quarter
Taking advantage of a 49ers defense without Arik Armstead and Javon Hargrave, the Cardinals drove right down the field on their opening drive with James Conner powering through the line for a touchdown.
The 49ers wasted no time responding when Deebo Samuel was left uncovered for an easy touchdown.
San Francisco's defense redeemed itself after the opening drive on Charvarius Ward's pick-six off Kyler Murray on 4th-and-3.
Second Quarter
After leaving the game for a few plays when he took a hit to the head and neck area, Purdy returned to throw a five-yard touchdown to Christian McCaffrey that allowed the 49ers to open up an eight-point lead.
Third Quarter
Purdy hooked up with McCaffrey for another score, this time from 41 yards out:
Purdy withstood the pressure to connect with George Kittle:
Conner got loose for a 43-yard scamper:
McCaffrey reached the end zone for the third time:
Fourth Quarter
A perfect pass from Purdy to Samuel gave the 49ers their second 40-point performance in the last three games:
Ward came up with his second interception of the day:
Cardinals rookie Elijah Higgins caught his first career touchdown:
Los Angeles Rams 28, Washington Commanders 20
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First Quarter
Kyren Williams is off to a hot start with a 27-yard carry on the Rams' opening possession.
Second Quarter
Matthew Stafford's sidearm throw and Tyler Higbee's ability to keep his feet inbounds on a 14-yard completion on 3rd-and-6 allowed the Rams to keep a drive alive.
DeMarcus Robinson helped set up the Rams' first touchdown with a 23-yard run on a reverse.
Williams capped off that drive with a one-yard touchdown run on 3rd-and-goal.
Third Quarter
Stafford found Cooper Kupp wide-open for a long touchdown on the opening drive of the second half:
Sam Howell answered with a touchdown pass to Curtis Samuel:
Fourth Quarter
Stafford connected with Robinson to extend the lead:
The tip drill resulted in an interception for the Rams:
Jacoby Brissett took over for Howell and promptly found the end zone to keep Washington's hope alive:
Another touchdown pass from Brissett made it a one-possession game:
Carolina Panthers 9, Atlanta Falcons 7
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First Quarter
Falcons linebacker Nate Landman broke through the line of scrimmage to stop Chuba Hubbard on 4th-and-1 to stop the Panthers' drive.
Second Quarter
Derrick Brown made a big play for the Panthers on 3rd-and-2 that forced a Falcons punt.
Cordarelle Patterson broke the scoreless tie with a two-yard touchdown catch from Desmond Ridder.
Third Quarter
Bryce Young is trying to spark the offense by showing off his wheels on a 12-yard run on 2nd-and-9.
Fourth Quarter
Panthers safety Xavier Woods picked off Desmond Ridder deep in Carolina territory when the Falcons had a chance to go up by at least four points.
After the turnover, the Panthers capped off a 17-play, 90-yard drive that took the final 7:35 off the clock with Eddy Pineiro's walk-off field goal.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34, Green Bay Packers 20
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First Quarter
Packers linebacker Kingsley Enagbare set the offense up with prime field position by punching the ball out of Baker Mayfield's hand and recovering it deep in Buccaneers' territory.
Jordan Love hit Tucker Kraft on a screen pass two plays after the turnover to give Green Bay a 7-3 lead.
Mike Evans' first touchdown catch of the day gave the Bucs a 10-7 lead and moved him into a tie with Rob Gronkowski on the NFL's all-time receiving touchdown list.
Second Quarter
The Love-Kraft connection is working early for the Packers.
Third Quarter
The Buccaneers opened up a 10-point lead on Rachaad White's 26-yard touchdown catch on their first offensive possession of the second half.
Jayden Reed showed off his field awareness with this toe-tap routine in the back of the end zone to cut the Packers' deficit to 20-17.
Mayfield responded with his third touchdown pass of the game, this one to Ko Kieft.
Fourth Quarter
David Moore was on the receiving end of Mayfield's fourth touchdown pass against the Packers defense.
New Orleans Saints 24, New York Giants 6
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First Quarter
Following some impressive improvisational work from Tommy DeVito, Saquon Barkley made a terrific catch with Saints linebacker Peter Werner smothering him in coverage to set up a field goal on the first possession of the game.
The Saints responded when Derek Carr hit Keith Kirkwood in the end zone.
Second Quarter
Saints defensive lineman Tanoh Kpassagnon broke out the DeVito celebration after sacking the Giants quarterback.
The Giants were able to cap off a rough first half that included DeVito leaving to be evaluated for a concussion and kicker Randy Bullock suffering an injury with punter Jamie Gillan making a 40-yard field goal to bring the score to 7-6 at halftime.
Third Quarter
Carr opened the second half with a 23-yard touchdown strike to Juwan Johnson that gave the Saints a 14-6 lead.
Fourth Quarter
The Saints have taken control of things on Carr's one-yard touchdown to Jimmy Graham. This marks the first three-touchdown game of the season for the New Orleans' quarterback.
Miami Dolphins 30, New York Jets 0
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First Quarter
Coming off arguably the best game of his career, Zach Wilson had a rough start on Sunday against the Miami Dolphins. He was hit hard by Bradley Chubb for a strip sack that was recovered at the Jets' one-yard line by Zach Sieler.
Three plays after the fumble recovery, Raheem Mostert gave the Dolphins a 7-0 lead with his league-leading 19th rushing touchdown of the season.
Second Quarter
Playing without Tyreek Hill due to an ankle injury, Jaylen Waddle has been Tagovailoa's go-to target for big plays. The Dolphins wideout caught a 60-yard touchdown to extend the lead to 17-0.
The Dolphins nearly matched their point total from Monday's loss to the Titans (27) in the first half against the Jets after Mostert scored his second touchdown of the game.
Third Quarter
Brandon Jones put an end to the Jets' drive by picking off Trevor Siemian, who was in the game after Wilson left with an injury.
Kansas City Chiefs 27, New England Patriots 17
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First Quarter
Chiefs head coach Andy Reid went deep into his playbook by having Patrick Mahomes and Jerick McKinnon lineup with their hands in the dirt before the ball was snapped to McKinnon, who flipped it to Rashee Rice's for a four-yard touchdown.
Second Quarter
In a rare moment of aggressiveness by Bill Belichick, the Patriots head coach's decision to go for it on 4th-and-1 paid off with Bailey Zappe hitting Hunter Henry on a 16-yard touchdown pass to tie the score at seven.
The Patriots have the momentum now after Marte Mapu picked off Mahomes and returned the ball deep into Kansas City territory.
The Chiefs took their first lead of the game on Mahomes' eight-yard touchdown pass to McKinnon right before halftime.
Third Quarter
After getting a field goal on their first drive of the second half, the Chiefs defense stepped up when Willie Gay picked off Zappe.
Mahomes made it pay off by floating a pass to Clyde Edwards-Helaire that he was able to corral for his first receiving touchdown of the season.
Fourth Quarter
The Patriots got their second interception against Mahomes, this one coming from Jahlani Tavai on a pass that hit off Kadarius Toney's hands.
The offense was able to cash in on the good field position when Kevin Harris found the end zone on an 18-yard run.
Houston Texans 19, Tennessee Titans 16 (OT)
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First Quarter
Will Levis' first career rushing touchdown gave the Titans an early lead against the Texans.
A miscommunication between Case Keenum and Dare Ogunbowale allowed Elijah Molden to get an easy pick-six for the Titans.
Third Quarter
Steven Nelson gave the Texans some life with a terrific interception on Levis' pass intended for DeAndre Hopkins.
Fourth Quarter
The Texans got their first touchdown of the game with just over three minutes remaining in regulation when Case Keenum hit Noah Brown in the end zone to tie the game.
Overtime
After both teams exchanged punts on the first three possessions of overtime, the Texans finally got a big play on Devin Singletary's 41-yard reception that moved them into Titans territory.
Ka'imi Fairbairn won the game for Houston with a 54-yard field goal as time expired.
Cleveland Browns 20, Chicago Bears 17
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Second Quarter
After a scoreless first quarter between the Bears and Browns, Justin Fields put Chicago on top early in the second with his five-yard touchdown pass to Cole Kmet.
The Browns responded thanks to Joe Flacco's dime to Amari Cooper for 42 yards on 3rd-and-7.
Kevin Stefanski used Dorian Thompson-Robinson as a change-of-pace to convert on a 4th-and-2.
Flacco capped off the drive with a terrific throw to David Njoku, who made an even better catch and held onto the ball to tie the game.
Third Quarter
The Bears went back on top thanks to Tremaine Edmunds' pick-six after Cedric Tillman took a huge hit from T.J. Edwards.
Flacco threw his third interception of the game when he tried to take a shot to Njoku at the goal line, but Tyrique Stevenson was there to take it away.
Fourth Quarter
Alex Wright saved a potential first down with a terrific tackle on Tyler Scott, who was trying to get the corner on an end-around.
Flacco's risky style of play can get him in trouble at times, but it can also lead to beautifully thrown deep passes like this 57-yarder to Marquise Goodwin.
Flacco had another 50-yard completion, this one to Amari Cooper for a touchdown that tied the score at 17 with 3:08 remaining in regulation.
Njoku surpassed the 100-yard mark for the first time this season with a 34-yard reception on 3rd-and-15 that set up Dustin Hopkins' go-ahead field goal with 35 seconds left to play.
The Bears had a chance to win at the end and Fields' Hail Mary bounced around multiple times before finally landing in the hands of D'Anthony Brown for Cleveland to hang on for the win.
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