NFL Week 17 2023 Highlights: Live Tracking the Top Plays from Sunday's Results
With no Monday Night Football game, the NFL is ringing in the new year with a loaded Sunday slate of 14 games.
There is no shortage of playoff implications for many of them considering 24 teams were still in contention going into Week 17.
Some teams face longer odds than others, but the battle just to get into the postseason won't be the only thing under the spotlight Sunday. Not with the Baltimore Ravens and Miami Dolphins squaring off with the AFC's No. 1 seed at stake or the New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers facing each other in a critical matchup in the NFC South race.
Elsewhere, the Las Vegas Raiders and Indianapolis Colts jostle for wild-card positioning and the Kansas City Chiefs look to turn things around with a familiar matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Keep it locked right here for all the day's top plays and highlights as the action unfolds.
Green Bay Packers 33, Minnesota Vikings 10
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First Quarter
Green Bay Packers cornerback Corey Ballentine came up with a huge interception off a deflection from Minnesota Vikings tight end Johnny Mundt.
Packers quarterback Jordan Love soon found Jayden Reed for a 34-yard touchdown.
Second Quarter
Love kept the Packers' onslaught going with a two-yard touchdown run late in the second quarter. After the PAT, Green Bay led 17-3.
Reed scored his second touchdown off this 25-yarder from Love for a 23-3 halftime edge.
Third Quarter
Bo Melton extended the Packers' lead to 29-3 with a nine-yard touchdown to cap a 91-yard drive. The PAT made it 30-3.
Fourth Quarter
Johnny Mundt got the Vikings a bit closer with his first touchdown of the year.
Pittsburgh Steelers 30, Seattle Seahawks 23
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First Quarter
Jaylen Warren turned some heads in the early going:
Warren kept rolling:
Second Quarter
Kenneth Walker III answered with a touchdown of his own:
Warren continued to give Seattle trouble:
Jaxon Smith-Njigba restored Seattle's lead with a 12-yard touchdown catch:
Najee Harris put the Steelers ahead by three points again before halftime:
Third Quarter
Harris got his second touchdown on the ground in the third quarter:
Harris was having his way with the Seattle defense:
Geno Smith scrambled for 25 yards on the final play of the third quarter:
Fourth Quarter
George Pickens got behind the Seahawks secondary and laid out for a diving catch:
Nick Herbig set up his offense in great position after a strip sack on Smith at Seattle's 16-yard line:
Harris helped seal the win:
Kansas City Chiefs 25, Cincinnati Bengals 17
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First Quarter
Isiah Pacheco found the end zone as a receiver for the game's first touchdown:
Second Quarter
Joe Mixon hauled in a short throw from Jake Browning and beat the defender to the goal line:
Trey Hendrickson almost immediately got the ball back for Cincy by sacking Patrick Mahomes and forcing a fumble:
Browning capitalized on the turnover with a one-yard touchdown run:
Pacheco got the Chiefs into enemy territory with a 37-yard run:
Third Quarter
Willie Gay kept points off the board when he tackled Mixon for a loss on a 4th-and-1:
Mahomes and Rashee Rice combined for Kansas City's longest passing gain this year:
Fourth Quarter
Mahomes used his feet to move the chains on fourth down:
The Bengals defense doing its best to keep the score close, but the offense wasn't exactly returning the favor:
Harrison Butker drilled his sixth field goal to put the Chiefs up eight:
Browning kept Cincinnati's comeback hopes alive with a 23-yard pass to Tyler Boyd on fourth down:
He couldn't make lightning strike twice:
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Denver Broncos 16, Los Angeles Chargers 9
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Second Quarter
Khalil Mack achieved a career milestone when he surpassed 100 total sacks:
Technically this goes in the box score as a 54-yard pass by Jarrett Stidham, but Lil'Jordan Humphrey did most of the work for the Denver Broncos' first touchdown:
Fourth Quarter
Austin Ekeler coughed it up on the first snap of the fourth quarter:
Chicago Bears 37, Atlanta Falcons 17
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First Quarter
Justin Fields wasted little time establishing a connection with DJ Moore:
And that connection led to a touchdown:
Moore is out there looking like Willie Mays:
Second Quarter
And Fields finished the drive with a touchdown run:
Tyler Allgeier got some momentum back for the Falcons in one play:
Roschon Johnson scored another touchdown for the Bears in response:
The Falcons nearly finished the half in incredible style:
Third Quarter
Chicago's franchise quarterback worked some magic:
Fourth Quarter
Taylor Heinicke gave the Falcons some momentum after struggling for much of the game:
Chicago's defense iced the win with an interception:
Baltimore Ravens 56, Miami Dolphins 19
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First Quarter
The first score of the day's biggest game went to the Dolphins:
Lamar Jackson wasted no time answering:
De'Von Achane darted his way through Baltimore's defense:
You don't see this very often from Tyreek Hill:
Second Quarter
Odell Beckham Jr. turned some heads with an incredible catch:
The next stop for the Gus Bus is the end zone:
Hill caught this one:
Zay Flowers, hello:
Roquan Smith, good at football:
Isaiah Likely dazzled with a touchdown catch for Baltimore:
Third Quarter
Hill is making plays on special teams as well:
Jackson is making his MVP case:
Miami is having an afternoon to forget:
Fourth Quarter
Achane kept the Dolphins within relative striking distance:
Patrick Ricard hauled in yet another Jackson touchdown pass:
Everyone is scoring for the Ravens:
Why not another Ravens touchdown?
Buffalo Bills 27, New England Patriots 21
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First Quarter
Jalen Reagor started the game off in fashion for the Patriots:
Buffalo's defense got momentum right back for the home team:
Bailey Zappe threw it again, which was good news for the Bills:
Josh Allen turned the turnover into a touchdown:
New England apparently just doesn't want to keep the ball:
Allen is out there improvising:
Second Quarter
New England might want to just burn the tape on this one:
It wasn't all bad for Zappe in the first half:
Zappe wasn't the only quarterback turning it over:
Third Quarter
Allen gave the Bills some much-needed breathing room:
Fourth Quarter
Despite all the early struggles, the Patriots pulled within one score thanks to an Ezekiel Elliott touchdown:
However, the Bills were able to keep the Patriots off the scoreboard the rest of the way:
Los Angeles Rams 26, New York Giants 25
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First Quarter
Kyren Williams got the Rams in the end zone in the early going:
Second Quarter
Wan'Dale Robinson danced through the Los Angeles defense for a touchdown:
It was just a matter of time before the Matthew Stafford and Cooper Kupp combination delivered:
New York's defense forced a turnover shortly before halftime:
Third Quarter
All the Rams' playmakers are making plays with a shot to make a move in the playoff race:
Tyrod Taylor isn't going away without a fight:
And New York's defense got him the ball right back:
Fourth Quarter
Williams scored another touchdown:
In a stunning moment, Gunner Olszewski pulled the Giants within one with a punt-return touchdown:
However, New York missed the two-point conversion.
Taylor moved the Giants into field-goal range:
However, Mason Crosby—who already missed an extra point earlier in the game—missed the field goal:
New Orleans Saints 23, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13
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First Quarter
The first touchdown of the NFC South showdown belongs to Juwan Johnson:
Second Quarter
New Orleans' defense kept the momentum on the visitors' side with a turnover:
Johnson continued to impress:
Taysom Hill can do it all:
Third Quarter
New Orleans forced another turnover:
Fourth Quarter
The New Orleans defense continued to baffle Tampa Bay's offense:
Tampa Bay finally scored a touchdown:
Tampa Bay isn't quite done yet:
However, the Saints recovered the onside kick and clinched the win.
Jacksonville Jaguars 26, Carolina Panthers 0
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First Quarter
Carolina's defense got after it in the first quarter:
Second Quarter
And continued in the second:
Jacksonville's defense also had no trouble getting to Bryce Young:
Third Quarter
It took until the third quarter, but Travis Etienne Jr. scored the game's first touchdown:
Fourth Quarter
Etienne scored again:
Jacksonville's defense put the finishing touches on its shutout:
Indianapolis Colts 23, Las Vegas Raiders 20
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First Quarter
Joshua Downs found some space in the Las Vegas secondary:
One possession and one touchdown for Jonathan Taylor:
Second Quarter
Alec Pierce made a monster play for the Colts:
The Colts defense kept things rolling:
Third Quarter
The Raiders finally scored a touchdown thanks to Davante Adams:
Fourth Quarter
Adams scored again:
However, the Colts iced the win by recovering the onside kick:
Arizona Cardinals 35, Philadelphia Eagles 31
12 of 14
First Quarter
Julio Jones turned back the clock with an early touchdown:
Second Quarter
Now it was the Eagles' defense's turn to score a touchdown thanks to Sydney Brown:
New trick play from the tush-push formation just dropped:
What a day for Mr. Jones:
Third Quarter
Michael Carter, breaking ankles:
The Carter drive:
Take a bow, James Conner:
Fourth Quarter
The Eagles responded with a much-needed touchdown drive:
Kyler Murray answered right back, much to the chagrin of the Eagles fans:
Philadelphia's defense continued to struggle in the biggest moments, and Conner gave the Cardinals a stunning lead:
Philadelphia's Hail Mary was not answered:
San Francisco 49ers 27, Washington Commanders 10
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First Quarter
Deebo Samuel, end zone:
Second Quarter
Terry McLaurin broke free against the San Francisco defense:
And then found the end zone:
Third Quarter
Elijah Mitchell, not Christian McCaffrey, scored for the 49ers:
Fourth Quarter
San Francisco's defense got the ball back with a turnover:
Brock Purdy unleashed an impressive throw:
The Purdy and Brandon Aiyuk combination continued to shine:
And another pick for San Francisco:
Washington's defense at least made a play on fourth down:
Houston Texans 26, Tennessee Titans 3
14 of 14
Second Quarter
Welcome back, C.J. Stroud:
It's not just Stroud scoring touchdowns for the Texans:
Houston's defense had a first half to remember:
Second Half
The Texans put the finishing touches on a win in a rather pedestrian second half:
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