Overview
- Houston beat the Chargers 20-16 to secure a third straight postseason berth, moving to 11-5 with an eighth consecutive win powered by two early C.J. Stroud touchdown strikes and a five-sack, league-leading defense.
- Baltimore routed Green Bay 41-24 to avoid elimination and now needs Pittsburgh to lose to Cleveland to set up a winner-take-all AFC North game in Week 18.
- Derrick Henry ran for 216 yards and four scores, moving to 10th all time in rushing yards and tying Adrian Peterson for fourth in rushing touchdowns.
- Green Bay’s defeat fixed the Packers as the NFC’s No. 7 seed and confirmed the Bears as NFC North champions, even as Malik Willis posted 288 passing yards with two rushing touchdowns in a standout start.
- Denver clinched the AFC West with Los Angeles’ loss, and Green Bay’s defense continued to feel the loss of Micah Parsons to a torn ACL with a sharp drop in pass-rush production.