Paul Higham
BBC Sport journalist
The Kansas City Chiefs' agelong unbeaten tally yet came to an extremity astatine the hands of the Buffalo Bills successful 1 of a fig of connection wins successful the NFL connected Sunday.
After 15 consecutive wins the defending Super Bowl champions were outplayed successful Buffalo arsenic the Bills deservedly ran retired 30-21 winners.
The Pittsburgh Steelers were besides large winners arsenic they bushed arch rivals Baltimore contempt not scoring a touchdown.
The Detroit Lions scored a fractional period against lowly Jacksonville arsenic they proceed to look the basal retired broadside successful the NFC, portion the Green Bay Packers defeated Chicago connected the past play of the game.
Bills extremity Chiefs' cleanable start
Right from intercepting Patrick Mahomes' archetypal walk of the game, Buffalo looked the amended broadside arsenic they moved conscionable a crippled down their large rivals successful the contention for the AFC play-offs apical seed.
Mahomes kept the Chiefs successful it with 3 touchdown passes, but conscionable arsenic they threatened yet different escapology enactment Bills backmost Josh Allen took the crippled into his ain hands and settled it with a barnstorming 26-yard touchdown run.
That makes 4 consecutive regular play wins implicit the Chiefs for Buffalo, who person mislaid 3 play-off meetings betwixt the sides successful the past 4 years.
This was a much controlled and implicit show than accustomed by the Bills, without Allen having to bash everything by himself and a sixth successive triumph takes them to 9 wins and 2 losses.
It was besides a uncommon convincing decision of Kansas City - their archetypal by much than a people since October 2021 - arsenic they decorativeness the play 9-1.
Buffalo kept Mahomes' offence to a season-low 259 yards and scored 30 points against a Chiefs defence that had gone 30 games without conceding that many.
Steelers defence bottles up Baltimore
Also blistery connected the Chiefs' heels are Pittsburgh, who showed wherefore they whitethorn conscionable person the champion defence successful the league. They shackled Lamar Jackson's top-ranked offence to bushed Baltimore successful a choky affair.
Jackson lone generated 1 touchdown himself, conscionable implicit a infinitesimal earlier the end, but could not past tally successful a two-point conversion arsenic the Ravens mislaid 18-16.
Kicker Chris Boswell booted six tract goals to people each 18 points for Pittsburgh, who person present won 8 of the past 9 against their large part rivals.
But two-time NFL astir invaluable subordinate Jackson has conscionable 1 triumph successful 5 games against a Steelers broadside helium conscionable cannot fig out. And the Ravens' inability to triumph choky low-scoring games continued. All 4 of their defeats this play person travel successful matches successful which they failed to people 25 points.
The Steelers, meanwhile, amended to 8-2 to instrumentality power of the AFC North but volition privation to spot much retired of Russell Wilson and the offence.
Lions rout Jags & Packers pip Bears
The Detroit Lions are looking unstoppable successful the NFC arsenic they recorded the biggest triumph successful their past with a 52-6 rout of the Jacksonville Jaguars - who suffered their heaviest decision arsenic they slumped to 2-9.
Jared Goff threw a career-worst 5 interceptions past week but responded with 412 yards, 4 touchdown passes and a cleanable passer standing arsenic the Lions made it 8 wins successful a enactment to determination to 9-1.
It is their champion commencement to a play since 1934 arsenic Dan Campbell's broadside reinforced their presumption arsenic the NFC favourites to marque what would beryllium their archetypal ever Super Bowl.
The NFL's most-played rivalry saw the Green Bay Packers triumph successful their 209th crippled against the Chicago Bears acknowledgment to a blocked tract extremity connected the last play.
Rookie Caleb Williams did each the hard enactment with a large thrust to set-up the tract goal, but Green Bay got a manus connected it to gain a 20-19 triumph and an 11th consecutive triumph implicit the Bears.
The Minnesota Vikings won their 3rd successful a enactment - 23-13 implicit the Tennessee Titans - to spell 8-2 and stay a crippled down Detroit and 1 up of Green Bay successful the pugnacious NFC North.
Is the extremity successful show for Aaron Rodgers?
The Aaron Rodgers fairytale successful New York seems implicit arsenic the Jets mislaid 28-27 against the Indianapolis Colts to gaffe to 3-8 and all-but retired of play-off contention.
Rodgers mislaid his archetypal play with the Jets to an Achilles tendon injury, but this 1 is not overmuch betterment and it volition instrumentality a immense turnaround aft their bye week to salvage thing from this position.
In opposition to the 40-year-old oldest backmost successful the league, Anthony Richardson is the 2nd youngest successful the NFL astatine the property of 22 and has fixed his broadside play-off hopes by dragging his squad to 5-6.
It could besides beryllium curtains for the Cincinnati Bengals who again showed plentifulness of bosom and quality but yet again came up abbreviated against the Los Angeles Chargers to slump to 4-7.
Joe Burrow led a 21-point second-half comeback but a precocious missed tract extremity gave the Chargers the accidental to triumph it and JK Dobbins rushed for a 29-yard touchdown 18 seconds from the extremity to seal a 34-27 victory. LA are present 7-3 for the season.
NFL Week 11 round-up - QBs travel up big
Geno Smith scored a melodramatic precocious touchdown with conscionable 12 seconds near to springiness Seattle a astonishment 20-17 triumph successful San Francisco and permission the 49ers bottommost of the NFC West.
They some beryllium connected 5-5 though, arsenic bash the Los Angeles Rams aft Matthew Stafford threw 4 touchdown passes to assistance them bushed the New England Patriots 28-22.
Denver look to person recovered their franchise backmost if rookie Bo Nix continues his caller form. Nix tossed 4 touchdowns arsenic the Broncos battered Atlanta 38-6 to amended to 6-5.
The astir versatile antheral successful the NFL, Taysom Hill, had an bonzer crippled with 3 touchdown runs and 248 combined yards from besides acting arsenic a receiver, passer and returner - each of which helped the New Orleans Saints bushed Cleveland 35-14.
Tua Tagovailoa threw 3 touchdowns arsenic Miami moved to 4-6 by beating Las Vegas 34-19 to cling to their play-off hopes.
NFL Results - Week 11
Baltimore Ravens 16-18 Pittsburgh Steelers
Jacksonville Jaguars 6-52 Detroit Lions
Los Angeles Rams 28-22 New England Patriots
Cleveland Browns 14-35 New Orleans Saints
Indianapolis Colts 28-27 New York Jets
Minnesota Vikings 23-13 Tennessee Titans
Las Vegas Raiders 19-34 Miami Dolphins
Green Bay Packers 20-19 Chicago Bears
Kansas City Chiefs 21-30 Buffalo Bills
Seattle Seahawks 20-17 San Francisco 49ers
Atlanta Falcons 6-38 Denver Broncos
Cincinnati Bengals 27-34 Los Angeles Chargers