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LANDOVER, Md. -- Eli Manning had his first 300-yard game of the season, Clinton Portis was held to 22 yards rushing, and the New York Giants put aside the Plaxico Burress mess with a 23-7 victory over the Washington Redskins.
The Giants (11-1) have won seven straight, including six in a row against teams with winning records, and have a three-game lead in the NFC East over the second-place Dallas Cowboys with four to play.
The loss not only dropped the Redskins (7-5) out of contention for the division title, but now they also trail Dallas in the wild-card race.
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Steelers 33, Patriots 10: FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Pittsburgh's NFL-best defense stopped Matt Cassel's two-game offensive surge and pushed New England closer to strange territory: a sideline seat for the playoffs.
The Steelers held the Patriots to 267 yards, got two touchdown passes from Ben Roethlisberger and four field goals from Jeff Reed.
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Broncos 34, Jets 17: EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Jay Cutler and the Broncos stopped the surging Jets, and showed they might be a team to reckon with in the wide-open AFC.
Cutler passed for 357 yards and two touchdowns and rookie Peyton Hillis ran for 129 yards and a score.
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Vikings 34, Bears 14: MINNEAPOLIS -- With a gutty goal-line stand and one big heave by Gus Frerotte, the Minnesota Vikings grabbed control of the NFC North and sent Kyle Orton and the Chicago Bears home with a humbling defeat.
Seconds after the Bears were stopped four times at the 1, Bernard Berrian pulled in a 99-yard touchdown pass. Minnesota (7-5) turned three turnovers into 17 second-half points.
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Falcons 22, Chargers 16: SAN DIEGO -- Matt Ryan, Michael Turner and the rest of the Falcons are very much alive in the playoff picture. The Chargers, once thought to be Super Bowl worthy, are on life support.
Ryan threw two touchdown passes and Turner ran for 120 yards against his former team.
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Chiefs 20, Raiders 13: OAKLAND, Calif. -- Tyler Thigpen put together one effective drive to beat the Raiders in a matchup between two of the NFL's worst teams.
Thigpen engineered a 91-yard drive capped by Larry Johnson's 2-yard tiebreaking run early in the fourth quarter to lead the Chiefs to just their second win in their last 21 games.
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Colts 10, Browns 6: CLEVELAND -- Defensive end Robert Mathis scooped up Derek Anderson's fumble and rumbled 39 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter as the Colts stayed in the thick of the AFC playoff chase by winning their fifth straight.
Mathis' big play helped bail out Peyton Manning and Indy's high-octane offense, which never got humming with its usual efficiency.
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Panthers 35, Packers 31: GREEN BAY, Wis. -- DeAngelo Williams scored his fourth touchdown of the game with 1:30 left on the clock, giving the Panthers a stunning come-from-behind victory in wintry conditions.
The Packers appeared headed for a comeback win of their own after breaking a 28-28 tie on Mason Crosby's 19-yard field goal with 1:57 remaining. But Green Bay immediately gave up a 45-yard kickoff return to Mark Jones and a 54-yard heave from Jake Delhomme to Steve Smith.
Williams then went up the gut for his career-high fourth score of the game.
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Buccaneers 23, Saints 20: TAMPA, Fla. -- Jermaine Phillips and Phillip Buchanon intercepted Drew Brees, the NFL's leading passer, in the closing minutes and Matt Bryant kicked a 37-yard field goal with 1:55 remaining.
Brees, on pace to break Dan Marino's single-season yardage record, threw for 296 yards and two touchdowns on a rainy day, but also was picked off three times.
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49ers 10, Bills 3: ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Linebacker Patrick Willis had 14 tackles and a forced fumble in a win that all but ended the Bills' dwindling playoff hopes.
The 49ers' win also prevented the Arizona Cardinals from clinching the NFC West and their first playoff berth in 10 years.
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Ravens 34, Bengals 3: CINCINNATI -- Mark Clayton put a little sizzle into Baltimore's steadily evolving offense.
The fourth-year receiver threw a touchdown pass on a reverse, then made a spectacular one-handed catch for a 70-yard score.
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Dolphins 16, Rams 12: ST. LOUIS -- The Dolphins (7-5) made it into the end zone only once, but relied on stingy play from a defense that got routed last week by the Patriots to secure their fifth victory in six games.
Marc Bulger, sidelined by a concussion last week against the Bears, threw three interceptions in the second half.
