The 5 things we learned from NFL Week 13

Sunday was a rare day for Detroit. After almost a year without being able to celebrate a victory within the NFL season, The city, considered the ugliest in America on many lists, celebrated the Lions’ victory in the final second of their Sunday afternoon game against the Vikings.

For several hours, the Detroit professional football team banished the sleepless nights and poor quality of life that being a Detroit fan brings, for a few moments of bliss and happiness.

Was a Christmas advance gift for the population of this metropolis in the north of the country.

The Lions’ result helped the current season be remembered for its high drama content. It was game 26 that is decided with a touchdown or a field goal with the last ball of the game.

With one game to conclude in Week 13, there have been 37 games with a winning score in the last minute of regulation time or in overtime, the fourth most at this point in the season of all time..

As it had not happened since 2000, nine teams that entered their commitments with four wins less than their opponents, they took the score, a case similar to that of the Steelers who beat the Ravens when for the first time since the Ben Roethlisberger era, they appeared underdog in betting by three points.TJ Watt had 3.5 sacks, the most of his career.

Baltimore had a chance to win on the last play by risking a conversion that quarterback Lamar Jackson missed on tight end Mark Andrews.

Surprise, surprise: The Steelers are still on the hunt for the playoffs, and the victory puts them in a fighting position for a wild-card spot. Perhaps no team in the NFL has epitomized how crazy this season has been like Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh battles a 39-year-old quarterback who is about to say goodbye to the game, but they also possess a hard heart that keeps them alive and beating..

Murray dazzles the league.

Before his ankle injury, Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray was taking the league by storm with his game. Tempting opposing defenses with both his arm and his legs, Murray is one of the biggest threats in the NFL..

After missing three games through injury, Kyle returned to do what he does best: drive defenders crazy.Murray had four touchdowns (two passes, two on the ground) in the Cardinals’ 33-22 victory at Chicago.

The Cardinals improved to 7-0 on the road this season and are the third team to win seven straight road games in a single season, each by at least 10 points, joining the 1984 San Francisco 49ers and the 1968 Dallas Cowboys. Murray has 10,092 passing yards and became the fourth youngest player (24 years, 120 days old) to reach 10,000 yards in NFL history. , He has 13 career games with a touchdown both on the pass and on the ground since entering the NFL as the No. 1 overall pick in 2019.

Murray has 20 career rushing touchdowns, but more importantly, he has the attention of the NFL.

Chargers smiles again.

Chargers quarterback Justin Herbet had 317 yards with three touchdowns in a 41-22 victory over Cincinnati.

The Los Angeles team sent a message to the league warning that they are again contenders to fight in the AFC postseason. Herbert, who has 27 touchdown passes this season after recording the most touchdown passes (31) by a rookie in NFL history last year, joined Peyton Manning and Russell Wilson as the only quarterbacks in the league. history with at least 25 touchdowns in each of his first two seasons.

Herbert has 11 career games with at least two touchdown passes. The Chargers’ sophomore quarterback has 18 games with at least two touchdown passes.

Taylor is once again the horse that pulls Indianapolis

Jonathan Taylor, who leads the NFL in rushing yards, has 16 touchdowns this season, equaling the franchise record set by Lenny Moore in 1964. It is the 10th game in a row that he has run for a touchdown, the longest streak in the NFL since LaDainian Tomlinson did it 18 in a row in the 2004 and 2005 seasons. The Colts improved to 7-0 this season in games in which the 22-year-old Taylor rushed for at least 100 yards. The back of the Indianapolis offense is the fifth player of all time with a rushing touchdown in at least 10 consecutive games in a single season.

Miami clings to its hopes

A team that was once 1-7 and crumbling is now 6-7 and brimming with confidence. Tua Tagovailoa threw a pair of short touchdown passes and the Dolphins extended their winning streak to five games by outscoring the New York Giants 20-9 on Sunday.