Bo Nix tied his career high with four touchdown throws and Denver’s defense stifled Jordan Love in the second half of the Broncos’ 34-26 win Sunday over the Green Bay Packers, who lost star Micah Parsons to a knee injury. With their NFL-best 11th consecutive victory, the Broncos (12-2) clinched a playoff berth and moved a game ahead of New England for the No. 1 seed in the AFC. They stayed two games ahead of the Los Angeles Chargers in the AFC West. The Packers (9-4-1), who led 23-14 in the third quarter before falling apart offensively, slipped a half-game behind Chicago ahead of their Soldier Field showdown with the Bears next weekend. This was Green Bay’s first loss by more than three points. Denver cornerbacks Pat Surtain II and Riley Moss recorded their first interceptions of the season, the Broncos sacked Jordan Love three times and Denver held the Packers to just one touchdown in four trips into the red zone. After scoring on their first five drives, the Packers managed one field goal in their final half-dozen possessions. The others ended in a pair of picks, two turnovers on downs and a punt. Former Broncos kicker Brandon McManus kicked field goals of 56, 23 and 35 yards to help the Packers take a 16-14 halftime lead, which they quickly stretched to 23-14 on Josh Jacobs’ 40-yard touchdown run following a debatable pass interference flag on Moss. Denver’s defense finally got a stop when Surtain intercepted Love’s deep throw to Christian Watson, who suffered a chest injury on the play. The Broncos turned that takeaway into points when Nix drove Denver 71 yards on seven plays, hitting Courtland Sutton from 14 yards out to pull the Broncos within 23-21. Nix’s 23-yard pass to Troy Franklin put the Broncos ahead for good at 27-23 and R.J. Harvey, who suffered a rib injury, capped the scoring with a 4-yard TD run. In the first half, Love threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Jacobs one play after Broncos coach Sean Payton declined a holding penalty that would have pushed the Packers back to the Denver 24. The Broncos responded with their second straight touchdown drive, the payoff coming on a perfectly placed 5-yard throw from Nix to Lil’Jordan Humphrey that gave Denver a 14-13 lead. Earlier, Franklin was mistakenly ruled down at the Green Bay 7 even though his knees never hit the grass as he broke tackles and rambled into the end zone. Nix made sure it didn’t matter by finding fullback Michael Bandy for a 20-yard touchdown reception that erased Green Bay’s 6-0 lead. Parsons, who stripped Harvey at midfield on Denver’s opening drive, sustained a non-contract injury with 44 seconds left in the third quarter. He had a clear shot at Nix but pulled up and grabbed his left knee before tumbling to the ground. As he was being tended to by trainers, several Broncos players went up to him with comforting words before he headed to the locker room to be evaluated. Injuries Packers: In addition to Parsons’ knee injury, TE Josh Whyle sustained a concussion in the first quarter and RT Zach Tom sustained a knee injury in the second quarter. Broncos: In addition to Harvey’s rib injury, ILB Justin Strnad injured his right ankle in the first quarter and didn’t return. Also, S Brandon Jones was ruled out with a pectoral injury just after halftime. — Arnie Stapleton in Denver Los Angeles Rams 41, Detroit Lions 34 Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Davante Adams (17) makes a catch over Detroit Lions cornerback D.J. Reed (4) during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Katie Chin) Matthew Stafford passed for 368 yards and hit Colby Parkinson for two touchdowns, and the NFC-leading Los Angeles Rams clinched a playoff berth with a furious second-half rally for a 41-34 victory over the Detroit Lions on Sunday. Kyren Williams rushed for two scores and Blake Corum added another TD for the Rams (11-3), who came back from a double-digit deficit shortly before halftime with 20 consecutive points to secure their eighth victory in nine games. Los Angeles is headed to the playoffs for the third straight year and for the seventh time in coach Sean McVay’s nine seasons. After throwing his fifth interception of the season in an inconsistent first half, Stafford ruthlessly led the Rams to victory in the second half. He heard chants of “M-V-P! M-V-P!” from the SoFi Stadium crowd after hitting Parkinson for an 11-yard score with 4:49 to play. Amon-Ra St. Brown scorched his hometown team for 163 yards and two touchdowns on 13 receptions for the Lions (8-6). Jared Goff passed for 338 yards and three TDs, but Detroit has alternated wins and losses since Week 5, endangering its hopes for a third straight playoff berth. Jameson Williams caught a 31-yard TD pass and had seven receptions for 134 yards. David Montgomery also scored with 2:42 to play to make it close — but the Rams got a first down to exhaust the Lions’ timeouts, preventing a last-second comeback. Detroit’s offense dominated the first half, averaging 8.5 yards per play and taking a 24-14 lead shortly before halftime. St. Brown caught a 17-yard touchdown pass set up by Aidan Hutchinson’s 58-yard interception return in the first quarter, and the Orange County native scored again in the second before finishing the first half with nine catches for 127 yards. But Parkinson caught a 26-yard TD pass late in the third quarter to put the Rams back ahead. His second TD catch in the fourth quarter was his sixth in his past six games, surpassing the veteran tight end’s total TDs in his first 5 1/2 NFL seasons. Stafford and the Rams controlled the second half even while losing both of their star receivers in the fourth quarter. Davante Adams injured his hamstring while running a long route with 12:36 to play, and Puka Nacua — who had nine catches for 181 yards — left due to cramps one snap before Parkinson’s second TD. Nacua returned for the Rams’ final series. Detroit missed a field goal on its opening drive, but Stafford’s ill-advised attempt at a screen pass moments later was picked off by the 6-foot-7 Hutchinson, who made a long return. Kyren Williams scored on consecutive drives for the Rams, but USC product St. Brown scored his second TD on an 8-yard catch before Jameson Williams got open comfortably for his long scoring catch 30 seconds before halftime, sending the Rams to their biggest deficit since Week 5. But after Harrison Mevis made field goals on either side of halftime, the Rams reclaimed the lead on Parkinson’s sprawling TD catch in tight coverage. The Rams forced a punt and went 50 yards in two plays for another score, with Nacua’s 39-yard catch setting up Corum’s TD run. — Greg Beacham in Inglewood, Calif. ...read more read less