{"id":363177,"date":"2025-12-21T20:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T20:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/363177\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T20:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T20:44:08","slug":"nfl-week-16-live-updates-scores-chargers-cowboys-bucs-panthers-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/363177\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 16 Live Updates, Scores: Chargers-Cowboys, Bucs-Panthers, More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 pd-b-15\">There was plenty of exciting football on Thursday and Saturday, but there should be even more thrilling action on the gridiron on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 pd-b-15\">We&#8217;ve got 11 NFL games over the two afternoon slates on Sunday, and the majority of them will have some sort of impact on the playoff race. In the early window, the Cowboys host a Chargers team that is still in the hunt to win the AFC West. In Carolina, the Panthers host the Buccaneers in a battle for first place in the NFC South.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 pd-b-15\">In the late afternoon state, the Broncos host the Jaguars in a battle that could determine the AFC&#8217;s No. 1 seed. The Steelers and Lions also battle in Detroit in a near must-win game for both teams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 pd-b-15\">Here are all the highlights and top moments from Sunday&#8217;s games!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2:42p ET<\/p>\n<p> Josh Allen cleared to return after first half scare as Myles Garrett nearly gets record  <\/p>\n<p>1:10p ET<\/p>\n<p> Live scoreboards    <\/p>\n<p>3:21p ET<\/p>\n<p> Tyler Shough is dealing once again   <\/p>\n<p>3:18p ET<\/p>\n<p> Browns hanging around vs. Bills   <\/p>\n<p>3:17p ET<\/p>\n<p> Bryce Young making plays   <\/p>\n<p>3:10p ET<\/p>\n<p> Chiefs down another QB, and Chris Oladokun is now in the game   <\/p>\n<p>3:08p ET<\/p>\n<p> Buccaneers go back out in front to start second half   <\/p>\n<p>3:05p ET<\/p>\n<p> J.J. McCarthy ruled out with hand injury   <\/p>\n<p>2:32p ET<\/p>\n<p> Brian Burns brings the boom to help Giants get a scoop-and-score   <\/p>\n<p>2:29p ET<\/p>\n<p> Herbert gives Chargers the lead back   <\/p>\n<p>2:28p ET<\/p>\n<p> J.J. takes off for six   <\/p>\n<p>2:26p ET<\/p>\n<p> Quinshon Judkins carted off   <\/p>\n<p>2:11p ET<\/p>\n<p> 3 drives, 3 TDs for the Bills   <\/p>\n<p>2:08p ET<\/p>\n<p> There goes George Pickens again   <\/p>\n<p>2:05p ET<\/p>\n<p> Shedeur bloodied up   <\/p>\n<p>1:55p ET<\/p>\n<p> Chargers out in front vs. Cowboys   <\/p>\n<p>1:44p ET<\/p>\n<p> Bills capitalize off Shedeur Sanders INT   <\/p>\n<p>1:33p ET<\/p>\n<p> Vikings dealing with injuries at RB   <\/p>\n<p>1:32p ET<\/p>\n<p> What a grab by Quentin Johnston!   <\/p>\n<p>1:31p ET<\/p>\n<p> Buccaneers ahead early in crucial NFC South battle   <\/p>\n<p>1:29p ET<\/p>\n<p> Bills respond quickly to Browns&#8217; opening score   <\/p>\n<p>1:28p ET<\/p>\n<p> Cowboys still trying despite elimination from postseason contention   <\/p>\n<p>1:24p ET<\/p>\n<p> Shedeur throws TD on opening drive after meeting up with his did in pregame   <\/p>\n<p>12:26p ET<\/p>\n<p> Setting the stage for the afternoon    <\/p>\n<p>Live Coverage for this began on 12:27p ET<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There was plenty of exciting football on Thursday and Saturday, but there should be even more thrilling action&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-363177","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}