Football (NFL)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Patrick Mahomes passed for 320 yards and three touchdowns and the Kansas City Chiefs locked up the top seed in the AFC for the fourth time in seven seasons with a 29-10 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Wednesday.

HOUSTON (AP) — Lamar Jackson broke the NFL career rushing record for quarterbacks in Baltimore's 31-2 victory over the Houston Texans on Wednesday, bolstering his case for MVP as the Ravens moved closer to the AFC North title.

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HOUSTON (AP) — Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson has passed Michael Vick for the most yards rushing by a quarterback in NFL history. Jackson moved past Vick on a 6-yard run in the third quarter against the Houston Texans on Wednesday.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Three times in 11 days, the Pittsburgh Steelers faced a team aiming for the Super Bowl, the kind of elite company the Steelers have spent most of the season trying to prove they belong in.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andy Reid donned a Santa Claus suit in a giddy Kansas City Chiefs locker room on Christmas Day, then handed his team a present it increasingly looks like it deserves: home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — If anybody can slow down Cincinnati Bengals receiver Ja'Marr Chase, it's Denver Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain II.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Bergey, a five-time Pro Bowl linebacker who played in a Super Bowl for the Philadelphia Eagles, died Wednesday, the team announced. He was 79. His son, Jake, posted on social media that Bergey died of cancer .

NEW YORK (AP) — The National Football League Inactive Report. KANAS CITY CHIEFS at PITTSBURGH STEELERS — KANSAS CITY: DB Chamarri Conner, DE Joshua Uche, OL C.J. Hanson, OL D.J. Humphries, OT Ethan Driskell, DE Malik Herring, DL Chris Jones.