NFL Week 13: Scores, odds, picks, top moments, and everything to know

The 2019 NFL Draft is here. On Thursday night the Arizona Cardinals made Kyler Murray the No. 1 overall pick. The Raiders made a bit of a surprise at No. 4 overall by taking Clemson defensive end Clelin Ferrell, who should’ve had more buzz around him leading up to the draft. The New York Giants had the first out-there pick at No. 6 when they took Duke quarterback Daniel Jones. The pick has been widely panned, leading the Giants into immediate spin control on why Jones is a good pick.

While you wait for day 2 of the NFL draft to begin on Friday night, be sure to read retired NFL lineman Geoff Schwartz on his seven takeaways from day 1 and Dan Kadar’s draft grades for all 32 picks on Thursday night.

Jerry Hughes was heated after the Buffalo Bills’ 21-17 loss to the Miami Dolphins and it was an official who drew his ire. A video from shortly after the game ended shows Hughes yelling at and threatening an official who he says called the Bills defensive end “a bitch.”

The official Hughes was talking to, Roy Ellison, was put on administrative leave on Tuesday night.

Kyle Shanahan was pretty angry during the San Francisco 49ers’ Week 13 loss to the Seattle Seahawks, and for a variety of reasons. His team only has two wins, everybody is hurt, and they were getting beaten down by a divisional rival.

But one incident in particular occurred late in the third quarter, when Shanahan was called for unsportsmanlike conduct while arguing with a referee. According to Shanahan, though, there was a good reason for that: Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson apparently threw 49ers linebacker Fred Warner’s shoe.

The NFL has taken steps to make the game safer, including implementing a new rule this offseason that penalizes helmet-to-helmet hits. But we’re still seeing referees miss easy calls that should flagged.

On Thursday night in Week 13, Saints running back Alvin Kamara took a brutal hit from Cowboys linebacker Jaylon Smith that left him stumbling as he tried to get off the ground.

Washington just can’t escape the quarterback injuries. After Colt McCoy stepped in for the injured Alex Smith, McCoy injured his right leg in the second quarter of their Monday night game against the Philadelphia Eagles. He underwent X-rays in the locker room, which revealed a fractured fibula. His season is now over.

You know what that means. It’s Mark Sanchez time for the rest of the season. Sanchez was signed on Nov. 19 after Smith’s season-ending leg injury. The veteran quarterback hadn’t thrown a pass since 2016, when he was a member of the Dallas Cowboys. He hasn’t started a game since 2015 ... when he was a member of the Philadelphia Eagles!

Pittsburgh Steelers running back James Conner left Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers after sustaining a lower leg injury late in the fourth quarter. Conner went down hard and stayed down for some time, before being helped off the field with assistance from team trainers. Head coach Mike Tomlin told reporters after the game Conner suffered a lower leg contusion. He’d later downgrade Conner’s condition from “contusion” to “sprain.”

Although there is no official word beyond that, the injury is not expected to be serious but will keep the second-year back out of Week 14’s tilt against the Oakland Raiders.

With Week 13 in the rearview mirror, the NFL playoff picture is starting to get locked in. Just four weeks remain in the regular season, and though there have been many surprises this season, we have a good idea of who will be making it as division representatives. The wild card is also shaping up nicely.

On Sunday, the Rams clinched the NFC West, while the 49ers and Raiders are officially out of contention.

In his first game action since 2016, Mark Sanchez had another incident with a fumble and his butt. It wasn’t as breathtakingly iconic as his famous “butt fumble” that he had in 2012 when he was member of the New York Jets, but it was still funny.

Sanchez was stripped from behind by Eagles defensive lineman Brandon Graham as he was trying to avoid a sack and the ball slipped between his legs. Luckily, he was able to sit on the ball and regain possession instead of turning it over to the Eagles.

Adrian Peterson needed only eight games to reach 1,000 career rushing yards in the NFL. It took him 56 days as a pro.

On Sunday, Tom Brady’s scramble/dive pushed him to 1,000 career rushing yards in the NFL. It took him 6,584 days.

Forget the five Super Bowl championships on eight Super Bowl trips. Ignore the 13 Pro Bowl selections and three MVP awards. Tom Brady has finally accomplished something that tops everything else in his career.

Tom Brady officially passed 1,000 career rushing yards. With a 5-yard run in Week 13 against the Vikings, Brady is now the 98th quarterback in NFL history to reach 1,000 career rushing yards, behind the illustrious Matt Cassel.

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick had some not-so-nice words for Minnesota Vikings receiver Adam Thielen in the fourth quarter of their Week 13 matchup.

Shortly after Belichick challenged a play, he was shown on the Fox broadcast yelling at Thielen. You didn’t have to be an expert at lip reading to tell he said “shut the fuck up.”

If you’re a fan of great quarterback play, the early slate of Week 13’s matchups featured exactly half a game for you. That came courtesy of Deshaun Watson, who started his game against the Browns on fire, then cruised through the second half of a blowout that pushed the Texans one step closer to the AFC South title.

But for just about everyone else, including the quarterback standing across the field from Watson, Sunday was a day of mourning and regret.

Aaron Rodgers’ birthday was bittersweet. The Packers lost to the Cardinals at home, 20-17, but Mike McCarthy was fired.

The Cardinals were 2-9 coming into the game, one of the NFL’s worst teams this season. Sunday, they didn’t really do much of anything that would have led you to think that they would have beat the Packers. Josh Rosen was just 11-of-26 for 149 yards passing with a quarterback rating of 38. David Johnson had just 69 yards, while Chase Edmonds had 53 yards and two touchdowns.

This Sunday in the NFL had a face only a mother could love. Just a few days after the Saints lost to the Cowboys in a messy 13-10 game on Thursday night, we got an even lower-scoring game between the Colts and Jaguars. In Cody Kessler’s first start since Blake Bortles’ benching, Jacksonville held on for a 6-0 win.

Yes, SIX POINTS in the year 2018, when every team is practically floated 21 points just for showing up.

Los Angeles Chargers offensive tackle Russell Okung paid homage to his alma mater “Wakanda Tech” during his introduction on Sunday Night Football.

Just one thing: That’s not a real school.

The Los Angeles Chargers were outrageously lucky to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night. The 33-30 wasn’t exactly undeserved — the Chargers outgained the Steelers on the night — but Los Angeles definitely got some breaks along the way.

And you know what? Good for them.

Earlier in the 2018 season, the Los Angeles Chargers scored a touchdown thanks to a down judge missing a penalty so obvious that it made him the first NFL official of the Super Bowl era to get fired midseason. Less than two months later, the Chargers benefitted from the same exact thing.

Philip Rivers connected with Travis Benjamin for a 46-yard touchdown Sunday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers, but not before right tackle Sam Tevi clearly jumped early:

By the end of the month, the NFL playoff picture will be officially set. But December just started and before Sunday, no teams had clinched a spot — and no teams had been eliminated. Not even the Raiders!

That’s not that unusual. Last year, we didn’t see a team punch its postseason ticket until Week 14, when the Eagles won the NFC East title and lost Carson Wentz in the same day. They, of course, went on to become Super Bowl champions. That could be a good omen for the Rams, who beat the Lions Sunday to become the first team to clinch a playoff berth this season.

After an embarrassing 20-17 loss to the 3-9 Arizona Cardinals, the Green Bay Packers have fired head coach Mike McCarthy. McCarthy’s final season with the Packers wound up with a 4-7-1 record. The team announced the move Sunday evening, not long after the game.

Offensive coordinator Joe Philbin will take over as the interim coach. Philbin was previously the head coach of the Miami Dolphins from 2012-2015.

The Jacksonville Jaguars defense pitched a shutout Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts to snap a seven-game losing streak with a 6-0 win. But the finish wasn’t without a bit of controversy.

With one last chance to drive for a game-winning touchdown, Andrew Luck led the Colts into Jaguars territory. With nine seconds left, Luck dumped a pass off to tight end Erik Swoope, who was hit by cornerback Jalen Ramsey before landing out of bounds.

The Chicago Bears are without QB Mitchell Trubisky for a second consecutive week, and are therefore getting creative on offense. Or at least, they’re looking towards the past.

In the second quarter against the Giants, Chase Daniel handed the ball off to the 6’5, 332-pound Hicks for the heavy score:

Bears vs. Giants wasn’t supposed to be one of the most exciting games of the weekend, but a series of decisions down the stretch made it one of the most bizarre games of Week 13 before New York eventually won in overtime, 30-27.

The Giants were in a commanding position entering the fourth quarter, up 24-14. All they needed to do was grind out the final quarter, which seemed utterly possible considering the defense was handling Chase Daniel and Saquon Barkley was having success on the ground.

The Rams are having another explosive, exciting year under head coach Sean McVay, and they’re going back to the playoffs for the second year in a row too.

Sunday’s 30-16 win over the Detroit Lions clinched a playoff spot and the NFC West title the Rams. Their 11-1 record is the best in the entire NFL through 13 weeks of the season.

Eli Manning is the quarterback for the New York Giants. Eli Manning will remain the quarterback for the New York Giants for the rest of this season, probably next season too, and maybe even until the moment the Earth finally melts and releases all from our punishing worldly existence.

This should not be the case. It’s easy to see two Super Bowl MVP trophies and think that Eli Manning is also a good quarterback. And maybe he was, but that is not the case in the year 2018. It will not be the case in 2019, or ever again.

Jalen Ramsey had a stone cold reception for Andrew Luck when the Colts’ QB thought he was going to get a helping hand after a slide.

You can clutch your pearls all you want and say this is bad sportsmanship from Ramsey, but the dude is competitive as all get out. No way anyone on an opposing team should honestly expect him to be helpful in any situation like this.