NFL: Trevor Lawrence knocked out as Texans edge Jags

The Houston Texans kept their play-off hopes on track with a 23-20 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars but only after knocking Jags quarterback Trevor Lawrence out of the game.

Azeez Al-Shaair's illegal hit on Lawrence sparked a huge brawl in the second quarter as the quarterback was forced out of the game with a concussion.

Joe Mixon ran for 101 yards and a touchdown for Houston, who moved to 8-5 after only their second win in five weeks.

Russell Wilson threw for 414 yards and three touchdowns as the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Cincinnati Bengals 44-38 in a shootout to improve to 9-3.

Wilson, who turned 36 on Friday, helped the Steelers put the most points on the board since they scored 52 against Carolina in 2018.

Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was sacked four times, twice by TJ Watt, was intercepted and fumbled twice, but found Andrew Iosivas in the end zone to cut the gap to six with 2:39 left before Connor Heyward recovered an onside kick and Pittsburgh clung on.

The Minnesota Vikings needed a late comeback to win their fifth straight game as they edged out the Arizona Cardinals 23-22 to move to 10-2.

Sam Darnold found Aaron Jones with a five-yard touchdown pass as the Vikings went up by one point with 73 seconds left in regulation.

There was still time for the Cardinals, but Shaq Griffin sealed the win as he intercepted Kyler Murray with 40 seconds left.

The Washington Commanders scored three touchdowns in the first quarter as they got back on track with a 42-19 rout of the Tennessee Titans that ended a three-game losing streak.

The game was over not much longer after it began as Brian Robinson ran into the end zone from 40 yards to cap the Commanders’ first drive and Jayden Daniels ran in a second before finding Terry