Week 12 capsules

— TV GAMES- All times CentralBroncos at Chiefs Noon, CBS 1 LINE - Broncos by 10 /2LAST MEETING Kansas City beat Denver 7-3, Jan. 1, 2012 LAST WEEK Denver beat San Diego 30-23; Kansas City lost to Cincinnati 28-6 RANKINGS Broncos: offense (3), defense (6); Chiefs: offense (19), defense (15) NOTES Denver QB Peyton Manning is tied with former Broncos QB John Elway with 148 victories, second-most by starter in league history. His .679 winning percentage is better than Elway and Brett Favre, the all-time leader with 186 victories. ... Kansas City has lost 7 consecutive. Its lone victory required a franchise-record 18-point comeback to win at New Orleans. QB Brady Quinn will start for Chiefs in place of Matt Cassel, who was starter earlier this season. Quinn sustained concussion last month against Oakland, returned for first time last week when Cassel was ineffective.

Falcons at Bucs Noon, FOX LINE - Falcons by 1LAST MEETING Atlanta beat Tampa Bay 45-24, Jan. 1, 2012 LAST WEEK Atlanta beat Arizona 23-19; Tampa Bay beat Carolina 27-21 OT RANKINGS Falcons: offense (7), defense (18); Buccaneers: offense (10), defense (29) NOTES Atlanta has won 6 of past 7 meetings and is 6-2 against Tampa Bay under Coach Mike Smith. Both teams came from behind to win last week, with Falcons overcoming Matt Ryan’s five interceptions against Arizona to improve to retain share of best record in NFL. Buccaneers rallied from 11-ppoint deficit in final 6 minutes, then beat Panthers on Josh Freeman’s third touchdown pass, the last of which occurred in overtime. ... Tampa Bay has league’s stingiest run defense, allowing 81.8 yards per game. Flip side is Bucs are last in pass defense, yielding 312.6 yards per game.

49ers at Saints

3:25 p.m., FOX LINE - 49ers by 1LAST MEETING San Francisco beat New Orleans 36-32, Jan. 14, 2012 LAST WEEK San Francisco beat Chicago 32-7; New Orleans beat Oakland 38-17 RANKINGS 49ers: offense (13), defense (2); Saints: offense (5), defense (32) NOTES San Francisco QB Alex Smith had 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions when teams last met in last season’s divisional playoffs. He also ran for a 28-yard touchdown. When Smith sat out last week (concussion), QB Colin Kaepernick had 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions in first career start against Chicago last Monday night. ... New Orleans has won 5 of past 6 after 0-4 start. QB Drew Brees holds NFL records with TD passes in 53 consecutive games and 20 or more completions in 46 in a row.

Packers at Giants 7:25 p.m., NBC

LINE - Giants by 3LAST MEETING New York beat Green Bay 37-20, Jan. 15, 2012 LAST WEEK Green Bay beat Detroit 24-20; New York had bye RANKINGS Packers: offense (18), defense (16); Giants: offense (tied 11th), defense (22) NOTES Fourth meeting between Green Bay and New York in three seasons. Green Bay won two regular-season games, New York won playoff game last season. Packers’ 5-game winning streak tied with Denver for NFL’s longest current streak. ... New York coming off bye riding a two-game losing streak. Quarterback Eli Manning has thrown 197 touchdown passes and needs 2 to tie Phil Simms for most by Giant. In past two games against Green Bay, including playoffs, he has 6 touchdowns, 2 interceptions and 677 yards. Manning has not thrown touchdown pass in past 3 games.

Vikings at Bears Noon

LINE - Bears by 7LAST MEETING Chicago beat Minnesota 17-13, Jan. 1, 2012 LAST WEEK Minnesota had bye; Chicago lost to San Francisco 32-7 RANKINGS Vikings: offense (20), defense (tied 13th); Bears: offense (30), defense (5) NOTES This is the first of 2 meetings in next 3 weeks, with Chicago visiting Minnesota on Dec. 9. Vikings had dropped 2 consecutive before beating Detroit Nov. 11. RB Adrian Peterson leads NFL with 1,128 yards rushing - more than 21 teams. Has run for at least 100 in 4 consecutive games for second time in career. ... Bears coming off back-to-back losses to Houston and San Francisco. Chicago leads NFL with 30 takeaways - 5 in red zone, tying New England and New Orleans for league lead. Bears have 7 defensive touchdowns, all on interception returns.

Raiders at Bengals Noon 1

LINE - Bengals by 8 /2LAST MEETING Oakland beat Cincinnati 20-17, Nov. 22, 2009 LAST WEEK Oakland lost to New Orleans 38-17; Cincinnati beat Kansas City 28-6 RANKINGS Raiders: offense (9), defense (24); Bengals: offense (15), defense (17) NOTES Oakland QB Carson Palmer, Cincinnati’s first overall pick in 2003, still holds Bengals marks for career completion percentage (62.9) and passer rating (86.9). He also holds single-season records for attempts, completions, yards, touchdowns and passer rating. His 6 touchdown passes are a single-game record. It’ll be Palmer’s first time facing Bengals since they traded him to Oakland last year for a first and a second round pick. ... Cincinnati assistant coach Hue Jackson was Raiders coach last season when they traded for Palmer.

Steelers at Browns Noon

LINE - Steelers by 1LAST MEETING Pittsburgh beat Cleveland 13-9, Jan. 1, 2012 LAST WEEK Pittsburgh lost to Baltimore 13-10; Cleveland lost to Dallas 23-20 OT RANKINGS Steelers: offense (17), defense (1); Browns: offense (27), defense (23) NOTES Pittsburgh forced to start 37-year-old QB Charlie Batch because of rib injuries to starter Ben Roethlisberger and backup Byron Leftwich. Batch 5-2 while filling in for Roethlisberger. Steelers re-signed veteran WR Plaxico Burress. Burress, 35, played 5 seasons (2000-2004) with Steelers. ... New Cleveland owner Jimmy Haslam still has minority share in Steelers. Browns recorded season-high 7 sacks at Dallas. CB Joe Haden, who missed last game with oblique injury, expected to play. Browns 0-5 without top cornerback this season.

Titans at Jaguars Noon

LINE - Titans by 4LAST MEETING Tennessee beat Jacksonville 23-17, Dec. 24, 2011 LAST WEEK Tennessee had bye; Jacksonville lost to Houston 43-37 OT RANKINGS Titans: offense (25), defense (30); Jaguars: offense (32), defense (31) NOTES Tennessee has won past two road games. Titans RB Chris Johnson looking for third consecutive 100-yard game. ... Jacksonville has dropped 7 in row. QB Chad Henne will make first start since early last season. Henne came off bench and threw for 354 yards and 4 touchdowns last week at Houston. Coach Mike Mularkey named Henne starter this week based on performance - not because of Blaine Gabbert’s season-ending forearm injury.

Seahawks at Dolphins Noon

LINE - Seahawks by 3LAST MEETING Miami beat Seattle 21-19, Nov. 9, 2008 LAST WEEK Seattle beat New York, 28-7; Miami lost to Bufallo, 19-14 RANKINGS Seahawks: offense (26), defense (3); Dolphins: offense (28), defense (21) NOTES Seattle QB Russell Wilson leads NFL rookies with 15 touchdown passes, but Seahawks rank last in league at 175 yards passing per game. Wilson has 4 touchdowns and 8 interceptions on road.Seahawks rank second in points allowed at 16.1 per game, but opponents 16 for 16 on field-goal tries. ... Ryan Tannehill needs 91 yards passing to break Miami rookie record of 2,210 set by Dan Marino in 1983. Tannehill has thrown 6 touchdown passes, which is tied for 31st in league.

Bills at Colts Noon LINE - Colts by 3LAST MEETING Buffalo beat Indianapolis 30-7, Jan. 3, 2010 LAST WEEK Buffalo beat Miami 19-14; Indianapolis lost to New England 59-24 RANKINGS Bills: offense (16), defense (27); Colts: offense (4), defense (20) NOTES Buffalo 3-2 this season when S Jairus Byrd has a hand in a turnover. Byrd leads team with 4 interceptions, 3 forced fumbles and tied for team lead with 2 fumble recoveries. With sack against Miami, DE Mario Williams took over Bills lead 1 with 5 /2. Of Bills’ 23 sacks, 17 have come in victories. Since start of last season, QB Ryan Fitzpatrick 6-1 when making 29 or fewer pass attempts, and 4-15 when attempting more than 30. ... Indianapolis QB Andrew Luck coming off fifth 300-yard game to pass Peyton Manning and set NFL mark for most by rookie. Luck’s 2,965 yards passing most by NFL rookie through 10 games.

Rams at Cardinals 3:25 p.m.

1 LINE - Cardinals by 1 /2LAST MEETING St. Louis beat Arizona 17-3, Oct. 4, 2012 LAST WEEK St. Louis lost to New York 27-13; Arizona lost to Atlanta 23-19 RANKINGS Rams: offense (24), defense (11); Cardinals: offense (31), defense (9) NOTES Neither team has won since St. Louis beat Arizona Oct. 4. St. Louis’ 5 consecutive games without opponent turnover longest such streak since 1950. Rams sacked Kevin Kolb 9 times in the first meeting. ... Cardinals ILB Daryl Washington has 91 tackles, 8 sacks, 10 tackles for loss, 2 forced fumbles, 1 interception and 12 QB pressures. WR Larry Fitzgerald has 99 career receptions against Rams.

Ravens at Chargers 3:05 p.m.

LINE - Ravens by 1LAST MEETING San Diego beat Baltimore 34-14, Dec. 18, 2011, in San Diego.

LAST WEEK Baltimore beat Philadelphia 13-10; San Diego lost to Denver 30-23 RANKINGS Ravens: offense (21), defense (25); Chargers: offense (23), defense (8) NOTES Baltimore has won 3 consecutive and 7 of 8; lead AFC North by 2 games. Game separates Baltimore’s 2 games with Steelers this year. Ravens playing on road for fourth time in five games. ... San Diego trails Denver by 3 games in AFC West, plus Broncos hold tiebreaker by virtue of season sweep, so deficit actually four games. Chargers went into weekend trailing Pittsburgh and Indianapolis by two games in wild-card race and Cincinnati by one game.

Week 13 schedule THURSDAY, NOV. 29 New Orleans at Atlanta, 7:20 p.m. SUNDAY, DEC. 2 Seattle at Chicago, noon Minnesota at Green Bay, noon San Francisco at St. Louis, noon Carolina at Kansas City, noon Houston at Tennessee, noon Arizona at NY Jets, noon Indianapolis at Detroit, noonJacksonville at Buffalo, noon New England at Miami, noon Tampa Bay at Denver, 3:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Oakland, 3:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at San Diego, 3:25 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 3:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at Dallas, 7:20 p.m.

MONDAY, DEC. 3 NY Giants at Washington, 7:30 p.m.

Sports, Pages 28 on 11/25/2012

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