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On Football analyzes the biggest topics in the NFL from week to week. For more On Football analysis, head .___The Chiefs lost again. The Eagles struggled against the lowly Giants. The 49ers were embarra sed at home.Christmas Day was rough on Super Bowl contenders except for the Ravens.ADVERTISEMENT Lamar Jackson boosted his Rayjon Tucker Jersey MVP chances and Baltimore made a major statement with a convincing in a prime-time matchup Monday night that featured the NFLs two No. 1 seeds.The Ravens (12-3) would earn a first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs with a win at home against Miami (11-4) on Sunday.Im honored to be in the conversation, Jackson said about improving his bid for his second NFL MVP award. We just have to keep winning to get to February. Thats all.The goal for Jackson isnt an individual award. He wants a Super Bowl ring. The Ravens have won five in a row and cant let up with the Dolphins coming up next.The 49ers (11-4) were the NFLs hottest team until they ran into Roquan Smith and Baltimores tenacious defense. Brock Purdy, who became an with a sensational stretch during a six-game winning streak, threw four interceptions and finished the night watching from the sideline after .Despite the lo s, San Francisco is still in control of the NFCs No. 1 seed. The 49ers would clinch the top spot with wins over the Luke Kennard Jersey Commanders and Rams to close out the regular season.But the rest of the NFC should have hope after watching the Ravens take down San Francisco. The 49ers, who dominated Philadelphia and Dallas in head-to-head matchups, looked vulnerable against Baltimore.I dont think theyre demoralized, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said about his team. We werent balanced, had too many turnovers.The holiday tripleheader began with a stunner when the defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs gave one away, . The Raiders scored a pair of touchdowns on consecutive turnovers by Patrick Mahomes and won a game without completing Malik Fitts Jersey a pa s after the first quarter.The Chiefs (9-6) have now lost five of eight and likely will have to play their first road playoff game with Mahomes if they even survive the wild-card round.An offense that has sputtered throughout the season couldnt do much against the Raiders and was unable to overcome the .I thought defense played a good game, just two mistakes that gave them two touchdowns there when youre backed up in their red zone, so you just cant do that, Mahomes said. Especially when defense is playing like theyre playing, but I just have to be better in that sense and not make those mistakes and try to find a way to play the game and the best way to win it.Kansas City still has a two-game lead over the Raiders and Broncos in the AFC West but hasnt clinched the division title yet. The Chiefs need one win over the Bengals or Chargers to wrap it up. But their road back to the Super Bowl will look different. Mahomes likely is going to have to play the first road playoff game of his career if the Chiefs advance beyond the wild-card round.After the Chiefs were upset, it appeared there would be a rout in Philadelphia. The to a 20-3 halftime lead over the Giants that sent .But a pair of turnovers, including a pick-6 by Adoree Jackson off Jalen Hurts, got New York closer and Tyrod Taylor threw Danny Manning Jersey a 69-yard TD pa s to Darius Slayton that cut it to 30-25 with 5:22 left.Down 33-25, the Giants had a chance despite clumsy clock management. Taylors pa s from the Philadelphia 26 was picked in the end zone to end the game.The Eagles (11-4) snapped a three-game losing streak and stayed in control of the NFC East with an outside shot to still earn the No. 1 seed. But a shaky performance against the Giants isnt going to silence critics. The Eagles often havent looked like the team that went to the Super Bowl last year.We know we have better football in us, coach Nick Sirianni said. To be 11-4 and still have better football left Montrezl Harrell Jersey in you, thats encouraging, but lets go. We have to get there. We have to get there and saying we have two more games before the playoffs start, all were thinking about is the next game against a team thats going to come in here and try to take what we have as well.Mondays results along with the rest of Week 16 left more questions open acro s the NFL. Theres two weeks remaining to answer those before the playoffs.___AP NFL: