Beyonce stole the show with a Super Bowl-style half-time performance as the Batimore Ravens blew away the Houston Texans on Christmas Day.
With matches streamed by Netflix for the first time, Beyonce rode in on a white horse, the 32-time Grammy winner rocking her hometown Houston crowd with a nearly 13-minute performance.
She surprised fans by bringing out Shaboozey to perform “Sweet Honey Buckiin” and Post Malone joined her for “Levii’s Jeans.”
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— BEYONCÉ (@Beyonce) December 25, 2024
Here’s what happened on the turf:
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Baltimore Ravens 31-2 Houston Texans
Quarterback C.J. Stroud summed up Houston’s performance by saying: “Sometimes you go out there and lay an egg.”
The AFC South champion Texans (9-7) managed only a safety as they suffered their most lopsided loss of the season in front of a home crowd that booed them throughout the second half.
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— NFL (@NFL) December 26, 2024
“That’s nothing that we represent, nothing that we talked about all year, all season, all week,” receiver Robert Woods said. “And pretty much it’s just an embarrassment to show up like that, and that’s not the Texans’ way and mentality of playing football and showing up in the first place.”
The Texans allowed a season-high 251 yards rushing on a day the Ravens’ Derrick Henry ran for 147 yards and quarterback Lamar Jackson added 87 to pass Michael Vick for the NFL career rushing record for quarterbacks.
“Michael Vick, one of my favourite players,” Jackson said. “That’s just dope.”
Jackson moved past Vick to reach 6,110 rushing yards, as well as throwing two touchdown passes to lead the Ravens to the win.
Coach John Harbaugh raved about Jackson’s season. He has a career-high and franchise-record 39 touchdown passes with just four interceptions and has four touchdown runs.
“Sometimes I just shake my head and say: ‘That was a really great play,”‘ Harbaugh said. “I see a lot of great plays from Lamar Jackson.
“I told him I was proud of him. I’m not just proud of him because he makes great plays. I’m proud of him for all the things that go into make the great plays but also for all the things that he’s overcome along the way.”
Kansas City Chiefs 29-10 Pittsburgh Steelers
Coach Andy Reid donned a Santa Claus suit in a giddy Kansas City Chiefs locker room on Christmas Day as the Chiefs secured home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs.
This season may have been a touch ugly — by Kansas City’s lofty standards — at times while the Chiefs have chased a third straight championship. Yet as the playoffs loom, the group that looked so vulnerable for most of the season suddenly seems to be rounding into form.
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— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) December 25, 2024
And the road to the Super Bowl will once again go through Arrowhead Stadium. Just the way the Chiefs like it.
“Getting the No. 1 seed is important,” Mahomes said after throwing for 320 yards and three touchdowns. “It’s like winning a playoff game.”
The Chiefs raced to an early 13-point lead and were never really threatened by Pittsburgh, who have lost three straight to see its chances of capturing the AFC North take another hit.
“That sucked, to be blunt,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said.
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