Christmas may be right around the corner, but the big names of the NFL were working harder than ever to give their teams the best chance of making the playoffs.

One star put in a performance worthy of the top of the tree, one high-flying team almost gifted a win to another less fortunate, and one newcomer provided his team a fresh start ahead of the new year.

Here’s everything you need to know from Sunday’s NFL games in Week 16.

Jayden Daniels snaps Eagles’ winning run

With 1:58 remaining, the Philadelphia Eagles were set to clinch the NFC East divisional title with an 11th straight win, despite losing Jalen Hurts to a concussion early in the first quarter.

Then Jayden Daniels happened.

The superstar rookie orchestrated a 57-yard, game-winning drive, culminating in his fifth touchdown pass of the game with six seconds remaining, to complete the Washington Commanders’ 36-33 comeback win over their division rivals.

In doing so, Daniels became the first Washington QB to throw for five touchdowns in a single game since Mark Rypien, who was in attendance on Sunday, did so in 1991.

That year was the last time the Commanders got their hands on the Vince Lombardi Trophy, and Sunday’s late drama strengthened Washington’s playoff chances to 95%.

“You gotta go out there, you gotta put up a fight,” Daniels told a press conference after the game. “The game’s never done ‘til the clock hits zero.

“I love those type of situations when it’s on thin ice and plays need to be made. That’s what you live for if you really love this sport. You live for those big time-moments where it comes down to the end.”

Daniels threw 24-of-39 for 258 yards and was also the Commanders’ leading rusher with 81 yards on nine carries. According to the Associated Press, he is the first rookie quarterback in NFL history to throw for five or more touchdowns and rush for 65 or more yards in one game.

It was a different story for Philadelphia’s signal caller. With the Eagles 7-0 up, Hurts left the game early after his head bounced off the ground on one run and he was hit in the helmet by Frankie Luvu shortly after.

After two trips to the medical tent, he was ruled out with a concussion. Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni had no update on his condition after the game.

“I haven’t talked to our medical staff yet,” he told a press conference. “Anything that has anything to do with the head is out of our hands there.”

Backup QB Kenny Pickett entered the game and completed the scoring drive to extend the lead to 14-0, but the Eagles’ offense was inconsistent after the first quarter – Saquon Barkley rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns in the first 15 minutes alone, but racked up just 41 yards across the rest of the game.

The Commanders got on the board with just over three minutes remaining in the first quarter when Daniels found Jamison Crowder, before Barkley showed off his speed, restoring the 14-point lead with a 68-yard TD run.

Two more Washington touchdowns in the second and fourth quarters sandwiched two field goals from Philadelphia’s Jake Elliott in the third, before the Commanders took the lead for the first time with 9:06 remaining off Daniels’ 49-yard TD pass to Olamide Zaccheaus.

Two more Elliott field goals made it 33-28, before Daniels really turned it on, firing a pass into Crowder in the end zone to spark Commanders’ celebrations.

Bills survive off day to win again

The Buffalo Bills have been one of the best teams to watch in the NFL this season. On Sunday, though, they had to win ugly.

Having given up the first 14 points of the game, the Bills rallied to score the next 24 and ultimately record a nervy 24-21 victory over the New England Patriots.

The result means that 12-3 Buffalo is still in the hunt for the AFC No. 1 seed – the only goal the team is still fighting for having already clinched the division title – although it would need the 14-1 Kansas City Chiefs to fall off dramatically.

The Bills would also need to correct a run which saw their defense give up 44 and 42 points to the Los Angeles Rams and Detroit Lions, respectively, before Sunday’s slow start.

“We’ve talked about this before – starting with our momentum building throughout the whole game, and we were just starting kind of lackadaisical, letting things that we should defend go by,” said defensive end AJ Epenesa afterwards per buffalobills.com. “We got settled in, as we see, we just started making things happen.”