NFL roundup: Bengals edge Vikings to boost playoff hopes; Colts and Lions roll

• Higgins' savvy goal-line play helps Cincinnati to 27-24 win
• Colts defeat fading Steelers 30-13 to bolster playoff hopes
• Goff throws five touchdowns as Lions rout Broncos 42-17

Tee Higgins made a savvy goal-line move to score a touchdown and force overtime and Evan McPherson made a 29-yard field goal to seal a 27-24 victory Saturday for Cincinnati over the Minnesota Vikings, keeping the Bengals playoff hopes alive without their star quarterback.

Higgins caught a 21-yard pass from Jake Browning with under a minute remaining in the game and pulled off an acrobatic move to stretch the ball over the goal line and tie the game at 24.