The Philadelphia Eagles found out Lane Johnson had a sore groin on Sunday morning. After working out the four-time Pro Bowl and two-time first-team All-Pro on the field before Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills, the team decided Johnson couldn’t play.

That meant the Eagles defeated the Bills 37-34 in overtime with Jack Driscoll at right offensive tackle.

“Lane’s one of the best players in the NFL,” Philadelphia coach Nick Sirianni said. “There’s no doubt in my mind that Lane Johnson is one of the best players in the world. But we have a ton of confidence in Jack Driscoll. I haven’t seen the tape, but I have a feeling he played an outstanding game because of just how the game was going and the rush and all those different things.”

Since joining the Eagles from Auburn in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL Draft, Driscoll has started 17 games while playing tackle and guard for injured regulars.

This season, Driscoll entered Sunday having played 67 offensive snaps in Philadelphia’s 10 games, with 61 coming when Johnson got hurt in the Eagles’ only loss – a 20-14 setback against the New York Jets on Oct. 15. Driscoll did not fare well in that game.

“We obviously did a lot of our plan looking at how we were going to help him, what we could do starting off a little bit early in the game to do some of those things,” Sirianni said of plans to give Driscoll some tight-end help on Sunday. “But then he settled in, and he played a really good game. We felt like as the game grew on – and that was our plan, to see how the game was going – we continued to gain more and more confidence in Jack’s ability to stop this rush, and I thought – again, it’s hard for me to say exactly how he played without watching the tape, but it seemed like he played a really good game. And, again, big contribution by Jack Driscoll.”

Philadelphia rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit, sent the game into overtime on a field goal with 20 seconds left to play in the fourth quarter and drove for a touchdown after Buffalo had opened overtime with a field goal.

Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts ended the game with a 12-yard touchdown run after he’d gotten Philadelphia back in the game with three second-half touchdown passes.

“Jack stepped in and played a hell of a game,” Hurts said. “Played a hell of a game being put on the spot. And this isn’t the first time that this has happened. This happened in 2021 versus the Chiefs, and he came in and played a great game as well. And so it’s being ready and having an opportunity. And I know as a competitor, Jack was ready for that opportunity after how that Jets game went, and he played a hell of a game this time around.”

Driscoll was among the 15 former Auburn players who got on the field on the 12th Sunday of the NFL’s 104th season.

In the other Sunday games:

Pittsburgh Steelers 16, Cincinnati Bengals 10

· Steelers nose tackle Montravius Adams was designated as a game-day inactive. An ankle injury kept Adams sidelined for a third consecutive game.

· Bengals wide receiver Shedrick Jackson (Hoover) is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.

Jacksonville Jaguars 24, Houston Texans 21

· Jaguars running back Tank Bigsby had a 6-yard run.

· Jaguars defensive lineman Angelo Blackson made one tackle.

· Jaguars safety Daniel Thomas (Lee-Montgomery) did not record any stats.

· Jaguars wide receiver Seth Williams (Paul Bryant) is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.

· Texans offensive tackle Kilian Zierer is on injured reserve and not eligible to play.

Indianapolis Colts 27, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20

· Buccaneers linebacker K.J. Britt (Oxford) did not record any stats.

· Carlton Davis started at cornerback for the Buccaneers. Davis reached a career high with 10 tackles to tie for the team lead, intercepted one pass and broke up another. Davis’ first interception of the season was the eighth of his career. Davis picked off Indianapolis quarterback Gardner Minshew, and a 3-yard return put Tampa Bay at the Colts 16-yard line. The Buccaneers scored a touchdown three snaps later to cut Indianapolis’ lead to 17-10 with 5:08 left in the first half.

· Buccaneers cornerback Jamel Dean was designated as a game-day inactive. An ankle injury kept Dean out of the lineup.

· Braden Smith started at right offensive tackle for Colts.

New York Giants 10, New England Patriots 7

· Jonathan Jones started at left cornerback for the Patriots. Jones made three tackles.

· Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton caught two passes for 16 yards.

Tennessee Titans 17, Carolina Panthers 10

· Derrick Brown started at defensive end for the Panthers. Brown made five tackles, recorded one tackle for loss and broke up one pass.

· Titans defensive tackle Marlon Davidson (Greenville) is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.

· Panthers outside linebacker Eku Leota did not record any stats.

· Titans cornerback Roger McCreary (Williamson) made four tackles, recorded one tackle for loss and broke up one pass.

· Titans quarterback Malik Willis was designated as a game-day inactive.

· Panthers linebacker Chandler Wooten is on injured reserve and not eligible to play.

Los Angeles Rams 37, Arizona Cardinals 14

· Cardinals inside linebacker Owen Pappoe made one tackle.

Denver Broncos 29, Cleveland Browns 12

· Broncos quarterback Jarrett Stidham dressed for the game but did not play.

Kansas City Chiefs 31, Las Vegas Raiders 17

· Raiders kicker Daniel Carlson was wide right on a 30-yard field-goal attempt before connecting from 34 yards. He also kicked two extra points. Carlson entered the game 97-of-100 on field-goal attempts inside 40 yards in his career.

· Chiefs offensive tackle Prince Tega Wanogho (Edgewood Academy) is on injured reserve and not eligible to play.

Baltimore Ravens 20, Los Angeles Chargers 10

· Chargers long snapper Josh Harris handled the snaps on three punts, one field goal and one extra point.

· Ravens guard Tashawn Manning is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.

Week 12 started on Thursday, when the Green Bay Packers defeated the Detroit Lions 29-22, the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Washington Commanders 45-10 and San Francisco 49ers defeated the Seattle Seahawks 31-13, and continued on Friday, when the Miami Dolphins defeated the New York Jets 34-13.

Week 12 concludes on Monday, when the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings square off at 7:15 p.m. CDT at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. ABC and ESPN will televise the game.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AmarkG1.