The NFL’s divisional playoff weekend is generally considered the best football weekend of the year. The 2022 version of the divisional round may be the best ever.
Two No. 1 seeds were eliminated in the divisional round, the first time that has happened since 2010. All four winning teams were victorious in tiebreaker fashion.
Here are the other wild feats that will happen in the divisional round:
Bengals 19, Titans 16 (recap)
The Bengals beat the Titans despite being sacked nine times in a playoff game. The nine sacks the Bengals allowed tied an NFL playoff record. The 1966 Kansas City Chiefs, 1984 Chicago Bears, 1986 New York Jets and 1993 Houston Oilers also allowed nine sacks in a playoff game. The Titans’ nine sacks also tied an NFL playoff record with the 1966 Buffalo Bills, 1984 San Francisco 49ers, 1986 Cleveland Browns and 1993 Kansas City Chiefs.
The Titans are the first team to lose a playoff game with nine sacks in a game since the merger. The Bengals are the first team to win a playoff game and allow nine sacks since the 1966 Kansas City Chiefs. Joe Burrow became the first quarterback to be sacked nine times and win a playoff game. He is also the first quarterback to be sacked more than eight times and win a playoff game since Donovan McNabb in the 2003 NFC Divisional Playoffs. Burrow and McNabb are the only two quarterbacks to accomplish the feat since the merger. .
49ers 13, Packers 10 (Recap)
The 49ers defeated the Packers despite having no offensive touchdowns in the game, the first team since the 2016 Pittsburgh Steelers to win a playoff game without scoring an offensive touchdown. The Packers’ special teams played a big part in the loss, giving the 49ers seven points as they blocked a punt that was returned for a score and took three points from them with a blocked field goal just before the half.
Here were the other Packers special teams mistakes:
- Field goal blocked while leading 7-0 late in the first half
- Blocked punt returned for a touchdown to tie the game 10-10 in the fourth quarter
- Allowed 30.3 yards per punt return
- He had 10 men on the field on Gould’s game-winning field goal
Aaron Rodgers became the first quarterback to lose four times to a single opponent in the postseason. This was the Packers’ first home loss this season and tied for the fewest points scored by a Packers team at home when Aaron Rodgers plays a full game (regular season and postseason).
Rams 30, Buccaneers 27 (Summary)
The Rams also won in exciting fashion on Matt Gay’s 30-yard field goal, set up by Matthew Stafford’s 44-yard hit to Cooper Kupp with less than 20 seconds remaining to set the Rams up for the win. The Rams overcame an error calamity to win, becoming the first team since the 1975 Pittsburgh Steelers to win a playoff game after giving up four fumbles.
Tom Brady and the Buccaneers overcame a 27-3 third-quarter deficit to tie the game with 42 seconds left, thanks to a series of errors and poor possessions by the Rams. These were the following six Rams possessions as the Buccaneers scored 24 unanswered points:
- loose ball
- Bat
- loose ball
- Missed 47-yard field goal that fell short
- Bat
- loose ball
Despite the collapse, Kupp had a 20-yard, 44-yard reception to lead the Rams to victory. He finished with nine catches for 183 yards and a touchdown. The Rams’ victory ensured that the NFC Championship Game would take place at SoFi Stadium (the host stadium of Super Bowl LVI) and marked the first time since 2009 that neither Tom Brady nor Aaron Rodgers will play in a game. conference championship.
Chiefs 42, Bills 36 (OT) (Recap)
This game was possibly one of the best in NFL history. Gabriel Davis set an NFL playoff record for receiving touchdowns in a game with four, including Josh Allen’s go-ahead touchdown with 13 seconds remaining to give the Bills a 36–33 lead. The 25 points scored by the Chiefs and Bills were the most in the final two minutes of regulation of any playoff game in the Super Bowl era. Here is the sequence:
- Gabe Davis 27-yard pass from Josh Allen (Bills leads 29-26, 1:54 left)
- Tyreek Hill 64-yard pass from Patrick Mahomes (Chiefs lead 33-29, 1:02 left)
- Gabe Davis 19-yard pass from Josh Allen (Bills leads 36-33, 0:13 left)
- Harrison Butker 49-yard field goal (tied 36-36, end of regulation)
- Travis Kelce’s 8-yard pass from Patrick Mahomes (Chiefs win 42-36)
To put this game in perspective:
Mahomes threw for 177 yards after the two-minute warning. The Chiefs scored 16 points in the final 1:02 of regulation and overtime. Kansas City will be the first team in NFL history to host a conference championship game four years in a row.
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George is Digismak’s reported cum editor with 13 years of experience in Journalism