Cincinnati started off their drive with a 9-yard completion from Burrow to Higgins. For the final seven postseason games, six were decided by three points. The victory was especially satisfying for 33-year old Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, who earned his first career playoff victory after 13 seasons as a starting NFL quarterback and three previous postseason losses with the Detroit Lions. But on the next play, Patrick Mahomes threw a pass that was deflected by T. J. Watt and intercepted by linebacker Devin Bush. The grade I gave him is the same grade I gave to Christian McCaffrey. They managed to get three of them on their next drive, but it ended with another short pass near the line that was intercepted, this time by defensive tackle Marquise Copeland. LAR Cooper Kupp 11-yard pass from Matthew Stafford (Matt Gay kick), 13:30. The two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games then meet in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championships, hosted by the higher seed. MORE: Live stream NFL playoff games on fuboTV (7-day free trial). This was also the first postseason since 201213 to have a Super Bowl to not feature Brady, Peyton Manning, or Patrick Mahomes. With that in mind, here's the schedule for Super Bowl LV along with how we got here. Head over to the 2021 NFL Playoff Bracket AFC Away = Home AFC vs NFC NFC Away = Home Teams on BYE = Team coming off BYE Upload Bracket Draft Order Reddit Markdown Export HTML/Blog Export Super Bowl Winner. Playoff Predictors. If the Buccaneers can beat the Chiefs,Brady would becomejust the second quarterback to win a Super Bowl with multiple teams matchingPeyton Manning, who did it with the Colts and Broncos. The postseason concluded with Super Bowl LVI on February 13 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California with the NFC's fourth seed, the Los Angeles Rams, defeating the AFC's fourth seed, the Cincinnati Bengals. The 2021 regular season, the first with an 18-week schedule, is finally in the books. Tennessee Titans (10-5). Higgins was his top target with six receptions for 103 yards. Two more running plays put the ball on the Titans 34, where McPherson kicked a 52-yard field goal as time expired to give Cincinnati the win. Samuel had 10 carries for 72 yards and a score, along with 3 receptions for 38 yards. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, The team at NBC Sports EDGE has you set with this content hub. New England responded with a 15-play, 77-yard drive to score on Jones' 4-yard touchdown pass to Bourne, but by then only 1:44 remained on the clock, which Bills backup quarterback Mitchell Trubisky kneeled out to finish the game.[13]. On the second play of the Buccaneers' next drive, Brady threw a pass that was intercepted by Nick Scott on the Tampa Bay 31-yard line. (5) Buccaneers 31-23 over (4) Washington: His uniform might have changed, but Tom Brady's ability to dominate in the playoffs didn't. Following a 49ers punt, Stafford threw a deep pass that could have been easily intercepted by Jaquiski Tartt, only to have Tartt drop the ball. The Buccaneers quarterback threw for 381 yards and two touchdowns in the Tampa Bay win. If Im a new coach like Arizonas Jonathan Gannon, who just got his job 13 days ago and just finished filling out his staff last week, my feeling is my time would be much better spent in long days of meetings in Tempe with coaches Im just getting prepared to work with. Burrow led the Bengals 27 yards in five plays, one of them a 17-yard catch by Chase. Wide receivers in Jeremiahs top 25: two. Normally, the Pro Bowl is played in that gap, although there isn't a physical Pro Bowl game being played in 2021. BUF Josh Allen 27/37, 329 yards, 4 TD, KC Patrick Mahomes 33/44, 378 yards, 3 TD, KC Patrick Mahomes 7 rushes, 69 yards, TD, BUF Gabe Davis 8 receptions, 201 yards, 4 TD, KC Tyreek Hill 11 receptions, 150 yards, TD. In Jeremiahs latest mock, done without trades (hes sure, as I am, that there will be some high in the draft), he gave Houston the best QB in the draft, Young, at two, and the best wideout in the draft, USCs Jordan Addison, at 12. Cincinnati stormed right back, with Joe Burrow completing three passes to Ja'Marr Chase for 37 yards and a screen pass to Joe Mixon for 21. Coverage of the NFC Divisional games were split between Fox and NBC. This year, that could be challenged. Butker finished it with a 39-yard field goal to give the team a 1714 lead. The Packers recovered the ball, but had to settle for a 39-yard field goal attempt by Mason Crosby, which was blocked by 49ers safety Jimmie Ward. Kupp caught 11 passes for 142 yards and 2 scores, while Beckham had 9 receptions for 113. Daniel Carlson finished the drive with a 47-yard field goal to put the Raiders up 30. 1 overall pick would look like, Bears land No. Bengals receiver Tee Higgins then caught passes for gains of 15 and 22 yards as the team drove 43 yards in 12 plays before defensive end Jeffery Simmons sacked Burrow for a 12-yard loss on 3rd down, forcing the team to settle for McPherson's 54-yard field goal with 1:27 left in the half. Defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi recovered the ball and returned it 11 yards to the Las Vegas 15-yard line, setting up Evan McPherson's 31-yard field goal to give the Bengals a 103 lead with 1:18 left in the first quarter. If I were Gannon, Id figure I have time to meet with prospects in person for 30, 60, 90 minutes in the next two months. But on 3rd and goal, Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford threw a pass that was deflected by K'Waun Williams into the hands of Jimmie Ward for an interception. An incompletion and a 10-yard sack by Vita Vea, brought up 3rd and 20, but Stafford threw a 70-yard touchdown pass to Kupp on the next play, giving the Rams a 173 lead. Los Angeles seemed to be in prime position to put the game away, but they gave the ball right back to the Buccaneers on their next play, as a fumbled snap out of shotgun formation was recovered by defensive lineman Jason Pierre-Paul on the Tampa Bay 45. CIN Evan McPherson 52-yard field goal, 0:00. LAR Matthew Stafford 1-yard run (Matt Gay kick), 11:58. Sunday, January 17(1) Kansas City 22-17 over (6) Cleveland: The Chiefs jumped out to a 19-3 lead and then hung on for dear life in the second half after Patrick Mahomes went out with a concussion. NFL Network will run more than 50 hours of Combine programming starting Tuesday at 10 a.m. and concluding Sunday night. The Cincinnati Bengals overcame a 213 first half deficit for a 2724 overtime road win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Evan McPherson's 31-yard game-winning field goal to advance to their first Super Bowl since 1988. The Ravens quarterback definitely earned it as he threw for 179 yards while also rushing for 137 yards. Odds to win Super Bowl: +1800. Then with 17 seconds left, Pratt intercepted Carr's pass and enabled Cincinnati to escape with a win.[11]. Four plays ran two minutes off the clock and brought up a 3rd and 5 on the Titans 40-yard line. Los Angeles wide receiver Cooper Kupp caught 3 passes for 36 yards on the drive, the last a 16-yard touchdown catch to give his team a 70 lead with 8:46 left in the second quarter. The NFL's penultimate regular-season Sunday of the 2021 campaignended with 11 of its 14 playoff spots filled. The Rams proved up to the task, moving the ball 97 yards in 18 plays on a drive that took 9:33 off the clock. On 3rd and goal from the 2, Burrow hit Chase in the end zone for a touchdown, and then scored a 2-point conversion with a pass to Trent Taylor, tying the game at 21 apiece and erasing the early 18-point deficit with 14 seconds left in the third quarter. After the game, sports commentators and analysts noted that this was one of the best playoff games in modern NFL history.[17][18][19][20][21][22]. Six teams emerged from Super Wild Card Weekend, while the Green Bay Packers and Tennessee Titans were on bye. ET (CBS)(1) Chiefs 38-21 over (2) Bills: The Chiefs spotted the Bills a 9-0 lead and then absolutely dominated after that. Out of those 14, 12 will play in the first round thanks to a necessarily altered bye structure to wind up with the same number of playoff rounds. Mahomes responded by completing 6/6 passes for 59 yards and rushing for 23 on a drive that ended with his 4-yard touchdown pass to running back Jerick McKinnon that tied the score 77. The 2023 NFL Draft will take place in Kansas City, Missouri. The National Football League playoffs for the 2021 season was the first time that the league featured a 17-game regular season schedule, and consequently the start of the playoffs was pushed a week later to January 15, 2022. Brady then led the Bucs 30 yards in 8 plays to score on Fournette's 9-yard touchdown run on 4th and 1, tying the score at 27 with 42 seconds left in the game. I agree to receive the "Pick Six Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount family of companies. Singletary rushed for 81 yards and two touchdowns, and caught three passes for 13 yards. [2][3] The last time that a playoff game was played on a Monday was in 1988, when a Wild Card game was played Monday, December 26, to avoid playing on Christmas. KC Harrison Butker 49-yard field goal, 0:00. Brady started off the next drive with a screen pass to Bernard that picked up 21 yards and eventually finished it with a 2-yard touchdown toss to tight end Rob Gronkowski, increasing the lead to 240. NFL playoff bracket 2021: Full schedule, TV channels, scores for AFC & NFC games, SN predicts the entire 2021 NFL playoff bracket, NFL's expanded playoff bracket, explained, Live stream NFL playoff games on fuboTV (7-day free trial). ", A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story, 1925 Chicago CardinalsMilwaukee Badgers scandal, Chicago CardinalsToronto Argonauts exhibition game, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=202122_NFL_playoffs&oldid=1141477226, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. Bucks Giannis leads Bucks to first title in 50 years Giannis adds Finals MVP to trophy collection All Playoff Series Game 6: Bucks 105, Suns 98 Game 5: Bucks 123, Suns. Just mere months remain until the draft, as prospects gather to kickstart their careers and fulfill lifelong dreams. LAR Matthew Stafford 1-yard run (Matt Gay kick), 7:07. AFC Championship Game, 6:40 p.m. ESPN carried additional Megacast broadcasts for its Wild Card game, including the Manningcast hosted by Peyton and Eli Manning on ESPN2. Fox aired exclusive coverage of the NFC Championship Game. The ensuing Green Bay offensive drive followed with a penalty for having an ineligible receiver downfield, a 4-yard reception from Adams and two straight incompletions by Rodgers. BUF Gabe Davis 75-yard pass from Josh Allen (Tyler Bass kick), 1:56. SF Deebo Samuel 26-yard run (Robbie Gould kick), 5:50. 1 through 4 based on their overall win-loss record. San Francisco responded with a drive to the Packers 19-yard line. The Rams were able to stun the favored Seahawks thanks to a defense that smothered Russell Wilson, holding him to 11 of 27 passing and sacking him five times. at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri. New Orleans Saints vs. 7. . Mahomes then completed 5/5 passes for 38 yards and rushed twice for 8 more as he led the team to a 1st and goal from the Bengals 5-yard line. KC Harrison Butker 39-yard field goal, 7:01. Green Bay took over on their 4-yard line with 54 seconds left in the second quarter. After the next three drives ended in punts, Burrow's 57-yard completion to Ja'Marr Chase led to a 45-yard field goal by McPherson, giving the team a 60 lead with just over 2 minutes left in the first quarter. Kansas City responded with a 13-play, 74-yard drive in which quarterback Patrick Mahomes rushed three times for 48 yards, the last carry an 8-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 7. The first was to Cole Beasley and the second was to Davis for a touchdown, giving the Bills a 4010 lead two plays into the fourth quarter. Prescott completed 23/43 passes for 254 yards, a touchdown and an interception, and rushed four times for 27 yards and a score. Tight ends in Jeremiahs top 25: three. With five seconds left in the second quarter, Kansas City attempted to score with a pass to Hill behind the line of scrimmage, but Apple tackled him short of the end zone as time expired in the half. But on the last play of the first quarter, Mahomes connected with Mecole Hardman on a 44-yard pass to the Bengals 31-yard line. Mixon rushed for 88 yards and caught 3 passes for 27. But Bengals linebacker Clay Johnston tackled Henry inches short of the goal line, keeping the score tied at 66. Watt recovered the ball and returned it 26 yards for a touchdown to give the Steelers a 70 lead. GB Aaron Jones 9 receptions, 129 yards. Patrick Mahomes had his way with the Bills defense, throwing for 325 yards and three touchdowns. (2) Buffalo 17-3 over (6) Baltimore: The Bills are headed to their first AFC title game since 1993 and they have their defense to thank for that. 2 seeds in each conference more vulnerable than they were in the 12-team bracket.. With the first-round bye taken away from the No. But on the next play, cornerback Mike Hilton went after Tannehill on a blitz, deflecting his pass behind the line of scrimmage and then hauling it in for an interception. Two plays later on 3rd and 3, Rodgers completed a 75-yard pass to running back Aaron Jones on the 49ers 14-yard line. On their second drive of the half, the Bengals drove 52 yards in 11 plays, with Burrow completing a 22-yard pass to Ja'Marr Chase and an 18-yard throw to running back Joe Mixon, to score on McPherson's 31-yard field goal, cutting the deficit to 2113. 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