The best weekend in NFL history: Four Divisional Round games with walk-off scores
The Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs has been unforgettable and has set a milestone that will be very difficult to match and impossible to surpass, with four games decided by a walk-off touchdown on the last play for the first time in the history of more than a century of professional football.
The NFL usually gives us memorable moments, but this weekend was unique and it's time to pause, take a breath and recap a four-game series that NFL fans will remember forever.
The "Miracle of the Music City" Cincinnati style
It all started at Nashville's Nissan Stadium on Saturday afternoon, the Cincinnati Bengals breaking a 31-year streak without winning a playoff game and had never eliminated another team as a visitor.
Logan Wilson intercepted Ryan Tannehill with 20 seconds to play to set the stage for Evan McPherson's fourth field goal of the game, a perfect 52-yard kick that lifted the Joe Burrow-led Bengals to a 19-16 victory over the Tennessee Titans.
The gold that left Aaron Rodgers in poverty
Later, in frigid weather and dramatic snowfall at legendary Lambeau Field, the Green Bay Packers looked like they would sweep the San Francisco 49ers after scoring on the first offensive series of the game.
But the 49ers did not allow another touchdown in the game and literally iced quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who after Robbie Gould's field goal (45 yards), still perfect in his glorious postseason career, with no time on the clock, may have played his last game as a member of the Green Bay team.
Tom Brady's last game?
The streak of exciting games seemed certain to come to an end as the Los Angeles Rams swept the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27-3 in the third quarter.
But with four turnovers, a field goal that fell short and Tom Brady's playoff aura, the defending champs came back to tie the score with 46 seconds to play thanks to a nine-yard touchdown carry by Leonard Fournette, but two straight long receptions by Cooper Kupp left the table set for Matt Gay with a 30-yard field goal with no time on the clock to lead the third visiting team to victory.
Bills vs Chiefs: NFL Game of the Year
But far and away the best game of the four was the last of them, in what was sure to be the game of the year, the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills traded leads three times in the final two minutes of the game and when Josh Allen found Gabriel Davis in the end zone for the fourth time in the game with 13 seconds to play, it looked like the streak would come to an end.
We were completely teams, Patrick Mahomes connected first with Tyreek Hill and then with Travis Kelce for with no time on the clock a 49-yard field goal by Harrison Butker took the game into overtime and in said overtime, Kansas City took the ball first and the eight-yard touchdown combination from Mahomes to Kelce gave them the only home team win this weekend.
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