NFL roundup: Browns get 1st playoff win since '94 season
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[January 11, 2021]
The visiting Cleveland Browns
scored 14 seconds into the game and Kareem Hunt ran for two
touchdowns Sunday en route to a 48-37 win over the Pittsburgh
Steelers in an AFC wild-card game. Cleveland plays next Sunday at
Kansas City.
The Browns, in their first playoff game since 2002, were without
coach Kevin Stefanski, who tested positive for COVID-19, and
assorted other coaches and players because of protocol related to
the pandemic.
The Steelers won the AFC North but lost four of their final five
regular-season games following an 11-0 start, including a 24-22
defeat last week against Cleveland when four key starters were
rested.
Cleveland quarterback Baker Mayfield was 21-of-34 passing for 263
yards and touchdowns to Jarvis Landry, Austin Hooper and Nick Chubb
as the team notched its first playoff victory since the 1994 season.
Ben Roethlisberger, one of those rested last week, completed 47 of
68 passes for 501 yards, with four touchdowns to Chase Claypool
(two), Eric Ebron and JuJu Smith-Schuster, and four interceptions.
Ravens 20, Titans 13
Lamar Jackson rushed for a touchdown en route to recording his first
NFL playoff win in Baltimore's victory over Tennessee in Nashville,
Tenn. The victory propels the Ravens into the AFC semifinals, and
they'll visit the second-seeded Buffalo Bills on Saturday.
Jackson completed 17 of 24 passes for 179 yards and rushed 16 times
for 136 yards, including a 48-yard score with 2:32 left in the
second quarter. His performance helped fifth-seeded Baltimore
outgain fourth-seeded Tennessee in total yards (401-209).
Titans running back Derrick Henry, who authored the eighth
2,000-yard rushing season in league history, was held to 40 yards on
18 carries by a defense that used run blitzes liberally.
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Pittsburgh Steelers
running back James Conner (30) tries to get away from Cleveland
Browns defensive end Myles Garrett (95) in the fourth quarter of an
AFC Wild Card playoff game at Heinz Field. Mandatory Credit: Charles
LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports
Saints 21, Bears 9
Drew Brees threw two touchdown passes and the New Orleans defense
dominated in a victory over visiting Chicago in an NFC wild-card
game. The NFC South champion Saints advance to host the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers in the divisional round next Sunday.
Brees completed 28 of 39 for 265 yards while Chicago's Mitchell
Trubisky completed 19 of 29 for 199 yards.
The Bears, who finished the regular season 8-8 to claim the last
wild card in the NFC, gained just 239 yards and 11 first downs, five
of which came in the final two minutes.
--Field Level Media
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