San Francisco pummeled the Seahawks and Jacksonville rallied from a 27-0 deficit to dramatically beat the Chargers
The Saturday day of the Wild Card Round handed out two tickets to the Ronda Divisional after games full of drama and comebacks.
Los Jacksonville Jaguars rallied from a 27-0 deficit to beat on the last play Los Angeles Chargerswho were unable to seal the victory despite collecting five steals in the first half.
Trevor Lawrence, taken with the first overall pick in the 2021 draft, rebounded after throwing four interceptions in the first half, three of them in the first quarter (a career high). playoffs), with four touchdown passes and directing a drive that went 61 yards in 10 plays to put Riley Patterson in position to kick the game-winning field goal as time expired.
Los Jaguars they must wait for the results of the games on Sunday to know their rival in the Ronda Divisional of the AFC.
In accordance with ESPN Stats & Informationthis was the third biggest comeback in the history of the postseasononly behind the 32 points that the Buffalo Bills deducted against the Houston Oilers in 1992 and the 28 points that the Indianapolis Colts rallied against the Kansas City Chiefs in 2013.
Los Jaguars they also became the first team in history to win a game of postseason despite having a -5 differential in turnovers during the game, before this Saturday the teams with that differential had a 0-19 mark.
Jacksonville became the first team to have the first overall pick in the draft and then win a game of playoffs in the year after since the 1991 Dallas Cowboys.
With this win, Lawrence also remains undefeated in games played on Saturday dating back to his high school days in Cartersville, Georgia, where he went 41-0 and won two state championships. At Clemson his mark was 34-2, but none of those losses came on Saturday, losing in the 2020 College Football Playoff Championship Game and then the CFP Semifinal in January 2021, but the Matches were played on Monday and Friday, respectively. In the NFL he is 2-0 playing on Saturday following their 20-16 win over the Tennessee Titans last week to clinch the AFC South title.
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In the first game of Saturday, the san francisco 49ers reacted in the second half to overwhelm the Seattle Seahawks to claim your ticket to the Ronda Divisional of the National Conference.
Los Niners will be local to the Ronda Divisional because they finished with the second best record in the NFC and will await their rival among the Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys.
Los Seahawks finished the first half with a 17-16 lead after recovering from a slow start, however, the 49ers they owned the final two quarters, scoring 25 unanswered points, with two touchdown passes and a scoring run by rookie quarterback Brock Purdy, to clinch the win.
Because the New York Giants are the team with the worst record in the NFC, if they beat the Vikings they will face the Philadelphia Eagles, who bye this week.