Super Wild Card Weekend: Browns stun Steelers. Ravens avenge last season's defeat. Slime zone debuts.
For the first time since the Clinton administration, the Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns were playoff winners.
While it seems like the dawn of a new era for the Browns, it appears to be the end of one for the Steelers. Is it time for the team to move on from Ben Roethlisberger?
Fans were treated to a silly new way to watch a football game when Nickelodeon broadcast the Saints' win over the Bears. The game featured the "slime zone" and coach Sean Payton making good on a promise to be slimed if the Saints were to emerge victorious.
In Nashville, the Baltimore Ravens avenged last season's startling playoff setback by defeating the Tennessee Titans and stomping on their midfield logo.
Wild-card weekend's biggest moments
- Sean Payton stuck to his promise to get slimed if the Saints won.
- Nickelodeon's Saints-Bears broadcast had a hilarious reaction to a swear word getting on air.
- Football fans enjoyed Nickelodeon's goofy game broadcast.
- The Ravens celebrated Marcus Peters' game-clinching interception by stomping on the Titans' midfield logo.
- Ben Roethlisberger was in tears following the Steelers' loss to the Browns.
- The Browns had some fun with JuJu Smith-Schuster's "Corvette, Corvette" dance following Sunday's wild-card win.
- The Bears not kicking an extra point after a last-second touchdown was a bad beat for bettors.
- The Saints' C.J. Gardner-Johnson got another Bears player ejected from a game.
- Philip Rivers was emotional after another season ending with playoff disappointment.
- Jared Goff didn't forget about Jamal Adams' cigar ploy from the Seahawks' Week 16 win.
- The Rams' playoff win came at a cost, as all-pro Aaron Donald left the game with a rib injury and starting QB John Wolford was taken to the hospital.
Key wild-card storylines
- Winners and losers: Is it time for the Steelers to move on from Ben Roethlisberger?
- 32 things we learned: Lamar Jackson got a (small) monkey off his back during Super Wild Card Weekend.
- Super Bowl dream was really mirage: The Steelers lost five of their final six games to finish out with a thud, Jarrett Bell writes.
- How Lamar Jackson erased 'can't' from criticism of his play: The Ravens QB laid to rest all of the knocks leveled against him with Sunday's playoff win, Mike Jones writes.
- Saints need to be better in playoffs: With a divisional playoff matchup against Tom Brady and Buccaneers looming, New Orleans needs to get better, Nancy Armour writes.
- Tom Brady's playoff magic rubs off on Buccaneers: Brady turned in a vintage performance in Tampa Bay's first playoff win since its Super Bowl-winning season, Mike Jones writes.
- Rams show ability to adapt: The young ball of energy that is Sean McVay is so much more than what you see on his calling card, Jarrett Bell writes.
- Colts gave away playoff game: Some head-scratching decisions from Frank Reich made things even harder for Indy, Gregg Doyel writes.
Super Wild Card Weekend rundown
- Browns 48, Steelers 37: Cleveland got its first playoff victory in 26 years. Its reward is a showdown against the defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs.
- Saints 21, Bears 9: New Orleans moved on, but weren't all that impressive doing so.
- Ravens 20, Titans 13: Baltimore avenged its shocking elimination in last season's playoffs.
- Buccaneers 31, Football Team 23: For the first time since Super Bowl XXXVII, Tampa Bay won a playoff game.
- Rams 30, Seahawks 20: Regular starting QB Jared Goff came off the bench to lead the Rams to the stunning win in Seattle.
- Bills 27, Colts 24: In its first home playoff game since 1996, Buffalo won its first playoff game in a quarter century.
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