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Good evening. This weekend saw the divisional round of this year's NFL

play-offs. Tonight we have highlights of four incredible games

that amounted to one of the most sensational weekends in the history

of the sport. For the wildcard teams that survived last week, it

was time to put their bodies on the line again after a bruising start

to the post-season. It's our moment. It's our destiny.

Ain't nothing they can do about it. Touchdown! Unbelievable. He's down

and can't get up. Oh, what a play. Robinson wide-open

for the touchdown. How awesome was Victory over Minnesota gave the

packers to dish out pay back as they came up a San Francisco team

who humbled them in week one. There was no regular season match up

between the Falcons and the Seahawks. The texans travelled to

enough England, hoping their defence could handle Tom Brady who

ran riot against them in week 14. As usual, I'm joined bit BBC's Grid

Iron guru Mike Carson. This was always going to be tasty. There was

serious fire power out. There and kind of an anticlimax last week

in the wildcard round. We have two AFC games with a clear favourite.

Two NFC games that looked pretty even with maybe the home team

having a slight edge. It made for an intriguing weekend. It turned

out to be a great one. It certainly d. Let's see if the favourites got

through. First up we go to Denver where the Broncos hosted the

in Baltimore. It was all about one man last weekend, retiring at the

end of the season, ray Louis made his last ever appearance in

Baltimore as his team roared past the Colts. Ray Lewis the original

Raven. This Time Out revenge is on the cards for the Ravens as they

face a Broncos team that put 30 points on them. Stopping the

Broncos will be far from easy. Mario Manningham's come back has

been nothing short of incredible. COMMENTATOR: What a grab. Touchdown

Broncos! AFC's top seeds haven't lost in three months and coming off

a bye weekend they're sure to be fired up for this one. Can Ray

Lewis and the Ravens pull out another one? Or will it be the

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I think he's going to get a key block from Mike Adams and a major

break down in the lane assignments for the Ravens' coverage team.

He steps into it and drops it right onto the hands of Torrey Smith who

beats Champ Bailey. What a job up front by this revamped offensive

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the touchdown! The word that comes to mind to describe the Ravens now

is redistillient. This crowd is completely quiet. Mario Manningham

puts the ball right there. -- Peyton Manning puts the ball right.

This is going to give us a good look at it. Right on the hand of

Thomas. He's struggling put the football away. He does not. It hits

the ground. Keep in mind it's 15 degrees out

Look at this pass from Manning. The knee is down the the ball doesn't

wiggle a bit, after he hits the ground, out-of-bounds.

What a beautiful piece of work by you couldn't take your eyes off it

once the second quarter got under way. Jo Flacco nearly connected

with Torrey Smith again on this bomb early on. We rejoin with

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Denver in possession many midfield. double move working against Dannell

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Smith. That was a fantastic drive by the Ravens. Bailey looks back,

finds the football. Bailey is not able to react. Torrey Smith is able

to pull up, stop his forward momentum and come back and make the

touchdown, Denver! He starts right, goes left and then goes right back

up the middle of the field. Once again a lack of lane responsibility

by the coverage unit of the Baltimore ravens. Denver's fortunes

took a turn for the worst when Peyton Manning made a mistake to

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Baltimore! Again, take a look at it. There's Leach. By the time Denver

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is able to get a hand on Ray Rice their ugly head when fatigue sets

in. Here comes Ray Lewis and he to Ronnie Hillman on the next drive

failed to get the Broncos the first down he needed. They punted the

ball back to Baltimore and pinned their hopes on the resilience of

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tied again. The crowd does not like it, but they are going to take

their chances on overtime. Into overtime and each team has

already possessed the ball, so now mistake you do not see Peyton

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Manning make very often. Throwing What an incredible finish to an

incredible game. It went on for four hours, it was an epic, and it

entertained from the first minute to the last. It never got boring at

all. I expected the Ravens would run out of gas and most teams do in

the 4th quarter. But they were playing just as hard at the end.

mentioned Joe Flacco and if he had a temperament for the big games and

he had some incredible passes. I liked his they came out and they

ran at the strength of the Broncos. They have been doing this all

season without success. They attacked Bailey, who has had a

great season, but he ran right past him. He could have had another

couple of touchdowns. It is sad to see Peyton Manning going. He failed

to produce when it counted. The he is interesting because I wonder if

the extreme cold was having an effect on his neck and back

problems. It can really tighten you up. You see him in double clutching

when he had a receiver to to. With 30 seconds left and two time out,

they did it at the end of the first half as well. Throwing back against

your body and into the middle of the field is a basic thing that you

do not do. It is a difficult pass to compete. It looked as if Peyton

Manning was getting more of his body into the throwing then he

needed to do. I wonder if he was a little bit hurt. He settles so well

at Denver, but perhaps the cold weather caught up with her at the

end. It is not Peyton Manning who advances to the AFC Championship,

it is Joe Flacco and the Ravens. The identity of their opponents was

to be decided in New England. The Patriots welcomed the Texans.

Nobody comes into our house. for their end of season debt, it

should have been that Texans hosting this game. They had an

impressive record before getting clobbered by Tom Brady and New

England. Foster has been doing the business all season and became the

first player in NFL history to rush for 100 yards in each office play-

off games. But it is Houston's Defence of that will have to step

up to keep Brady and the Patriots in check. New England have a hot as

a fence, with one of the most effective tight ends. Could the

Texans upset the formbook? Already a field goal down early in the game,

they were dealt another blow when not even close to being ready for

that snap. They were so out of sync and confused and Brady knew it.

The Patriots added a field goal at Once again Shane Vereen comes out

of the back field. That is what happens, the Defence is not

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thinking clearly and they do not lunges forwards just a little bit.

You can see how close he is to the end zone. The Texans also squeezed

in a field goal before the half was out. This 40 yard play from

Ridley. That was a tremendous block on a Brady James.

is what it is. The quarter his weight off. Touchdown off the

takeaway. After a Texans drive hit, here is

new England on the very next play. Shane Vereen has his third

touchdown of the game. They are looking for chances to throw the

football down the field. How about that catch down the field by Shane

throwing it down the field. He might have had the body out of

bounds. Yes, indeed. That was a good pass. A perfect pass. Hold on

a minute. The Houston receiver was able to control the football on his

chest with his hand, therefore it is a touchdown. The Patriots were

unable to do anything with their next possession, but with the help

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of this conversion, the Texans How about that? Still 10 points

down with a few minutes left, Houston tried and onside kick, but

it was recovered by the Patriots The Patriots make the AFC

Championship game for the 7th time in 12 years. After losing Rob

Grocott ski, they had to show they Last year they drafted Shane Vereen

and Ridley. He's been the prime running back for most of the season.

He has a good burst. He's strong. They blocked well for him, using a

lot of Houston's own plays. Vermeer was the revelation today. New

England line up. Brady can do the run or pass play in the huddle.

He's some plan B. He can rush, receive as well, three touchdowns

doing both of those things. He's some talent. Yeah and as I say,

Brady knows, bit way the defence aligns, what he's going to do on

any given play. This time he sees him on the middle line backer, man

on man. He puts the ball over his shoulder. He makes the catch a wide

receiver will make. The coach goes, ho-hum, let's get the points. If it

was Jim Schwartz he would have been in midfield. Boy can I coach.

Vereen taking his chance and with no Gronkowski for the rest of the

post season, they will need him to keep that up. Fighting for the

right to contest the NFC title with the Seattle Seahawks and theant

lanta falcons. -- theyant lanta -- they Atlanta

Falcons. After failing to win a play-off

game in three attempts so far Ice is accused of being a choker.

Tonight he's against one of the meanest defences in the NFL. What I

need is for every man to do his job. The Seahawks are flying high after

six straight wins. Wilson has been a sensation, couple ped with Lynch

pounding the yards out of the back field, they form a formidable

Will the Seahawks fly on or can the Falcons finally win it when it

teams, after an early field goal from Atlanta Ryan was intercepted

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by Wagner. We join Atlanta facing line, what a magnificent throw and

catch. Right foot down, left foot down. The future Hall of Famer has

after a field goal early in the second quarter. After Michael

Robinson came up short on this fourth and one carry, it was the

Falcons back in possession ot their deck.

Prior to the pass, holding number 31, defence. Five yard penalty.

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He needed to get to the 41, maybe Walker.

second down at 18, on a catch by The Seahawks finally reach the

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They're bringing everything out to the right and trail Snelling with a

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shovel pass, getting the Seattle touchdown.

Now a point after away from extra point. After getting the ball

back Wilson took them down field for another score. All of a sudden

Atlanta's lead was cut to a single touchdown. Before long the defence

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yard line. They'll call it the the ball, but then it's picked up

by Unger for a Seattle tongue down -- touchdown. Now the officials are

conversing over this. They will gather at one-yard line.

The ruling on the field is confirmed. The ball broke the plane

of the goal line prior to coming loose. Touchdown. A point after to

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give Seattle the lead. during the regular season. Now the

throw to the endzone. It's intercepted by Julio Jones and

the Atlanta Falcons will play in much lighter do you feel right now

with the monkey that jumped off your back? I feel good. That was a

your back? I feel good. That was a wild game. It really was. Wilson

played unbelievable. He played so hard. Our guys, we didn't quit. We

kept playing and made some plays on the last drive. It was huge.

talked so much of of the pressure that came out of the last play-off

losses. What came out that was good that you brought to today? I think

everybody is hardened. Everybody has a thicker skin. I proved today,

we got out to an early lead. They battled back. We kept fighting and

found a way to win. A another last- gasp decider and incredible game.

The falcons survived a huge scare. What a performance by the young

team, Seahawks. Coming from the West Coast, with the time

difference, they were on their morning time at the beginning. It

took them a long time to get going. They left a lot of points on the

board in the first quarter. They did get going eventually. But

perhaps a bit too little too late, do you feel? Perhaps not enough

conviction. Yeah, in the first half, there were some questionable

decisions, basically, on their play calling. Especially going - they

had two shots and here you'll see third and one, Michael Robinson,

the fullback, coming in. Now it will be fourth and one. Marshawn

Lynch isn't in the game. I suspect his foot injury was worse than they

were letting on. There again, lynch lnch a decoy. If you look at the

middle, Wilson could have snuk up the middle. With will conyou have

more options, running outside, passing. I think they left points

on the field. It's a shame they changed the game plan. A few weeks

ago, we might have seen Wilson with the confidence to attack at that

point. Yeah and they came more alive in the second half, most --

mostly through passing and through Wilson making plays like that.

mentioned Matt Ryan at the start saying he has a reputation as a

choker. He didn't choke in this game. That's so overrated. What I

loved about the finish of this game was that it wasn't down to

defensive mistakes or anything like. That it was down to Ryan making a

good throw to Douglas. The coverage is there. Douglas makes a great

catch. Then a greater throw and catch with Gonzalez. Carroll

decides to ice the kicker which gives Matt Bryant and free shot at

the field goal. I wish coaches would stop doing that. That

probably helped them to the win. If he misses, does that mean Matt Ryan

is a choker? I don't think so. showsed composure to get into field

goal range at the end. That mean Ryan's first post season victory

will take the Falcons to the championship game. The Seahawks

will be a team to watch next season. Unfortunately for them, it's

Atlanta who squeeze through, only just. Their owe pennents will be

decided in San Francisco. The gree bay packers travelled to face the

The Green Bay Packers cruised to victory against Minnesota last week.

There defence stepped up and their offence proved too hot for them to

handle. With Rodgers backing up his claim to the season trophy, the PAC

has looked to be getting into gear just at right -- are the right time.

It has been all change for the 49ers this year. But some things

never change, their defence remains as brutal as ever. They are looking

for another deep play off run. Another packed house and we join

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the action on the home team's first Rodgers going for Jones and what a

catch. In a season filled with huge catches by James Jones. Harris for

the touchdown. That is an outstanding run. With San Francisco

unable to put points on the board in their next possession on came

Andy Lee in the punting unit. recovered by San Francisco. Jeremy

Ross, the rookie, let it go right through his arms. Matthews went

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the field. eight. That will not cost the 49 as

a first down. It was a 15 yard penalty, so they are back where

outstanding. A perfectly thrown ball. He delivers an absolute

answer from Rodgers. James Jones is going to start flat. It makes the

safetys think he is not going to continue vertically. But he does

and he takes it to the middle of the field.

Both sides added field goals either side of half-time to take it to 24-

Kaepernick, what aid game, touchdown! I am not sure they know

that he has the ball yet. Brilliant stuff. He had another

chance to add to some impressive 15th. The first catch is a 44 yard

completion from Colin Kaepernick. and contact is made. There is not a

lot to stop this offence when they get the ball down here and they

And he takes it in for the touchdown. 230 plus pounds. The aim

review ruled in favour of the touchdown.

But Rodgers was not giving up just yet. That was intercepted by Brown

and there is a flag down and that could be against a Nelson. Defence,

minute left. Green Bay tried desperately to recover to keep

their hopes alive, but as soon as a red shirt got possession, the game

was over. The San Francisco 49ers Another fantastic game. It did not

quite work out for Rodgers, but tell us about Colin Kaepernick. He

ran in another two touchdowns. The he has got an all-time record for a

quarterback running the ball. Last week we were talking about Alex

Smith. He missed a week with concussion and Colin Kaepernick

came in. It is not that Smith was not doing well, it is that Colin

does things better. He has got a stronger are and can throw a better

downfield. Smith and scramble, but Colin Kaepernick can scramble plus.

Even though he looks like an ostrich when he is running. Then

they can run a place like this with much more effectiveness. That is if

you have a quarterback who is mobile like him to do it. The San

Francisco 49ers will be a huge prospect for the Falcons to face.

It is Ray Lewis against Tom Brady in the other match. If Baltimore

and San Francisco when, one thing for Atlanta is that San Francisco

resembles Seattle in what they do. You can listen to live coverage of