Philip Rivers threw three touchdown passes and
Richard Goodman returned a kickoff 105 yards for another score as the San Diego Chargers ended
Oakland's playoff hopes by beating the Raiders 38-26
Texans over the Cincinnati Bengals 31-10. No
first-time playoff jitters for the Texans. Rookie defensive end J.J. Watt returned an interception
for a touchdown
Record-shattering Drew Brees threw for 466
yards and three touchdowns, and the New Orleans Saints poured it on in the second half for a 45-28
NFC wild-card victory over the Detroit
Tebow connected with Demaryius Thomas on an
electrifying 80-yard touchdown pass on the first play of overtime, and the Broncos defeated the
stunned Steelers 29-23
Brady, Patriots bound for Indy after beating Ravens
The Patriots beat the stunned Ravens
23-20 in the AFC Championship Game after Baltimore's Cundiff missed a 32-yard field-goal attempt
with 11 seconds remaining in Foxborough, Mass.
Tynes kicked a winning 31-yard field goal
in sudden-death overtime and New York beat the San Francisco 49ers 20-17 in the NFC Championship
Game. The Giants into the Super Bowl again.
Eli Manning and the Giants one-upped Tom
Brady and the Patriots again, coming back with a last-minute score to beat New England 21-17 Sunday
night for New York's fourth Super Bowl title.
The NFL said Thursday that "Sunday Night Football" averaged the most prime-time viewers for the 2011-12 television season, beating out "American Idol" for the top spot.
Notes: Nick Eason had a message to his Cardinals teammates during the off-season: "Whatever you guys did last year made us 8-8," the veteran defensive tackle told them, "so you got to do something different this year."
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The NFL said Thursday that "Sunday Night Football" averaged the most prime-time viewers for the 2011-12 television season, beating out "American Idol" for the top spot.
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison thinks the defamation lawsuit filed by Jonathan Vilma against Commissioner Roger Goodell is good for players, win or lose.