Saturday, January 9, 2021

NFL Playoffs: Bills, Rams, Bucs Advance

 The 2020-21 National Football League Playoffs opened on Saturday with three games.


AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE:


At Orchard Park, New York:


Quarterback Josh Allen completed 26 of 35 passes for 324 yards and a pair of touchdowns (while running for 54 yards and another score) as the Buffalo Bills won a playoff game for the first time since 1995 by holding off the visiting Indianapolis Colts 27-24.



NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE:


At Seattle:


Running back Cam Akers ran for 131 yards and a touchdown while quarterback Jared Goff threw for 155 yards and another score as the Los Angeles Rams knocked off the Seattle Seahawks 30-20 on the road.


Defensive back Darious Williams ran back an intercepted Russell Wilson pass 42 yards for still another score.


At Landover, Maryland:


Quarterback Tom Brady threw for 381 yards and a pair of touchdowns while Leonard Fournette ran for 93 yards and another score as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers downed the Artists Formerly Known as the Washington Redskins 31-23 on the road.


It was the Bucs' first playoff victory since their beatdown of the then-Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII (that was in 2003).

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