On Monday morning, football fans finally had the chance to catch their collective breaths. What preceded was perhaps the wildest two days in the entire history of the league. All four games featured field goal kicks as time expired, with the first three being walk-offs.
The Cincinnati Bengals, San Francisco 49ers, and Los Angeles Rams all won on the road as both No. 1 seeds in the Tennessee Titans and Green Bay Packers, as well as the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, have been eliminated.
But the best was saved for last.
In what some are dubbing the greatest game in NFL history, the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills combined for 25 points in regulation after the two-minute warning. The Chiefs orchestrated a two-play game-tying drive with 13 seconds left in the game before winning in overtime 42-36.
It was a roller-coaster weekend of football, but when the dust finally settled, there was a lot to be learned — even for the Jaguars, who sit further from this spectacle than anyone else in the league after an NFL-worst 3-14 finish. Here are three big takeaways from the divisional round of the NFL playoffs.
