NFL divisional round weekend: Los Angeles Rams v Tampa Bay Buccaneers & Buffalo Bills v Kansas City Chiefs

Summary

Final: Buffalo Bills 36-42 Kansas City Chiefs - Travis Kelce scores walk-off touchdown in overtime
Chiefs were trailing 36-33 with 13 seconds remaining but Patrick Mahomes led Chiefs into field goal range to force overtime
Bills QB Josh Allen throws four touchdowns - all to wide receiver Gabriel Davis
Chiefs advance to AFC Championship game against Cincinnati Bengals
Final: Los Angeles Rams 30-27 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Bucs come from 27-3 behind to level with 42 seconds remaining
Rams march downfield with Matt Stafford completing two key throws to Cooper Kupp to set up Matt Gay for walk-off field goal
Rams go on to face the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship game
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Paul Higham and Ben Collins

Here we go!published at 20:03 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022
Los Angeles Rams 0-0 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
We're off at Raymond James Stadium, a packed out Raymond James Stadium, with the Rams booting the ball to the Bucs to start the game.
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BBC coverage - listen to Rams v Buccaneerspublished at 19:57 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
Backing up our text service this evening is live radio commentary of the first game between the Los Angeles Rams and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
We're live with Darren Fletcher and the Radio 5 Live Sports Extra team from 20:00 GMT.
Get Involved: Who wins?published at 19:56 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022
Los Angeles Rams v Tampa Bay Buccaneers (20:00)
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Tom Brady has won nine straight Divisional Round games, will he make it 10 in a row tonight?
Or will Matthew Stafford get just his second ever play-off victory?
Who will be hosting the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship next week?
Thumbs up for the Bucs, thumbs down for the Rams
'OBJ doing OBJ things'published at 19:53 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022
Los Angeles Rams v Tampa Bay Buccaneers (20:00)
Odell Beckham Jr claimed his first play-off touchdown in last week's win over Arizona - and his sixth in nine games since the Rams added the wide receiver to their star-studded roster mid-season.
We've seen OBJ pull off catches like this before. Can he conjure some more magic tonight?
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Rams v Buccaneers statspublished at 19:49 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022
Los Angeles Rams v Tampa Bay Buccaneers (20:00)
- A team from either the NFC West or NFC South has reached the Super Bowl in eight of the past nine seasons, including the Rams in 2018 and Buccaneers last season.
- Tampa Bay has scored at least 30 points in five consecutive play-off games, including the Super Bowl - that's tied for the second-longest streak in NFL history.
- The Rams have beaten the Buccaneers in both of their two play-off meetings.
- The Rams have won each the last two regular season games against The Bucs, 34-24 at SoFi Stadium in Week 3 this season and 27-24 in Tampa last year.
- Tom Brady (43) and Matthew Stafford (41) ranked first and second in touchdown passes this season.
- Last week, Rams linebacker Von Miller had his first play-off sack since winning the Super Bowl MVP award for Denver in Super Bowl 50.
Play-off Lenny returns!published at 19:48 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022
Los Angeles Rams v Tampa Bay Buccaneers (20:00)
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The Bucs do have some good injury news with the return of running back Leonard Fournette, who earned the nickname "play-off Lenny" last season due to the impact he made in their Super Bowl win.
Fournette had a league-leading 448 total yards and four touchdowns as the Bucs went all the way, and his QB Tom Brady is delighted to have him back.
"Other guys really stepped up when he was out, but obviously we really love having Lenny in there," Brady said.
"He did a great job in the biggest moments last year. I think everyone believes in him, trusts in him and knows he can really come through for us."
Watch: Beckham scores in Rams routpublished at 19:42 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022
Los Angeles Rams v Tampa Bay Buccaneers (20:00)
The Rams arrive in high spirits after a big win last week.
Watch highlights as Odell Beckham Jr scores the first play-off touchdown of his career to set the Los Angeles Rams on course for a 34-11 win over the Arizona Cardinals.
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Odell Beckham stars as the LA Rams see off the Arizona Cardinals
Wirfs blow for Bucspublished at 19:40 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022
Los Angeles Rams v Tampa Bay Buccaneers (20:00)
The name to note on the Bucs' injury report is right tackle Tristan Wirfs, who will miss the game after getting injured last week.
He's been huge as a key protector for Tom Brady and without him the Tampa Bay offensive line will be a bit weaker - that's not good news against this Rams pass rush!
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Team profilespublished at 19:35 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022
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We've taken a look at tonight's four contenders in the race for the Super Bowl.
The Bills: The nearly men of the 90s
The Chiefs: Going for three in a row
The Buccaneers: Brady's defending champs
The Rams: The all-in to win team
Read our team-by-team profiles
Sunday schedulepublished at 19:34 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022
Away teams first, all kick-off times GMT
Sunday
- Los Angeles Rams v Tampa Bay Buccaneers (20:00)
- Buffalo Bills v Kansas City Chiefs (23:30)
Welcome!published at 19:33 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022
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Here it is, the final two Divisional Round games will decide who our final four are in the race for the Super Bowl, and what a couple of games we've got here.
The defending champs Tampa Bay host the Los Angeles Rams, who are looking to win a Super Bowl in their home stadium just as the Buccaneers did last season.
And in the AFC, we've got a repeat of last year's Championship game as the Bills and Chiefs go at it again - which means Josh Allen v Patrick Mahomes.
This should be epic!