Summary

  • Final: San Francisco 49ers 13-10 Green Bay Packers - Robbie Gould scores winning field goal in final action of game

  • 49ers advance to the NFC Championship Game, where they meet either the LA Rams or Tampa Bay Buccaneers

  • Final: Cincinnati Bengals 19-16 Tennessee Titans - rookie kicker Evan McPherson scores walk-off winning field goal

  • Bengals advance to AFC Championship Game for first time since 1988 - Buffalo Bills or Kansas City Chiefs will be their opponents

  • Bengals QB Joe Burrow sacked nine times but still throws for 348 yards

  • Get Involved: Use #bbcnfl on Twitter

  1. Cold at Lambeaupublished at 01:12 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    San Francisco 49ers v Green Bay Packers (01:15)

    It wouldn't be a play-off game at Lambeau if it wasn't cold. Nowhere near as many 49ers fans here as there were in Dallas last week - there's a huge waiting list for Packers tickets and fans don't get rid of them so easily!

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  2. Watch: Niners beat Packers to Super Bowlpublished at 01:08 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    San Francisco 49ers v Green Bay Packers (01:15)

    The Green Bay Packers have lost two NFC Championship games in a row, the first being a serious beatdown in San Francisco in January 2020.

    Watch the highlights as Raheem Mostert runs in four touchdowns to send the Niners to Super Bowl 54 to face the Chiefs - and send the Packers home.

    Will San Fran run all over Green Bay again tonight?

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    Super Bowl 2020: Raheem Mostert stars as San Francisco 49ers beat Green Bay Packers

  3. Do it all Deebopublished at 01:02 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    San Francisco 49ers v Green Bay Packers (01:15)

    Deebo SamuelImage source, Getty Images

    Deebo Samuel had 110 total yards against Dallas last week with a rushing touchdown.

    In his last nine games he averaged 6.6 yards per run and scored 10 total TDs (eight rushing, two receiving). He also threw a TD pass!

    He's been a revelation since getting the ball more in the running game and he's been superb despite being a wide receiver. His combination of size and speed make him so hard to stop.

    He's a true X-factor for this Niners team.

  4. 49ers v Packers statspublished at 01:00 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    San Francisco 49ers v Green Bay Packers (01:15)

    Jimmy GaroppoloImage source, Getty Images
    • This is the ninth time the San Francisco and Green Bay have played in the play-offs, with every game coming in the last 26 years.
    • The Packers ad 49ers are 4-4 in play-off matches - and four times the winner has gone on to the SuperBow.
    • The teams combine for nine Super Bowl and 18 NFL championships.
    • They also sit second and third in play-off win percentage behind the Patriots (37-22, .627). The 49ers (33-21, .611) are second and Packers (36-24, .600) third.
    Aaron RodgersImage source, Getty Images
    • Green Bay's Matt LaFleur is the first man since 1970 to win at least 13 games in each of his first three years as an NFL head coach.
    • A win would see LaFleur join only Jim Harbaugh (with the 49ers) in making the conference Championship Game in his first three seasons as a head coach.
    • Aaron Rodgers will make his 21st career play-off start to match John Elway in sixth on the all-time list.
    • Green Bay wide receiver Davante Adams ranked second this season with 123 receptions, third with 1,553 receiving yards and fifth with 11 touchdown catches.
    • San Francisco QB Jimmy Garoppolo is now 3-1 in the play-offs with his only defeat coming in the 2019.
  5. 'California knows how to party'published at 00:58 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    San Francisco 49ers v Green Bay Packers (01:15)

    The NFL Show's Jason Bell gets musical as he gives his take on the San Francisco 49ers before their meeting with the Green Bay Packers.

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    The NFL Show: Jason Bell on the San Francisco 49ers

  6. Up next...published at 00:57 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    San Francisco 49ers v Green Bay Packers (01:15)

    Phew, and that was just the starter for tonight! Next up we've got the 49ers visiting the Packers. Will another top seed be upset by a road team in form?

  7. Can Bengals go all the way?published at 00:55 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    Cincinnati Bengals 19-16 Tennessee Titans

    Joe BurrowImage source, Getty Images

    They've won their first play-off game for 31 years, now their first play-off game on the road ever, so what about their first Super Bowl win ever?

    Joe Burrow looks more like Joe Montana with every game, so can he take them all the way?

    Thumbs up for yes, down for no...

  8. Get Involvedpublished at 00:54 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    #bbcnfl

    Wayne Ellis: Two teams doing their best not to win there. Incredibly poor clock management by Tennessee followed by the crucial pick. Congratulations to Cincinnati, been a long time coming for them

    Andrew Priestley: An incredible win for the Bengals on the road away at the #1 seed. All credit to Joe Burrow in just his second NFL season to lead that final drive after the defensive turnover and after being bullied and sacked all night long.

    Lord Andrew Dennett: How has a team with a QB sacked 9 times won a game?!

  9. Stat that surprises nobodypublished at 00:52 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    Cincinnati Bengals 19-16 Tennessee Titans

    No surprises here, and although the Bengals will be flying tonight, they'll have to toughen up on the offensive line against the Chiefs or Bills next week.

    Saying that, Burrow looks like he'll just keep on coming no matter how many time you hit him - he looks like Kevin from Home Alone but is as tough as Rocky Balboa.

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  10. The value of the right QBpublished at 00:48 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    Cincinnati Bengals 19-16 Tennessee Titans

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    Joe Burrow was sacked nine times, but still threw for 348 yards, with that one interception but more crucially that throw to set-up the field goal.

    He made the big throw at the big moment when his team needed it.

    Ryan Tannehill, on the other hand, had 220 yards, one TD pass but THREE picks, one off the very first play of the game, and one right at the death that cost him the game.

    You just can't make mistakes like that in the play-offs.

  11. That winning moment..published at 00:43 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    Cincinnati Bengals 19-16 Tennessee Titans

    Here's how Evan McPherson sent the Bengals to the AFC Championship game. Another nerveless display from the rookie kicker.

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  12. Tannehill interceptions prove costlypublished at 00:43 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    Cincinnati Bengals 19-16 Tennessee Titans

    Tony Husband
    Nashville-based sports broadcaster at Nissan Stadium

    "A game which neither side seemed to want to get a grip of but ultimately Joe Burrow delivered on the clutch plays which Ryan Tannehill couldn’t. His three interceptions will be hard for Titans fans to forget in a hurry but it’s a night to remember here for the legions of fans who made the drive down from Ohio. The Bengals are one step from the Super Bowl."

    TannehillImage source, Reuters
  13. Burrow on 'crazy' gamepublished at 00:41 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    Cincinnati Bengals 19-16 Tennessee Titans

    Joe BurrowImage source, Getty Images

    Joe Burrow reflects on an "intense" game on American TV on the field in Nashville.

    "I knew we were going to have a chance, I knew what coverage they were going to use and Zac called a great play," Burrow said of his late throw to set up the winning field goal.

    And Burrow had no doubts about rookie kicker Evan McPherson: "He's got ice in his veins. For a rookie kicker, unbelievable.

    "You can tell how a kicker is when he comes into the building in how he walks and how he talks to people. And that guy is unbelievable."

    The dramatic win to a tough game just about sums up the Bengals this season.

    "We've found a way to win all year," added Burrow. "Man, it was a crazy, crazy game against a great team with an unbelievable defensive line, but we found a way in the end."

  14. FT - Bengals win with last kickpublished at 00:34 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    Cincinnati Bengals 19-16 Tennessee Titans

    Unbelievable ending to the game as the Bengals win their first ever play-off game on the road, and are now just a game away from the Super Bowl!

    Joe Burrow was sacked nine times but Ryan Tannehill's late interception proved costly - with Burrow then making that one big throw to Ja'Marr Chase to set up the winning field goal.

    And rookie kicker Evan McPherson just doesn't miss!

    Cincy will go on the road to either Kansas City of Buffalo next week.

  15. field goal

    Field goal - Bengals win!published at 00:31 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    Cincinnati Bengals 19-16 Tennessee Titans

    Evan McPherson does it! Hs splits the uprights from 52 yards out to send the Bengals to the AFC Championship game for the first time since 1988!

  16. Here we go...published at 00:30 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    Cincinnati Bengals 16-16 Tennessee Titans

    Joe Burrow just falls on the ball and the Bengals send kicker Evan McPherson out to try and win it with four second left on the clock.

  17. Chase sets it uppublished at 00:28 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    Cincinnati Bengals 16-16 Tennessee Titans

    Of course Burrow looks for Chase, and he catches the pass and gets out of bounds and the Bengals are in field goal range.

    The run a play to leave nine second on the clock.

  18. Another Tannehill turnover!published at 00:27 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    Cincinnati Bengals 16-16 Tennessee Titans

    Another huge moment! Logan Wilson grabs the interception after Eli Apple tips Tannehill's pass around midfield.

    Joe Burrow has 20 seconds to get them into field goal range.

  19. First downpublished at 00:24 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    Cincinnati Bengals 16-16 Tennessee Titans

    Tannehill lets rip over the middle with a strike to Julio Jones to get up to their own 35-yard line. Trey Hendrickson limps off for Cincinnati - that's big as his team's best bet for putting pressure on Tannehill.

  20. Two-minute warningpublished at 00:21 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    Cincinnati Bengals 16-16 Tennessee Titans

    The Titans have it back deep in their own territory after just one run from Derrick Henry, who, for me, looks to be tiring a bit now - quite naturally after his long lay-off.

    The Titans would do well to run it with D'Onta Foreman as he's looked a lot more lively in this second half.