Lamar Jackson threw for two touchdowns in the first half, Derrick Henry scored twice, leading the Baltimore Ravens past the Pittsburgh Steelers 28-14 to advance to the second round of the AFC playoffs.
Henry ran for 186 yards, and Baltimore outrushed the Steelers 299-29. It was the most yards rushing allowed by Pittsburgh in a playoff game, breaking the mark of 232 set by the Oakland Raiders 51 years ago.
The Ravens move on to face Buffalo.
Josh Allen threw two touchdown passes, James Cook scored on a 5-yard run and finished with 120 yards rushing, as the Buffalo Bills defeated the Denver Broncos 31-7, in a wild-card playoff.
The Bills methodically wore down the Broncos by scoring on six of their first seven drives in building a 31-7 lead in a game where they finished with a 23-minute edge in time of possession.
Allen finished 20-of-26 for 272 yards and increased his playoff total to 23 passing touchdowns, breaking the franchise record of 21 held by Hall of Famer Jim Kelly.
Bo Nix finished 13-of-22 for 144 yards in an outing where Denver punted four times and turned the ball over on downs twice.
Buffalo will host Baltimore in the second round of the playoffs.
Jalen Hurts tossed two touchdown passes in his first game since a late-season concussion and the Philadelphia Eagles rode their NFL-best defense to a 22-10 wild-card playoff win over the Green Bay Packers.
Hurts threw for only 131 yards. He started strong — six straight completions to open the game — and held off the Packers with a 24-yard touchdown pass to Dallas Goedert in the third quarter.
Philadelphia’s defense handled the rest.
The Eagles turned a recovered fumble on the opening kickoff into Hurts’ first TD pass three plays later and the defense picked off Jordan Love twice in the first half. Holding a 19-10 lead in the fourth, the Eagles forced a turnover on downs when Green Bay had a fourth-and-3 on its own 41 with five minutes left in the game.
Quinyon Mitchell had one final interception of Love with 1:51 left in the game that sealed the win for the NFC East champions, who’ll host a division game next week at the Linc.
The Eagles wait to find out if they play the Vikings or the Rams.
Derek Stingley of the Texans grabbed two of Justin Herbert’s career-high four interceptions to help Houston roll to a 32-12 wild-card playoff victory over the L.A. Chargers.
Eric Murray returned one of the interceptions for a touchdown and C.J. Stroud threw a TD pass in Houston’s win.
It’s the second straight year Stroud and the Texans (11-7) won in the first round after they beat Cleveland last season. They head to Kansas City next weekend to battle the Chiefs.
Herbert threw just three interceptions in the regular season and had never thrown more than two in a game before facing a Texans secondary led by Stingley. Rookie Kamari Lassiter had the other pick.
The Chargers (11-7) returned to the playoffs under first-year coach Jim Harbaugh, but lost in the wild-card round for a second straight time after also losing in the 2022 season to remain without a postseason win since 2018.
