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NFL Playoffs: Wild-Card Round

NFL Playoffs: Wild-Card Round
NFL Playoffs: Wild-Card Round

NFL Playoffs: Wild-Card Round

Leon Hall

<italics>(Ten shots from each wild card game, starting with Houston-Cincinnati.)</italics> Leon Hall of the Bengals intercepted this pass intended for James Casey and returned it 21 yards for a touchdown. It was his team's only touchdown in the 19-13 loss.

Leon Hall

Leon Hall is congratulated by his teammates after scoring on a pick-6 to give Cincinnati a 7-6 lead in the second quarter.

JJ Watt

Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton is pressured by J.J. Watt, who had five tackles and one sack in Houston's 19-13 win.

Arian Foster

Arian Foster carried the ball 32 times for 140 yards and a touchdown. He also had eight receptions for 34 yards.

Jonathan Joseph

Texans cornerback Jonathan Joseph (background) keeps A.J. Green from making a toucdown reception.

A.J. Green

A.J. Green finished with five catches for 80 yards as the Bengals lost a first-round playoff game at Houston for the second year in a row.

Andre Johnson

Adam Jones defends against Houston wideout Andre Johnson at Reliant Stadium. Johnson had four catches for 62 yards and no touchdowns.

Arian Foster

Arian Foster is the first player in NFL history to have 100-yard rushing games in each of his first three playoff games.

Owen Daniels

Houston tight end Owen Daniels had a game-high nine receptions for 91 yards.

Green Bay Packers fans

Fans tailgate at Lambeau Field before the Green Bay-Minnesota Vikings wild card game.

Dezman Moses

Green Bay linebacker Dezman Moses closes in on Minnesota backup quarterback Joe Webb, who was forced to start in place of an injured Christian Ponder.

Erik Walden

Joe Webb tosses a desperation pass before being taken down by Packers linebacker Erik Walden.

John Kuhn

Fullback John Kuhn bounces off safety Jamarca Sanford en route to scoring one of his two touchdowns.

Adrian Peterson

Adrian Peterson ran for a combined 409 yards in two regular season games against the Packers but had only 99 on 22 carries in their playoff matchup.

Aaron Rodgers

Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers made this motion a lot in a game the Packers led 17-3 at the half.

Dezman Moses

The Packers chase down a fumble on a Minnesota punt return that Green Bay's Dezman Moses eventually recovered.

DuJuan Harris

The Packers leading rusher was DuJuan Harris with 47 yards on 17 carries and one touchdown.

Everson Griffen

The Vikings sacked Aaron Rodgers three times, including on Everson Griffen's lone tackle of the game.

Clay Matthews

Clay Matthews recovers a Joe Webb fumble, one of two lost fumbles for the Vikings.

Tramon Williams

Green Bay's Tramon Williams breaks up a pass intended for Jerome Simpson. The Packers held Minnesota to 180 yards passing and came up with one interception.

Ray Rice

Ray Rice didn't score, but accounted for 117 yards of offense, 47 coming on his lone reception.

Anquan Boldin

Anquan Boldin made an incredibly difficult catch on this play to give the Ravens their final points.

Andrew Luck

Dannell Ellerbe brings down Andrew Luck on a day in which the rookie was held without a touchdown pass.

Dennis Pitta

Dennis Pitta caught one of Joe Flacco's two touchdown passes, this one giving Baltimore a 17-6 lead.

Joe Flacco

Joe Flacco completed 12-of-23 passes for 282 yards as the Ravens set up a trip to Denver for the divisional round of the playoffs.

Vonta Leach

Vonta Leach bulled his way into the end zone from two yards out on his only carry of the game.

Ray Lewis

In his first game since Oct. 14 and his last game in Baltimore, the retiring Ray Lewis seemed to be everywhere.

Cory Williams

Cory Williams sealed the victory with an interception of Andrew Luck late in the fourth quarter.

Ray Lewis

Ray Lewis, who announced that he'll retire at season's end, left the field with a win in his last home game.

Robert Griffin III

Robert Griffin III injured himself while being pursued by Malcolm Smith in the first quarter.

Earl Thomas

Earl Thomas intercepted a pass intended for Pierre Garcon to foil a Washington drive.

Marshawn Lynch

Marshawn Lynch got past Lorenzo Alexander (97) and others for a fourth-quarter touchdown that gave Seattle a 21-14 lead.

Evan Royster

Evan Royster caught a four-yard scoring pass from Robert Griffin III to give Washington an early 7-0 lead. The Redskins led 14-0 before the Seahawks stormed back.

Robert Griffin III

Robert Griffin III left the game for good after injuring himself trying in vain to recover this bad snap in the fourth quarter.

Russell Wilson

Russell Wilson scampered eight times for 67 yards against Barry Cofield &amp; Co. and completed 15-of-26 passes for another 187 yards.

Russell Wilson

Reed Doughty brought down Russell Wilson before he could attempt a pass on this play.

Redskins Defense

Marshawn Lynch lost a fumble at the goal line in the third quarter.

Zach Miller

Tight end Zach Miller led Seattle in receiving with four grabs for 48 yards, including this two-point conversion in front of Madieu Williams.

Russell Wilson, Robert Griffin III

Rookie quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Robert Griffin III congratulated one another on a game well-played.