DIVISIONAL ROUND
The special teams got us on the board early in this one, blocking a punt that we recovered in the end zone to take a lead we would never look back on. The offense did not play particularly well but the defense absolutely shut them down, led by safety Liam Gray and his two picks. The victory earns us the Jaguars at home for the AFC Championship.
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP
Our third trip to the AFC Championship in five seasons and our third loss. We opened the scoring with a Jeffrey Lyons 15 yard touchdown run midway through the first quarter following the first of two Liam Gray interceptions (that's 4 picks in two playoff games for those counting). The offense would struggle from there, including giving up a strip sack fumble recovery touchdown that opened up a 17-7 lead for the Jags at halftime. We would fight back and draw the score to 20-17 after 3 quarters. We had a chance to go ahead with less than four minutes to play but the normally sure handed Trent Richardson's second fumble in two possessions, this one at the Jags 6 yard line, quickly dashed those hopes. Even with those costly turnovesr, we still had a chance to tie the game late but rookie kicker Eli Brock, playing in place of the injured Austin Signor, missed a 44 yard field goal as time expired, his second miss of the day, to seal the victory for the Jags. The Jags would then go on to best the Detroit Lions 34-10 to capture the first Super Bowl in their team history.