Denver A.M.

[Manning2Harrison]

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Matchup Preview *|* 2016 DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF
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Denver Broncos (11-5, Away)		Jacksonville Jaguars (12-4, Home)
Injury Report SS Winston Guy (elbow) 2 weeks RB Justin Forsett (ankle) 1 week C Jason Slowey (hamstring) 1 week C Fredrick Alaeze (jaw) 2 weeks Game Notes Denver's loss to Jacksonville at home two weeks ago does not bode well for the Broncos as they travel to Florida for the divisional round for the second year in a row. But the odds were also against them last year when they upset the Jags for what turned out to be the final victory of Peyton Manning's career.

[Knickerbocker91]

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Congrats on the win, King definitely played himself into a contract for somebody.

Also, smh at Cutler throwing 4 picks in the playoffs.

[Manning2Harrison]

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Go Back (To) Jack, Do It Again

Broncos Bounce Jags Another Time

A year ago, in Peyton Manning’s penultimate game, the 7-8-1 Denver Broncos knocked the 11-5 home field-holding Jacksonville Jaguars out of the playoffs in the divisional round, 23-14. Two weeks ago in Denver, the Jags achieved a measure of payback in a 24-17 triumph, but they still felt they would not truly have vengeance until they returned the favor in another playoff meeting. In that Week 17 loss, the Broncos found it difficult to put up points against Jacksonville’s top-rated defense, including failing to find the end zone in the second half. Denver scored even fewer points in this game, but it also had what was arguably its best defensive performance of the season. In Denver, Russell Wilson was 25-of-29 for 280 yards and 2 touchdowns. This time, the Broncos kept his completion percentage below 50% and picked him off twice. Wilson finished the day with only 165 yards, and the Jags rushed for only 89. Jacksonville had only a 25% third down conversion rate (4/16) and most importantly, did not score a touchdown. Zac Piper’s unusual 3 yard TD pass to Virgil Green late in the second half proved to be the only touchdown, and the margin of victory, in Denver’s 13-6 win. The Broncos have reached the AFC title game for a fourth time in John Fox’s tenure and now have a 3-1 postseason record against Jacksonville with three consecutive wins. In their second year of existence, the Jags defeated the Broncos in the divisional round before losing the AFC championship game to the Patriots.

Piper took his first snap at the Denver 10 due to a holding call on the opening kickoff, and the Broncos went three and out, but the Jaguars were unable to capitalize on the good field position thanks to Martez Wilson taking down Stevan Ridley for a loss of 3 on 3rd and 1. After a second Denver three and out the Jags began their next series at the Denver 35, but they were quickly in a 3rd and 17 after Wilson got to Ridley for a loss of 4 and a scrambling Russell Wilson was sacked by Corey Wootton. A screen to Ridley converted and Russellmania’s 17 yard completion to Rakayle Shaafat put Jacksonville in a first and goal at the 5, but Denver’s goal line defense stepped up. After TFL’s of Ridley of 1 and 3 yards by Wootton and Taylor Mays, Shaafat dropped a pass in the end zone, and the Jags had to settle for drawing first blood with a field goal. The Broncos ended their next possession with a punt that was fair caught at the 11, and the Jaguars were in a 3rd and 7 at the Denver 22 when Aqib Talib made a sideline interception at the 7. In that drive, Ridley suffered a broken collarbone and was replaced by Bryce Brown. Lex Hilliard was stopped for no gain on the next play but then Virgil Green turned in a 47 yard catch and run. After a James Harrison sack put the Broncos in a 3rd and 11 and a bat by Deandre Levy forced a Dustin Colquitt punt that went out of bounds at the 12, the Jags went three and out after a measurement confirmed a ruling of 4th and inches. The punt gave the Broncos the ball at midfield, and three plays after the two minute warning they were in a 3rd and goal at the 3 when Antoine Bethea could have had an end zone interception of a pass intended for wild card hero Tavarres King. Instead, it was only a deflection, and instead of hitting the ground, it bounced off the knee of a falling Bethea, sending it in the direction of Green, who made a grasshopper-level catch for the touchdown that made the halftime score 7-3.

Following a scoreless third quarter in which Piper was picked off by Brandon Browner at the Jacksonville 18, King lost a fumble at the 3 and Martez Wilson snapped a collarbone, the Jags cut the Broncos' lead to 1 point with a 45 yard field goal by newly-signed kicker Dustin Hopkins with 10:08 to go. Denver then maintained possession until the first play after the two minute warning, when Matt Prater drilled a 29 yard kick. A Jeremy Maclin drop on 4th and 4 gave the Jags a four-play turnover on downs. When Hilliard got less than a yard on third and 1, the Broncos could have let the clock run down to zero, but it was stopped by an “injury” to linebacker Clifton Bolton, and another Prater boot but the Broncos up by a touchdown. 11 ticks were left after the kickoff, and just 1 after a pair of incomplete passes. On the game’s final play, Wilson’s Hail Mary was picked off by Mays.

Denver Broncos at Jacksonville Jaguars
2016 DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Denver Broncos (11-5)	0	7	0	6	13
Jacksonville Jaguars (12-4)	3	0	0	3	6

Team Stats Comparison
	DEN	JAC
Total Offense	321	241
Rushing Yards	70	89
Passing Yards	251	152
First Downs	15	12
Punt Return Yards	60	24
Kick Return Yards	42	46
Total Yards	423	311
Turnovers	2	2
3rd Down Converstion	1-10	4-16
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-1
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	5/1/2	2/0/1
Penalties	5-45	1-10
Posession Time	26:27	33:33

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		DEN	JAC
4:45	(JAC) Dustin Hopkins 26 FG	0	3
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		DEN	JAC
0:31	(DEN) Virgil Green 3 pass from Zac Piper (M. Prater kick)	7	3
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		DEN	JAC
10:08	(JAC) Dustin Hopkins 45 FG	7	6
1:56	(DEN) Matt Prater 29 FG	10	6
0:14	(DEN) Matt Prater 33 FG	13	6

Denver Broncos PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Zac Piper 19/35 255 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Montee Ball 17 60 3.5 0 Lex Hilliard 4 6 1.5 0 Brayden Lawson 1 4 4.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Virgil Green 5 76 15.2 1 Alshon Jeffery 4 45 11.2 0 Tavarres King 3 27 9.0 0 Montee Ball 3 26 8.6 0 Mohamed Sanu 2 62 31.0 0 Jorell Gayton 1 14 14.0 0 Dave Joyce 1 5 5.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Chris Kuper 1 0 Cordell Lowry 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Taylor Mays 10 0 1 0 Jerrell Freeman 5 0 0 0 Dunta Robinson 5 0 0 0 Danny Trevathan 5 0 0 0 Kayvon Webster 5 0 0 0 Martez Wilson 5 1 0 0 Corey Wootton 5 2 0 0 Aqib Talib 4 0 1 0 Sedrick Ellis 2 0 0 0 Ricky Dodgen 1 1 0 0 Marquiste Ivery 1 0 0 0 Rahim Moore 1 0 0 0 Quanterus Smith 1 0 0 0 Boris Toodle 1 0 0 0 Sylvester Williams 1 0 0 0

Jacksonville Jaguars PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Russell Wilson 13/28 165 0 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Bryce Brown 16 54 3.3 0 Stevan Ridey 14 39 2.7 0 Russell Wilson 2 -4 -2.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Bryce Brown 4 34 8.5 0 Rakayle Shaafat 3 50 16.6 0 Justin Blackmon 3 41 13.6 0 Stevan Ridley 1 21 21.0 0 Wilfred Scales 1 10 10.0 0 Jeremy Maclin 1 9 9.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Shelley Smith 3 0 Ben Jones 1 0 Dwayne Allen 1 1 Luke Joeckel 0 3 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Antoine Bethea 6 0 0 0 Danton Priester 6 0 0 0 Clifton Bolton 5 0 0 0 Johnathan Cyprien 4 0 0 0 Paul Posluszny 4 0 0 0 Brandon Browner 3 0 1 0 James Harrison 3 1 0 0 Deandre Levy 3 0 0 0 Braddie Inglesi 2 0 0 0 Terrance Mazon 2 0 0 0 C.J. Spillman 2 0 0 0 Taz Trodder 2 0 0 0 Dwayne Gratz 1 0 0 0 James-Michael Johnson 1 0 0 0 Nick Roach 1 0 0 0

Aqib Talib picks off a pass intended for Justin Blackmon.




The game’s only touchdown came when Antoine Bethea’s deflection bounced off his own knee and into the hands of Virgil Green.

[Manning2Harrison]

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Congrats on the win, King definitely played himself into a contract for somebody.

Also, smh at Cutler throwing 4 picks in the playoffs.

[Manning2Harrison]

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DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF SCORES

49ers 13
Buccaneers 20

Ravens 27
Browns 28

Seahawks 23
Packers 20

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Broncos @ Browns

Seahawks @ Buccaneers

[Manning2Harrison]

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Mindless Mayhem: Playoff Losses Cost 4 Coaches Their Jobs

In the harshest and most bizarre collective example of "what have you done for me lately, four coaches whose teams made the playoffs this season are now unemployed.

Jim Harbaugh's San Francisco 49ers won another NFC West title and a wild card game this year, but failed to get beyond the divisional round for the third year in a row after going 1-2 in the NFC championship in his first 3 years. While that it something of a decline, could anyone have done better?

Mike McCarthy has a Super Bowl ring, but hasn't been back to the big dance since winning it. Merely being a perennial contender was not good enough for his employers.

Gus Bradley has taken the Jaguars from the dregs of the NFL to home field in 2015 and a bye in 2016. Not good enough, after a pair of playoff losses to a Denver team with a worse record.

And after a week of consideration, the Jets' brain trust has decided they no longer need the services of Rex Ryan successor Joey Johnson, despite Johnson getting them to the postseason for the first time since 2010.

The records of this quartet of coaches speak for themselves, and like former Patriots coach Bill Belichick, they should not have any trouble finding new gigs. Meanwhile, their former employers may be in for a lesson in "be careful for what you wish for".

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[Gronk4M13]

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DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF SCORES

49ers 13
Buccaneers 20

Ravens 27
Browns 28

Seahawks 23
Packers 20

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Broncos @ Browns

Seahawks @ Buccaneers

28-27 loss for the Ravens to the Browns, that hurts. Good luck against Cleveland.

[Manning2Harrison]

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Matchup Preview *|* 2016 AFC Championship
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Denver Broncos (11-5, 6-2 Away)		Cleveland Browns (12-4, 6-2 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 370.8 Total Offensive Yards 334.6 262.0 Passing Yards 185.7 108.8 Rushing Yards 148.9 29.8 Points Per Game 24.5 Defensive Stats Comparison 361.0 Total Yards Allowed 315.3 249.5 Passing Yards Allowed 224.6 111.5 Rushing Yards Allowed 90.7 24.5 Points Per Game 18.3 Injury Report SS Winston Guy (elbow) 1 week LT Joe Thomas (ankle) IR OLB Martez Wilson (collarbone) 6 weeks C Eric Wood (knee) 1 week Game Notes The Broncos and the Browns meet in the AFC Championship for the fourth time, and the first two games were a pair of the greatest in NFL history. On Jan. 11, 1987, John Elway led a 98 yard drive to a game-tying touchdown which forced overtime, in which a Rich Karlis field goal won it for the Broncos. On Jan. 17, 1988, the Browns overcame a 21-3 deficit before tying the game at 31. With 6 minutes to go, Elway's 20 yard pass to Sammy Winder put the Broncos back in front, but with 1:12 to go the Browns were at the Denver 8. Ernest Byner appeared headed for a tying touchdown but was stripped by Jeremiah Castille and the Broncos held on for the win. Two years after "The Fumble" game, the Broncos won in ess dramatic fashion, 37-21. None of those three wins led to a Super Bowl win for the Broncos- it would take another decade for Elway to lead them to the promised land. But the Browns, who have never been to the big dance and who have not won a NFL title since 1964 have reached the AFC title game for the first time since "The Fumble" and this is only their third playoff appearance since, and their second after being reincarnated. Will history repeat itself in some fashion here, or will the Cleveland/Greg Schiano redemption story continue toward a happy ending? QB Comparison Zac Piper - 98.4 rating, 276/414 (66.7%), 3097 YDS, 22 TD, 8 INT Berry Miller - 74.1 rating, 2944 YDS, 17 TD, 8 INT Rushing Leaders Montee Ball - 281-1235, 4.4 avg., 17 TD Trent Richardson - 301-1506, 5.0 avg., 5 TD Receiving Leaders Virgil Green - 96-1331, 13.9 avg., 11 TD Skyler French - 65-929, 14.3 avg., 2 TD

CLEVELAND BROWNS Depth Chart - 2016
Regular Offense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
WR	Darrius Heyward-Bey | 85	Keenan Allen | 77	Brett Cirocco (R) | 72
TE	Rob Housler | 81	Russell Biggs | 73	Marquis Goggins (R) | 69
LT	Joe Thomas | 99	Will Yeatman | 73	J.C. Tretter | 71
LG	J.C. Tretter | 85	Jeff Allen | 80
C	Eric Wood | 80	Mailau Romero | 81
RG	Franck Hoobler | 84	Christina Timm (R) | 65
RT	Jeremy Parnell | 81	K.C. Stubblefield | 74
WR	Skyler French | 85	Tate Buhagiar | 73
QB	Berry Miller (R) | 83	Kyle Orton | 73	Bernie Hutchinson | 70
FB	Dorin Dickerson | 72
HB	Trent Richardson | 96	Dion Lewis | 75	R.J. Knapp (R) | 62
Base 4-3 Defense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LDE	Paul Kruger | 86	Daven Chitty | 67
LDT	Rico Wakeel | 90	Devon Still | 77
RDT	Melquan Schexnayder | 83
RDE	Barkevious Mingo | 99	Jimmy Torres | 83
WLB	Forrest Petteway (R) | 86	Carmen Messina | 69
MLB	David Harris | 81	Brad Jones | 77
SLB	Miles Burris | 74	Chris Carter | 66
CB	Joe Haden | 96	D.J. Moore | 82	Kedarius Pullard | 69
SS	T.J. Ward | 96	Mistral Raymond | 75
FS	Tashaun Gipson | 89	Jerron Branch | 68
CB	Javier Arenas | 85	Carlos Rogers | 76
Special Teams
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
K	Justin Tucker | 94
P	Spencer Lanning | 94
PR	Trent Richardson | 85
KR	Trent Richardson | 77	Javier Arenas | 73

[Manning2Harrison]

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28-27 loss for the Ravens to the Browns, that hurts. Good luck against Cleveland.

Not as much as it will if we lose the AFCCG to them. Still feel your pain doe.

[Manning2Harrison]

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The Drive:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q36SIc5h6AM

The Fumble:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5rQmdKKQgI

[Manning2Harrison]

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Broncos Browned Out By “Orton's Revenge"

The 4th time was the charm for the Cleveland Browns, who had previously held an 0-3 mark against the Denver Broncos in AFC championship games. The title bout did not produce a classic moment like “The Drive” or “The Fumble”, and the it wasn’t even as close as the final score would indicate. But it did provide a stage for former Denver QB Kyle Orton to extract a measure of revenge, even though Trent Richardson did most of the work by gashing the Bronco defense for 192 yards. With Browns rookie signal-caller Berry Miller lasting all of one pass attempt, Orton was under center virtually all the way for Cleveland, and his first quarter 34 yard touchdown strike to Tate Buhagiar (one of the Browns’ “Wes Welker wannabes” according to Aqib Talib) gave the Browns a lead which they would never relinquish.

Denver drew first blood in the opening series with a 45 yard Matt Prater field goal. Getting crunched by Sylvester Williams and Corey Wootton put Miller out of the game with a bruised sternum, but on his first snap, Orton lofted a 30 yard completion to another “Wes Welker wannabe”, team receptions leader Skyler French, and the drive concluded with Orton’s touchdown to Buhagiar. Denver’s next series ended with Prater missing a 55 yard attempt, and after Quanterus Smith recorded his second sack, the second quarter opened with Justin Tucker booting a 35-yarder to put the Browns up 10-3. The following Denver possession was abruptly curtailed by D.J. Moore’s 23 yard pick-six, and with the Broncos down 17-3, the roof appeared on the verge of collapse. The Broncos, however, got the next two scores, which were only field goals, but which got them within an 8 point touchdown of tying. A squib kick followed the second field goal, and the Browns tried to use the field position and the time remaining to at least get into field goal range. But two plays into the drive Dunta Robinson picked off Orton and raced 48 yards to the house. Zac Piper’s pass on the try for two was incomplete, leaving Denver trailing 17-15 at the half.

The third quarter scoring consisted merely of an exchange of field goals, leaving the Broncos still very much in the game, but the Browns took command in the final frame. A 2 yard touchdown run by Dion Lewis expanded Cleveland’s lead to 27-18, then on successive plays Will backer Forrest Petteway sacked Piper and intercepted him. Richardson broke a 40 yard run on the next play, but a holding call and another Quanterus Smith sack made it second and goal at the 23 and the Browns ended up settling for a field goal and a 30-18 lead. After a Denver three and out, Richardson’s 35 yard touchdown run left no doubt, and Piper’s 75 yard touchdown bomb to Tyson Ellington on the first play after the kickoff was a nice highlight, but merely cosmetic. Believe it- the Browns are on their way to their first Super Bowl and are playing for the NFL title for the first time in over half a century.

Denver Broncos at Cleveland Browns
2016 AFC Championship	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Denver Broncos (11-5)	3	12	3	7	25
Cleveland Browns (12-4)	7	10	3	17	37

Team Stats Comparison
	DEN	CLE
Total Offense	390	430
Rushing Yards	52	205
Passing Yards	338	225
First Downs	19	17
Punt Return Yards	0	0
Kick Return Yards	156	41
Total Yards	546	471
Turnovers	2	1
3rd Down Converstion	6-13	6-11
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-1	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3/0/3	5/1/3
Penalties	0-0	3-25
Posession Time	27:53	32:07

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		DEN	CLE
9:50	(DEN) Matt Prater 45 FG	3	0
5:54	(CLE) Tate Buhagiar 34 pass from Kyle Orton (J. Tucker kick)	3	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		DEN	CLE
14:56	(CLE) Justin Tucker 35 FG	3	10
13:20	(CLE) D.J. Moore 23 INT return (J. Tucker kick)	3	17
6:56	(DEN) Matt Prater 25 FG	6	17
0:16	(DEN) Matt Prater 22 FG	9	17
0:01	(DEN) Dunta Robinson 48 INT return (pass failed)	15	17
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		DEN	CLE
10:31	(CLE) Justin Tucker 34 FG	15	20
3:13	(DEN) Matt Prater 29 FG	18	20
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		DEN	CLE
10:45	(CLE) Dion Lewis 2 run (J. Tucker kick)	18	27
3:47	(CLE) Justin Tucker 29 FG	18	30
1:07	(CLE) Trent Richardson 35 run (J. Tucker kick)	18	37
0:52	(DEN) Tyson Ellington 75 pass from Zac Piper (M. Prater kick)	25	37

Denver Broncos PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Zac Piper 26/43 355 1 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Montee Ball 13 39 3.0 0 Lex Hilliard 2 9 4.5 0 Zac Piper 2 4 2.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Tavarres King 7 71 10.1 0 Virgil Green 6 100 16.6 0 Alshon Jeffery 6 59 9.8 0 Montee Ball 5 39 7.8 0 Tyson Ellington 1 75 75.0 1 Mohamed Sanu 1 11 11.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Lex Hilliard 1 0 Korey Louis-jean 1 0 Cordell Lowry 1 1 Joe Madsen 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Taylor Mays 8 0 0 0 Rahim Moore 7 0 0 0 Sylvester Williams 5 1 0 0 Jerrell Freeman 4 0 0 0 Quanterus Smith 4 3 0 0 Danny Trevathan 4 0 0 0 Sedric Ellis 3 0 0 0 Kayvon Webster 3 0 0 0 Nate Irving 2 0 0 0 Marquiste Ivery 2 0 0 0 Dunta Robinson 2 0 1 1 Sealver Siliga 2 0 0 0 Corey Wootton 2 0 0 0 Tyronne Randall 1 0 0 0 Aqib Talib 1 0 0 0

Cleveland Browns PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Kyle Orton 17/22 231 1 1 Berry Miller 1/1 15 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Trent Richardson 24 192 8.0 1 Dion Lewis 5 19 3.8 1 Kyle Orton 3 -6 -2.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Skyler French 6 68 11.3 0 Rob Housler 3 41 13.6 0 Tate Bughiar 2 42 21.0 1 Darrius Heyward-Bey 2 34 17.0 0 Trent Richardson 2 33 16.5 0 Russell Biggs 2 10 5.0 0 Keenan Allen 1 18 18.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Jeff Allen 1 0 J.C. Tretter 0 1 Will Yeatman 0 3 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Forrest Petteway 9 1 1 0 Rico Wakeel 6 0 0 0 David Harris 5 0 0 0 Joe Haden 4 0 0 0 T.J. Ward 4 0 0 0 Javier Arenas 3 0 0 0 Tashaun Gipson 3 0 0 0 Brad Jones 3 0 0 0 Paul Kruger 3 1 0 0 Melquan Schexnayder 3 1 0 0 Miles Burris 2 0 0 0 Carmen Messina 2 0 0 0 Barkevious Mingo 2 0 0 0 Jerron Branch 1 0 0 0 D.J. Moore 1 0 1 1

Putting Cleveland starter Berry Miller out of action didn’t help the Broncos.


Dunta Robinson’s pick-six made it a two poit game at the half.

[Manning2Harrison]

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Gets Broncos to the AFC title game without Peyton Manning

Loses to the Browns and Kyle Orton

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NFC CHAMPIONSHIP

Seahawks 13
Buccaneers 20

[Manning2Harrison]

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Packers hire Bill Belichick

49ers hire Mike McCarthy

Jets hire Russell Cornwell

Bears give Marc Trestman 3 year extension