NFL Wild Card Playoffs: Who Won, Who Got Slimed, And Why

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🗓️ 11 January 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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The NFL’s Super Wild Card Weekend was filled with heartbreak for some - like Indianapolis and Washington. Others saw particular triumph, like Ravens’ QB Lamar Jackson, who earned his first playoff victory, and the Cleveland Browns, who won in their first postseason appearance since 2002. Bill Barnwell shares insights on what we saw from the first slate of postseason games, as we look forward to the divisional round. Then, Andrea Adelson previews tonight’s College Football Championship, Ohio State vs. Alabama, on the scene from Miami. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	on second and ten he's back to throw got a breath coming in screen pass right side here comes chub
0:05.8	35 30 25 20 he's going he's going he's gone next chub is in touchdown that's the cleveland brown
0:16.6	scoring their final touchdown to seal a shocking victory and boot the Pittsburgh Steelers out of the playoffs.
0:24.3	The NFL's wildcard weekend separated contenders from pretenders,
0:28.9	and Bill Barnwell joins the show to explain how it all happened.
0:34.5	I'm Pablo Torre. It's Monday, January 11th. This is ESPN Daily.
0:45.4	Three, two, one. Bill Barnwell, we are talking at 12, 14 a.m.
0:57.1	And I don't think you or Browns fans are going to sleep anytime soon.
1:01.3	No, absolutely not.
1:03.2	Bill Barnwell is the host of the Bill Barnwell Show podcast.
1:06.8	And by the time you hear this, his NFL column will be found on ESPN Plus.
1:11.8	The Cleveland Browns have not only ended their playoff drought and you not only have a column
1:16.8	to write, but the Browns beat the Steelers 48 to 37 and they did not have their head coach,
1:22.9	Kevin Stefansky, they did not have their starting left guard, Joel Betonio.
1:26.5	That was because of COVID on both counts.
1:28.7	How did the Browns do this bill?
1:30.9	And maybe the question is better phrased as, what did the Steelers do to themselves here?
1:35.9	Yeah, I think it's a combination of both.
1:37.9	I mean, literally on the first snap of the game, you have Pro Bowl Center,
1:41.6	Marquis Pouncy, probably a future Hall of Famer,
1:48.6	snapped the ball over the head of Ben Rothersburger, who, if anything, is tall.
1:51.7	Big. He's big. Big Ben, Ben, that's his whole deal.
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