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SUPER WILD CARD WEEKEND INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (11-5) AT BUFFALO BILLS (13-3) WILD CARD // SATURDAY, JAN. 9, 2021 // 1:05 PM ET // BILLS STADIUM // REFEREE: BRAD ALLEN REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY LEADER: Bills lead all-time series, 37-32-1 LAST GAME: 10/21/18: Bills 5 at Colts 37 STREAKS: Bills have won 2 of past 3 LAST GAME AT SITE: 12/10/17: Bills 13, Colts 7 (OT) PLAYOFF SERIES HISTORY First meeting in postseason INDIANAPOLIS COLTS LEADERS BUFFALO BILLS 23-24 PLAYOFF RECORD 14-17 4: 1958, 1959, 1970 (V), 2006 (XLI) CHAMPIONSHIPS 2: 1964, 1965 L 31-13 at Kansas City (1/12/19) LAST POSTSEASON GAME L 22-19 at Houston (OT) (1/4/20) 3-2 (LV 1-0, NYJ 1-0, Pit 0-1, Ten 1-1) VS. COMMON OPP. 4-1 (LV 1-0, NYJ 2-0, Pit 1-0, Ten 0-1) 28.2/22.6 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 31.3/23.4 378.1 OFFENSE 396.4 Philip Rivers: 369-543-4169-24-11-97.0 PASSING Josh Allen: 396-572-4544-37-10-107.2 Jonathan Taylor (R): 232-1169-5.0-11 RUSHING Devin Singletary: 156-687-4.4-2 T.Y. Hilton: 56-762-13.6-5 RECEIVING Stefon Diggs: 127 (1L)-1535 (1L)-12.1-8 332.1 DEFENSE 352.4 DeForest Buckner: 9.5 SACKS Mario Addison, A.J. Klein: 5 Kenny Moore: 4 INTS Tre’Davious White: 3 +10 (25/15) TAKE/GIVE +4 (26/22) Nyheim Hines: 10.0 PR Andre Roberts: 9.9 Isaiah Rodgers (R): 28.8 KR Andre Roberts: 30.0 (1L) Rigoberto Sanchez: 46.2 (40.0) PUNTING (NET) Corey Bojorquez: 50.8 (1L) (44.0) Rodrigo Blankenship (R): 139 (43/45 PAT; 32/37 FG) KICKING Tyler Bass (R): 141 (57/59 PAT; 28/34 FG) FRANK REICH HEAD COACHES SEAN MCDERMOTT 1-1 VS. OPPONENT 1-1 1-1 PLAYOFF RECORD 0-2 COLTS TEAM NOTES BILLS TEAM NOTES • COLTS earned playoff berth for 2nd time in past 3 seasons • BILLS won AFC East for 1st time since 1995 & won 13 games for (2018) & won 11 games for 1st time since 2014. 1st time since 1991. • FRANK REICH makes 2nd postseason appearance as HC. • SEAN MCDERMOTT makes 3rd postseason appearance as HC. • INDIANAPOLIS had 3 players named to 2021 Pro Bowl roster: C • BUFFALO had 5 players named to 2021 Pro Bowl roster: QB RYAN KELLY, LB DARIUS LEONARD & G QUENTON NELSON. JOSH ALLEN, WR STEFON DIGGS, LB TREMAINE EDMUNDS, KR/ • COLTS OFFENSE allowed 21 sacks in 2020, tied-2nd fewest in PR ANDRE ROBERTS & CB TRE’DAVIOUS WHITE. NFL. • BILLS OFFENSE ranked 2nd in NFL with 31.3 points per game & • INDIANAPOLIS DEFENSE allowed 90.5 rush yards per game, tied-2nd with 396.4 yards per game. 2nd-fewest in NFL & 2nd-fewest in franchise history. • BUFFALO DEFENSE ranked tied-3rd in NFL with 26 takeaways. TV: CBS/CBS All Access (1:05 PM ET): Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn (field reporter) ON THE AIRWAVES NATIONAL RADIO: Westwood One: John Sadak, Ross Tucker SIRIUS: 82 (Ind), 83 (Buf) | XM: 226 (Ind), 225 (Buf), 88 (National) SUPER WILD CARD WEEKEND INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (11-5) AT BUFFALO BILLS (13-3) COLTS NOTES BILLS NOTES • QB PHILIP RIVERS passed for 4,169 yards & 24 TDs vs. 11 INTs • QB JOSH ALLEN passed for 4,544 yards & 37 TDs, both franchise for 97 rating in 2020, his 12th-career season with 4,000+ pass records. Ranked tied-3rd among QBs with 8 rush TDs & is only yards, tied 2nd-most in NFL history. Has 13 TDs vs. INT for 116.2 QB in NFL history with 8+ rush TDs in each of 1st 3 seasons. rating in 6 career starts vs. Buf. Has 105+ rating in 4 of his Aims for 6th in row with 2+ TD passes & 4th in row with 120+ past 5 on road. Has 6 TDs vs. INT for 93.2 rating in his past 4 rating. Had 22 TDs (17 pass, 5 rush) vs. 6 INTs for 103 rating in postseason starts. 8 home games this season. Passed for 264 yards & rushed for • RB JONATHAN TAYLOR led rookies in scrimmage yards (1,468), 92 yards with TD catch in only career postseason game. rush yards (1,169) & TDs (12), all 3rd-most by rookie in franchise • RB DEVIN SINGLETARY recorded 950+ scrimmage yards (956) history. Aims for 5th in row with rush TD & 3rd in row with 2+ for 2nd-consecutive season. Had 134 scrimmage yards (76 rec., rush TDs. Has 684 scrimmage yards (114 per game) & 6 TDs (5 58 rush) & 6 catches in only career postseason game. rush, 1 rec.) in 7 road games this season. RB NYHEIM HINES had • WR STEFON DIGGS led NFL with 127 catches & 1,535 rec. yards, career-high 862 scrimmage yards & 7 TDs (4 rec., 3 rush). both most in franchise history & 6th-most catches in single • WR T.Y. HILTON had 5 rec. TDs in 2020, his 8th-career season season in NFL history. Aims for 9th in row with 7+ catches & with 5+ TD catches, most in NFL since 2012. Had 2 rec. TDs in his 6th in row with 75+ rec. yards. Has 50+ rec. yards in 3 of his last game vs. Buf. (10/21/18). Has 85+ rec. yards & TD catch in 2 past 4 postseason games. WR COLE BEASLEY set career highs of his past 3 on road. Aims for his 3rd in row in postseason with in catches (82) & rec. yards (967). Has 5+ catches in 3 of his 60+ rec. yards. WR ZACH PASCAL set career highs in catches past 4. WR JOHN BROWN had TD catch in Week 17. Had 50 rec. (44) & rec. yards (629). Has rec. TD in 2 of past 3. TE JACK DOYLE yards in last playoff game. WR GABRIEL DAVIS tied-2nd among had rec. TD in his last game vs. Buf. (12/10/17). rookies with 7 rec. TDs, 2nd-most by rookie in franchise history. • LB DARIUS LEONARD led team with 132 tackles & is 1 of 4 in • CB TRE’DAVIOUS WHITE led team with 11 PD & 3 INTs. Aims for NFL with 120+ tackles in each of past 3 seasons. Had 17 tackles his 4th in row with PD. Has INT in 2 of his past 3 at home. & FR in last meeting. Has 27 tackles, FF, FR & PD in 2 career Had FF in his last postseason game. S JORDAN POYER tied for postseason games. DE JUSTIN HOUSTON had 2 TFL & sack in his lead among safeties with career-high 118 tackles in 2020. Aims last game vs. Buf. (11/26/17 with KC). Has sack & PD in 2 of his for his 3rd in row in playoffs with 5+ tackles. LB TREMAINE past 3 in postseason. DT DEFOREST BUCKNER led team with 9.5 EDMUNDS led team with 119 tackles, his 3rd-consecutive sacks. Has 2+ sacks in 2 of past 3. Had 9 tackles, 2 sacks & FR season with 115+ tackles. Had 12 tackles, sack & FR in only in only career game vs. Buf. (10/16/16 with SF). career postseason game. ROOKIES QUARTERBACKS WITH THE MOST WITH THE MOST RUSHING PASSING YARDS IN 2020 YARDS IN 2020 JONATHAN TAYLOR (IND) DESHAUN WATSON (HOU) 1,169 RUSHING YARDS 4,823 PASSING YARDS JAMES ROBINSON (JAX) PATRICK MAHOMES (KC) 1,070 RUSHING YARDS 4,740 PASSING YARDS J.K. DOBBINS (BAL) TOM BRADY (TB) 805 RUSHING YARDS 4,633 PASSING YARDS CLYDE EDWARDS-HELAIRE (KC) MATT RYAN (ATL) 803 RUSHING YARDS 4,581 PASSING YARDS ANTONIO GIBSON (WAS) JOSH ALLEN (BUF) 795 RUSHING YARDS 4,544 PASSING YARDS SUPER WILD CARD WEEKEND LOS ANGELES RAMS (10-6) AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (12-4) WILD CARD // SATURDAY, JAN. 9, 2021 // 4:40 PM ET // LUMEN FIELD // REFEREE: JOHN HUSSEY REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY LEADER: Seahawks lead all-time series, 25-20 LAST GAME: 12/27/20: Rams 9 at Seahawks 20 STREAKS: Rams have won 2 of past 3 LAST GAME AT SITE: 12/27/20 PLAYOFF SERIES HISTORY LEADER: Rams lead all-time series, 1-0 LAST GAME: 1/8/05: Rams 27 at Seahawks 20 STREAKS: Rams won only meeting LAST GAME AT SITE: 1/8/05 LOS ANGELES RAMS LEADERS SEATTLE SEAHAWKS 21-26 PLAYOFF RECORD 17-17 3 : 1945, 1951, 1999 (XXXIV) CHAMPIONSHIPS 1: 2013 (XLVIII) L 13-3 vs. New England (2/3/19) LAST POSTSEASON GAME L 28-23 at Green Bay (1/12/20) 7-5 (AZ 2-0, Buf 0-1, Dal 1-0, Mia 0-1, NE 1-0, 9-3 (AZ 1-1, Buf 0-1, Dal 1-0, Mia 1-0, NE 1-0, VS. COMMON OPP. NYG 1-0, NYJ 0-1, Phi 1-0, SF 0-2, Was 1-0) NYG 0-1, NYJ 1-0, Phi 1-0, SF 2-0, Was 1-0) 23.3/18.5 (1L) PTS. FOR/AGAINST 28.7/23.2 377.0 OFFENSE 369.5 Jared Goff: 370-552-3952-20-13-90.0 PASSING Russell Wilson: 384-558-4212-40-13-105.1 Cam Akers (R): 145-625-4.3-2 RUSHING Chris Carson: 141-681-4.8-5 Cooper Kupp: 92-974-10.6-3 RECEIVING Tyler Lockett: 100-1054-10.5-10 281.9 (1L) DEFENSE 380.6 Aaron Donald: 13.5 SACKS Jamal Adams: 9.5 Darious Williams: 4 INTS Quandre Diggs: 5 -3 (22/25) TAKE/GIVE +4 (22/18) Nsimba Webster: 7.4 PR David Moore: 9.3 Nsimba Webster: 21.7 KR Travis Homer: 24.3 Johnny Hekker: 45.6 (39.2) PUNTING (NET) Michael Dickson: 49.6 (44.4) Matt Gay: 58 (16/16 PAT; 14/16 FG) KICKING Jason Myers: 121 (49/53 PAT; 24/24 FG) SEAN MCVAY HEAD COACHES PETE CARROLL 5-3 VS.