Texans beat Chargers 32-12 with 4 interceptions by Herbert, and Ravens beat Steelers 28-14 after dominating the first half. Both advance to the Divisional Round to join the Chiefs in the AFC.
The first two NFL playoff games ended with the Houston Texans’ victory over the Los Angeles Chargers and the Baltimore Ravens’ win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Thus, the Texans and Ravens joined the Kansas City Chiefs in the National Conference Divisional Round.
Texans crushed Chargers
With a final score of 32-12 in favor of the locals, this game was sentenced by the mistakes on offense of the Chargers, where Justin Herbert had 4 interceptions in the game and until the last quarter was able to lead his team to the end zone.
On the other hand, the Texans were solid on offense, although in the first quarter the Chargers managed to keep the home team scoreless, Houstos’ team took advantage of the gifts from the Los Angeles Angels and converted as many points as they could to advance to the Wild Card Round.
Ravens outplayed Steelers
The Batimore Ravens made their home field advantage count with a 28-14 victory, the Ravens were able to keep their opponent’s score in zero in the first two quarters, while they scored three touchdowns before halftime, leaving the score 21-0 in their favor.
In the third quarter, the Steelers tried to react with two touchdowns, but one more touchdown by Baltimore sentenced the game, which, in its last episode, had no movement on the scoreboard.
AFC awaits Bills or Broncos
Now, these three teams that secured their place in the National Conference Divisional Playoffs (Chiefs, Texans and Ravens) are waiting for the last guest in the AFC, which will come out of today’s matchup between Buffalo Bills and Denver Broncos, with the Bills being favorites to advance to the next round.
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