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Clutch Encounters: Wild Card

Some years really put the "wild" in "wild-card weekend," and this one did that right away with Tennessee's 18-point comeback in Kansas City. Three of the games featured a comeback opportunity; the one that did not was, surprisingly, Falcons-Rams on Saturday night.

Atlanta played things close to the vest all year, but took an early 13-0 lead on the road and held on for a wire-to-wire 26-13 win. Things might have gotten interesting in a 19-13 game before a little screen pass to Mohamed Sanu picked up 52 yards. On a field that looked terrible (and it wasn't due to weather) and saw players slipping all night, Matt Ryan delivered a floater to Julio Jones for a touchdown to take a 26-13 lead with 5:48 left.