The Buffalo Bills and Philadelphia Eagles held on to clinch nail-biting victories in the NFL play-offs and move within one win of the Super Bowl.
The Bills won 27-25 in a much-anticipated Divisional Round game with the Baltimore Ravens after the Eagles clinched a 28-22 victory over the Los Angeles Rams.
Both Sunday’s games were played in snow, with Baltimore’s trip to Buffalo seeing quarterbacks Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson, the leading contenders to be named this season’s Most Valuable Player, go head-to-head.
And it was Allen who came out on top as the Bills set up another post-season match-up with the Kansas City Chiefs, the two-time defending champions, for a place in Super Bowl 59.
It was an agonising end to the season for Baltimore as tight end Mark Andrews dropped a two-point conversion that would have tied the game with 1:33 remaining.
Jackson won his second MVP award last season – and could well earn another when the winner is announced during Super Bowl week – yet seven years into his career, the NFL’s biggest game continues to elude him.
Not only is the 28-year-old still to reach the Super Bowl but he has only played in one AFC Championship game, losing to the Chiefs last season.
Instead, this year Kansas City will host Buffalo in the AFC Championship game next Sunday, while Philadelphia will welcome the Washington Commanders for the NFC
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