{"id":405619,"date":"2026-01-11T05:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/405619\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:41:10","slug":"nfl-wild-card-highlights-best-plays-moments-touchdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/405619\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL wild-card highlights: Best plays, moments, touchdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ESPN staffJan 11, 2026, 03:54 PM<\/p>\n

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The NFL’s wild-card weekend kicked off Saturday with a wild one in Carolina, where the Los Angeles Rams<\/a> hung on for a 34-31 victory<\/a> over the Panthers. In the late window, the Green Bay Packers<\/a> led by as many as 18 points before the Chicago Bears<\/a> made a push in the fourth quarter to take the lead and beat Green Bay 31-27<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The action continues with a trio of games Sunday: The Buffalo Bills<\/a> (12-5) visit the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> (13-4) at 1 p.m. ET (CBS); the San Francisco 49ers<\/a> (12-5) are at the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> (11-6) at 4:30 p.m. ET (Fox); and the New England Patriots<\/a> (11-6) host the Los Angeles Chargers<\/a> (14-3) at 8 p.m. ET (NBC).<\/p>\n

On Monday, the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> (10-7) host the Houston Texans<\/a> (12-5) at 8:15 p.m. ET (ESPN\/ABC).<\/p>\n

MORE: Scores and full schedule of 2025 NFL playoffs<\/a><\/p>\n

Check out the top explosive plays and highlights from every wild-card game:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESPN staffJan 11, 2026, 03:54 PM EmailPrintOpen Extended Reactions The NFL’s wild-card weekend kicked off Saturday with a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-405619","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}