{"id":402290,"date":"2026-01-12T04:05:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T04:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/402290\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T04:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T04:05:06","slug":"nfl-wild-card-highlights-best-plays-moments-touchdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/402290\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL wild-card highlights: Best plays, moments, touchdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ESPN staffJan 11, 2026, 10:47 PM ET<\/p>\n

\"Copy<\/a>Email<\/a>Print<\/a>Open Extended Reactions<\/p>\n

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 beat Green Bay 31-27<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The action continued Sunday with a nail-biter. The Buffalo Bills<\/a> defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> 27-24 after four lead changes in the fourth quarter — all while Bills quarterback Josh Allen<\/a> sustained multiple injuries during the AFC wild-card playoff. In Sunday’s afternoon game, the San Francisco 49ers<\/a> defeated the defending champs Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> for the NFC wild-card win.<\/p>\n

And in the late window, the New England Patriots<\/a> (11-6) host the Los Angeles Chargers<\/a> (14-3).<\/p>\n

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

MORE: Scores and full schedule for 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, 10:47 PM ET EmailPrintOpen Extended Reactions The NFL’s wild-card weekend kicked off Saturday with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-402290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}