ALL ABOUT the NFL Divisional Round 🏈 + LOOK AHEAD to Championship Weekend 🏆 | NFL Live

Marcus Spears, Dan Orlovsky, Ryan Clark and Mina Kimes join Laura Rutledge on NFL Live to recap each and every game from the NFL Divisional Round:

0:00 AFC Divisional: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Buffalo Bills
7:28 NFC Divisional: Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Detroit Lions
12:05 NFC Divisional: Green Bay Packers vs. San Francisco 49ers
18:10 AFC Divisional: Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens

✔️Subscribe to ESPN+ http://espnplus.com/youtube
✔️ Get the ESPN App: http://www.espn.com/espn/apps/espn
✔️Subscribe to ESPN on YouTube: http://es.pn/SUBSCRIBEtoYOUTUBE
✔️ Subscribe to NBA on ESPN on YouTube: http://bit.ly/SUBSCRIBEtoNBAonESPN
✔️ Watch ESPN on YouTube TV: http://es.pn/YouTubeTV

Just like that boys and girls the Chiefs keep finding ways to win okay Mahomes finished with two touchdowns and a 74% completion percentage it’s his sixth career postseason game where he threw multiple touchdowns and completed 70% of his passes that ties Tom Brady and Drew

Brees for the most in NFL history and RC Mahomes continues to win these playoff games how surprising was it the way that he got it done yesterday so it’s not surprising the way that Patrick Mahomes got it done yesterday because you feel like if he get get there and he’s inside

The stadium we’ve seen him come up big time and time again what’s surprising is that they’re actually there this is the team that early on in this season had all sorts of troubles you had two tackles That Couldn’t block two tackles that couldn’t stay penalty-free a tight

End in Travis Kelce that looked like he lost a step and you couldn’t find any receivers on the outside to make big plays and now in this game in the divisional round of the playoff mvs is making plays we’re getting plays from rashed r and we saw vintage performance

From Travis Kelce especially early on in the first half and so when you look at this team and I said it a week ago after watching them play in the Wild Card round they still have a really good defense and they have number 15 and if you look at the way that defense

Finished that game by forcing a field goal getting more stops than the Buffalo Bills and the Excellence in which their quarterback played with it’s it’s not above expectation that we’re seeing them in the AFC Championship they played clean and they played big you know and I

Think this was their best game plan this season by both Andy Reid and and Matt naggie of hey how are we going to attack this very specific defense one they put a bunch of tight ends on the field there’s that 13 Personnel one back three tight ends they set that Bunch formation

To that side now when they said it Daren Johnson for the Buffalo Bills number seven who’s their Nickelback has to go to that Bunch they shift out of it and then they run exactly at number seven now why do they do it they pin the edge and then they’ve got big people block

Loocking little people this is a theme that has consistently shown up really across the NFL over the last two years but certainly when you play Buffalo cuz they love to keep Johnson on the field he’s a tremendous player there’s these Johnson to the passing strength now cuz

The two receivers at the bottom then they motion Ball’s on the left hash they’re creating a fourman surface top side but Johnson is still at the bottom of the screen because that’s the passing strength and they’re pulling Humphrey pin the front side there’s that all pro Center Creed Humphrey blocking him

Advantage Kansas City the way that they used those formations and then shifted or motioned out of them were huge there’s those three tight ends again they line up in the bunch they shift out of it Johnson sets to the bunch at the bottom of the screen you’re going to get

That same look pin the outside pull around again there’s a 125lb Advantage by the Kansas City Chiefs offensive line when it’s blocking a nickel in a corner and I thought it was fantastic that that was the plan by both Andy Reid and Matt naggie set those formations shift out of

Them and run exactly at the Lesser people yeah what struck me watching Patrick Mahomes is after everything he’s been through this season the drops the miscommunications the wrong routes he still had faith in his Playmakers to beat man coverage Dan talked about the multiple tight end looks one of my

Favorite play calls of the entire game yes they have uh Travis Kelce and the other tight end in a full house formation the pistol so in doing so you get him a head start lined up against AJ Klein perfect throw Patrick Mahomes trusting that his tight end would win

There and then mvs you talked about him both of his deep plays were against man coverage the slot fade and the Crosser look guys I’ll be honest if I was Patrick Mahomes I would not throw at Marcus in this game I wouldn’t have trusted him but the fact that he did and

Then delivered a perfect throw and that mvs came up for him that’s why Patrick Mahomes is different I really think that trust that he kept stuck to it over the course of the Season paid off in the biggest moment yeah you guys talking about Kansas City

I I I firmly believe and we talk about this as the season goes Al when we get to this point and we had these quarterback conversations or team conversations we talk about Championship pedigree but we also talk about how the game is played on the margins it’s no

Longer about the overall team it’s this specific three hours where we have to make a few more plays than the next team and when you go to this sequence in the fourth quarter with Buffalo you look at these continuous missed opportunities by team this was almost an interception

That’s Kansas City making a play this right here is the fumble by Josh Allen that was fortunately recovered by um Buffalo if you just fall on it it’s not a scooping score you look at this particular play a missed opportunity again and we’ve lamented about it and

And look there is a ease of putting this on Josh Allen and rightfully so because there were some plays out there to make but when we get into these playoffs and we start having these conversations about what separates these teams obviously we go to the quarterback play

But more importantly we go to the plays that are made on the margins and as that sequence just showed in the fourth quarter Buffalo came up short a few plays than Kansas City did in order to get a win no no Marcus don’t you say buffalo came up short don’t you say that

A quarterback could have made some more plays Marcus I know you didn’t show that Trent McDuffy should have had an interception and that if TR MC duy wouldn’t have touched it that lerus sne would have picked it off Marcus oh I know you can talk about him rolling out

Of the pocket and not throwing the ball to Doon schz when Doon schz was open oh I know he didn’t talk about him holding it and waiting for Shakir to to clear and throw it past the safety instead of hitting Kim Kan or instead of hitting Stefan Diggs no that didn’t happen cuz

All that happened was Stefon Diggs dropped the ball Josh Allen didn’t fumble the ball and Kansas City didn’t fall on it Josh Allen didn’t try to throw a pick and Kansas City didn’t catch it all that happened yesterday was Buffalo continuously let Josh Allen down ain’t no way other things happen in a

Football game that you sometimes got to play through freaking adversity and guess who did it for the third time in the playoffs was Patrick momes you beat him in the regular season all the time Josh but when the stakes have raised you ain’t one n are you okay Dan I this with

Him for 4 hours I know know now but yeah what’s again you you got anything I mean if if you don’t know now if we’re if we got one big play down the field caught it’s a different game credit Kansas City for their win unbelievable Dan Dan it’s an issue when

You say what we saying it’s on the margins to issue when you say if we first of all who is we Baker Mayfield intercepted by Derek Barnes you saw his reaction you know it hurt he said it broke his heart to lose this game but the Lions win and they’re

Headed to the NFC championship for the first time since the early 90s what a start to Jared goff’s postseason career with the Lions he’s just the fifth player ever to throw for at least 550 yards with zero interceptions in his first two playoff games with the team he

Joins the guy he was traded for Matthew Stafford with the Rams Tom Brady with the Bucks Josh Allen with the bills and of course Patrick Mahomes with the Chiefs Dan how did the lion scheme yesterday set golf up for such success yeah they they majored in the pass game

High lows they they they put a bunch of people short and then had people coming behind and they were just putting defenders in Conflict multiple options at the bottom of the screen it’s fantastic they got Gibbs next to Jared G 3 by one at the bottom what they’re

Going to do is have what we call a pivot and then an in route up top now it’s zone defense you’re reading this deep to short he’s putting that conflict Defender if that Defender decided to stay stay low he throws it behind if he goes back he throws it short he stays

Low Jared G places him with that in route that was really the premise of it Josh Reynolds touchdown he has what we call the end line get one yard to the end of the end zone and breaking in and then a short by the inside receiver to

Get right to the goal line you get Invision of that underneath Defender and you throw opposite of that underneath Defender if he stay deep you throw it short if he stay short you throw it deep fantastic this was the theme from Ben Johnson putting those really hook and or

Zone defenders in Conflict Jared G was very good with his eyes ball out on time and everyone was on that wide receiver of tight end’s face yeah and for me I love that you started with jir Gibbs alignment because I think he’s the Catalyst of this offense if you go back

To that Monday Night Football game versus the Las Vegas Raiders when David Montgomery was injured that’s when we started to notice who jir Gibbs could be within this offense we thought he’d be a gadget guy someone they had to use in different and various ways just to get

The football in his hands but he’s turned into a guy who can be an in between the tackles Runner we’ve seen him on the perimeter he’s also been huge in the past game and I remember sitting at the draft and US returning to the stage the next day and saying okay you

Picked jir Gibbs 12th overall that seemed a little high for a running back now looking back at that draft that was a great move by this team he’s added a dynamic aspect to this run game and when you think jir Gibbs you go Brian branch in the second uh second round also Sam

Leap Porter and Jack Campbell go ahead stop so Campbell the GM he gets a lot of praise deservedly for this draft as Ryan laid out but I want to highlight his very first draft pick in Detroit the year before the right tackle pan suo because

I could not take my eyes off in this game him and jir because yes to quote Marcus that big fella was moving when they pull him to the left power counter whatnot here is a pass protction but when they pull him I am telling you there might not be a better tackle on

The Move in football right now the speed the physicality what he was doing for them in the Run game was spectacular and I’ll tell you what San Francisco’s worried about that based on what we saw this weekend and then what we saw in this particular game him pulling and clearing the way for

Gibbs it never fails we’ve been doing this show together for a while now and my spirit animal Mina CS always comes out in the playoffs and start talking about the Big Fellas cuz it always matters okay and here’s the other thing the the way like the way that Dan

Campbell speaks about this team he actually defines it when games are going on he actually lives up to all of the things that he says to us in the media and to his football team y’all this is fourth and goal if you don’t get this it’s points off the board Dan Campbell

Doesn’t draw up anything intricate he doesn’t draw up anything that’s going to try to confuse the defense he ran right at V vea and this offensive line and the movement that they were able to get on this particular play I think personifies who the Detroit Lions are that’s why you

Know as I heard Dan and RC talking this morning and me and MK talked about it as well that’s why we think this team can go to San Francisco and legitimately have a chance to win the football game because of the line of scrimmage and because of their belief in their line of

Scrimmage it’s GNA be a great NFC Championship because this thing is built in the image of what Dan Campbell tells us all the time have you started to think about the lions in the Super Bowl yet or you’re not there uh I think I’m

Going to pick them to win so yeah I have okay wow there I also don’t know who the compass for Jamir Gibbs we got to we got we got to figure that out by the week from a explosivity standpoint it’s Chris Johnson to me but in the past game I

Agree with Marcus he could be used like Marshall Faulk and we also sometimes forget how Dynamic L and tomson was as well catching the football man those are some pretty big company uh names to be let’s talk about Brock pie actually before that game-winning Drive pie

Really struggled he was 17 for 32 was offt Target on 35% of his throws he got it together when it mattered most okay he went six for seven on the game-winning drive and his only incompletion was that drop by George KD but Marcus you got to still focus on the

Other stuff right how concerning was it the play of birie throughout the game on Saturday night first of all we can give him credit for a game-winning drive that’s important as well as we saw at the end but it was murky and it makes me nervous

The last two times that I’ve seen Brock predy play quarterback out he’s given the football away if you go back to the Ravens game the starter set mostly in that week 18 game but this when I walked away from this game y’all I didn’t talk I I wasn’t thinking about Brock pry

After I watched the film I thought about how many opportunities Green Bay missed to win this football game early that what that is what came to my mind so it’s a Nuance discussion and that’s why I love being on this show with y’all because we can talk about all sides of

The game uh San Francisco capitalized on interceptions that fell in their hands Green Bay Packers didn’t the Green Bay Packers didn’t capitalize in Red Zone the San Francisco 49ers did but when it comes to Brock pie that is not going to win you a Super Bowl playing that way

One through three quarters especially if you meet the Baltimore Ravens F you know part of me thinks like they needed he needed a game like that you know to to have to go lead that game-winning I agree with it was bad the first three quarters and I don’t know how much of it

Was the weather and how much of it was he threw that early almost pick six to Darnell Savage and then he completely shelled up and become became hesitant player but to go and say hey I have to go make these throws in this moment does

Matter I mean this in Breer is huge they clear out that backside safety RC and I talked about some of this coverage last week I mean he floats this ball as he’s getting destroyed okay over two or three Defenders and let’s Credit Credit Jennings for going up and making a tough

Contested catch but this ball this throw takes one thing courage okay not a ton of talent courage it does take talent but more you got to have some guts to make it and then the third down throw to iuk I mean this is great coverage versus

Man they’re going to drop down he does a good job of holding that safety and this nickel under cuts it he’s on auk’s back hit this is a throw th this is a big time ball now and and we we spent a great amount of today having a conversation about a quarterback who

Maybe didn’t make that throw or two at the end of the game so it’s weird to watch that game because you sit there and say he’s not that type of player for the first three quarters he did play poorly but you have to tip your hat to

Him you say hey if they get there they were going to need some type of game winning game saving season saving performance that he put on well I think the thing that comes to mind for me is in order to win a Super Bowl sometimes you have to learn to win ugly you

At your the San Francisco 49ers weren’t they W their best on defense and obviously their quarterb didn’t play a game that we’re used to seeing him play but I do always feel when I’m watching Brock pie like is the is the glass shoe going to fall off right is it is the

Clock going to strike 12 are we going to see what we saw for the two and a half quarters he played Without Debo Samuel throughout the middle of the season and so I think if you’re the San Francisco 49ers you have to do what they did you

Know who I know is always going to show up 23 when I turn around and hand this football off to Christian mcaffrey he’s going to find ways to make plays and he wasn’t just running with skill it wasn’t just about how quick he could be or fast

It was the physicality you think about the long touchdown runs he breaks two tackles one by Darnell Savage another by Jonathan Owens and then you see the speed as he gets into the open field I think every now and then Kyle Shanahan has to be reminded of that he has to to

Remember that no matter how well Brock py can execute in his offense no matter how many skill players he has on the outside he has the number one weapon in the entire NFL when it comes to the running back position and you’d be smart to use him cuz not only will he create

Big plays he can also help settle your quarterback down yeah yeah yes sir I’m glad you mentioned Kyle Shanahan because you guys know I think he’s like the greatest play caller to walk the earth right now however he makes some befuddling choices in game management clock management and that was the case

In this particular game there there were a few things that jumped out to me but the one that really really Jarred me was how he managed the end of the first half they had all of their timeouts at the two-minute warning but the way he used them the conservativism playing for

Essentially what was you know a challenging field goal in the weather that they missed he can’t make those kinds of choices when he goes up next week against against a head coach that I think we know will not play it conservative in any situation and it was

Especially confusing to me given that in other parts in the game and Ryan alluded to this it’s almost like he trusted prie too much and yet in that moment I didn’t think he used the clock well at all and this is something that crops up at times

With him as as much as I think he is an amazing play caller the game management needs to be better especially uh next week in the following I think it’ be really interesting throughout this week for Kyle Mina and and going into the game is he’s going to have to build his

Plan for Debo right and then he’s going to have to build a plan for without Debo and that’s going to be super difficult versus a Detroit defense that is playing high level ball yeah and I do wonder how much the loss of Deo not only Jarred pie but also

Jar Kyle not giving Jennings the Deo carry which was clearly a mistake but from that point on it felt like he didn’t make adjustments to the offense and he went to that game specifically thinking Debo was going to be Lamar answered the all and then some he posted

A 94 total qbr threw two touchdowns and rushed for two more against the Texans on Saturday he was 1 and3 with a 42 QV in his first four postseason games entering this season I’ll just tell you Lamar knew it he heard about it going in and he was ready to prove all those

Doubters wrong but he is laser focused on a Super Bowl Mina what impressed you about Lamar and the game plan specifically in Baltimore yeah the story of the game on offense at least was the adjustments that the Ravens made to the blitz because they came out blitzing and and

The first half it didn’t look pretty and Lamar actually averaged a 3.51 time to throw against the Blitz in the first half in the second half that dropped to 2.25 seconds and and what struck me watching him throw into pressure in the second half particularly on the first

Drive whether it was Isaiah likely coming in the short motion to clear that passing Lane to agalar Z flowers running the hitch so that Justice h could get the ball was the attention to detail and the spacing and that is what makes this Lamar this Ravens offense so different

Under Todd monin versus the last few years how many times watching him did we claim about Did We complain pardon me about the deaths of the wide receivers the lack of space whereas watching them especially on that first drive it was all executed perfectly by the pass catchers so credit to the quarterback

But also credit to the offensive coordinator Todd monin because he did a fantastic job in the second half it it is a another example of this is the new and best version of Lamar that we’ve seen and I know that is saying a lot he’s W MVP he’s been one of the best

Quarterbacks football when he has a plan for pressure when teams are going to Blitz him and he gets it out of his hands it’s a problem for defenses you count the steps that the defender’s coming he can drift away this is early in the game to Z flowers they get an

Empty you’re going to get pressure from up top look how quickly he replaces that Blitzer to the tight end so the defense is like crap he knows what we’re doing let’s just fourman rush him listen Kansas City you’re great if you for a man Rush this dude you’re you’re night

Night especially if you’re going to play match coverage with Defenders that are going to carry people when it comes to essentially where they get them into their zones when you fourman rush Lamar you’re basically saying here’s open running Lanes unless you have unbelievable discipline and plenty of

Eyes on and I’ll be honest with you guys I don’t know what to do because if you Blitz him and he has a plan for it that’s when you sit there and say we don’t necessarily have the chance to stop this guy I’ll be fascinated to see how spags the defensive coordinator for

Kansas City handles him because I think if they Blitz him and he plays like that I don’t think you can stop him if you don’t Blitz him I stop I’m glad you mentioned spags because we have to give some flowers to Todd monin as well I

Think we all wondered how he would not only change this offense but how he would allow Lamar Jackson to progress individually and Dan just showed you there when he has a plan he understands exactly where the ball is supposed to go Nina mentioned the attention to detail

The spacing in the offense it’s also incumbent on Lamar Jackson to have to execute and understand where the football needs to go when facing these pressures and I don’t think we’ve looked at what Lamar Jackson has done above the neck this season in the way that we

Should and with all of those things said when he takes off running he’s still the best athlete in the world in the open field he still treats professional athletes like high school players and that’s what scares you that if all else fails if you do get to him if you do

Trick him you still have to get him on the ground and a lot of teams have trouble doing that you know Dan and MK talked about the pressure and the answering the pressure and Todd Mon and RC just mentioned Lamar Jackson with his legs and I still come away every time I watch

The Raven saying they never lost their identity they still will run the ball down your throat with those running backs and we saw Justice Hills and we saw Gus Edwards and then we saw dvin cook not even expect to have a hole in the Run game and go for 21 yards around

The edge y’all this team is as close to Unstoppable I really believe this and I’m I know this is a big statement because they about to play the Kansas City Chiefs I think the Ravens have to beat themselves I think they have to beat themselves to lose a football game

Because when you look at all of the ways that they can attack you and we not even talking about the number one defense in the NFL that creates all kind of Havoc for what you do so yes Patrick Mahomes is walking in and if he if he wins this

One I’mma put a crown on top of his head and say he’s the goat yeah hey straight up one thing guys I was on the Texans sideline of course in that game and demo Ryan kept going up to the linebackers he’s like guys he’s gonna run every

Opportunity he gets you got to get to him faster they’re like coach he’s so fast I’m try sounds good I’m try Coach [Applause] oh