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Tyler Huntley was about to be the hero, then he hero’d too hard.
Not many gave the Baltimore Ravens much of a chance to upset their divisional rival Cincinnati Bengals in the Wild Card round of the playoffs. The Bengals were riding a seven-game winning streak into the postseason and were 8.5-point favorites. The Ravens, meanwhile, were without star quarterback Lamar Jackson and sputtered down the stretch with backup Tyler Huntley behind center.
Yet the Ravens outplayed the Bengals for much of Sunday night.

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Cincinnati is now on a playoff roll after beating the Ravens, but can they keep it going in Buffalo next week?
It took 22 seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals to finally end their playoff win drought last year, shocking the world by reaching the Super Bowl after a remarkable run through the AFC playoffs. After beating the Baltimore Ravens 24-17 on Sunday night, the Bengals must now a pass a test that they did not have to take a year ago and their divisional round matchup is sure to come with a heavy dose of headlines and controversy.

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The Bengals’ win over the Ravens solidified the matchups for next week’s divisional round.

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With the Bengals’ win over the Ravens in the books, the times and locations for next week’s divisional round have been set ahead of the final matchup of the wild-card round.
A monster 98-yard fumble return by Bengals defensive end Sam Hubbard in the fourth quarter kept Cincinnati’s hope of returning to the Super Bowl alive as the reigning AFC champions held on for a 24–17 victory on Sunday Night Football.

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Time is wasting, time is walking, time ain’t no friend of NFL coaches.
The MVP of Sunday’s NFL playoff tripleheader may have been the concept of time.
Mere hours after the laws of physics flummoxed Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel, Ravens coach John Harbaugh fell under a similar spell. Twice with under a minute remaining and the clock running in a game it trailed 24–17, Baltimore huddled.

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