For the third year in a row, the New Orleans Saints experienced a real heartbreak at the last second to conclude their season. In 2018, there was the miracle touchdown from Minnesota. In 2019, the forgotten fault of the Los Angeles Rams at the end of the match before the latter’s victory in overtime. And on Sunday, at home, the Saints were beaten in overtime by the Minnesota Vikings (26-20 ap) on a touchdown by Kyle Rudolph from the first possession of overtime.
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Before that, New Orleans had been struggling for a long time, falling 10 points behind when entering the last period (20-10). But a touchdown of the handyman Taysom Hill, ten minutes from the end had given hope to the Mercedes Superdome. And Will Lutz’s kick had tied the two teams two seconds before the end of regular time (20-20). But after losing the toss, Drew Brees was forced to attend helplessly on the bench in the defeat of his team in sudden death.
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Concussion for Wentz
The last game of this first round offered a third away win in four games. But this was more logical with the success of the Seattle Seahawks with the Philadelphia Eagles (17-9). The latter, already extremely injured, suffered a huge blow when their quarterback, Carson Wentz, suffered a concussion after a helmet-to-helmet collision caused by defender Jadaveon Clowney.
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The Eagles then hung on but could not score a touchdown, leaving the victory in Seattle in the wake of two achievements of the returning Marshawn Lynch (on the ground) and the muscular receiver DK Metcalf (in reception). With today’s results, the Seattle Seahawks will travel to Wisconsin to face the Green Bay Packers in the next round. As for the Minnesota Vikings, they will move to the San Francisco 49ers.
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National Conference (NFC)
First round :
New Orleans Saints (3) – Minnesota Vikings (6), 20-26 a.p. ;
Philadelphia Eagles (4) – Seattle Seahawks (5), 9-17.
Second turn :
Saturday 10:35 p.m .: San Francisco 49ers (1) – Minnesota Vikings (6).
Night from Sunday to Monday, 0:40 a.m .: Green Bay Packers (2) – Seattle Seahawks (5).
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American Conference (AFC)
First round :
Houston Texans (4) – Buffalo Bills (5), 22-19 a.p. ;
New England Patriots (3) – Tennessee Titans (6), 13-20.
Second turn :
Night from Saturday to Sunday, 2:15 am: Baltimore Ravens (1) – Tennessee Titans (6).
Sunday, 9:05 p.m .: Kansas City Chiefs (2) – Houston Texans (4).
Program in French time. In brackets, the classification of the team in its conference.
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