But Brees led the Saints on an eight-play drive culminating in a yard Mark Ingram touchdown run, the first career TD for the rookie running back. The two-point conversion gave the Saints a lead with less than three minutes left, and the Saints held on to improve to Week 6, at Detroit This game is remembered more for the dust-up after the game between 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh and Lions coach Jim Schwartz.

It overshadowed an entertaining game between the two most surprising teams in the NFC. Alex Smith fired a six-yard touchdown pass to Delanie Walker on fourth down with left, giving the 49ers a lead. San Francisco later added a field goal for the final points. The Lions, who entered the game unbeaten, took the lead early in the fourth quarter on a five-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to Nate Burleson.

The play originally was ruled incomplete, but the Lions challenged and the call was reversed. Both teams went to , and both teams made the playoffs. The Lions are the No. Well, the Bills seemed like a legitimate playoff contender at the time. Rian Lindell's yard field goal as time expired gave the Bills the win as they erased a three-touchdown deficit for the second straight week and improved to The Bills were down in the second quarter against a team they hadn't beaten in 15 tries going back to the season opener.

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady threw four interceptions for the first time since The fourth one bounced off the helmet of Bills defensive end Marcell Dareus and into the hands of Drayton Florence, who returned it 27 yards for the touchdown and a Bills lead with just over 10 minutes left in the game. The Patriots responded with a play, yard drive and tied it with left on a six-yard touchdown pass to Wes Welker. Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick completed passes of 29, 12 and 38 yards to set up Lindell's winning field goal.

This one will be remembered for perhaps the most controversial coaching decision of the season. In overtime, Falcons coach Mike Smith decided to go for it on 4th-and-inches from the Falcons' Michael Turner was denied, and John Kasay kicked a yard field goal to win it. The Falcons came back from 10 down in the final five minutes to send the game to overtime. Matt Ryan threw a yard touchdown pass to Tony Gonzalez and Matt Bryant kicked a yard field goal as time ran out in regulation.

The loss ended a three-game winning streak for the Falcons, who eventually finished and earned a second straight playoff berth for the first time in franchise history. Week 1, at New York In the opening Sunday night game of the season, the Jets overcame a deficit early in the fourth quarter, tying the game when Joe McKnight blocked a Mat McBriar punt and Isaiah Trufant ran it in for the touchdown with just over five minutes left.

Former Cowboy Nick Folk victimized his old team by kicking a game-winning, yard field goal with 27 seconds left. It was set up when Darrelle Revis intercepted a Tony Romo pass with 59 seconds left. On the 10th anniversary of Sept. As spectacular as the night was, however, all it turned out to be was the first step to a. Week 9, at Pittsburgh The Ravens finally conquered the Steelers. For the regular season, anyway. Baltimore's comeback victory provided its first season sweep of Pittsburgh since Torrey Smith caught the game-winning touchdown pass from Joe Flacco with eight seconds left, redeeming himself for a dropped pass in the end zone 34 seconds earlier.

The Ravens' yard, play drive included a fourth-down conversion at the Steelers' The Steelers came back from a deficit and went ahead on a yard touchdown pass from Ben Roethlisberger to Mike Wallace with left. Pittsburgh then forced a three-and-out and advanced to the Ravens' Instead of attempting a field goal on fourth down, the Steelers punted and had the Ravens pinned at their own 8 with left.

That was plenty of time for Flacco. The win came a week after a point comeback victory over the Arizona Cardinals and improved the Ravens to on their way to the AFC North title. Week 14, at Dallas The Giants overcame a point deficit late in the fourth quarter to snap a four-game losing streak and seize control of the NFC East. It looked like the game was over when Tony Romo threw a yard touchdown pass to Dez Bryant, increasing the Cowboys' lead to with to go. Eli Manning threw an eight-yard touchdown pass to Jake Ballard to slice the lead to with left.

The Cowboys could have sealed it, but a wide-open Miles Austin dropped a Romo pass that almost certainly would have been a touchdown, and the Cowboys were forced to punt. With 51 seconds left, Brandon Jacobs scored from a yard out for the game's eighth and final lead change. Ware ran in the two-point conversion to give the Giants a three-point lead. Dan Bailey kicked a yard field goal to tie it with six seconds left, but the Giants called timeout just before the kick.

Bailey missed his second attempt, and the Giants suddenly were in first place in the NFC East with a record. It was the second straight loss for the Cowboys.

Week 7, at Miami This was Tim Tebow's coming-out party. In his first start of the season, Tebow led the Broncos back from a deficit with two touchdowns in the final three minutes. After a five-yard touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas made it with left, the Broncos recovered the onside kick. Tebow threw a three-yard TD pass to Daniel Fells with 25 seconds left, and took it in himself for the game-tying two-point conversion.

Matt Prater's yard field goal in overtime won it. The Broncos improved to , and Tebow-mania was born. Week 4, at Dallas The Lions roared back from a deficit in the third quarter to improve to Meanwhile, the Cowboys fell to , blowing double-digit second-half leads in both losses.

Bobby Carpenter and Chris Houston got the Lions back into the game by returning Tony Romo interceptions for touchdowns in the third quarter, slicing the Cowboys' lead to Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford narrowed the Cowboys' lead to with a yard touchdown pass to Calvin Johnson early in the fourth quarter.

Jason Hanson cut the lead in half with a yard field goal with less than five minutes left. Then, Romo's third interception led to the winning touchdown, a two-yard pass from Stafford to Johnson with left in the game. The Lions overcame a point deficit to win for the second straight week and eventually reached the playoffs for the first time since Week 14, at Cincinnati Down to their third quarterback, the Texas came back from a third-quarter deficit and scored the winning touchdown with two seconds left.

Trailing , T. Yates and the Texans took over at their own 20 with left in the game. Yates kept the drive going by scrambling 17 yards on 3rd-and from the Bengals' Then a pass interference penalty on 3rd-and gave the Texans a first down at the 6 with 12 seconds to go. Two plays later, Yates found Kevin Walter for the touchdown to tie the game, and Neil Rackers' extra point made it The win helped earn the Texans the first playoff berth in franchise history.

Week 15, at Oakland The Black Hole. A point deficit midway through the fourth quarter. None of it fazed the Lions. Matthew Stafford led a play drive that ended with a three-yard touchdown pass to Titus Young, making it Oakland with left. On the play before that, Stafford needed a five-yard scramble on 4th-and-2 to keep the drive alive. A yard pass to Calvin Johnson got the ball to the Raiders' 13, and Johnson hauled in a six-yard TD pass to tie the game.

Jason Hanson's extra point gave the Lions a lead with 39 seconds left. The Raiders had one last gasp. Sebastian Janikowski attempted what would have been an NFL-record yard field goal with four seconds left. But Ndamukong Suh blocked it, and the Lions improved to , one win from their first playoff berth since Just when it seemed Tebow-mania couldn't get any better for Broncos fans, it did.

This game followed the Tebow formula to a "T. The Broncos trailed with left, and with no timeouts remaining Tebow rattled off seven straight completions to pull the Broncos to within with to go. Denver got the ball back at its 20 with 56 seconds left and needed a yard field goal by Matt Prater with two seconds left to force overtime. The Bears won the toss in overtime and got to the Broncos' 33 before Marion Barber fumbled.

Elvis Dumervil recovered and the Bears didn't see the ball again. Prater kicked a yard field goal to give the Broncos their sixth straight win and an record. The Broncos lost three straight to end the regular season, but Tebow gave them enough of a midseason lift to carry them to the playoffs. Week 2, at Buffalo Two teams whose seasons would end with a thud provided plenty of fireworks on a sunny September afternoon. The game featured five lead changes in the final , and three lead changes in the final five minutes.

The deciding points came when Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick found David Nelson for a six-yard touchdown pass on fourth down with 18 seconds left. The play scoring drive answered a yard TD pass from Jason Campbell to Denarius Moore that gave the Raiders a edge with left.

The Bills overcame a halftime deficit to improve to Week 17, at Green Bay This game featured 11 lead changes. The biggest lead either team had was in the first quarter, when the Lions led The first lead change came when the Packers took a lead in the quarter. After that, the teams traded scores for the rest of the game.

The Packers already had clinched the No. So they rested starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers, and all backup Matt Flynn did was set franchise records for passing yards and touchdown passes six in a game. The Lions, on the other hand, had plenty to play for. With a victory, they could have earned a No. The quarterbacks combined for 1, passing yards, with the Lions' Matthew Stafford holding up his end of the bargain with yards and five touchdown passes.

The game's scoring finally ended with left when Flynn hit Jermichael Finley for a four-yard touchdown. Sam Shields intercepted Stafford at the Packers' 22 to seal the victory for the Packers, who ended the regular season like they started it, by winning a high-scoring light show. Eli Manning haunted the Patriots again. Four years after the Giants foiled the Patriots' perfection in Super Bowl XLII, they dealt the Patriots their second straight loss, a streak that turned out to be just a minor burp on the way to a season.

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