SAM HUBBARD

Bengals defensive end Sam Hubbard returned a fumble 98 yards for the go-ahead score but on the return, Ravens tight end Mark Andrews may have been blocked in the back.

CINCINNATI — (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens' season ended with Lamar Jackson not in uniform, not on the bench — not even in Cincinnati with the team. Baltimore can't help but wonder how differently things might have gone down the stretch with a healthy Jackson. Coach John Harbaugh said the play was designed for Huntley to go low, but the quarterback had a different idea. Huntley threw a desperation pass on fourth-and-20 that was deflected in the end zone, just out of the reach of Ravens receiver James Proche. The Ravens could try again to reach a lucrative deal with the 2019 MVP, or they could use the franchise tag to keep him for another season.

The Cincinnati Bengals are headed to Buffalo to play the Bills in the divisional round, thanks to some bizarre late-game management by the Baltimore Ravens during a 24-17 win. Cincinnati averaged a measly 4.3 yards per play on the night and survived on the back of third-down conversions on offense. The Bengals’ offense struggling doesn't mean they're doomed as they get ready for the Bills, though. The Ravens match up well against them and the Bengals still have the talent to catch absolute fire in any game they play. There’s just too much talent on the Bengals’ offensive roster to keep them in check for an entire game.

Just when it looked like backup QB Tyler Huntley would give the Ravens an unlikely lead over the Bengals in the fourth quarter, things went starkly in the opposite direction.

NFL Super Wild Card Weekend continues Sunday with the Ravens battling the Bengals. Here are the top plays!

NFL Super Wild Card Weekend continues Sunday with the Ravens battling the Bengals. Here are the top plays!

CINCINNATI — (AP) — Sam Hubbard returned Tyler Huntley's fumble 98 yards for a tiebreaking touchdown in the fourth quarter, helping Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Baltimore Ravens 24-17 in an AFC wild-card game on Sunday night. Facing third-and-goal at the 1 with about 12 minutes left, Huntley tried to go over the top of the line for the go-ahead score. The ball went right to Hubbard at the 2, and the defensive end took off down the field for the longest fumble return for a touchdown in NFL postseason history. Playing behind a patchwork offensive line, Burrow passed for 209 yards and a touchdown for the AFC North champions. He also had a 1-yard touchdown run a week after the Bengals beat the Ravens 27-16 in the regular-season finale.

Sam Hubbard returned Tyler Huntley’s fumble 98 yards for a tiebreaking touchdown in the fourth quarter, helping Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Baltimore Ravens 24-17 in an AFC wild-card game.

Sam Hubbard returned Tyler Huntley's fumble 98 yards for a tiebreaking touchdown in the fourth quarter, helping Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Baltimore Ravens 24-17 in an AFC wild-card game on Sunday night. Facing third-and-goal at the 1 with about 12 minutes left, Huntley tried to go over the top of the line for the go-ahead score. The ball went right to Hubbard at the 2, and the defensive end took off down the field for the longest fumble return for a touchdown in NFL postseason history.

The Cincinnati Bengals survived and defeated the Baltimore Ravens 24-17 thanks to Sam Hubbard's history-making fumble return for a touchdown.

Logan Wilson must have known the old "jump and stretch the ball over the goal line" play was coming. Wilson, the Cincinnati Bengals linebacker, reached up when Baltimore Ravens quarterback Tyler Huntley was about to cross the ball over the goal line in the fourth quarter of a tie game. Wilson knocked the ball out, then defensive end Sam Hubbard took the fumble and raced 98 yards for a touchdown. The Bengals will play a divisional round game at the Buffalo Bills next weekend. Baltimore put up a great fight without Lamar Jackson and had a great shot at the upset until Wilson's fantastic play at the goal line.

Cincinnati Bengals defensive lineman Sam Hubbard returned a Baltimore Ravens quarterback Tyler Huntley 98 yards for a touchdown to put his team up.

Brett Maher kicked a 50-yard field goal as time expired, and the Dallas Cowboys held on to beat the Cincinnati Bengals 20-17 after losing a two-touchdown halftime lead.

Trey Hendrickson was once a touchdown-catching tight end in high school.

Across both Super Bowl rosters, there is a great divide.

Making the about-face all the more shocking was that it was the Chiefs' offense that let them down. His quarterback rating was nearly perfect, as was the Kansas City offense, and coach Andy Reid's team built a 21-10 lead and was 30 minutes away from a third straight trip to the Super Bowl. Then the Chiefs' offensive line, which had run over the Bengals in the first half, began letting them down. The Chiefs were fortunate that Harrison Butker, whose 49-yarder sent the Chiefs to overtime with Buffalo, calmly drilled another one from 44 yards to keep their hopes alive of another trip to the Super Bowl. Burrow and the Bengals didn't give Kansas City another chance.

The Kansas City Chiefs had 13 seconds they'd rather forget late in the first half against the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC title game.

(AP Photo/AJ Mast)INDIANAPOLIS – Philip Rivers never flinched with the Indianapolis Colts facing a 21-0 first-half deficit Sunday. He went back to work and joined MVP quarterbacks Bert Jones and Peyton Manning in the Indianapolis Colts' record book. ... Mixon left in the first half with a right foot injury but returned at the start of the second half. ... DT Christian Covington and CB William Jackson III both got hurt in the second half and returned later. ... CB Xavier Rhodes and WR Marcus Johnson also were shaken up in the second half but returned.

___GREEN BAY AT TAMPA BAYPackers: RB Tyler Ervin, CB Kevin King, QB Jordan Love. ___NEW YORK JETS AT MIAMIJets: QB James Morgan, QB Sam Darnold, CB Quincy Wilson, LB Jordan Willis, T Mekhi Becton, DL Nathan Shepherd. Dolphins: B/WR Malcolm Perry, RB Salvon Ahmed, RB Jordan Howard, LB Kyle Van Noy, DE Jason Strowbridge. ___HOUSTON AT TENNESSEETexans: WR Keke Coutee, CB Cornell Armstrong, RB Buddy Howell, ILB Peter Kalambayi, OT Charlie Heck, TE Jordan Akins. ___ATLANTA AT MINNESOTAFalcons: CB Jordan Miller, RB Qadree Ollison, S Jaylinn Hawkins, RT John Wetzel, DE Takk McKinley.