The National Football League playoffs for the 2022 season began on January 14, 2023, and concluded with Super Bowl LVII on February 12 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, where the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles.
In addition, a Cincinnati loss to go to 11–5 would have resulted in the AFC North championship being decided by the Week 18 Ravens–Bengals game, with Baltimore having the head-to-head victory tiebreaker if both teams finished at 11–6.
Had Cincinnati won the canceled game instead, not only would have they clinched their division title, but the Bengals would have held head-to-head victory tiebreakers over both the Bills and Chiefs if all three clubs ended at 13–4.
49ers' quarterback Brock Purdy then completed a 19-yard pass to Brandon Aiyuk and Deebo Samuel ran for a 22-yard gain as the team drove 48 yards in 7 plays to take a 3–0 lead on Robbie Gould's 34-yard field goal.
[25] Seattle then drove 76 yards in 15 plays, the longest a 24-yard catch by Cade Johnson, and scored the final points of the game on Smith's 3-yard touchdown pass to Metcalf.
Jacksonville was quickly forced to punt and the Chargers drove back for more points, this time going 67 yards in 13 plays, including Herbert's 23-yard completion to tight end Gerald Everett to convert a 3rd-and-11.
Buffalo then went three-and-out, and Cedrick Wilson returned their punt 50 yards to the Bills 27-yard line, resulting in Sanders' third consecutive field goal, this one a 39-yard kick, that reduced their deficit to 17–9.
Miami took their first lead of the game, 24–20, just one minute into the second half when safety Eric Rowe sacked Allen and forced a fumble, which Zach Sieler picked up and returned 5 yards for a touchdown.
Miami responded on a drive where Thompson completed 4/5 passes for 59 yards on the way to Jeff Wilson's 1-yard touchdown run, narrowing the gap to 34–31 with just over 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter.
After another punt, the Giants went on a 20-play, 85-yard drive that lasted nearly 11 minutes, but had to settle for a 25-yard Graham Gano field goal after a touchdown was called off by an illegal shift penalty by Daniel Bellinger.
Then Hodgins made a toe-tapping grab on the sideline to put the Giants in Vikings territory for a 19-yard gain, then Barkley took a screen pass 10 yards into the red zone after a key block by Kenny Golladay.
Baltimore then drove 40 yards in 9 plays, the longest a 19-yard completion from Huntley to Josh Oliver, and took a 10–9 lead on Justin Tucker's 22-yard field goal in the closing seconds of the quarter.
The Ravens quickly stormed back to tie the game 17–17, with Huntley throwing a 27-yard completion to Dobbins and a 13-yard pass to Gus Edwards before hitting Demarcus Robinson with a 41-yard touchdown bomb.
With 3:25 left on the clock, Ravens receiver James Proche returned Drue Chrisman's 49-yard punt 16 yards, with a penalty against defensive back Daxton Hill adding another 5 and giving Baltimore the ball on the Bengals 46-yard line.
The ball was deflected in the end zone and then bounced off the fingertips of Proche as he attempted to make a diving catch, enabling Cincy to narrowly escape with the win.
All Tampa Bay could do with the time remaining was convert Deven Thompkins' 14-yard punt return into a 52-yard drive to score the final points on Brady's 8-yard touchdown completion to Cameron Brate and subsequent 2-point conversion pass to Mike Evans.
From there the team got to the end zone in seven plays, with Travis Etienne's 19-yard run setting up Trevor Lawrence's 10 yard touchdown pass to Christian Kirk that tied the score 7–7.
On the next play, Mahomes completed a 27-yard pass to tight end Noah Gray, setting up Butker's 50-yard field goal that gave the team a 20–10 lead with 12 seconds left in the third quarter.
Once Jacksonville got the ball back, Lawrence completed 3 passes for 37 yards to set up Patterson's 48-yard field goal, but the team failed to recover the onside kick, which allowed Kansas City to run out the clock.
But in the final quarter, Philadelphia put the game completely out of reach on a drive where Kenneth Gainwell rushed 6 times for 49 yards to set up Jake Elliott's 30-yard field goal.
Josh Allen completed passes to Stefon Diggs and Khalil Shakir for gains of 16 and 23 yards, while also converting a 4th-and-1 with a 2-yard sneak before taking the ball into the end zone himself for a 1-yard rushing score.
Buffalo cut their deficit down to 7 points on the first drive of the second half, with Devin Singletary rushing 3 times for 16 yards and Shakir catching a pass for 17 on the way to Tyler Bass' 25-yard field goal.
Purdy subsequently managed to convert a 3rd-and-16 with a 17-yard completion to Brandon Aiyuk on the Dallas 10, but the team could still not dent the end zone and had to settle for Robbie Gould's 26-yard field goal with 2:16 left in the first quarter.
The 49ers managed to tie the game by driving 41 yards in 12 plays, taking advantage of a 15-yard penalty against Dallas and a 17-yard reception by Deebo Samuel, scoring on Gould's 47-yard field goal.
Dallas had to punt on their opening drive of the third quarter, but Kelvin Joseph forced a fumble from returner Ray-Ray McCloud, and Damone Clark recovered it for the Cowboys on the San Francisco 21-yard line.
The highlight of the drive was a 30-yard completion from Purdy to tight end George Kittle, who had to fully extend his arms and tip the ball to himself, bouncing it off his helmet before securing it for a catch.
On San Francisco's opening drive of the half, Johnson was knocked out of the game with a concussion, forcing the sore-armed Purdy back in to lead the team's offense.
Skyy Moore's 29-yard punt return set up a 45-yard field goal for Harrison Butker with 3 seconds left to send Kansas City to their third Super Bowl in the last four seasons.
Cincinnati responded on their next drive, as Burrow converted a 3rd-and-14 with a 16-yard pass to Tyler Boyd, and later hit him for a 24-yard gain to set up Evan McPherson's 30-yard field goal that made the score 6–3.
The team soon faced 4th-and-6 from the Chiefs 40, but Burrow managed to convert with a long pass to Ja'Marr Chase, who made a leaping catch between two defensive backs for a 35-yard gain.