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DANIEL JONES AND THE NEW YORK GIANTS

For the first time since Super Bowl XLVI — nearly 11 years ago, for those of you keeping track at home — the New York Giants have won a playoff game. Led by Daniel Jones and Saquon Barkley, the Giants topped the Vikings, 31-24, to advance to the Divisional Round, where they’ll meet the Eagles.

• Jones threw for 301 yards and two scores, rushed for 78 yards and didn’t turn the ball over once. He became the first player in playoff history to record that stat line.
• Barkley had 53 rushing yards, 56 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He’s the first Giant to have at least 50 rushing yards, at least 50 receiving yards and multiple touchdowns in a playoff game.
• The Giants held Vikings star wideout Justin Jefferson to just 47 yards; he had 133 in their Week 16 matchup, which the Vikings won.

Jones’ and the Giants’ season has been a pleasant surprise, but the fourth-year quarterback truly made a statement in his postseason debut, writes our Cody Benjamin.

• Benjamin: “One question that will not be asked inside the Giants organization — either on the team bus, on the private plane or in the meeting rooms and practice fields that await, at least for this week — is whether New York has a franchise QB. For now, all that matters in New York is Sunday night, and on Sunday night, with everything on the line, and a coaching staff finally behind him in word and action, Daniel Jones delivered.”

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And not such a good morning for…

THE LOS ANGELES CHARGERS

The Chargers have found seemingly every way to lose over the last decade: offensive letdowns, defensive collapses, special teams miscues, questionable coaching decisions and mental mistakes. Saturday night’s 31-30 loss to Jacksonville — in which they led 27-0 in the second quarter — featured all five.

• Jacksonville’s comeback was the third-largest in playoff history.
• The Jaguars are the first team to win a playoff game despite losing the turnover battle by at least five.
• After four interceptions on his team’s first six drives, Trevor Lawrence threw for four touchdowns and helped lead a game-winning drive that resulted in Riley Patterson‘s 36-yard field goal as time expired.

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