The Rush: Cowboys lose playoff game in epic fashion, Chiefs and Bucs win big
In what may be the final game of Ben Roethlisberger’s NFL career, the Steelers were beaten badly by the Kansas City Chiefs. In Dallas, the Cowboys lost to the 49ers in epic fashion and Tom Brady logged his 35th career playoff win as the Bucs blasted the Eagles in Tampa. Plus, The Rush deems Ryan Fitzpatrick as its Wild Card Weekend MVP and the Australian Open is underway without its defending champion and world number 1 ranked player Novak Djokovic after he was deported for immigration violations and having his vaccine exemption request denied.
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[MUSIC PLAYING]
- Four-man rush. Pump fake, to the end zone-- caught! Byron Pringle!
- The Chiefs will host the Bills in the divisional round of the playoffs after putting the Steelers out of their misery in the wild card round on Sunday.
- Mahomes. He's going deep downfield! Wide open, Kelce's gonna take it all the way! Touchdown.
- Wow.
JARED QUAY: The game was likely the last we'll see Ben Roethlisberger under center in the NFL. And so if that's the case, bon voyage, Ben. Thank you for all the memories.
- --San Francisco to get to the quarterback here.
- Prescott takes off running the football. Whoa, I don't think this is gonna work out.
- It will. They'll be on the clock because they were playing forward. It's down, down. Oh, my gosh.
- Oh, the official gets in the way. The game's over!
- Oh, my gosh!
- The game is over!
- Oh, he did!
JARED QUAY: That was Dallas trying to complete a fourth quarter comeback against the Niners and running out of time.
- It's the end of the game.
- The game is over!
JARED QUAY: All they needed to do was get the ball back to the refs literally.
HOMER SIMPSON: Doh!
JARED QUAY: That was just one of Dallas's many mistakes like racking up more penalty yards than rushing yards. Plus, Jimmy Garoppolo was playing for his job, and wide receiver Deebo Samuel rushed for more yards than the entire Cowboys roster.
- Deebo follows his blockers and takes off inside the 10! What a run! Touchdown, San Francisco!
JARED QUAY: The NFC East did not have a blessed Sunday. I mean, we all knew they were a bad conference but not this bad. The Eagles offensive coordinator was a no show until the fourth quarter as Philly was losing a 31 to 0 snooze fest in Tampa after three periods.
- Brady. Evans is in for the touchdown with a flare!
JARED QUAY: I mean, I thought the Bills-Patriots game was boring. And the Eagles-Bucs was like--
- Hey, hold my beer.
JARED QUAY: The real MVP of wild Card Weekend was Ryan Fitzpatrick. The Washington Football Team quarterback joined Bills Mafia to watch the Patriots get their asses kicked in Buffalo, and he did it shirtless with this son.
- So now you're shirtless. That's great.
JARED QUAY: Did you know that Fitzmagic has played for three of the four teams in the AFC East? The only squad in the division that he hasn't suited up for is the Patriots. Maybe he hates them. But spending four years of college in Cambridge, Mass is close enough if you ask me. Dude's got to be the only Harvard grad in history to go shirtless at a Bills game in 6 degree weather.
[CHIMES]
The Australian Open has begun, and nine-time open champion Novak Djokovic's title defense stopped before he even started. The world's top tennis player was deported from down under because of false information on his immigration papers and not qualifying for a vaccine exemption. Novak Djokovic lost an entire tennis tournament by missing just two shots.
[DRUMS]
In all seriousness, dude has had COVID twice--
- That we know of.
JARED QUAY: --and still refuses to get vaccinated.
- He's a jerk. He is being such a jerk!
JARED QUAY: This ignorant refusal has now cost him a chance to win his 10th Australian Open and set himself apart from rivals Federer and Nadal by becoming the most winning singles champion in history with 21 grand slam titles.
- Sucks to be you, man!
JARED QUAY: The immigration snafu could also cause him to be banned from returning to Australia for a few years.
- This is for the Commonwealth of Australia.
JARED QUAY: Look, Novak's probably gonna end up as the best man to ever play the sport, but this is how most people are gonna remember him.