NFL: How the STEELERS & PACKERS made it to Super Bowl XLV...

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NFL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE:

NFC WILD-CARD ROUND
No. 4 SEAHAWKS 41, No. 5 SAINTS 36
No. 6 PACKERS 21, No. 3 EAGLES 16
AFC WILD-CARD ROUND
No. 6 JETS 17, No. 3 COLTS 16
No. 5 RAVENS 30, No. 4 CHIEFS 7
NFC DIVISIONAL ROUND
No. 6 PACKERS 48, No. 1 FALCONS 21
No. 2 BEARS 35, No. 4 SEAHAWKS 24
AFC DIVISIONAL ROUND
No. 2 STEELERS 31, No. 5 RAVENS 24
No. 6 JETS 28, No. 1 PATRIOTS 21
NFC CHAMPIONSHIP
No. 6 PACKERS 21, No. 2 BEARS 14
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP
No. 2 STEELERS 24, No. 6 JETS 19
PRO BOWL ON FOX
Sunday, Jan. 30 at 7:00 p.m. ET (FOX): AFC at NFC
SUPER BOWL XLV ON FOX
Sunday, Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m. ET (FOX): PACKERS vs. STEELERS, Dallas

NFL: AFC TITLE GAME: STEELERS 24, JETS 19

His eyes empty and moist, his face beaten up by the bitter cold, Rex Ryan looked like a captain who had just run his ship aground on the banks of the Allegheny. The coach of the New York Jets wore the mask of a haunted man for good reason.

He did not have his team ready to play the AFC Championship Game at Heinz Field, and that is a regret he will carry to his coaching grave.