Entering the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs, seven Gamecocks were allocated to four of the eight teams. They all played on Sunday in clashes between Cleveland and Kansas City on the AFC and Tampa Bay and New Orleans on the NFC.
Clevelandight end Kyle Markway was promoted from Browns training squad to active squad to face former teammates Rashad Fenton and Chris Lammons, who are with Kansas City. The Chiefs overtook the Browns, sending the former Carolina defender to the AFC Championship for the second straight season. Fenton was inactive due to an ankle injury and Markway and Lammons recorded no statistics.
Tampa Bay and kicker Ryan Succop (and defensive attack Kobe Smith on the training team) faced New Orleans and the tight end Jared Cook And security DJ Swearinger. In the third meeting of the year between NFC South opponents, Succop scored three field goals and three extra points in the win, while Cook had an expensive fumble along with five 28-yard receptions and Swearinger had no recorded statistics.
NFC Playoffs
Seed 1 – Green Bay
Seed 5 – Tampa Bay (Succop / Smith)
AFC Playoffs
Seed # 1 – Kansas City (Fenton / Lammons)
Seed 2 – Buffalo
ELIMINATED FROM THE ELIMINATED
Seattle right tackle Brandon Shell
Defensive end of Tennessee Jadeveon Clowney (out for the season due to injury)
Defensive tackle of Indianapolis Taylor Stallworth
Clevelandight end Kyle Markway
New Orleans Tight End Jared Cook
New Orleans Security DJ Swearinger
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