Let the NFL playoffs begin.

Instead of playing for a tie Sunday night and both punching tickets to the playoffs, the Raiders and Chargers were up for a challenge. Advantage to the Raiders, who clinched their spot and simultaneously knocked out the rival Chargers to hand a berth to the Steelers and to finish off the brackets.

The second year of expansion to seven playoff teams per conference was good to the state of Pennsylvania. Ben Roethlisberger’s career isn’t over just yet, and the Eagles are marching on despite not beating a single other playoff team during the regular season.