NFL playoffs: 20 fantastic Wild-Card games since 2000

Wild, Wild-Card games have been prevalent in the first round of the NFL playoffs. A look at some of the best since 2000.

2010: Seahawks 41, Saints 36

Marshawn Lynch Seattle Seahawks
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Seattle’s Matt Hasselbeck threw four touchdown passes and Marshawn Lynch scored on an electrifying 67-yard run with 3:22 left to clinch the first playoff victory by a team with a losing record in the regular season. The Seahawks (8-9) held a 34-20 early in the fourth quarter before Drew Brees looked ready to lead a Saint comeback. But Lynch broke a half-dozen tackles for his TD as Beast Mode was born.