NFL Playoffs: Top 10 Wild Card games in NFL history

7. Colts 45, Chiefs 44 (AFC: 2013)

The transition from quarterback Peyton Manning took place when the Indianapolis Colts made Stanford University standout Andrew Luck the first-overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft. He helped guide the club to a playoff appearance in his rookie season. In 2013, Chuck Pagano’s club won the AFC South and would host the Chiefs, who were back in the postseason in head coach Andy Reid’s first year with the organization.

Kansas City looked like it was on its way to its first playoff win since 1993 despite the fact that Reid’s team kept on losing star players in the contest, most notably Pro Bowl running back Jamaal Charles in the first quarter. Thanks to a big outing from veteran quarterback Alex Smith, the Chiefs would build a 38-10 third-quarter lead. The former 49ers’ first-round pick did lose a crucial fumble in that quarter but he finished the afternoon with 378 yards through the air and four scores.

As for Luck, he would throw for 443 yards and four touchdowns but his three interceptions were one reason the team kept digging themselves into various holes. His five-yard fumble return for a TD with just over 10 minutes to play was huge, and his 64-yard touchdown pass to T.Y. Hilton with 4:21 to play (and Adam Vinatieri PAT) proved to be the difference in the second-biggest comeback in NFL postseason history.