NFL playoffs: Winners and losers from Saturday's Super Wild Card Weekend games

HOUSTON -- The biggest victor on the first day of Super Wild Card Weekend was common sense, which prevailed when the NFL postponed the AFC playoff game between the Steelers and Bills in Buffalo until Monday afternoon, allowing everyone to stay off the roads with a winter storm in the area and setting up a doubleheader to conclude the weekend.

The first round of the playoffs began on schedule Saturday, though, with AFC games in Houston and Kansas City, and that means there were winners and losers, including those that went well beyond the box score.

1) C.J. Stroud: He was so good, he didn't even finish the game. With more than 9 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, the Texans quarterback gave way to his backup, Davis Mills. Stroud was nearly perfect, completing 16 of 21 passes (76 percent) for 274 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions in leading Houston to a 45-14 victory over Cleveland. He moved in the pocket to avoid pressure, threw darts and generally showed the poise that has made him a phenom and the likely Offensive Rookie of the Year. And, already, one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL.

2) Texans defense: When the Browns and Texans played on Christmas Eve, the Browns offense put up 36 points on the Texans defense, which was without pass rushers Will Anderson Jr. and lost Jonathan Greenard early in the game. With those two playing on Saturday, Joe Flacco, who was not sacked by the Texans in the regular season game, was brought down four times. And Browns receiver Amari Cooper, who scorched the Texans with 265 yards receiving in the regular season game, was limited to just four receptions on five targets for 59 yards, with Derek Stingley Jr. spending most of the game matched up with Cooper.

3) Texans GM Nick