11.   After their first playoff loss in five games, they showed familiar signs of vulnerability with the outcome in the balance.

12.   But Shula never had an embarrassing playoff loss like Johnson did Saturday.

13.   Critics said last week that the Dolphins were poorly prepared in their playoff loss at Buffalo.

14.   During some off-seasons, Ewing has given Mourning grief about emotionally draining playoff losses.

15.   Drafted in the first round, his best game in his rookie season at Green Bay came in a playoff loss to Dallas.

16.   Elliott was cut from the Chiefs after he missed three of four field goals in a playoff loss to the Indianapolis Colts last season.

17.   Ellis repeatedly heard such rationale during the season and during individual player evaluations after the playoff loss to the Cardinals in January.

18.   Gailey lasted two seasons, ending both with playoff losses in the first round.

19.   He could have speaking about an era in Philadelphia rather than a playoff loss.

20.   He spoke freely of being driven by the fear of being embarrassed, and how he was embarrassed by the lack of offensive performance in the Arizona playoff loss.