NFL Wild Card Weekend odds, predictions, expert picks
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The NFL playoffs kick off Saturday with a Wild Card Round double-header featuring a pair of NFC battles. So, which two NFC squads will take another step toward a Super Bowl? And which teams will be one and done in the playoffs?
The 2025-26 NFL playoffs begin on Saturday with wild card weekend, and we will be continually updating the schedule, scores and playoff bracket here: 1.
That limits this year's pool of world champions, but in a season where everyone is flawed and no one was truly dominant, the field remains wide open. The top seeds in either conference are vulnerable. The worst teams in the AFC and NFC are both guaranteed at least one home game. There are few outcomes that would be truly surprising this winter.
Jordan Love has one playoff win, which came in January 2024 when the Packers took down the Cowboys over Wild Card Weekend, 48-32. Since then, Green Bay's quarterback has been searching for another postseason victory. In the 2024 postseason, Love's Packers fell to the eventual Super Bowl champion Eagles.
Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence got his start with the Clemson Tigers, and his foundation is now allowing him to give his team its best chance
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NFL playoff field has a record 12 quarterbacks under 30. None of them is named J.J. McCarthy.
Three quarterbacks from J.J. McCarthy’s 2024 draft class are in the postseason, and so are three QBs who could have been Vikings in the past 21 months.
Just six weeks after the Carolina Panthers stunned the Los Angeles Rams 31-28 at Bank of America Stadium, the two teams will meet again at the same venue in the NFC Wild Card round.
But now we've reached the playoffs, and every team has a chance at winning the whole thing (yes, even the Panthers ). So let's give out one reason why every team can win the Super Bowl, and one reason why they could fall short.
This year’s NFL playoffs feature a quarterback whose rocket throwing arm and elite improvisation abilities make him a human highlight reel. There’s another whose precision passing and command of the pocket helped him lead the AFC in passing yards by a wide margin.