It's Time! After seventeen long weeks of doing battle, we have our 12 teams that are left standing. All have one goal, to be hoisting the Vince Lombardi trophy over their heads on February 7th. Since this is Wild Card Weekend, four teams have their bye's. Denver, New England, Carolina and Arizona get a week off to rest and wait to see who they will play next. So lets not waste any time and get right to it. Here's what were looking at for Wild Card Weekend in the National Football League. First up we have our Saturday Games!
Starting off the Weekend Saturday at 4:05 its the Wild Card Winning Kansas City Chiefs heading to NRG Stadium to take on the AFC South Champions the Houston Texans. Kansas City is the Wild Card winners finishing the season with an 11-5 record. This marks the 2nd time in three years that the Chiefs have not only made the playoffs as a wild card team, but have won eleven games in a season. Kansas City is looking for its first playoff win since beating the Houston Oilers in the 1993 Divisional Round. Kansas City has won two AFL championships, played in two Super Bowls, winning one. All time the Chiefs are 8-15 in the post season. As for the Texans, they finished the year winning the AFC South with a 9-7 record. This marks the 3rd division title for the Texans, having won in both 2011 and 2012. Those years are also the only times the Texans have ever made the playoffs. Houston has never made it to a Super Bowl and are 2-2 lifetime in the Post Season. These two teams have never faced eachother in the playoffs. During the regular season Kansas City beat Houston 27-20 in week one.
Picks
Solly: Kansas City Chiefs
Steve: Kansas City Chiefs
Danny: Kansas City Chiefs
The night game on Saturday is a AFC North Divisional Matchup. Kickoff is at 8:25 as the Wild Card Winners the Pittsburgh Steelers travel to Paul Brown Stadium to take on the AFC North Champions the Cincinnati Bengals. Pittsburgh comes in after locking up the last wild card spot with a 10-6 record. This marks the 2nd straight year and 4th time in the last six seasons that the Steelers are in the playoffs. Pittsburgh is looking for its first win in the playoffs since beating the Jets in the 2010 AFC Championship game. The Steelers have six Super Bowls to their credit and are 33-22 lifetime in the post season. Cincinnati has won the AFC North with an 11-5 record. Its the 2nd division title in three years and the 5th straight year the Bengals have made the post season. Cincinnati is in search of their first playoff win since beating the Houston Oilers in the 1990 AFC Wild Card Game. The Bengals have never won a Super Bowl (having played in two of them) and they are 5-13 lifetime in the playoffs. This marks the 2nd ever meeting between the teams in the playoffs (Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati in the 2005 Wild Card Game), and the teams split the two regular season meetings this year, with each team winning on the road.
Picks
Solly: Pittsburgh Steelers
Steve: Pittsburgh Steelers
Danny: Pittsburgh Steelers
Now for the Sunday games. First up, at 1:05 its the NFC Wild Card Winners the Seattle Seahawks heading to TCF Bank Stadium to take on the NFC North Champions the Minnesota Vikings. Minnesota won the North with an 11-5 record making it the first division title for the Vikings since 2009. This marks the Vikings first playoff appearance since 2012. Minnesota is looking for its first playoff win since beating the Dallas Cowboys in the Wild Card round in 2009. Minnesota has never won a Super Bowl, having played in four of them, and the team is 19-27 all time in the playoffs. As for the Seahawks, they come in having won the wild card at 11-5. Seattle is the two time defending NFC Champions. In fact, Seattle has missed the playoffs only once in the last six years. Seattle has been to three Super Bowls, winning one. Seattle has a 14-13 lifetime mark in the post season. This marks the first ever playoff meeting between the two teams. Seattle beat Minnesota 38-7 during their lone regular season meeting this year, played in Minnesota on December 8th.
Picks
Solly: Seattle Seahawks
Steve: Minnesota Vikings
Danny: Minnesota Vikings
Last game of the weekend kicks off at 4:40 on Sunday as the Wild Card Winning Green Bay Packers head to FedEx Field to take on the NFC East Champions the Washington Redskins. Green Bay came in with a 10-6 record, good enough to lock up a wild card spot. This marks the 7th straight year the Pack are in the postseason. In that span, Green Bay has been bounced in the first round three times. Green Bay comes in with 13 Super Bowl crowns to their credit, and are 31-20 lifetime in the playoffs. Meanwhile, Washington comes in having won the NFC East with a 9-7 record. This marks the first division title, and playoff appearance for that matter, for Washington since 2012. Washington is looking for its first playoff win since beating Tampa Bay in the 2005 Wild Card Game. The Redskins have five Super Bowls to their credit and are 23-18 lifetime in the post season. This marks the 3rd all time meeting between the franchises in the playoffs, Green Bay won in 1936, with Washington getting the victory in 1972. These two clubs didn't face eachother during the regular season.
Picks
Solly: Washington Redskins
Steve: Green Bay Packers
Danny: Washington Redskins
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