The NFL playoff bracket has a wrinkle other tournaments don't have. How does that impact the NFC and AFC postseason divisional round games this week?

Chargers and Patriots — not as intriguing a playoff match-up as Bills vs. Patriots or even Texans vs. Patriots would have been. But the coaching matchup has sizzle.

The Panthers beat the Rams on Nov. 30 at home, 31-28. Will we see a repeat of that game in the NFL playoff opener? Don't count on it. Los Angeles' defense will smother Bryce Young and Matthew Stafford will pick apart the Carolina secondary to lead the Rams to the second round of the NFL postseason.

Following their blowout win over the Miami Dolphins, the Patriots locked into the AFC’s No. 2 seed and will take on the Los Angeles Chargers on primetime in the wild-card round. The NFL announced that the Patriots and Chargers will occupy the 8 p.m. slot on Sunday, Jan. 11. Their game will air on NBC and Peacock.

Heading into the NFL Wild Card round this upcoming weekend, the matchup between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Chargers has many storylines surrounding this game.

Despite traveling across the country to play a 14-3 team with an MVP-candidate quarterback, the Los Angeles Chargers are only 3-point underdogs to the New England Patriots.

Our Texans vs. Steelers predictions think Houston will do what it needs to do to advance to the Divisional Round.

The NFL announced its playoff schedule Sunday night, with the Texans playing at Pittsburgh at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 12. The game will be televised by ESPN and ABC. The Steelers d