Nick Wright unveils his NFL Wild Card picks for all six games, including the Pittsburgh Steelers (+9.5) covering against the Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills (-8.5) winning and Los Angeles Rams (+1.5) pulling off an upset over the Minnesota Vikings.
The NFL’s wild-card weekend features divisional rivals facing off, two NFC rematches from Week 1 and the Harbaugh brothers coaching on the same day. Jim Harbaugh leads the Chargers against the Texans in the season’s first playoff game on Saturday afternoon.
The Los Angeles Rams are one of the hottest teams in the NFL heading into the playoffs, as they went 9-3 over their last 12 games to secure a Wild Card berth. A
Even if the Bills fall short of next month’s Super Bowl, they remain positioned for prolonged greatness. If that’s not enough for perennial contention, then the rest of the AFC East’s decrepitude will keep that window wide open.
The final game of the NFL’s Wild Card weekend is set to take the Minnesota Vikings to LA to face the NFC West champion Rams Monday night at SoFi Stadium.
That 2023 Broncos team had gotten off to a 1-5 start in Payton’s debut season, but it won seven of its final 11 games and while the 8-9 record left Denver on the outside of the playoff bubble, it was a solid building block for 2024 and the Broncos went 10-7 this season.
Winds are expected to begin to die down, which will help with containment, but if the situation flares up again, the NFL has said it would move the playoff game to State Farm Stadium near Phoenix, where the Cardinals play. It would be the first time ever that the league has had to switch sites for a playoff game.
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The Lions certainly looked like a true Super Bowl contender as they crushed the Vikings en route to another NFC North crown.
The Denver Broncos, who earned the right to face the Bills in next week’s Wild Card playoff round, faced a Kansas City Chiefs team in the same position as Buffalo. They clinched the No. 1 seed and barely showed up for a road beatdown. The Broncos cruised to a 38-0 win.