Aaron Rodgers and the Packers are moving on to the NFC Championship Game for the second year in a row, while Josh Allen and the Bills are headed to the AFC Championship Game for the first time since the 1993 season.
NFL Divisional Round: What to watch for in Saturday s games
Arash Madani goes into the film room with QB guru Jordan Palmer to break down Lamar Jackson s game, and that incredible running ability, as the Ravens prepare to take on Josh Allen and the Bills. | January 16, 2021, 10:20 AM
January 16, 2021, 10:20 AM
Now things get real.
With wild-card weekend in the rear-view mirror, the top seeds in the AFC and NFC have entered the playoff chat.
Divisional weekend kicks off with a Saturday double-header that features the 2020 MVP favourite against arguably the league s top defence and a pair of electrifying young quarterbacks squaring off in Western New York.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers · WR
Tom Brady had a passer rating below 80 in just three games this season, with two coming in New Orleans regular-season sweep of Tampa Bay, including a ghastly 40.4 mark from the 38-3 prime-time loss back in Week 9. That was Brady s lowest single-game passer rating in 14 years. Against all non-Saints opponents this season (including Super Wild Card Weekend), Brady s passer rating sits at a lofty 107.9. Can TB12 s third time against these 2020 Saints be the charm? Well, unfortunately for the Bucs, nothing brings the best out of New Orleans CB Marshon Lattimore like going up against Mike Evans. Since Lattimore entered the NFL in 2017, he s posted sterling numbers in coverage against Evans: Nine catches on 20 targets (45 percent completion rate) with one touchdown, one interception and a 77.3 passer rating, per PFF. And that s why I m spotlighting Antonio Brown, who didn t do much in that Week 9 blowout with 31 yards on three