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The NFL postseason is down to eight teams, and while the remaining field includes several were expected to be here — the San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Ravens, Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills — there are also some surprises.
The bracket includes teams that have risen above expectations, such as the seventh-seeded Green Bay Packers — the youngest team in the NFL this season — as well as the Houston Texans, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Detroit Lions. With some of the surprising twists and turns on the field in the wild card round, here are five bold predictions for what will happen in the four games that stretch across Saturday and Sunday.
1. Jordan Love powers Packers past their longtime playoff nemesis: the 49ers
Another week of the Green Bay Packers in the postseason creates another classic NFC playoff matchup. The seventh-seeded Packers became the youngest team (average age: 25 years, 214 days) to win a playoff game since the 1970 NFL/AFL merger following their 48-32 demolition of the second-seeded Dallas Cowboys.
The postseason victory was Green Bay’s 37th all…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-01-19 15:29:56
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