This will be a critical offseason for Matt LaFleur and Jordan Love, who seem farther away from their Super Bowl dream than they were a year ago.
The divisional round will hopefully have better games, and everyone is looking forward to Baltimore at Buffalo. But Houston at Kansas City, Washington at Detroit, and the Rams at Philadelphia should be exciting as well.
Many football fans view the NFL's Divisional Round as the best weekend of games over the course of the season. Let's look back at the 12 most memorable Divisional games of all time.
Derrick Henry, BAL vs. PIT 1/11 (26 att., 2 TD)
Los Angeles is loaded with young skill players and pass rushers, and still has enough veteran leadership left over from the 2021 Super Bowl–winning squad. Throw in a proven quarterback in Stafford and a creative play-caller in Sean McVay, and the Rams have the ingredients to get to another Super Bowl.
Plus, how the Eagles’ defense improved, Jayden Daniels is nails, notes on the Patriots hiring Mike Vrabel, how Vikings-Rams was moved to Arizona and much more.
The opening round of the NFL playoffs is one of the best football feasts of the year, but the 2025 edition has so far lacked the usual drama.After five games, the Houston Texans, Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills have all advanced after blowing out the Los Angeles Chargers,
The Washington Commanders and Philadelphia Eagles win in the NFL play-offs while the Buffalo Bills set up a mouth-watering match-up in week two.
A fourth quarter turnover and last-ditch field goal gave the Washington Commanders their first post-season win in 19 years as they beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-20. Zane Gonzalez’s 37-yard kick went in off the upright as time expired to give the Commanders a divisional round trip to NFC top seeds the Detroit Lions.
•The wild-card round of the NFL playoffs continue on Sunday with three matchups that promise to be intriguing. •First up it’s the Denver Broncos visiting the Buffalo Bills. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m. ET. and the game is airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
The entire weekend centers on the Bills and Ravens. Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson have been two of the NFL's top quarterbacks for years now, but neither has taken that next step to a Super Bowl. Only one can move on to the biggest game of their career.