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Six NFL wild-card games, six matchup previews: We have predictions, score picks and X factors
Packers at Bears? Bryce Young's first playoff game? Justin Herbert vs. Drake Maye? We have picks, predictions and stats to know for every wild-card game.

Set for an unlikely run? Each lower seed's chances to win it all
Let's find matchup advantages and rank each team's chance to keep winning all the way to the Super Bowl.

The inside story of the Bears' 'Good, better, best!' craze
After each win, Ben Johnson leads the Bears in a chant they hope to keep alive after Saturday night's game vs. the Packers.

How Lamar Jackson, Todd Monken, Ravens' locker room impacted Harbaugh's firing


POSTSEASON FOCUS
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WILD-CARD ROUND SCOREBOARD

NFL NATION
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