The NFL's top playoff seeds take the field on Saturday, one renewing a nearly annual postseason meeting, the other looking to avoid an upset of historic proportions.

Sunday's action kicks off with a rematch of one of the bigger blowouts of the year, followed by a showdown between one of this year's best offenses and one of this year's best defenses.

Wild-card weekend kicks off with a matchup featuring two of the worst playoff teams you'll ever see. Old rivals then face off once more that night.

The FO crew previews three games in the final week of the season with critical playoff implications: Bengals-Steelers, Lions-Packers, and Panthers-Falcons.

In a battle of two teams with flawed defenses, Mark Sanchez might lack the tools to exploit Seattle's weaknesses, while Russell Wilson could be a big headache for the Eagles.

The quarterbacks will get most of the headlines, but the game could hinge on New England's tight end.

Denver's offense vs. Seattle's defense is a legendary matchup for the ages. But Seattle's offense vs. Denver's defense is the matchup that will probably decide this game, and the Seahawks have the advantage of being better and healthier.

The secret to this year's NFC Championship game is that the Seattle defense played like more than the sum of its parts this year ... and the San Francisco defense played like a bit less than the sum of its parts.

Two men enter, then 90 other men follow them. But the most important storyline for this game does not concern who is on the field, but who is not.

In Seattle Saturday afternoon, everything is coming up Seahawks except recent playoff history. For Carolina's rematch with San Francisco, the difference may be the players who didn't get on the field nine weeks ago.