The Detroit Lions are the team to beat in the NFC, but this conference's wild-card teams put up more fight than their AFC counterparts.

The NFL playoffs are here! With all due respect to Christmas, it's the most wonderful time of the year. And what better way to celebrate than by projecting out the full playoff field through the Super Bowl,

Pay reckless amounts of money to free agents from other teams, which can be so hit-or-miss it feels like the sports equivalent of throwing virgins into volcanoes for good fortune.

A wild-card team hasn't made the Super Bowl since Tom Brady's Buccaneers in the 2020 season but don't count Jayden Daniels out.

The four NFC and four AFC division champions and six wild-card teams - the three non-division winners with the best records in each conference - will compete in a single elimination tournament. The final four will play in the AFC and NFC championship games on Jan.

After losing the first regular-season game in league history pitting teams with a combined 28 victories, the Vikings (14-3) hit the road for wild-card weekend, visiting the NFC West champion Los Angeles Rams (10-7) on Monday night as the most accomplished fifth seed in NFL history.

While it's too soon to know which two teams will square off in February, here's a quick guide to what we know about Super Bowl 59.

While the regular season suggests a Detroit Lions-Kansas City Chiefs clash for Super Bowl 59, everyone is vulnerable -- especially in a league where a dozen teams have to fight their way up from the Wild Card round.