The Divisional Round continues after an action-packed Saturday that saw the Washington Commanders and Kansas City Chiefs advance to the Conference Championships. Today, four more teams will try to punch their tickets as the Los Angeles Rams, Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills, and Baltimore Ravens all try to advance in their quest for the Lombardi Trophy.
Here is everything you need to know surrounding today’s games, the current playoff bracket, and more.
NFL Games Today: How to Watch Rams vs. Eagles
- Date: Sunday, January 19, 2025
- Time: 3 p.m. ET
- Game: Los Angeles Rams vs. Philadelphia Eagles
- TV channel: NBC
- Streaming: Peacock
Rams Stats and Insights
Team: Through five weeks, the remaining four teams in the AFC were 1-2-3-4 in the conference standings. In the NFC, the Vikings were sitting atop the conference (5-0), while the Rams were tied with the Panthers in the basement (1-4).
QB: Matthew Stafford was a slow starter during the regular season (35th of 36 qualifiers in first-quarter completion percentage), but that wasn’t the case against the Vikings (11/12 for 124 yards and a touchdown).
Offense: Even in the impressive win, the Rams struggled on third down (two-of-10) — they’ve failed to convert over 25% of their third down opportunities in seven different games this season.
Defense: Only once during the regular season did the Rams record more than four sacks. Monday was a different story as they tied the NFL record for most sacks in a playoff game (nine).
Eagles Stats and Insights
Team: Philadelphia won 14 games during the regular season, the fourth time in franchise history that they’ve won at least a baker’s dozen – they represented the NFC in the Super Bowl in each of the previous three seasons (2004, 2017, and 2022).
QB: Jalen Hurts posted a 69.6 QB+ on Sunday against the Packers, the third lowest since 2019 in a playoff victory (only Jimmy Garoppolo in 2021 and Trevor Lawrence in 2022 were able to advance despite a lesser grade).
Offense: The NFL average for points per drive is 2.06 – the Eagles haven’t been held under 2.00 points per possession since September.
Defense: The Packers scored 53.8% of their third downs on Sunday, the second-highest rate produced by an opponent against the Eagles this season, topped only by the Bengals (Week 8).
Fantasy: A.J. Brown turned 24 routes into just a single catch – his 0.42 yards per route run was the sixth-worst mark of his career. Safe to call that the outlier and not the norm, as this has been his best season in that metric (2.87).
NFL Games Today: How to Watch Ravens vs. Bills
- Date: Sunday, January 19, 2025
- Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
- Game: Baltimore Ravens vs. Buffalo Bills
- TV channel: CBS
- Streaming: Paramount+
Ravens Stats and Insights
Team: Lamar Jackson was the MVP in 2019. The next season …
- *Won on Wild Card Weekend (he had 179 pass yards)
- *Derrick Henry was the home RB in that Wild Card game
- *Advanced to play a 13-win Bills team
Jackson was the MVP in 2023. This season …
- *Won on Wild Card Weekend (he had 175 pass yards)
- *Derrick Henry was the home RB in that Wild Card game
- *Will play a 13-win Bills team
QB: Since Week 9, Jackson has completed 75.8% of his non-pressured passes with 20 touchdowns and just one interception on those 161 attempts.
Offense: Over their past five games (all wins), Baltimore has scored a touchdown on 40.8% of their drives (they were one of the elite offenses prior to this run with a 33.3% rate).
Defense: Opponents are 0-of-6 on fourth downs against the Ravens over the past four games (prior: 12-of-23).
Fantasy: On Saturday, Derrick Henry became the first player in NFL history to have four games in a season with 130 rushing yards and multiple rushing touchdowns when he was 30+ years of age.
Bills Stats and Insights
Team: All four of Buffalo’s losses this season have come following a blowout result the week prior.
QB: Excluding the one-snap Week 18, Josh Allen is 13-of-16 with two touchdowns and zero interceptions on third down over his past two games.
Offense: The Bills have not committed a turnover in six of seven games since their Week 12 bye.
Defense: Buffalo allowed Baltimore to score a TD on all four of their red zone trips in their Week 4 meeting – they’ve allowed two red zone scores on six trips over their past three games (Denver was 0-of-1).
Fantasy: The Bills didn’t lead for a single second of the first game with the Ravens – James Cook’s production over expectation this season is 16.4% higher when playing from ahead as opposed to behind.
Current NFL Playoff Bracket For Divisional Round
Let’s look at the results from Divisional Weekend and what that means regarding the NFL playoff bracket.
NFC Playoff Seeds and Standings
1. Detroit Lions (15-2) – Eliminated
2. Philadelphia Eagles (14-3)
3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (10-7) – Eliminated
4. Los Angeles Rams (10-7)
5. Minnesota Vikings (14-3) – Eliminated
6. Washington Commanders (12-5)
7. Green Bay Packers (11-6) – Eliminated
AFC Playoff Seeds and Standings
1. Kansas City Chiefs (15-1)
2. Buffalo Bills (13-4)
3. Baltimore Ravens (12-5)
4. Houston Texans (10-7) – Eliminated
5. Los Angeles Chargers (11-6) – Eliminated
6. Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7) – Eliminated
7. Denver Broncos (10-7) – Eliminated
