With Wild Card Weekend in full swing, we have three more exciting NFL games this Sunday. The Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens have already punched their tickets to the Divisional Round, and now, six more teams will attempt to do the same.
You can check out the updated NFL playoff bracket here. Additionally, if you want a recap of yesterday’s games, make sure to take a look at our Wild Card Round results.
NFL Games Today: Denver Broncos at Buffalo Bills
- Time: 1 p.m. ET
- TV Channel: CBS
- Streaming: NFL+, Paramount+
- Location: Highmark Stadium (Orchard Park, New York)
This matchup between the Bills and Broncos is fascinating. Of the three potential No. 7 seeds entering Week 18, this is probably the matchup that the Bills would have wanted the least. The Broncos’ never-say-die attitude on offense, coupled with a strong defense, is something Buffalo would have preferred to avoid.
The metrics for the season tell us that the Bills are the better team overall, but perhaps not by as much as you might think. Offensively, Buffalo is a top-10 team, but defensively, they are around league average and are outside the top 20 on special teams. Denver, meanwhile, is league-average on offense but a top-three team defensively and a top-10 team on special teams.
Green Bay Packers at Philadelphia Eagles
- Time: 4:30 p.m. ET
- TV Channel: FOX
- Streaming: NFL+
- Location: Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia)
The game in Lincoln Financial Field between the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles may well be the game of Wild Card Weekend. Less than a month ago, the Packers were still on the fringes of the NFC No. 1 seed race, but they’ve taken three losses out of the last five to fall to No. 7 in a tightly packed conference.
They would never admit it publicly, but this has to be the matchup that the Eagles least wanted. Philadelphia just snuck by Green Bay in Week 1 in Brazil, and the two teams are pretty evenly matched in our power rankings, both sitting inside the top seven.
The Packers are the superior team on offense (8th vs. 14th), but the Eagles are the superior team on defense (2nd vs. 10th). Yet, Green Bay’s 2024 schedule ranks as the hardest in the NFL, while Philadelphia’s ranks as the second-easiest. Philadelphia will be the better-rested team, and the Packers have yet another injury concern around Jordan Love, which complicates matters some.
Washington Commanders at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Time: 8 p.m. ET
- TV Channel: NBC
- Streaming: Peacock
- Location: Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida)
We saw this game between the Washington Commanders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 1. While that was a blowout win for the Buccaneers, it hinted at the excitement that the Commanders could bring to the table this year with rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels. Since then, we have had quite the ride for both teams, and the Commanders actually finished two wins better than the Buccaneers.
However, according to our SOS+ metric, Washington played the easiest schedule in the league, while Tampa Bay finished 21st, thanks to a largely easy finish.
These two teams finished back-to-back in our end-of-regular-season power rankings, with the Buccaneers at eight and the Commanders at nine.