Is it the best weekend on the NFL calendar? Depends on whom you ask, naturally, but the divisional round of the league’s playoff format is pretty great – featuring the top seeds from both conferences along with six other teams that have earned their way to what is effectively the quarterfinal round with a wild-card victory in hand.
This year?
Well, the first game of the 2025 postseason’s quartet most certainly suggests we’re in for another frenetic weekend on the heels of a highly entertaining wild-card round – the Denver Broncos surviving the Buffalo Bills 33-30 in overtime at the Mile High City.
There will be more to come Saturday night in Seattle, where the Seahawks, fresh off their first-round bye, host the San Francisco 49ers in the rubber match of the NFC West rivals’ season series.
Gonna be lots of winners and losers on this divisional weekend Saturday, and we’ll keep the updates coming throughout the evening:
