With an entertaining NFL wild-card weekend now complete, the schedule for the divisional round of the playoffs is set.
The Houston Texans grabbed the last spot in the final eight after beating Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers 30-6 on Monday night in what could be the final NFL game of a Hall of Fame career for Rodgers. With the win, the Texans will face the New England Patriots on the road Sunday at 3 p.m. (ET).
The divisional round will kick off Saturday at 4:30 p.m. (ET) when the AFC’s top-seeded Denver Broncos host reigning MVP Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills. The Bills advanced to the divisional round for the sixth straight season with a 27-24 comeback win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The Saturday 8 p.m. game will be an NFC West rematch between the top-seeded Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers. Those teams met in Week 18 in Santa Clara, Calif., to decide the division title and No. 1 seed, with the Seahawks winning 13-3. Seattle is at home this time around. The 49ers advanced to the divisional round with a 23-19 win over the Philadelphia Eagles despite another devastating injury, this one with George Kittle tearing his Achilles.
Sunday’s action wraps up with the Chicago Bears hosting the Los Angeles Rams at 6:30 p.m. in the other NFC matchup. The Bears rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat the Green Bay Packers 31-27 and advance, while the Rams outlasted the Carolina Panthers 34-31 to move on.
The winners of next weekend’s games will advance to the conference championship games to be played on Jan. 25. Super Bowl LX is scheduled for Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.
Here’s a look at the divisional-round matchups (all times Eastern):
AFC
No. 6 Buffalo Bills at No. 1 Denver Broncos, 4:30 p.m., Saturday, CBS
No. 5 Houston Texans at No. 2 New England Patriots, 3 p.m., Sunday, ABC/ESPN
NFC
No. 6 San Francisco 49ers at No. 1 Seattle Seahawks, 8 p.m., Saturday, Fox
No. 5 Los Angeles Rams at No. 2 Chicago Bears, 6:30 p.m., Sunday, NBC
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