In days gone by, both the #1 and #2 seeds in each conference would receive byes during the first round of the NFL Playoffs. The 2022 NFL season marks the third year of the current system, in which seven teams now make the postseason in each conference and the #2 team has to play on Wild Card weekend with only one team per conference getting a bye.
However, through these last three years, no #7 seed has ever beaten a #2. In fact, most of those games are blowouts; only twice in six 2v7 games has the contest been decided by fewer than 10 points, with the Buffalo Bills (-5.