Wild-card weekend is, in many ways, a set-up for the best weekend of the NFL calendar.
We know 75 percent of the divisional-round schedule so far, when the league's top eight teams scramble to advance to the conference championships. We'll know the fourth and final matchup once the Carolina Panthers-New Orleans Saints game ends on Sunday evening. But for now, let's reset the rest of the field.
AFC
Patriots lowdown: Some observers were rattled by a round of sub-Hall of Fame play from quarterback Tom Brady, who threw interceptions in five consecutive late-season games.