Chris Berman calls this the best weekend in all of sports, the divisional round of the playoffs. The big four are coming off their byes, a week after all four home teams won in the wild card round for just the third time in 22 years since the NFL went to a 12-team playoff format. However, all four teams have not won in the divisional round since 2004. However you slice it, there figures to be a surprise or two this weekend and some exceptional football. Though Metlife Stadium and Invesco Fiel...

Welcome to the second season, my friends. The playoffs are here – in a season that almost never was. A dual rookie QB matchup and the toast of the league trying to slay the mighty Steelers should make for a fun Wild Card weekend.

Regular season: 118-129-9

Cincinnati at Houston (-3)

Analysis: The last time the Texans won, it was four weeks ago on the road against Cincinnati. But since, rookie third-stringer T.J. Yates has struggled, and after suffering five sacks against the Bengals in t...

            Coming into this year, I had a theory: the right teams will always be there come playoff time. No matter what, the team that has a chance to do damage in the playoffs will find a way to get in, and the pretenders will shoot themselves in the foot.

            I no longer have that theory.

            After watching the Oakland Raiders self-destruct on Sunday and the San Diego Chargers self-destruct for the season’s first 12 weeks, I was still con...