NFL Divisional Playoffs

It was back in the first week of the NFL season when the Saints traveled to Minnesota and were humbled 29-19 by the Vikings, but how much stock should you put into that outcome? Sam Bradford was at quarterback for the Vikings in that victory, and former Vikings superstar Adrian Peterson was at running back for the Saints. Both are no longer filling those roles on either team.

Of all the games in the NFL Divisional Playoff round, none arrives with the intrigue of this game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Jacksonville Jaguars. In Week 5 of the regular season, the Jags hammered the Steelers 30-9 right in Pittsburgh's Heinz Field. In 2007, Jacksonville won in Pittsburgh during the regular season and again in the divisional playoffs, and history does have a way of repeating itself.