from 1/5/2026:
Let’s through some darts over the shoulder. Who goes to the next round?
Rams
Bears (Packers backed in thanks to the Lions implosion vs Vikings)
Bills (alas; but their defense relies a lot on the offense)
Eagles
Chargers? Patriots? (should be a squeaker, home weather edge goes to NE)
Texans at Steelers (another squeaker, but the Steelers’ home record this year is, beat the bad teams lose to good teams)
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4360442/posts?page=41#41
Rams and Bears both won squeakers today, I watched most of the 4th Q of the Bears-Packers, looked up the score and found that concise highlight reel linked above. The next round matchups remain TBD until the Eagles-Niners play their game Sunday.
In the past 30 years, the only time I cheered for the lions was in 2008 when they tied the league record for single season losses. 0 - 16