TODAY’S NFL WILD-CARD GAMES
Ravens (11-5) at Titans (11-5), 10:05 a.m., ABC, ESPN, ESPN2
The Ravens are making their third straight playoff trip and ninth in 13years under coach John Harbaugh. ... This is the third playoff berth in four seasons for the Titans and second straight under thirdyear coach Mike Vrabel. Tennessee lost in the AFC championship game last season. ... This is the fifth playoff meeting between these teams. The road team won each of the first four. The Titans won 28-12in the divisional round last January to tie the postseason series 2-2. ... Baltimore won its last five games of the regular season following a three-game skid. ... During that five-game winning streak, QB Lamar Jackson threw 11 TD passes and ran for four scores. ... Baltimore led the NFL with a plus-165 point differential, outscoring its opponents 468-303. Bears (8-8) at Saints (12-4), 1:40 p.m., CBS Chicago is in the playoffs for the second time in three seasons. The Saints have won the NFC South Division four straight seasons, winning 49 regular-season games in that span. ... The Bears have won both previous playoff meetings, which came at the end of the 1990 and 2006 seasons. The last playoff matchup came in the NFC championship in Chicago in QB Drew Brees’ first season in New Orleans. ... The Bears won three of their last four regular-season games. The Saints won 11 of their last 13. ... QB Mitch Trubisky is expected to start for Chicago after being benched in favor of Nick Foles for part of this season. ... The Bears joined the 1970 Cincinnati Bengals and 2014 Carolina Panthers as the only teams since the 1970 merger to reach the playoffs after a regular season marred by a six-game losing streak. That skid was Chicago’s worst since the 2002 team dropped eight straight.
Browns (11-5) at Steelers (12-4), 5:15p.m., NBC
The AFC’S No. 6 seed, the Browns are making their first playoff appearance since the 2002 season.
... Pittsburgh, the No. 3 seed, is making its ninth postseason appearance in coach Mike Tomlin’s 14 seasons but first since 2017 when the Steelers were upset in the divisional round by Jacksonville. … The Steelers and Browns have met twice in the postseason, both of them Pittsburgh victories, the last a 36-33 comeback victory in the wild-card round in that last playoff appearance for Cleveland. ... The teams split their two regular-season meetings this year, each winning at home. Pittsburgh drilled Cleveland 38-7 at Heinz Field on Oct. 18, sacking Browns QB Baker Mayfield four times and forcing two turnovers. ... Cleveland first-year coach Kevin Stefanski will miss the game after testing positive for COVID-19. Specialteams coordinator Mike Priefer will handle sideline duties for Stefanski, who by league rules is prohibited from being active on game day. … Cleveland has lost 17 straight games at Heinz Field, last winning in Pittsburgh in 2003.