NFL DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF GAMES
Chargers (13-4) at Patriots (11-5)
When: 11 a.m. Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass. TV: Channel 5 Outlook: Chargers QB Philip Rivers will be 37 years, 36 days old on Sunday and Patriots QB Tom Brady will be 41 years, 163 days old. The 28,688 days old are oldest combined age by opposing starting quarterbacks in playoff game in NFL history. … Chargers are coming off first playoff victory since 2013 season. … Los Angeles is 8-1 as road team this season. … Rivers enters Sunday’s game with 1-7 record against Patriots, including 0-4 in games in Foxborough and 0-2 in playoffs. Rivers earned lone victory against New England during 2008 regular season when Brady was sidelined for that game by knee injury. … L.A.’s leading rusher Melvin Gordon (885 yards, 10 TDs during regular season) is dealing with knee injury sustained during wild-card win over Ravens. … DE Melvin Ingram leads Chargers with seven sacks. … Patriots coach Bill Belichick has most playoff experience (39 games) and postseason wins (28) among head coaches in NFL history. … Patriots ranked fourth in scoring offense (27.3 ppg) and tied for sixth in scoring defense (20.3 ppg allowed). … Brady has played against Chargers eight times in regular season and twice in postseason. He’s 2-0 in playoffs and 6-2 in regular-season meetings. … DE Trey Flowers leads New England with 71/2 sacks.
Eagles (10-7) at Saints (13-3)
When: 2:40 p.m. Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans TV: Channel 10 Outlook: Philadelphia coach Doug Pederson is 4-0 in playoffs. Only Andy Reid has more postseason wins (10) in team history. … QB Nick Foles has led a winning drive in fourth quarter last two playoff games, including Super Bowl. … Foles has thrown multiple TDs in three consecutive playoff games. … WR Alshon Jeffery has 18 catches for 301 yards and three TDs in four playoff games. … TE Zach Ertz has 437 catches, most in NFL history during first six seasons of career. … DT Fletcher Cox has three sacks, two forced fumbles and fumble recovery in past two games vs. Saints. … New Orleans is 5-0 at home in playoffs since Sean Payton became coach in 2006. … Saints QB Drew Brees, who turns 40 on Tuesday, had 74.4 completion percentage (364 of 489), highest single-season percentage in NFL history. Brees led league with 115.7 rating in 2018. … RB Alvin Kamara ranked second in NFL with 18 scrimmage TDs (14 rushing, 4 receiving) and seventh with 1,592 scrimmage yards in 2018. … WR Michael Thomas led NFL with 125 catches and had franchise single-season record 1,405 yards receiving, surpassing Joe Horn’s 1,399 in 2004. –