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WHAT TO LOOK FOR – WEEKEND

FROM WILD CARD ROUND TO : Winners in the Wild Card round have won the Super Bowl nine times. At least one Super Bowl participant in six of the past 11 years played a Wild Card game.

The Wild Card round participants to win the Super Bowl:

SEASON TEAM SUPER BOWL RESULT 1980 Oakland Defeated Philadelphia in Super Bowl XV, 27-10 1997 Denver Defeated Bay in Super Bowl XXXII, 31-24 2000 Defeated in Super Bowl XXXV, 34-7 2005 Defeated in Super Bowl XL, 21-10 2006 Defeated in Super Bowl XLI, 29-17 2007 New York Giants Defeated New England in Super Bowl XLII, 17-14 2010 Green Bay Defeated Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XLV, 31-25 2011 New York Giants Defeated New England in Super Bowl XLVI, 21-17 2012 Baltimore Defeated San Francisco in Super Bowl XLVII, 34-31

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WINNING PARTICIPANTS: The , and OAKLAND RAIDERS will each be playing on Wild Card Weekend. Oakland travels to (4:35 PM ET, ESPN/ABC) on Saturday in the opening game of Wild Card Weekend. On Sunday, Pittsburgh will host (1:05 PM ET, CBS) while Green Bay will face the New York Giants at (4:40 PM ET, FOX).

The Steelers (34) are tied with the COWBOYS (34) for the most postseason wins in NFL history, while the Packers (32) and Raiders (25) rank third and sixth, respectively, in all-time playoff victories. The , who are the No. 1 overall seed in the AFC, have 29 postseason victories, the fifth-most all-time.

The teams with the most postseason wins in NFL history:

TEAM WINS LOSSES WIN PCT SUPER BOWL WINS Pittsburgh Steelers* 34 23 .596 6 ** 34 26 .567 5 Green Bay Packers* 32 21 .604 4 30 20 .600 5 New England Patriots** 29 19 .604 4 Oakland Raiders* 25 18 .581 3 *Play this weekend **First-round

Green Bay (.604) owns the third-best winning percentage in postseason history, while Pittsburgh (.596) and Oakland (.581) rank fifth and sixth, respectively.

The teams with the highest postseason winning percentage in NFL history:

TEAM WIN PCT WINS LOSSES SUPER BOWL WINS .652 15 8 2 New England Patriots** .604 29 19 4 Green Bay Packers* .604 32 21 4 San Francisco 49ers .600 30 20 5 Pittsburgh Steelers* .596 34 23 6 Oakland Raiders* .581 25 18 3 *Play this weekend **First-round bye

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PROLIFIC PASSERS: Green Bay has thrown for at least 300 yards in four postseason games in his career.

With 300 passing yards against the Giants on Sunday, Rodgers would join (10), (nine), (six), (six) and Pro Football Hall of Famers (six) and (five) as the only to have at least five 300-yard passing games in NFL postseason history.

The quarterbacks with the most 300-yard passing performances in NFL postseason history:

PLAYER MOST 300-YARD PASSING GAMES IN POSTSEASON Tom Brady* 10 Peyton Manning 9 Drew Brees 6 Joe Montana^ 6 Kurt Warner 6 Dan Fouts^ 5

Aaron Rodgers* 4 *Active in 2016 playoffs ^Pro Football Hall of Famer

Detroit quarterback has thrown for at least 300 passing yards in each of his first two career postseason starts.

With 300 passing yards on Saturday night at Seattle, Stafford will join Fouts as the only quarterbacks with at least 300 passing yards in each of his first three postseason games. Fouts recorded four consecutive games with 300 passing yards to begin his postseason career.

The most consecutive 300-yard passing contests to start a career in postseason history:

PLAYER TEAM CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH 300+ PASSING YARDS Dan Fouts San Diego Chargers 4 Matthew Stafford Lions 2* 2 St. Louis Rams 2 *Active streak

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WINNING WILSON: Seattle quarterback has led the Seahawks to five consecutive postseason appearances in his first five seasons in the NFL.

With a start against the Lions on Saturday night, Wilson would join (2008-12) as the only quarterbacks in the Super Bowl era to start a playoff game in each of his first five seasons beginning with his rookie year.

PLAYER TEAM SEASONS Joe Flacco Baltimore Ravens 2008-12

Russell Wilson Seattle Seahawks 2012-15* *Entering fifth postseason

With a win over Detroit on Saturday, Wilson, who has seven career playoff wins through his first four seasons, will tie (eight) for the third-most postseason victories by a starting quarterback in his first five seasons.

The quarterbacks with the most postseason victories in their first five seasons:

PLAYER TEAM SEASONS POSTSEASON WINS Tom Brady New England Patriots 2000-04 9 Joe Flacco Baltimore Ravens 2008-12 9 Ben Roethlisberger Pittsburgh Steelers 2004-08 8

Russell Wilson Seattle Seahawks 2012-15 7* *Entering fifth postseason

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BIG-PLAY BOLDIN: Detroit wide has eight receptions in his postseason career.

With two touchdown catches at Seattle on Saturday, Boldin would move into a tie for third place in touchdown receptions in NFL postseason history.

The players with the most touchdown catches in postseason history:

PLAYER TOUCHDOWN CATCHES ^ 22 ^ 12 ^ 10 10 10 10 Rob Gronkowski 9 ^ 9 Steve Smith Sr. 9 ^ 9 9

Anquan Boldin 8* *Active in 2016 postseason ^Pro Football Hall of Famer

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NEW FACES: Several teams may feature a quarterback making his first career playoff start. Among those are Dallas rookie , Houston’s , Miami’s MATT MOORE and and Oakland rookie CONNOR COOK.

With a start against Houston on Saturday, Oakland’s Cook would become the first quarterback in the Super Bowl era to make his first career start in the postseason.

The players with the most passing yards in their first career postseason start:

PLAYER TEAM ROUND PASSING YARDS Cleveland 2002 Wild Card 429 Aaron Rodgers Green Bay 2009 Wild Card 423 Philadelphia 1988 Divisional 407 Kurt Warner St. Louis 1999 Divisional 391 St. Louis 1982 Wild Card 385

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BOUNCING BACK: The overcame a 1-4 start to the 2016 season to make the playoffs with a 10-6 record. The Dolphins are the ninth team since 1990 to qualify for the postseason after starting a season with a 1-4 record.

With a win at Pittsburgh on Sunday, the Dolphins would become the sixth team since 1990 to win a postseason game after beginning a season with a 1-4 record. The accomplished the feat last season, defeating the 30-0 in the Wild Card round.

The teams to qualify for the postseason after beginning the season with a 1-4 record since 1990:

TEAM SEASON POSTSEASON WINS ADVANCED TO Kansas City Chiefs 2015 1 Divisional Playoffs 2011 1 Divisional Playoffs 2002 1 Divisional Playoffs 2002 1 AFC Championship San Diego Chargers 1992 1 Divisional Playoffs Houston Texans 2015 0 Wild Card Playoffs Green Bay Packers 2004 0 Wild Card Playoffs Houston Oilers 1993 0 Divisional Playoffs

Miami Dolphins* 2016 ??? ??? *Play in Wild Card round on Sunday

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