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WHAT TO LOOK FOR – WILD CARD WEEKEND

FROM WILD CARD TO : Winners in the Wild Card round have won the Super Bowl nine times. At least one Super Bowl participant in seven of the past 10 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 Green Bay in Super Bowl XXXII, 31-24 2000 Defeated in Super Bowl XXXV, 34-7 2005 Pittsburgh Defeated Seattle in Super Bowl XL, 21-10 2006 Indianapolis Defeated Chicago 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 will each be playing on Wild Card Weekend. Pittsburgh will travel to Cincinnati this Saturday (8:15 PM ET, CBS) while Green Bay will travel to Washington on Sunday (4:40 PM ET, FOX).

The Steelers (33) and Packers (31) rank second and third, respectively, behind Dallas (34) for the most postseason wins in NFL history. The two teams have combined to win 10 Super Bowls (Pittsburgh six, Green Bay four).

The teams with the most postseason wins in NFL history:

TEAM WINS LOSSES WIN PCT SUPER BOWL WINS 34 26 .567 5 Pittsburgh Steelers* 33 22 .600 6 Green Bay Packers* 31 20 .608 4 30 20 .600 5 ** 28 18 .609 4 Oakland Raiders 25 18 .581 3 *Play this weekend **First-round bye

The clubs’ postseason winning percentages also rank third (Green Bay, .608) and tied for fourth (Pittsburgh, .600) in NFL history.

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** .609 28 18 4 Green Bay Packers* .608 31 20 4 Pittsburgh Steelers* .600 33 22 6 San Francisco 49ers .600 30 20 5 *Play this weekend **First-round bye

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STREAKING SMITH: Kansas City has made three career postseason starts, completing 66 of 114 passes (57.9 percent) for 873 yards with nine and no for a 108.6 .

With two more pass attempts without an to begin Saturday’s game at Houston, Smith would surpass (115) for the longest streak of consecutive pass attempts without an INT to start a career in postseason history.

The most consecutive pass attempts without an interception to start a career in postseason history:

POSTSEASON TO START A CAREER PLAYER YEAR(S) CONSECUTIVE PASS ATTEMPTS WITHOUT INT Jeff Hostetler 1991-94 115 Alex Smith 2012-present 114* 1969-73 103 2000-03 101 *Active streak

Smith’s nine postseason touchdowns without an interception are already the most consecutive TD passes without an INT in postseason history to start a career.

The most consecutive passes without an interception to start a career in postseason history:

POSTSEASON TO START A CAREER PLAYER YEAR(S) CONSECUTIVE TD PASSES WITHOUT INT Alex Smith 2012-present 9* Roger Staubach 1969-73 7 Tony Eason 1985-87 7 Jeff Hostetler 1991-94 7 *Active streak

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RODGER THAT: Green Bay quarterback has thrown for at least 300 yards in four postseason games in his career.

With 300 passing yards Sunday at Washington, Rodgers would join PEYTON MANNING (nine), (eight), (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 the most 300-yard passing performances in NFL postseason history:

PLAYER MOST 300-YARD PASSING GAMES IN POSTSEASON Peyton Manning* 9 Tom Brady* 8 Drew Brees 6 Joe Montana^ 6 Kurt Warner 6 Dan Fouts^ 5

Aaron Rodgers* 4 *Active in 2015 playoffs ^Pro Football Hall of Famer

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FIRST-TIMER: Three quarterbacks – Houston’s , Minnesota’s and Washington’s – will make their first-career postseason starts on Wild Card Weekend.

Cincinnati’s AJ MC CARRON and Denver’s BROCK OSWEILER also contributed to their team’s success this season and could make their playoff debut.

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

PLAYER TEAM SEASON 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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MARCHING MARSHAWN: Seattle has rushed for 100 yards in six postseason games, including his last two playoff games.

With at least 100 yards on Sunday at Minnesota, Lynch would join Pro Football Hall of Famer (seven) and (seven) as the only players in postseason history with seven 100-yard rushing games.

The players with the most 100-yard rushing games in the postseason:

PLAYER TEAM MOST POSTSEASON GAMES WITH 100+ RUSHING YARDS Emmitt Smith^ Dallas 7 Terrell Davis Denver 7 Marshawn Lynch Seattle 6* ^ Washington 6 ^ Buffalo 6 *Active in 2015 playoffs ^Pro Football Hall of Famer

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HIGH WATTAGE: Houston defensive end J.J. WATT led the league with 17.5 sacks this season and has five sacks in four career postseason games.

With two sacks against Kansas City on Saturday, Watt would join Pro Football Hall of Famer (nine) and LA MARR WOODLEY (nine) as the only players to have seven or more sacks in their first five postseason appearances since the statistic became official in 1982.

The players with the most sacks in their first five postseason games (since 1982):

PLAYER MOST SACKS IN FIRST FIVE POSTSEASON GAMES Richard Dent^ 9.0 LaMarr Woodley 9.0 Tim Harris 6.5 Kevin Greene 6.0 Michael McCrary 6.0

J.J. Watt 5.0* *Through four playoff games ^Pro Football Hall of Famer

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